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SA’s no-show at global plastic treaty meeting deeply disappointing
South Africa, September 2, 2021 – Responding to its no-show at the ministerial meeting on a proposed global plastics treaty, Greenpeace Africa, groundWork and WWF have expressed deep concerns at…
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What are the causes and effects of water pollution in Africa?
The causes of water pollution and its effects on vulnerable communities and ecosystems in Africa needs urgent intervention
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Flooding in Cameroon: Greenpeace Africa demands effective and rapid government response
Cameroon is plunged under water every rainy season. Greenpeace Africa is calling on the government to put in place an effective disaster risk management plan.
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Bravery and courage – an activists story
Feeling helpless hanging above Jozi, you watch strips of the banner fall to the ground but then you hear “AMANDLA!” and you see your team member with their fist raised in the air and you say “AWETHU!” and remember that you are not alone,
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Democratic Republic of Congo : The sell-off of the forest continues
While threatening to lift the 2002 moratorium on new forest concessions - an attempt to raise the stakes in the run-up to the COP26 in November - Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba continues to ignore the illegal allocation of two million hectares of so-called "conservation" concessions by her predecessor, Claude Nyamugabo.
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Greenpeace Africa demands Truthfulness in the Pesticides Conversation in Kenya.
"Kenyan farmers deserve to know the truth about pesticides. The associations championing the use of pesticides have misled our farmers, who deserve the truth about toxic pesticides’’.
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License to kill in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Greenpeace Africa joins the outcry against the legalization of killing protected species
4 August 2021, Kinshasa – Greenpeace Africa supports the call of over a hundred local NGOs as well as the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) to immediately cancel a…
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A day to remember / Bruneau Laurette, Rama Valayden, Melita Steele, Hisayo Takada
At 1am July 25 2020 in Tokyo, Mr. Junichiro Ikeda, then-CEO of shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), was most likely already in bed. At the same time in London, Bernard Looney, CEO of British Petroleum (BP), was probably enjoying a most pleasant weekend. Both have probably had a rather routine day. In many ways…
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Tradelink Concessions: ICCN confirms illegality, Ministry keeps eerily silent
New development in the Tradelink concessions scandal: the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) confirms the illegality of the contracts awarded by ex-Environment Minister Claude Nyamugabo.
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World Food Safety Day: Desert Locusts Control Strategies Compromising Food Safety
Ahead of the World Food Safety Day, Greenpeace Africa is urging the Ministry of Agriculture to prioritise the safety of the food consumed by Kenyans.
