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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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Reuse and refill is the only solution to our plastic pollution crisis
I am Prina, a Greenpeace Africa volunteer based in Durban and I just took action with Greenpeace Africa this Plastic Free July. Plastic Free July is a month where Greenpeace Africa challenges the biggest polluters such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Unilever and Nestle to cut down their plastic waste and commit to 50% reuse and refill…
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DRC’s forests-for-oil sale reeks of neocolonialism
Forests are losing out to fossil fuels and foreign finance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On July 28, the country’s government auctioned 27 oil blocks and three gas blocks overlapping with some of the world’s most sensitive ecosystems, after signalling its intent in April.
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Concerns regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo oil and gas auction and donor financing of pre-COP27
1. Greenpeace Africa would like to take this opportunity to alert you to the death threats our staff has received from anonymous callers related to its criticism of the 28-29 July oil and gas auction. These threats occurred as Greenpeace was preparing to set out on field missions to potentially impacted communities in Tshuapa, Equateur…
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Indigenous women losing their forest in Cameroon
Indigenous women face a lot of difficulties due to deforestation. While celebrating them, the world should have more concrete actions in favor of the preservation of the forest.
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Greenpeace Africa and Greenpeace USA call for the Protection of Forests & Peatlands and the End of Oil and Gas Expansion in DRC
WASHINGTON DC (August 10, 2022) — On the back of their face-to-face meeting in Kinshasa, Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula, announced a formal working group to protect forests and peatlands. The DRC is currently exploring a plan to auction off 26 oil…
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In Conversation with anti-apartheid activist Pregs Govender
South African Women’s Day marks the anniversary of when 20,000 women marched against the apartheid government’s pass book laws, on 9 August 1956. Renowned anti-apartheid activist, politician and author Pregs Govender chats to fellow author and Greenpeace Storytelling Advisor Yewande Omotoso about her activism – then, and now.
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Both the UK and Congo think they’re climate leaders – COP26’s fallout shows how far adrift they are / Irène Wabiwa Betoko
From the fall-out of the pandemic to the interlocking cost of living and energy security crises currently gripping the world, it has been fascinating to see the world’s richest governments bending over backwards to help fossil fuel companies. Meanwhile households are battling a cost of living crisis and the climate crisis is raging on, threatening…
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Greenpeace tells Big Oil to stay clear of Congo’s carbon bomb
Kinshasa, 19 July 2022 – the world’s largest oil and gas companies are urged by Greenpeace to sit out a major oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of July. In letters sent to oil companies worldwide, Greenpeace warns of an ominous auction at the expense of biodiversity…
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My Perspective of the Kenyan Presidential Manifestos: Do they Address The Pertinent Issues of Food and Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change?
The cost of living has risen, so has the prices of essential commodities such as food. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as per the 30th of June 2022, a 2kg packet of maize flour retailed at an average price Kshs.186, up from an average price of Kshs 129 in June 2021. Maize…