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Greenpeace Volunteers Demand an End to the Ecocide of the uMbilo River
Volunteers from Greenpeace Africa are working with the uMbilo River Watch community group and concerned citizens to expose the severity of the pollution in uMbilo River
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DEUTSCHE BANK’S LOAN TO HALCYON AGRI: A NEW LOW IN DUE DILIGENCE
Yaoundé, 03 July 2020 – Greenpeace Africa calls for the immediate cancellation of Deutsche Bank’s $25 million loan to Singapore-based rubber producer Halcyon Agri to support investments in its Cameroon…
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Over 100 Health Experts Approve Safety of Reusables During COVID-19 Pandemic
Nairobi/Johannesburg, 22 June 2020 – Over 100 health experts from eighteen countries, several of them from Africa signed onto a statement today assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe…
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Greenpeace Africa comments on loggers demands excluded from finance law revision
Yaoundé, 11 June 2020 – A request for massive tax reduction made two weeks ago by the loggers’ association GFBC was not included in the revision of the finance law…
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“A chance for the ocean to recover”: on World Oceans Day, Senegal takes critical decisions
Dakar, 8 June, 2020 – On World Oceans Day, Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries rejected the licensing requests for 52 foreign new industrial fishing vessels. The decision follows weeks of campaigning…
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Greenpeace Africa concerned over PPE pollution
Durban, 03 June 2020 – The need for masks, latex gloves, and other single-use PPEs to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has increased but they are not being properly disposed of.
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Greenpeace Africa to Minister Ndongo: Tax breaks to logging companies might mean public funding for next pandemic
Yaoundé, 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
Johannesburg, 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
Nairobi, 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
Nairobi, 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…