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Renewable Energy is key in closing the gap for off-grid rural communities.
Rural communities have so far not been able to access stable and affordable power. Renewable energy should be used to bridge the gap for off-grid communities and reduce the effects of climate change.
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‘We treat human beings like waste by ignoring or brutalising them’
Informal communities that rely on the collection and sale of recyclable waste for survival are under threat from all sides. Marius Sullivan explores the fragile existence of the ‘Bagerezi’ in Tshwane
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Europe wants Senegal’s fish but rejects its migrants
There are nearly 500 dead, and thousands of survivors on the high seas are young Senegalese who, at the risk of their lives, have been trying to reach Europe in recent months
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Greenpeace Africa shares its condolences for killing of school children in Cameroon
All of us at Greenpeace Africa are deeply saddened and shocked by the killing of school children, along with wounding a dozen others, who were attacked on 24 October 2020 in Kumba.
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Greenpeace Responds to uMbilo River oil spill: Learn from Mauritius
Responding to news this week that a crude oil spill is affecting uMbilo River in Durban, Durban-based Greenpeace Africa Volunteer and Activist Delwyn Pillay has said
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Cutting The Hand That Feeds: Kenya’s Government Plans to Shift Farmers Out of Farming
Kenya’s government and the Ministry of Agriculture want to shift farmers out of agriculture by commercialising Kenya's agriculture sector through a new agricultural policy, the agricultural sector transformation and growth strategy
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Multinational fishing industries plunder West Africa’s ocean as artisanal sector is locked out by COVID-19
a new Greenpeace report, exposes how the same governments have kept enabling systematic plunder of the oceans by foreign fishing vessels and the Fishmeal and Fish Oil (FMFO) industry.
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“All Senegalese feel the Burn” – Greenpeace Africa reacts to the tragedy between an industrial fishing vessel and an artisanal fishing pirogue in West Africa
A clash between the industrial fishing vessel "Soleil 7” and an artisanal fishing pirogue from Mbour had caused injury to the invoked mariners and damaged the pirogue's equipment
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Ecological farming will address food insecurity, not GMOs
While I agree that sustainable food production is a key pillar in achieving the Big Four Agenda, it is certainly not pegged on lifting the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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An interview with the directors of GUTTED: A documentary on the harmful impacts of industrial fishing on Cape Town’s communities
We sat down with Angelo Louw (AL), Greenpeace Africa’s Digital Mobilisation Officer and Plastics Lead, and filmmaker Malcolm Rainers (MR) to talk about their process and passion to make sure stories and voices like these are centered in the fight for environmental justice