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Illicit Gold Trade: Greenpeace Africa demands immediate freeze on new gold concessions in Cameroon
Yaoundé, June 16, 2026 – Between 2021 and 2025, an estimated 44,000 kilograms (44 tons) of gold left Cameroon for Dubai, while Cameroon customs declared only 148 kilograms for export. The value of this gold is estimated at nearly 2,000 billion CFA francs (approximately USD 3.4 billion), equivalent to the annual budget of the Ministry…
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Rural women are on the front line of the climate crisis. It is time the world acts like it.
This year's World Environment Day theme "From awareness to action" sounds urgent. But for the millions of rural women living alongside logging concessions, industrial agriculture and mining sites across Africa urgency is not a theme.
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International Day of Forests: Greenpeace Africa calls for accelerated reforms to secure community rights in Cameroon
Yaoundé, March 21, 2026 – On the occasion of the International Day of Forests, Greenpeace Africa organized a public mobilization in Yaoundé aimed at raising awareness about the protection of the Congo Basin forests and the rights of local communities.
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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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Turning the tide: Cameroon commits to ocean protection
Cameroon has taken a major step toward ocean protection by signing, on May 2, 2025, the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).
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Cameroon: Greenpeace Africa calls on the government to cancel the decree creating Ma Mbed Mbed Park
Cameroon’s Far North is already facing significant challenges, particularly concerning security, and is one of the regions most affected by climate change. Last year, it experienced multiple waves of flooding. Food insecurity remains a persistent issue.
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Cameroon: In Campo, local residents express their annoyance with Camvert
The population of Campo in the south region of Cameroon have taken to the streets to express their dissatisfaction with the companies CAMVERT, SOPHONY and BOISCAM.
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A continent submerged: Africa’s flood crisis
A breakdown of the recent flooding events across Africa, the damage caused, and the course of action we must take to minimise their frequency.
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The Cameroon Climate Justice Movement calls on the Minister of the Environment to take action against deforestation
Greenpeace Africa has just launched the Cameroonian Climate Justice Movement (CCJM) in Cameroon.
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International Forest Day: Greenpeace Africa raises awareness of deforestation among young students
Yaoundé, 21/03.2024/ Greenpeace Africa and its partners met on 21 March at the Catholic University of Central Africa, Ekounou campus in Yaoundé, for a conference-debate to mark the celebration of…