All articles
-
2 000 MW emergency power won’t fix a broken system
22 July 2020, Johannesburg — This week, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced that bid documentation for 2 000MW of emergency power would be released in the coming…
-
DEUTSCHE BANK’S LOAN TO HALCYON AGRI: A NEW LOW IN DUE DILIGENCE
Yaoundé, 03 July 2020 – Greenpeace Africa calls for the immediate cancellation of Deutsche Bank’s $25 million loan to Singapore-based rubber producer Halcyon Agri to support investments in its Cameroon…
-
Greenpeace Africa comments on loggers demands excluded from finance law revision
Yaoundé, 11 June 2020 – A request for massive tax reduction made two weeks ago by the loggers’ association GFBC was not included in the revision of the finance law…
-
COVID-19 Lessons Call For Sharing and Learning to Co-create a Lasting Future
Kenyans have stepped up for over two months now and taken bold actions in the face of COVID-19 crisis. Many have woken up to the reality that we have been…
-
“A chance for the ocean to recover”: on World Oceans Day, Senegal takes critical decisions
Dakar, 8 June, 2020 – On World Oceans Day, Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries rejected the licensing requests for 52 foreign new industrial fishing vessels. The decision follows weeks of campaigning…
-
Greenpeace Africa to Minister Ndongo: Tax breaks to logging companies might mean public funding for next pandemic
Yaoundé, 2 June 2020 – Greenpeace Africa calls on Mr. Jules Doret Ndongo, Cameroon’s Minister of Forests and Wildlife, to reject the request for tax reduction made last week by…
-
Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Johannesburg, 2 June 2020 – This World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa will be screening The Story of Plastic, a new documentary directed and produced by Deia Schlosberg. This documentary exposes…
-
Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Nairobi, 2 June 2020 – This World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa will be screening The Story of Plastic, a new documentary directed and produced by Deia Schlosberg. This documentary exposes…
-
Protect Kenya’s Forests for a Healthy Ecosystem: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 27 May 2020 – Responding to the news that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has pledged to plant 1.8 billion trees by 2022 as efforts to reverse biodiversity…
-
Worried about biodiversity? End Industrial Activity in the Rainforest
As we write this article, the world is still dealing with the COVID19 pandemic. Since the crisis began, it had repeatedly been shown that a healthy and undisturbed nature, especially…