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5 Reasons to Save the Okavango Delta
Youth climate activists in the Namibian capital, along with several other environmental and human rights groups, reacted with international calls from all fronts to prevent the impending environmental catastrophe in the Okavango Delta
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Fridays for Future: ReconAfrica’s Kavango oil and gas play is ‘carbon bomb’ with projected 1/6 of world’s remaining CO2 budget
Fridays For Future Windhoek revealed that the oil and gas ‘play’ of Canadian ReconAfrica in the Kavango region of Namibia and Botswana risks destroying global attempts
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Greenpeace Africa Reacts to Alarming UN Plastic Report Findings
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a scaithing report about plastic and environmental inequality, which shows how countries within the Global South are being force-fed plastic pollution by wealthy countries.
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Greenpeace Africa reacts to strict measures against water sachets announced in Kinshasa
PRESS RELEASEKinshasa’s governor, Mr. Gentiny Ngobila, announced new measures last Friday to prosecute all sale or production of single-use plastic water sachets in the capital city
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Video: Greenpeace Plastic Lead exposes plastic plight of his community
Award-winning activist and documentarian Angelo Louw welcomed the world to his childhood neighbourhood in an online video, where he spoke about the impact of plastic pollution and the critical role that people of colour play in the climate justice movement.
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Greenpeace condemns massive plundering of Mauritanian fish stocks vital to food security
The second largest fishing vessel in the world with a bad track record for chronic overfishing has been spotted fishing in Mauritanian waters
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HANDS OFF WOMEN AT THE FRONTLINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
Extractive industries, which favour men in employment, have long been linked to the systemic economic disenfranchisement of women - and an increased reliance on men. The exacerbating power dynamic is responsible for increased incidents of domestic violence, transactional sex, forced prostitution, HIV/AIDS transmission and acts of violence against women.
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Committed Political Leadership and Regional Cooperation Needed to Address Africa’s Climate Emergency.
Climate change and COVID-19 continue to wreak havoc upon communities in Africa. Droughts, floods, cyclones, and locust invasions have caused far reaching damage to communities, livelihoods, ecosystems and infrastructure.
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Greenpeace Africa responds to reports of violence against Student protestors
With non-violence at the core of our value system, Greenpeace Africa is disheartened by the violence displayed by the South African Police Service (SAPS) against student protesters in Braamfontein.
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Toxic Pesticides Employed in The Control of Desert Locusts
Since 2019, Kenya has experienced an unprecedented threat from the desert locust invasion. This invasion that is linked to climate change puts millions of Kenyans at risk of food and nutrition insecurity.
