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Greenpeace Africa reacts to DRC President’s decision to suspend illegal logging concessions made by former Minister of the Environment
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, during the council of ministers on Friday, October 15th, ordered the suspension of all dubious logging concessions, including the 6 granted in September 2020.
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Bravery and courage – an activists story
Feeling helpless hanging above Jozi, you watch strips of the banner fall to the ground but then you hear “AMANDLA!” and you see your team member with their fist raised in the air and you say “AWETHU!” and remember that you are not alone,
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My Exhilarating Decade of Thrills
My love affair with GPAF started in January 2011 when I joined the organisation as a full-time employee, though I had flirted with the organisation as a volunteer for a few months before. I was freshly out of the newsroom in Cameroon, when I traveled to South Africa and took up my Masters studies.
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Greenpeace Africa Volunteers Demand Accountability From United Phosphorus Limited
Greenpeace Africa volunteers have launched a petition demanding accountability from United Phosphorus Limited following the July explosion of their chemical warehouse in Cornubia in Durban.
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Greenpeace Africa demands Truthfulness in the Pesticides Conversation in Kenya.
"Kenyan farmers deserve to know the truth about pesticides. The associations championing the use of pesticides have misled our farmers, who deserve the truth about toxic pesticides’’.
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A day to remember / Bruneau Laurette, Rama Valayden, Melita Steele, Hisayo Takada
At 1am July 25 2020 in Tokyo, Mr. Junichiro Ikeda, then-CEO of shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), was most likely already in bed. At the same time in London, Bernard Looney, CEO of British Petroleum (BP), was probably enjoying a most pleasant weekend. Both have probably had a rather routine day. In many ways…
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Kenya’s Post Covid Recovery has to be People Centered NOT Coal Centered.
The Post Covid Recovery Budget needs to address the climate and COVID-19 crises faced by Kenyans and not funding coal.
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Dolphins and turtles carcasses on Senegal’s shoreline: a prelude to the horrors of BP’s project in West Africa
in the past week, dozens of dolphin and turtle carcasses were found in North Senegal, along the shores of Saint Louis. The deaths of marine wildlife come as oil giant BP has announced plans for gas drilling in one of the most pristine biodiversity hotspots in the West Africa coast.
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Coca Cola Greenwashing Campaign a Threat to Kenya’s Plastic-Free Ambitions
Nairobi, 30 June 2021: In response to Coca Cola marketing a PET (polyethylene terephthalate), plastic bottle for its Sprite soft drink brand as an solution to the country’s plastic crisis,…
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GREENPEACE AFRICA SOLIDARITY MESSAGE TO THE POPULATION OF GOMA AND SURROUNDING AREAS
As the world watches in shock at these eruptions which have impacted so many lives in Goma, we express our deepest sadness, sympathies and wishes for strength and courage to those who have lost friends and family in this disaster.
