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Greenpeace Africa responds to BBC investigation revealing Shell knew of Niger Delta pipeline pollution risks and kept pumping
Internal Shell documents obtained by the BBC show that Shell continued operating the Nembe Creek Trunk Line in Nigeria for years while it knew the pipeline was causing widespread pollution, overriding warnings from its own technical executives and its own operating standards. Sections of the pipeline were classified "red" under Shell's own rules, a status…
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When the land speaks back: Tanzania’s Maasai are rejecting carbon credits on their land. The world should pay attention.
Somewhere in northern Tanzania, a Maasai elder knows the name of every ridge on the rangeland his cattle have grazed for decades. He knows which valleys hold water in a dry season, which corridors to follow when the rains fail, which months to move and which months to stay.
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The rising lakes of Kenya’s Rift Valley are swallowing communities whole
This is not a flood story. Floods recede. This is something else entirely: a lake that has been swallowing the Rift Valley for over a decade, and the communities stranded at its edge, waiting for help that has not come.
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The challenges ahead remain significant. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice continue to threaten both people and ecosystems
Defined by urgency and possibility for climate and environmental justice across Africa, 2025 saw the continent and communities face the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis: floods, droughts, displacement, and increasing pressure on livelihoods and ecosystems.
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At Mbandaka, training forest guardians begins in schools
In Mbandaka, some realities cannot simply be explained — they must be lived. The forest is everywhere. It shapes the landscape, livelihoods, and the fragile balance that sustains daily life. And yet, this same forest is increasingly under threat.
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Siaya residents reject Kenya’s nuclear plant at public forum, and the government must listen
When hundreds of residents in Sakwa, Bondo Sub-County, stormed what was supposed to be a government public participation forum this week, they were not protesting a rumour. They were rejecting a decision that had already been made for them, without them.
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A world without bees: why pollinator decline threatens Africa’s food security
What if your favourite foods suddenly started disappearing from markets and dinner tables? No creamy avocados, fewer juicy mangoes, smaller watermelons, struggling coffee farms, and declining harvests season after season. I know it sounds dramatic but this is the reality we risk when pollinators like bees disappear.
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When conflict rises, who really profits?
In March alone, oil prices surged to around $100 a barrel. That spike translated into an estimated $23bn in windfall profits for the world’s biggest oil and gas companies during that period. Companies like Shell and BP didn’t earn this because they improved energy access or innovated.
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They couldn’t beat us in court. Now they want to change the law.
In August 2025, a Kenyan court handed down a landmark ruling. The government had sought to excise 51.64 hectares of Karura Forest to expand Kiambu Road. The Environment and Land Court said no, allowing only 0.1233 hectares, a fraction of what was requested. It was a victory for every Kenyan who has ever walked under…
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Africa–France Summit must go beyond rhetoric, and genuinely redefine global cooperation
In recent years, Africa has witnessed global powers arrive at the continent’s doorstep one after another, each carrying the language of partnership and cooperation.