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#SearcherSeismic
West Coast to smithereens.. Familiar feelings of panic and nausea returned.. So many questions…. How is it possible that these destructive seismic blasting vessels are being allowed?
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Punitive Seed Laws Protect Big Corporations Over Kenya’s Farmers
Smallholder farmers across the country have been shocked to learn that the Seed and Plant varieties Act Cap 326 of 2012 prohibits farmers from sharing, exchanging or selling uncertified and unregistered seeds.
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Applicants’ arguments heard to save the Wild Coast
30 May 2022, Gqeberha, South Africa: Demonstrators led by affected coastal communities gathered outside the Gqeberha High Court today for the start of the three-day legal challenge against Shell and Impact Africa’s seismic surveys off the Wild Coast, and the unlawful decision in 2014, by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to grant Shell…
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GPAF calls for climate action after KZN floods
24 May, Johannesburg – Greenpeace Africa conveys its deepest sympathies to the victims of the torrential rains in Kwa-Zulu Natal, which has been ravaged by heavy rains for the second time over the past two months.
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#ToHellWithShell – Desiree Laverne
I recall that nauseating feeling when we discovered that Shell was about to start Seismic blasting on the Wild Coast… panic soon replaced nausea.. OMW, we have to stop this disaster from unfolding on our pristine coastline..
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FSO SAFER OIL TANKER OFF YEMEN
I am writing to you with concern over the threat posed by the tanker the FSO Safer, moored off the coast of Yemen with an estimated 1.1 million barrels of oil on board (140,000 tonnes). With close proximity to Africa’s eastern shorelines, this poses an imminent threat to the Red Sea, the biodiversity and the…
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Victories campaign – My contribution
I joined Greenpeace Africa in 2019 as a volunteer in an effort to “give back” not only to my people and my country, but rather to the earth as a whole. This beautiful, majestic, life-sustaining planet we as humans and so many other species call home deserves a “voice” to let the human race know…
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Greenpeace Africa calls on Senegal to follow Mauritania’s example in transparency on industrial fishing licenses
Welcoming the launch of Mauritania’s Report to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), yesterday, Monday 25 April 2022, Abdoulaye NDIAYE, Oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace Africa urges Senegal to follow Mauritania’s example…
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Where it all Began: A Greenpeace Africa Activist Journey
One of my greatest victories in Greenpeace Africa as a climate Activist is my involvement in the fight against harmful pesticides in our food under the #FoodForLife campaign. The action…
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1000 red masks unmask 52 boats in search of fishing permits in Senegal!
While the pandemic of COVID 19 is raging in all the regions of Senegal and affects the activities of many fishermen, the Senegalese authorities through its Ministry of Fisheries, wanted by masked maneuvers, granted 52 fishing licenses to foreign boats.
