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Farmers File a Court Case to Stop Punitive Seed Laws
Nairobi, 20 September 2022 – Smallholder farmers with the support of Greenpeace Africa have filed a case in court over a 2012 punitive seed law that criminalise farmers for selling…
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Insurrection in KwaZulu Natal left hundreds of people devastated.
During the insurrection businesses were looted and burnt caused by the Kwazulu Natal political protests the past few months , any business was a target in any suburb – but…
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Illegal sand harvesting in Mai Mahiu area
Mai Mahiu area is a sleepy truck stop town located along the Nairobi – Naivasha road, using the Longonot route at the bottom of the escarpment. It’s a quiet and…
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Indigenous women losing their forest in Cameroon
Indigenous women face a lot of difficulties due to deforestation. While celebrating them, the world should have more concrete actions in favor of the preservation of the forest.
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Greenpeace Africa responds to President’s electricity crisis addres
In response to President Ramaphosa's address to the nation on the electricity crisis, Greenpeace Africa's Climate and Energy Campaigner Thandile Chinyavanhu has said:
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My Perspective of the Kenyan Presidential Manifestos: Do they Address The Pertinent Issues of Food and Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change?
The cost of living has risen, so has the prices of essential commodities such as food. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as per the 30th of June 2022, a 2kg packet of maize flour retailed at an average price Kshs.186, up from an average price of Kshs 129 in June 2021. Maize…
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Convention on Biological Diversity COP 15: Kenya’s Government Must Recognise Farmers Rights to Indigenous Seeds
As the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), COP 15 kicks off in Nairobi Kenya, Greenpeace Africa has called on Kenya’s government to recognise smallholder farmers' rights to indigenous seeds and amend the punitive seed laws that seek to criminalise farmers from sharing and selling seeds that are not certified or registered.
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Greenpeace Africa and Natural Justice join challenge to Shell’s seismic testing off the Wild Coast
26 May 2022, Gqeberha, South Africa: Natural Justice and Greenpeace Africa have applied to join the court case, brought on behalf of Wild Coast communities and small-scale fishers represented by…
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Greenpeace Africa calls on the government of Sénégal to make public the results of the investigation into a suspicious yellowish slick on the Petite Côte.
Côte, Sénégal, Dr Aliou Ba, Head of Greenpeace Africa’s Oceans Campaign, has requested that the government of Sénégal make the results of its investigation public as soon as possible.
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Anti corruption report in Senegal: Greenpeace Africa urges Senegal to adopt transparency in the fishing sector
“The shortcomings raised by OFNAC confirm the concerns of Greenpeace Africa, which for years has been asking for an audit and the publication of the list of vessels authorized in Senegal,” says Dr Ba. “We must not allow this important sector to operate under such nebulous practices. This is why Greenpeace Africa is once again…
