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Cameroon – 2025 Presidential Election: The Climate Justice Movement Calls on Candidates to Act on the Climate Emergency
Yaoundé, October 7, 2025 – Just days before the presidential election, the Climate Justice Movement (MJC) in Cameroon is calling on candidates to place environmental protection and climate justice at the heart of their programs.
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The answer is us: Indigenous youth climate and biodiversity message
Indigenous forest defenders forged a new alliance this past week in the heart of West Papua's rainforest. The Forest Defender Camp, constructed among the trees by the Sira Village community on Tehit-Knasaimos Indigenous territory, accommodated Indigenous youth from all seven customary regions of West Papua.
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African Energy Week: Police drag away chained climate activists at Africa’s biggest OIL CONFERENCE
Protesters demand 5 trillion-dollar payment from fossil fuel executives at "African Exploitation Week”
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Matadi in action: Greenpeace Africa denounces Coca-Cola and calls for urgent action against plastic pollution
On World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa volunteers in Matadi staged a symbolic and striking performance to denounce the destructive grip of plastic pollution and call out corporations fueling the crisis. At the centre of their action: Coca-Cola, named the world’s number one plastic polluter for the sixth consecutive year.
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Cameroon: Greenpeace Africa leads joint push to expose environmental issues
Greenpeace Africa, in partnership with Transparency International Cameroon, has launched a capacity-building training to equip investigative journalists with the tools and techniques needed to uncover environmental issues with a focus on illegal logging practices and promote transparency in the timber trade across the Congo Basin.
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Over 25,000 concerned citizens demand safe water: Greenpeace Africa hands petition to Minister Pemmy Majodina
Pretoria, South Africa – Millions of South Africans wake up every day unsure if the water from their taps is safe to drink. Yesterday, Greenpeace Africa delivered a petition signed by over 25,000 concerned people, alongside a Memorandum of Grievances, to the Department of Water and Sanitation in Pretoria, demanding urgent action to end the…
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2nd Africa Climate Summit: Continent must lead global climate justice through polluter accountability and forest protection
As the 2nd Africa Climate Summit opens, Greenpeace Africa demands urgent action to implement a Global Polluter Pays Pact, and direct forest finance to Indigenous communities, positioning Africa as a moral leader in climate justice.
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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.