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World Environment Day: Greenpeace Africa confronts Coca-Cola, world’s top plastic polluter with giant glass bottle cap installation
Activists demand Coca-Cola cap plastic production as company produces 120 billion throwaway bottles annually
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Ending plastic pollution in Africa: a matter of justice for African women and communities
Millions of people across the world have joined our call for a strong, binding Global Plastics Treaty.
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Historic forest congress ends with pressing demands from Indigenous Peoples and local communities
In a show of unity, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) from the world’s largest tropical forest basins, the Amazon, Congo, Borneo-Mekong-Papua and Mesoamerica, have concluded their first-ever global congress with an urgent call for protection, recognition and respect for the forests as well as the provision of direct access funds for the communities.
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Air pollution kills 42,000 South Africans in one year. Big polluters must be held accountable
A new report released today by Greenpeace Africa and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals a devastating and avoidable public health crisis.
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Maasai community and civil society rally behind global call for fossil fuel treaty
At a press conference held today in Nairobi, stakeholders rallied behind the call for Kenya to join the bloc of 16 nations currently participating in discussions for the Treaty.
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REPORT: Unmasking the toll of fine particle pollution in South Africa
Our latest report, produced in partnership with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), goes beyond the headlines to reveal the hidden health crisis and economic burden caused by toxic air — and who is responsible.
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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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Beyond borders, beneath the waves: what the High Seas Treaty means for Africa
The ocean is life. It feeds us, powers our climate, and sustains entire cultures across Africa. Yet more than half of it remains largely unprotected.
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Public participation, licensing, and transparency concerns emerge in the luxury eco-lodge development in Ngong Road Forest
Greenpeace Africa participated in the public stakeholders meeting convened by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on 27th May 2025, regarding the controversial construction of a luxury eco-lodge in Ngong Road Forest.
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Greenpeace calls for global recognition and urgent actions at the first global congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from the 3 forest basins
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.