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We are still standing: from Lokolama, our forest continues to speak
The forest of the Congo Basin did not wait for international conferences to be protected. It has been safeguarded for generations by the people who live within it. Indigenous Peoples are not the past. They are an essential part of the forest’s future.
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Greenpeace Africa convenes national stakeholders to strengthen DRC’s legal framework on plastic pollution
Greenpeace Africa, in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and New Climate Economy, is convening a two-day multi-stakeholder consultation workshop to advance policy reforms aimed at tackling the growing plastic packaging pollution crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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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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The Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor: Red Flags And The Urgent Need For A Moratorium On New Extractive Projects
This brief raises profound contradictions between the Corridor’s conservation objectives and the expansion of extractive industries. Areas intended to serve as a model for sustainable development and community-led stewardship are now exposed to the risks associated with oil exploration and production, as well as mining activities that will result in deforestation and habitat fragmentation.
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DRC Environment Minister commits to uphold logging moratorium, as CSOs call for lasting protection of the Congo Basin
Our organisations, members of a coalition of 70 Congolese and international organisations working to protect human rights and the environment, welcome the public statement by Marie Nyange Ndambo, Minister of the Environment, Development and New Climate Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reaffirming that the moratorium on the allocation of new industrial…
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Coalition warns of plan to open tens of millions of hectares of DRC’s forests to timber industry
A coalition of more than 70 environmental and human rights organisations are calling on the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to maintain the national moratorium on the allocation of new industrial logging concessions.
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A tale of two oceans: Celebrating whale migration in South Africa as whale dies on Atlantic shores of DRC
As the whale festival season reminds us of the beauty and majesty of these incredible creatures, let the loss at Muanda remind us of our responsibility. Whales don’t have a voice to protest the plastic in their bellies or the ships cutting through their homes. We have to be that voice.
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Greenpeace Africa joins coalition calling on presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Yoweri Museveni to prevent oil expansion in the Albertine Graben around Lake Albert
Greenpeace Africa has joined a broad coalition of Congolese, Ugandan and international civil society organisations in signing an open letter addressed to Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Yoweri Museveni.
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Minerals, not mercy: what Kenya must learn before signing away its resources
When President Ruto stood on the sidelines of the G7 summit and announced Kenya was close to a minerals deal with the United States, the language used was the language of partnership: investment, not aid. In country processing, not extraction. A new chapter, not a repeat of the old one.
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Greenpeace Africa calls for reinforced protection of elephants in maniema
Greenpeace Africa expresses its deep concern following an alert issued by AGIREC Maniema on Thursday, 25 June 2026, reporting an alleged case of elephant poaching in Punia Territory, Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).