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Closure of the 2nd Congo Basin CSOs Conference: the Kinshasa Declaration establishes a regional front for climate justice and forest protection
Kinshasa, 4 November 2025 – The second edition of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Conference of the Congo Basin concluded on 31 October in Kinshasa on a note of unity and commitment, with the solemn adoption of the Kinshasa Declaration.
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Joint statement on the lifting of the logging ban in the Mau Forest Complex
The Green Belt Movement and Greenpeace Africa firmly oppose the decision by the Government of Kenya to lift the logging ban in the Mau Forest Complex.
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Africa’s Critical Minerals: Development Lifeline or New “Green Resource Curse”?
A new Greenpeace Africa report warns that Africa’s vast reserves of critical minerals could either drive development and climate justice or entrench inequality and exploitation if governance and value addition remain weak.
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REPORT | Exploring the Critical Minerals Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights for Development Policy and Practice
This research report outlines how responsible mineral governance, formalisation of artisanal mining, and regional value-addition through AfCFTA can help ensure that local people, especially women and youth share in the economic gains of the transition. By aligning national policies with the African Union’s Green Minerals Strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa can drive inclusive development and avoid a new green resource curse.
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Erased for carbon: the Maasai struggle in Tanzania’s elections
As campaign season sweeps through Tanzania, the air is thick with promises. Politicians pledge jobs, new social services, better infrastructure, and ambitious welfare programs.
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Banned in Europe, booming in Africa: the dirty secret of pesticide exports
Following World Food Day, we examine how EU-banned pesticides are still being exported to Africa – and why we must speak out and demand stronger protection laws.
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Ending the subsidies that destroy our seas: one battle won, many ahead
On 15 September 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally made history: the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies entered into force. This marks the first binding global step to curb billions of dollars in harmful fishing subsidies that deplete our seas and threaten livelihoods.
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The Cameroon we want for the next 7 years – electoral demands in Cameroon by the Movement for Climate Justice in Cameroon.
Cameroon, one of the six countries of the Congo Basin, is also confronted with these challenges. In response, Greenpeace Africa launched the Climate Justice Movement (CJM) in Cameroon — a coalition that brings together civil society, local and Indigenous communities, and young people around a shared vision of environmental justice and sustainable governance of natural…
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Trump’s climate denial at the UN wasn’t theater. It was a blueprint for harm.
Climate denial as political strategy, not a mistake
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Matadi in action: Greenpeace Africa denounces Coca-Cola and calls for urgent action against plastic pollution
On World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa volunteers in Matadi staged a symbolic and striking performance to denounce the destructive grip of plastic pollution and call out corporations fueling the crisis. At the centre of their action: Coca-Cola, named the world’s number one plastic polluter for the sixth consecutive year.