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SHOCKING: Mother and child die in Mayfair West fire as water crisis turns deadly
A devastating house fire in Mayfair West, Johannesburg, has claimed the lives of a mother and her child, and exposed the fatal consequences of South Africa’s worsening water crisis.
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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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World Environment Day: Greenpeace Africa confronts Coca-Cola, world’s top plastic polluter with giant glass bottle cap installation
Activists demand Coca-Cola cap plastic production as company produces 120 billion throwaway bottles annually
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Historic forest congress ends with pressing demands from Indigenous Peoples and local communities
In a show of unity, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) from the world’s largest tropical forest basins, the Amazon, Congo, Borneo-Mekong-Papua and Mesoamerica, have concluded their first-ever global congress with an urgent call for protection, recognition and respect for the forests as well as the provision of direct access funds for the communities.
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Air pollution kills 42,000 South Africans in one year. Big polluters must be held accountable
A new report released today by Greenpeace Africa and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals a devastating and avoidable public health crisis.
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Maasai community and civil society rally behind global call for fossil fuel treaty
At a press conference held today in Nairobi, stakeholders rallied behind the call for Kenya to join the bloc of 16 nations currently participating in discussions for the Treaty.
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Public participation, licensing, and transparency concerns emerge in the luxury eco-lodge development in Ngong Road Forest
Greenpeace Africa participated in the public stakeholders meeting convened by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on 27th May 2025, regarding the controversial construction of a luxury eco-lodge in Ngong Road Forest.
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Greenpeace calls for global recognition and urgent actions at the first global congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from the 3 forest basins
In the quiet court corridors of Machakos, a storm has been brewing—one not about legal technicalities, but about seeds, sovereignty, and the survival of a farming culture.
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New documentary exposes recycling fallacy and health impacts of plastic pollution on Kenya’s waste workers
Greenpeace Africa has released ‘ Dumped: A Waste Picker’s Story’, a powerful 18-minute documentary that reveals the harsh reality faced by waste pickers at Nairobi's notorious Dandora dumpsite while challenging the plastic industry's recycling narrative.
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Kenyan farmers, civil society, and advocates take seed fight to court in landmark case for food sovereignty
In the quiet court corridors of Machakos, a storm has been brewing—one not about legal technicalities, but about seeds, sovereignty, and the survival of a farming culture.
