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Greenpeace Africa and communities demand action on deadly air pollution as activists stage symbolic protest at DFFE
Today, Greenpeace activists and communities living in some of South Africa’s most polluted regions staged a powerful peaceful protest today outside the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) in Pretoria to denounce South Africa's deadly air pollution crisis and demand urgent governmental action.
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Travel diary from the heart of the Congo Basin: voices and hopes of indigenous peoples
In August 2025, Greenpeace Africa led an exceptional expedition to the heart of the Congo Basin, to the villages of Lokolama and Penzélé, as well as to Mbandaka, in Equateur Province.
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Ocean Treaty talks resume as calls for high seas sanctuary proposals intensify
Governments have returned to the Global Ocean Treaty talks following the flurry of ratifications at the UN Ocean Conference in June. The Treaty is expected to reach the number of ratifications required for its entry into force in the coming months.
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INC 5.2: “The inability to reach an agreement in Geneva must be a wakeup call for the world”, Greenpeace statement
After two years of Global Plastics Treaty talks, ministers in Geneva faced a historic choice during the final hours of what was supposed to be the last round of negotiations: deliver a treaty that truly tackles plastic pollution, or give into the petrochemical industry’s lobbying.
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Greenpeace Africa celebrates identity and resilience in Yaoundé
On Friday, 8 August, Bois Sainte Anastasie came alive with the sounds of songs, stories, and the demands of Indigenous Peoples.
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Fix the process, keep your promise, end plastic pollution.
August 8, 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - Four days into the final Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, we are not on track to deliver a treaty that will protect people and nature.
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Out of the frying an, into the fire: Greenpeace Africa and indigenous farmers reject the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2025
Amid growing outcry from indigenous and small-scale farmers, and civil society allies, Greenpeace Africa urgently calls on the Kenyan Senate to reject the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a proposal that trades one flawed system for an even more dangerous one, escalating corporate control over Kenya’s seeds and sidelining the voices of those…
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Strong Treaty Now! Civil Society Rallies Ahead of Final Plastics Treaty Talks in Geneva
On the day the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty starts, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations from across the world gathered at Place des Nations in Geneva to demand an ambitious and legally binding treaty that puts people and the planet before polluters.
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Refill, Reuse, Resist: Senegal moves to end the era of single-use plastics
In a decisive step towards environmental justice, Senegalese Civil Society actors convened for a two-day workshop in Dakar to build a united front against single-use plastics, with a particular focus on the country’s growing crisis of plastic water sachets.
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AMCEN: Greenpeace Africa welcomes unified stance but cautions against false climate solutions
As the 20th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) concludes today in Nairobi, Greenpeace Africa acknowledges the collective resolve to address the continent's most pressing environmental challenges in the Tripoli Declaration while calling on African environment ministers to strengthen their commitments on critical environmental issues.