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![Greenpeace Africa to Minister Ndongo: Tax breaks to logging companies might mean public funding for next pandemic]()
Greenpeace Africa to Minister Ndongo: Tax breaks to logging companies might mean public funding for next pandemic2 June 2020Yaoundé, 2 June 2020 – Greenpeace Africa calls on Mr. Jules Doret Ndongo, Cameroon’s Minister of Forests and Wildlife, to reject the request for tax reduction made last week by…
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![Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics]()
Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics2 June 2020Johannesburg, 2 June 2020 – This World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa will be screening The Story of Plastic, a new documentary directed and produced by Deia Schlosberg. This documentary exposes…
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![Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics]()
Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics2 June 2020Nairobi, 2 June 2020 – This World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa will be screening The Story of Plastic, a new documentary directed and produced by Deia Schlosberg. This documentary exposes…
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![Protect Kenya’s Forests for a Healthy Ecosystem: Greenpeace]()
Protect Kenya’s Forests for a Healthy Ecosystem: Greenpeace27 May 2020Nairobi, 27 May 2020 – Responding to the news that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has pledged to plant 1.8 billion trees by 2022 as efforts to reverse biodiversity…
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![Eskom seeks to deepen South Africa’s air pollution crisis]()
Eskom seeks to deepen South Africa’s air pollution crisis15 May 202015 May 2020, Johannesburg — Media reported today that Eskom is seeking to delay the closure of three of its ancient coal-fired power stations – Grootvlei, Camden and Hendrina. In…
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![Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Greenpeace Applauds High Court Decision to Halt Maize Imports]()
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Greenpeace Applauds High Court Decision to Halt Maize Imports12 May 2020Nairobi, 12 May 2020 – The High Court has suspended the government’s plan to import four million bags of maize to avert a possible food crisis after the decision was…
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![Greenpeace Africa to Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Alioune Ndoye: licensing new fishing vessels is an onslaught against fish stocks and artisanal sector]()
Greenpeace Africa to Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Alioune Ndoye: licensing new fishing vessels is an onslaught against fish stocks and artisanal sector23 April 2020Dakar, Senegal, 23 April 2020. The Senegalese Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy has approached the consultative committee for fishing licences attribution (CCAL) to issue 54 licenses to vessels of…
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![Kenyans face growing threat of flash floods amidst COVID-19 pandemic]()
Kenyans face growing threat of flash floods amidst COVID-19 pandemic22 April 202020 April 2020, Nairobi — Floods are back in Kenya and households have been displaced over the last several days, adding to the threats posed by a new swarm of…
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![Ban on single-use water sachets implemented in Senegal: “a positive step towards breaking away from single-use plastics”]()
Ban on single-use water sachets implemented in Senegal: “a positive step towards breaking away from single-use plastics”20 April 202020 April 2020, Dakar Greenpeace Africa welcomes the implementation of Senegal’s ban on plastic water sachets as a step in the right direction to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. “It’s…
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![Greenpeace Africa Urges Munya to Prioritise Farmers Amid Pandemic]()
Greenpeace Africa Urges Munya to Prioritise Farmers Amid Pandemic8 April 2020Nairobi, 8 April 2020 – The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Peter Munya recently allowed processors to import four million bags of maize to beat a looming deficit. He further stated that…
