• Skip to Navigation
  • Skip to Content
  • Skip to Footer
Greenpeace
  • Act
  • Explore
    • Inspire the Movement
    • Protect the Environment
    • Change my Community
  • Blog
Greenpeace
  • English  | 
  • Français  | 
  • Home
  • Act
  • Explore
    • Inspire the Movement
    • Protect the Environment
    • Change my Community
  • Blog

News & Stories

  • kenyas-poisoned-waters-blog
    Blogs
    Water, Fishing, Kenya

    Kenya’s Poisoned Waters

    Kenya’s poisoned waters are flooded with untreated industrial and domestic waste. The relevant institutions should be held accountable to take responsibility and rectify this mess before it’s too late.

    Erastus Ooko •
    1 April 2021
    2 min read
  • Okavango River and Floodplain. © Greenpeace / Tony Marriner
    Blogs
    Energy, Water, SocialJustice

    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

    Angelo C Louw •
    31 March 2021
    3 min read
  • Blogs
    Energy, SouthAfrica

    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

    Fridays for Future Windhoek •
    31 March 2021
    12 min read
  • Blogs
    Water, Fishing, Kenya

    Open Letter to NEMA on Lake Victoria Pollution

    Our lakes are dying and so are the fish. On the shores of Lake Victoria, piles of dead fish have been washed up

    Greenpeace Africa •
    31 March 2021
    2 min read
  • Press Release
    Plastics, DRC, Kenya

    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.

    Hellen Dena •
    31 March 2021
    2 min read
  • Plastic Waste in Kinshasa, DRC. © Junior D. Kannah / Greenpeace
    Press Release
    Plastics, DRC

    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

    Tal Harris •
    30 March 2021
    1 min read
  • Blogs
    Water, Kenya

    Op-Ed | Empty Words Will Not Solve Perennial Lake Pollution, NEMA Needs to Take Action

    Kenya’s water bodies have for a long time been a sink to excessive nutrients and untreated effluent from industrial and municipal activities. The waste disposed of in the water bodies has been causing a lot of challenges.

    Amos Wemanya •
    29 March 2021
    3 min read
  • Press Release
    Plastics, SocialJustice, SouthAfrica

    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.

    Chris Vlavianos •
    26 March 2021
    2 min read
  • Traditional Milapo Farming in Botswana. © Greenpeace / Tony Marriner
    Press Release
    Energy, SocialJustice

    Urge the Namibian President to Save the Okavango Delta – Youth Climate Activists

    After months of protests and campaigning, youth climate activists in Namibia are urging the public to send an email to Namibian President H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob to save the Okavango Delta from the threat of oil exploration in the environmentally sensitive area

    Fridays For Future Windhoek •
    25 March 2021
    4 min read
  • Press Release
    Food, GreenpeaceAfrica, Kenya

    Deadly Pesticide Used in Kenya Despite Warnings Over Ineffective Safety Measures: Greenpeace

    Investigations by Greenpeace’s UK journalism unit, Unearthed, and Swiss NGO, Public Eye reveals how global pesticide giant Syngenta – and its predecessor companies (ICI and Zeneca) – has known for decades that a key safety feature in the world’s deadliest weedkiller fails to prevent poisoning deaths but that it led regulators and the public to…

    Hellen Dena •
    25 March 2021
    2 min read
Prev
1 … 55 56 57 58 59 … 121
Next
  • Greenpeace International
  • A
    • Africa
      • English •
      • Français
    • Aotearoa
    • Argentina
    • Australia
    • Austria
  • B
    • Belgium
      • Français •
      • Nederlands
    • Brazil
    • Bulgaria
  • C
    • Canada
      • English •
      • Français
    • Chile
    • Colombia
    • Croatia
    • Czech Republic
  • D
    • Denmark
  • E
    • East Asia
      • 中文简体 •
      • 繁體 •
      • 正體 •
      • 한국어 •
      • English
    • European Union
  • F
    • Finland
    • France
  • G
    • Germany
    • Greece
  • H
    • Hungary
  • I
    • India
      • English •
      • Hindi
    • Indonesia
    • Israel
    • Italy
  • J
    • Japan
  • L
    • Luxembourg
      • Deutsch •
      • Français
  • M
    • Malaysia
    • Mexico
    • Middle East and North Africa
      • العربية •
      • English •
      • Français
  • N
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
  • P
    • Peru
    • Philippines
    • Poland
    • Portugal
  • R
    • Romania
  • S
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Spain
      • Español •
      • Català •
      • Euskara •
      • Galego
    • Sweden
    • Switzerland
      • Deutsch •
      • Français
  • T
    • Thailand
    • Turkey
  • U
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • USA
Follow us
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Press Centre
  • Jobs
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy and Cookies
  • Community Policy
  • Copyright
  • Browse the Archive
Greenpeace Africa 2025 Unless otherwise stated, the copy of the website is licensed under a CC-BY International License

Manage your cookies preferences

Please select which cookies you are willing to store.

User-experience cookies Always enabled

These cookies will provide you a better experience of our website. You will be able to hide the cookies acceptance banner and use the website features better. The non-acceptance of these cookies will give you a cookie-free experience.

These cookies help improving the performance of Greenpeace.org/africa. They are set to collect data such as how long users stay on a page or which links are clicked. This helps us make better content based on your experience navigating the website. Most web browsers allow some control over cookies through browser settings (e.g. notifications of new cookies, disabling cookies and deleting cookies). Click your browser type below to go directly to the browser user guide to learn how to disable or erase cookies.

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By clicking “Got it!” you agree to our Privacy & Cookies Policy. You can change your cookies settings anytime.