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We are still standing: from Lokolama, our forest continues to speak
The forest of the Congo Basin did not wait for international conferences to be protected. It has been safeguarded for generations by the people who live within it. Indigenous Peoples are not the past. They are an essential part of the forest’s future.
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Kenya’s nuclear plant in Siaya: how asking questions became “terrorism”
On the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, communities opposing a KSh 500 billion nuclear plant are being arrested, shot at, and branded terrorists. Here is what is actually happening, and who these people really are.
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INC-5: Why the UN Tax Convention matters for climate justice
Africa is paying twice for the climate crisis: first through devastating floods, prolonged droughts and rising food prices and then through a global tax system that allows many of the world's wealthiest individuals and largest multinational corporations to exploit loopholes that reduce their tax obligations, despite their disproportionate contribution to climate change.
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Greenpeace Africa convenes national stakeholders to strengthen DRC’s legal framework on plastic pollution
Greenpeace Africa, in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and New Climate Economy, is convening a two-day multi-stakeholder consultation workshop to advance policy reforms aimed at tackling the growing plastic packaging pollution crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Cameroon: Maroua floods exposes the growing cost of climate inaction
The devastating floods that struck Maroua last weekend are the latest in a pattern of climate-driven disasters spreading across Cameroon. Greenpeace Africa stands in solidarity with the people of Maroua and warns that flooding of this scale is no longer an isolated event but a national emergency that is becoming more frequent, more severe and…
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More than a race: what Kayar’s pirogues tell us about the ocean
When I arrived in Kayar to attend the pirogue race, I expected to witness a sporting competition. But as the songs rose from the shore and the crowd cheered the crews on, I realised that what was unfolding before me was about much more than winning a race.
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Exposed: Oil blocks and mining concessions cover almost 100% of world’s largest green corridor
Greenpeace Africa today launched The Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor: Warning Signs and the Urgent Need for a Moratorium on New Extractive Projects, exposing major contradictions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) ambitious conservation agenda and the continued expansion of oil, gas and mining activities within one of world’s largest forest reserves.
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The Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor: Red Flags And The Urgent Need For A Moratorium On New Extractive Projects
This brief raises profound contradictions between the Corridor’s conservation objectives and the expansion of extractive industries. Areas intended to serve as a model for sustainable development and community-led stewardship are now exposed to the risks associated with oil exploration and production, as well as mining activities that will result in deforestation and habitat fragmentation.
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We’re taking JBS, the world’s largest meat company, to court over its Nigeria expansion
JBS, a global meat empire controlled by two billionaire brothers, wants to stay in the shadows while they export their destructive business model to Nigeria. That’s why we’re taking them to court to reveal the truth.
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I was a journalist student, not a climate statistic: how the floods in Cameroon shaped my life
Last Month, it rained again in Yaoundé. Rain, which was once seen as a blessing has now been a crippling cause of anxiety in my country.