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Greenpeace Africa Documentary Shines Light on the Stolen Heritage of Western Cape Fishing Communities
Cape Town, 24 September 2019. This Heritage Day, Greenpeace Africa shared a teaser for an upcoming documentary it produced to amplify the voices of small-scale fishers in the Western Cape.…
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President Tshisekedi’s noble Ambitions in New York require tough Action in Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 23 September 2019 – President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi spoke today (Monday) at the UN Secretary General Climate Action Summit of the strategic…
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Facing a burning crisis
18 September 2019 We are in crisis mode. At times it seems that the whole world is in flames. Europe’s summer was the hottest on record. Fires in the boreal…
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Greenpeace appalled by the revelations of infected maize
Nairobi, 6th September 2019: A report by the Auditor General has revealed that the Kenya Seed Company stocked different varieties of Maize infected with the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease amounting…
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Greenpeace Africa calls on African states to work towards an ambitious global treaty for the oceans
Dakar, September 11th, 2019 – Today, Greenpeace urged African governments to work towards a strong global treaty for the oceans that could help protect at least 30% of the high…
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Greenpeace Africa on Congo-Brazzaville CAFI agreement: “Peatlands must be a no-go zone for all industrial activity”
Johannesburg, 4 September 2019 – Greenpeace Africa denounces the surprise signature of a CAFI Letter of Intent (LoI) by the presidents of France and the Republic of the Congo giving…
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Greenpeace calls on fast food giants to take a stand against Bolsonaro’s Amazon destruction
Manaus, Brazil, 4 September 2019 – As fires continue to ravage the Amazon, Greenpeace International has launched a campaign asking fast food giants Burger King, McDonald’s and KFC to reject…
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“Protected Status of Mukula Tree is Good News for Africa’s Miombo Woodlands” – Greenpeace Africa
Kinshasa, 30 August 2019. Greenpeace Africa documented large scale fraudulent logging of mukula timber in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 2016. Today, the protected status of the…
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Greenpeace responds to Ramaphosa’s statements at G7 Summit
29 August 2019, Johannesburg — President Cyril Ramaphosa made comments at the G7 summit this week calling for international political players to rally with South Africa in mitigating climate change.…
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Greenpeace calls on Governments to act ahead of Fires hitting Africa’s Rainforest
Kinshasa, 27 August 2019. Since August 21, more than 6,902 fires in Angola and 3,395 fires in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo have been documented, predominantly in the savanna area.…