Press Centre
This section is intended for journalists and media professionals. Here you will find our latest Press Releases which we distribute to the media.
Greenpeace Africa Press Desk: [email protected]
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Exposed: Oil blocks and mining concessions cover almost 100% of world’s largest green corridor
Greenpeace Africa today launched The Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor: Warning Signs and the Urgent Need for a Moratorium on New Extractive Projects, exposing major contradictions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) ambitious conservation agenda and the continued expansion of oil, gas and mining activities within one of world’s largest forest reserves.
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Greenpeace Africa statement on the proposed Dangote oil refinery in Lamu
No approvals should move forward without a full, independent environmental and social impact assessment, genuine public participation, and transparent scrutiny of the long-term economic, health and ecological risks.
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Ban the bag: Greenpeace Africa demands a total ban on single-use plastic carrier bags in South Africa
As Plastic Free July gets underway, Greenpeace Africa is urging the South African government to ban single-use plastic carrier bags by December 2026. South Africa’s plastic bag levy, introduced in 2004, has failed to curb plastic pollution and must be replaced with stronger regulation.