News updates from our campaigns up across Africa and the planet.
The inclusion of new coal in the updated draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) will cost South Africa close to R20 billion more than we need to spend, and will make electricity more expensive for all South Africans. If the...
24 August 2018, Johannesburg -- Responding to reports that South Africa’s new electricity plan (the IRP) has been approved by cabinet and will be released for a ‘short consultation period’ on Monday, Greenpeace Africa has said:
The worsening impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity in most natural-resource dependent countries like Kenya is introducing a new form of vulnerability that is often overlooked. Increasingly, food safety is becoming an issue of a...
Nairobi, 23rd August 2018: The past few months have seen increased cases of sub standard food imports into Kenya. From sugar that contains mercury to expired rice, to oil that does not meet the required standards. Experts have also warned that...
Following the news of the passing of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Greenpeace Africa Executive Director Njeri Kabeberi has said:
16 August 2018, Johannesburg - Yet again, the Department of Energy has missed the deadline they had set for the release of the final Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) by the middle of August.
Just a few hours ahead of the long-awaited Department of Energy’s final release of South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) - it’s all eyes are on Minister Jeff Radebe, as deadline looms.
Nairobi, 9th August 2018 - In response to the news that Kitui County has enacted a law that sets aside one per cent of its annual budget towards climate change adaptation, Greenpeace Africa’s Food for Life Campaigner Claire Nasike has said:
In response to news that controversial Dutch wood processing and trading company Wijma and her subsidiary CAFECO are ceasing timber operations in South West Region of Cameroon, Greenpeace Africa’s Forest Campaigner, Eric Ini said:
Few people would argue access to clean drinking water is a fundamental human right. Yet, a significant portion of the world’s population remains without. In the following article, Sidrah Ahmad, will explore why this is the case;...
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