Standing strong through the storm
Johannesburg, 18 March 2019 — Death tolls in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe continue to rise after Idai made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday. As news of tragedy spreads in the…
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Greenpeace Africa is a growing movement of people acting in protection of the environment. Our campaigns use peaceful, creative confrontation to expose environmental injustices around the world and develop solutions for a green and peaceful future.
Air pollution
Thousand’s of lives are on the line
We can no longer ignore the deadly impact air pollution from Eskom’s dirty fleet of coal-fired power stations have on our health. It’s time for Eskom to start complying with minimum emission standards.
Voices of the disappeared
Courage shouldn’t kill
For decades artisanal fishermen in Senegal were able to provide for their families by catching fish from the sea. Year by year, they are forced to risk their lives and travel further in search for catch. And many never return home. Find out why.
Celebrating 10 years of #PeoplePowerCourage
Together we are powerful
Ignite the change
Take action today - from signing a petition, volunteering or attending a protest - together they are all vital parts of creating the green and peaceful future. In order to conserve Africa’s environment, it is going to take all of us the courage to stand up for what is right.
You can power the change in Africa. With you, we can stop environmental destruction, hold companies and governments to account and build a sustainable future for ourselves and for the planet.
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Greenpeace Africa activists in collaboration with the Life After Coal Campaign scale Mandela bridge in protest against the inclusion of new coal infrastructure in South Africa's draft electricity plan (IRP2018). © Shayne Robinson
Pirogues, fishing boats, off the coast of Senegal in St Louis. © Jacky Danielly
Life on Lake Victoria, Suba District, Kenya © Jennifer Heslop
Men on motorcycle taxis in the town centre of Yokadouma in the forest region of Cameroon. The Congo forests are of global significance for biodiversity conservation and of critical importance in climate regulation. Millions of people depend on them for their basic needs of shelter, food and medicine. The biggest areas of yet largely intact rainforest are found within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The World Bank and its donors are promoting a similar model of industrial logging in the DRC to the one they advocated in the Cameroon a decade ago under the illusion that it will alleviate poverty and help the country’s economic development. So far, rather than fast tracking development and alleviating poverty, industrial logging has caused environmental destruction and social conflict and is failing both the rainforests and the people of the Cameroon in numerous ways. It is leading to the degradation of much of the Cameroon’s rainforest and has done little to reduce poverty. Wildlife species are suffering as new logging roads provide easy access for hunters into otherwise inaccessible areas. Unless the World Bank learns from its mistakes in the Cameroon and reviews its development model, the people and rainforests of the DRC will suffer a similar fate but the scale will be far greater. © Kate Davison
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Activists scale statues to draw attention to deaths caused by Eskom's air pollution
Johannesburg, 14 March 2019 — Activists from Greenpeace Africa scaled several iconic statues across Johannesburg and Pretoria this morning to demand action on air pollution. The activists fitted the statues with emergency…
Greenpeace Africa calls on DRC president to cancel Oil Contract in Salonga National Park and Central Cuvette peatlands
Following the Bloomberg revelation that former DRC president Joseph Kabila signed a presidential order validating an oil deal that would allow drilling in Salonga National Park as well as in…
Review of a Report Providing Health Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of Eskom activities
The objectives of this review are to assess the methods used in a report undertaken to inform a cost-benefit analysis of additional pollution controls carried out for the South African…
Eskom intentionally misleads the public and decision-makers
11 March 2019, Johannesburg — Today, Greenpeace Africa has released a scientific review[1] of Eskom’s own cost-benefit analysis for its proposed postponement and/or suspension from compliance with the Minimum Emission…
Greenpeace Africa condemns state spying allegations
10 March 2019 — Responding to allegations that surfaced in the Sunday Times today in the article titled ‘Zuma ‘spooked’ Cyril’s campaign[1]’, which examines the High Level Review Panel Report…
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