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‘Victory for the planet’ – South Africans celebrate court win to stop Shell’s destructive oil exploration
Communities in South Africa are celebrating a huge win as court blocks Shell’s destructive oil exploration off the beautiful Wild Coast.
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Communities celebrate as Court sets aside Shell’s exploration right off the Wild Coast of South Africa
Makhanda, South Africa: Today, the High Court in Makhanda ruled that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa was granted unlawfully and therefore…
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UN: sustainability of fisheries in Senegal is “of great concern” and demands the government improve fisheries management
Dakar, 30 June 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has highlighted the devastating impact of the fishmeal and fish oil industry on West Africa’s fish…
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Africans are fighting to protect our oceans, food and jobs
What a difference six months makes. Last December, there was a surge of environmental optimism when Olaf Scholz became Germany’s Chancellor after pledging to “halt man-made climate change”. Germany has…
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World Oceans Day: As food insecurity worsens, Greenpeace Africa and fishing communities across West Africa demand action on the fishmeal and fish oil industry “to prevent a human catastrophe”
Fishing communities and civil society groups across West Africa will unite today (8 June, World Oceans Day) in a show of strength against the fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry…
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Save the Wild Coast: Court adjourned, judgement reserved
31 May 2022, Gqeberha, South Africa: On the second and final day of the legal challenge against Shell and Impact Africa, the Gqeberha High Court heard respondents’ arguments following yesterday’s…
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Applicants’ arguments heard to save the Wild Coast
30 May 2022, Gqeberha, South Africa: Demonstrators led by affected coastal communities gathered outside the Gqeberha High Court today for the start of the three-day legal challenge against Shell and Impact Africa’s seismic surveys off the Wild Coast, and the unlawful decision in 2014, by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to grant Shell…
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Greenpeace Africa and Natural Justice join challenge to Shell’s seismic testing off the Wild Coast
26 May 2022, Gqeberha, South Africa: Natural Justice and Greenpeace Africa have applied to join the court case, brought on behalf of Wild Coast communities and small-scale fishers represented by…
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Greenpeace Africa calls on the government of Sénégal to make public the results of the investigation into a suspicious yellowish slick on the Petite Côte.
Côte, Sénégal, Dr Aliou Ba, Head of Greenpeace Africa’s Oceans Campaign, has requested that the government of Sénégal make the results of its investigation public as soon as possible.
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Anti corruption report in Senegal: Greenpeace Africa urges Senegal to adopt transparency in the fishing sector
“The shortcomings raised by OFNAC confirm the concerns of Greenpeace Africa, which for years has been asking for an audit and the publication of the list of vessels authorized in Senegal,” says Dr Ba. “We must not allow this important sector to operate under such nebulous practices. This is why Greenpeace Africa is once again…