Press Release

A popular climate march was held in Limeté/Kinshasa this Friday, September 23, calling on African leaders days before the PreCOP27 climate conference to step up their actions against climate change.

21 September, Johannesburg – Today, Minster Gwede Mantashe hosted a signing ceremony on the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) Bid window 5 which will see 420MW  of…

Coastal communities and NGOs must return to court as Shell, Impact Africa, and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy seek leave to appeal the judgment that stopped Shell and…

The European Parliament passed a law on Tuesday, 13th September banning the import of deforestation products into the European Union. A large majority of MEPs supported the proposal, which Greenpeace…

Nairobi, 20 September 2022 – Smallholder farmers with the support of Greenpeace Africa have filed a case in court over a 2012 punitive seed law that criminalise farmers for selling…

Representatives of the Taxawu Cayar Collective from the town of Cayar, Senegal, accompanied their lawyer today as he submitted a summons to the High Court of Thiès requesting an injunction…

A new species of air-breathing catfish, Clarias monsembulai, has been discovered and scientifically described in the Congo River tributaries within and bordering the Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic…

Today, Greenpeace Africa activists  staged a protest at the beach of Ouakam and outside King Fahd Palace Hotel, during the official opening of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment…

Greenpeace Africa congratulates William Samoei Ruto of Kenya Kwanza coalition following his election as the 5th president of the Republic of Kenya. Ruto’s presidency comes at a time when drought…

Makhanda, South Africa: Today, the High Court in Makhanda ruled that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa was granted unlawfully and therefore…