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REPORT | Food or Poison? The cost of Highly Hazardous Pesticides to Africa’s food security
This report highlights the growing reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across the continent, particularly in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. While these chemicals are often marketed as essential for boosting crop yields, the report argues they are actually "poisoning the foundations of our food systems" by destroying soil health and killing critical pollinators like…
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Landmark e-waste policy brief exposes toxic dumping in Kenya and Ghana – PR
Waste-pickers in Kenya are paying a heavy price for an escalating e-waste crisis in Kenya.
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Fields of gold PART 3: Voices on extractive economies from Ebenhaeser and Hondeklipbaai
The river starts to gather strength in the Winterhoek mountains around Ceres. From there the water begins a descent to the Atlantic ocean approximately 280 kilometers long.
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I exist
Fishmeal and fish oil factories are diverting resources that should feed local populations. And now, oil and gas developments are placing additional pressure on already fragile coastal ecosystems.
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Landmark e-waste policy brief exposes toxic dumping in Kenya and Ghana
This report exposes the escalating e-waste crisis devastating communities in Kenya and Ghana, and the toxic electronic waste, often disguised as donations or recycling, is putting lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems at risk.
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“We feed Senegal, but the law doesn’t recognize us”: women fish processors demand legal status
While the world celebrates women, Senegalese fish processors are still waiting for the law to acknowledge they exist. The Network of Women in Artisanal Fishing in Senegal (REFEPAS) is calling on authorities to officially recognize their profession. These women are essential to the fishing supply chain, yet they remain legally invisible — even as they…
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Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations
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A sea of green, song, and resistance floods Constitution Hill as activists demand justice in Africa’s critical minerals boom
Constitution Hill was awash with green banners, hand-painted placards, and the sound of singing and chanting today as activists, young people, and community members took to the streets for the Human Rights Festival People’s Walk.
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How the Forbes billionaire list made me think of my parents
How I’ve spent most of my life watching them work so hard to provide for our family as best they could and still not gain the financial security that would allow them to retire comfortably.