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Greenpeace Africa calls on new Chair of the African Union, President Cyril Ramaphosa, to make 2020 the year of pan-African climate action
Johannesburg, 10 February 2020 – Upon commencing his year-long tenure as chair of the African Union, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa must seize the opportunity to unify the continent on…
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Greenpeace Africa reacts to Senegal’s ban on plastic water sachets and coffee cups
07 February 2020, Dakar Greenpeace Africa applauds the recent decision of the Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Abdou Karim Sall, to ban single-use plastics such as water sachets…
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Kenyans Sleeping Hungry While Food is Rotting: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 22 January 2020 – Kenya has been ranked at position 86 out of 117 countries in a Global Hunger Index Report. This puts Kenya among 50 hungriest countries in…
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Greenpeace Africa on floods striking Southern Africa: “By now, any farmer knows the climate crisis more intimately than scientists or Greenpeace activists.”
Johannesburg, 21 January 2020 – At least five Southern African countries have suffered severe droughts for months. Instead of a relief, rains over the weekend in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe…
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Greenpeace Hopes for More Accountability and Transparency In the Agriculture Sector
Nairobi, 16 January 2020- Responding to the cabinet reshuffle by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Greenpeace Africa’s Senior Political Advisor, Fredrick Njehu has said: “The appointment of Hon. John Munya as the…
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Greenpeace Hopes for More Accountability and Transparency In the Agriculture Sector
Nairobi, 16 January 2020- Responding to the cabinet reshuffle by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Greenpeace Africa’s Senior Political Advisor, Fredrick Njehu has said: “The appointment of Hon. John Munya as the…
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Opinion piece by Oscar winning actor Olivia Colman
Home is something important to all of us. It’s where we feel safe and where we spend time with friends and family, the people we love. I’m so lucky to…
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Turtles under threat: Ocean warming forcing leatherback turtles to travel further for food
London, UK, 15 January 2020 – New research tracking the migrations of leatherback turtles after leaving their nesting grounds in French Guiana shows that they must travel almost twice as…
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Greenpeace Africa commends Ramaphosa’s commitments to enabling electricity self-generation
15 January 2020, Johannesburg — President Cyril Ramaphosa made commitments on Tuesday that government will remove the red tape inhibiting businesses and households from self-generation of electricity. In response, Melita…
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Oscar winners, Wallace and Gromit creators, and Greenpeace launch heartbreaking new animated film about the plight of the oceans
London, 15 January 2020 – Oscar-winners Olivia Colman and Dame Helen Mirren, along with Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey and Stranger Things’ David Harbour, star in a new animation that…
