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Landmark e-waste policy brief exposes toxic dumping in Kenya and Ghana – PR
Waste-pickers in Kenya are paying a heavy price for an escalating e-waste crisis in Kenya.
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“We feed Senegal, but the law doesn’t recognize us”: women fish processors demand legal status
While the world celebrates women, Senegalese fish processors are still waiting for the law to acknowledge they exist. The Network of Women in Artisanal Fishing in Senegal (REFEPAS) is calling on authorities to officially recognize their profession. These women are essential to the fishing supply chain, yet they remain legally invisible — even as they…
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Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations
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A sea of green, song, and resistance floods Constitution Hill as activists demand justice in Africa’s critical minerals boom
Constitution Hill was awash with green banners, hand-painted placards, and the sound of singing and chanting today as activists, young people, and community members took to the streets for the Human Rights Festival People’s Walk.
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Lake Victoria is not a cooling tank: Greenpeace Africa demands Kenya halt its nuclear gamble
While politicians at ICoNE 2026 speak of first-world ambitions, the fishing families of Lake Victoria (who were not adequately & meaningfully consulted) are being asked to stake their livelihoods, their health, and their children's futures on one of the world's most dangerous and expensive energy technologies.
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International Day of Forests: Greenpeace Africa calls for accelerated reforms to secure community rights in Cameroon
Yaoundé, March 21, 2026 – On the occasion of the International Day of Forests, Greenpeace Africa organized a public mobilization in Yaoundé aimed at raising awareness about the protection of the Congo Basin forests and the rights of local communities.
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Karura is saved. Again. And that is the problem
On 21 February, chainsaw operators entered Karura. Trees fell. Heavy machinery moved in. Structures went up. All of it happened inside a protected forest, without consultation with Friends of Karura Forest
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Greenpeace Africa mourns Kenya’s flood victims and calls for urgent climate action
Nairobi woke up on Saturday to streets turned to rivers, homes submerged, and families torn apart.
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Ngong Road Forest wins in court – The battle for Kenya’s forests continues
Kenya's Ngong Road Forest won a historic victory yesterday. A protected public forest that was being carved up behind closed doors; its trees cleared, its soil broken, its licences signed in secrecy; has been given back to the people it belongs to.
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Who is making decisions about Karura Forest – and why in silence?
Greenpeace Africa is in solidarity with Friends of Karura Forest following disturbing reports of tree felling and land disturbance inside Karura Forest without clear public communication or consultation.