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Greenpeace initiate legal action against meat giant JBS, as activists shut down first Dutch shareholder meeting
Greenpeace Netherlands has taken the first step towards legal action against meat giant JBS, demanding disclosure of information on its climate, nature and human rights impacts in order to challenge in court its business policies, including its planned US$6 billion global expansion, of which almost half is for Nigeria.
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REPORT | Food or Poison? The Silent Environmental Cost of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Africa
This report highlights the growing reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across the continent, particularly in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. While these chemicals are often marketed as essential for boosting crop yields, the report argues they are actually "poisoning the foundations of our food systems" by destroying soil health and killing critical pollinators like…
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Greenpeace Africa strengthens indigenous knowledge and climate resilience through agroecology and beekeeping training in Lokolama
Greenpeace Africa has completed a community training exchange on agroecology and beekeeping in Lokolama, Equateur Province, bringing together Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) from the villages of Lokolama and Penzele.
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HISTORIC VICTORY: Kenyan Court Rules “Sharing Seeds is Not a Crime” in Landmark Verdict for Food Sovereignty
This judgment establishes powerful legal precedent globally, affirming that the ancient right of farmers to save and share seeds supersedes commercial interests, reshaping the legal balance of power between communities and agribusiness worldwide.
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Banned in Europe, booming in Africa: the dirty secret of pesticide exports
Following World Food Day, we examine how EU-banned pesticides are still being exported to Africa – and why we must speak out and demand stronger protection laws.
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Out of the frying an, into the fire: Greenpeace Africa and indigenous farmers reject the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2025
Amid growing outcry from indigenous and small-scale farmers, and civil society allies, Greenpeace Africa urgently calls on the Kenyan Senate to reject the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a proposal that trades one flawed system for an even more dangerous one, escalating corporate control over Kenya’s seeds and sidelining the voices of those…
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62 years on: it’s time to repair, reclaim and rise
As the African Union (AU) marked 62 years since the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the occasion was more than a celebration of history -it was a clarion call.
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Kenyan farmers, civil society, and advocates take seed fight to court in landmark case for food sovereignty
In the quiet court corridors of Machakos, a storm has been brewing—one not about legal technicalities, but about seeds, sovereignty, and the survival of a farming culture.
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Historic breakthrough: over 40 Nigerian civil society organisations unite to launch climate justice movement
Abuja, Nigeria: May 7, 2025 -In a watershed moment for the promotion of environmental justice in Nigeria, more than 40 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) joined forces to launch the Nigerian Climate Justice Movement (CJM).
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GMOs, Corporate Control, and the Future of Africa’s Food System
Kenya's Court of Appeals recent decision to halt the government's push for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is a major victory for not only food sovereignty, but farmers' rights, and environmental justice.