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Africans want the continent to #BreakFree from fossil fuels
Johannesburg, South Africa - Today, Africa Day, citizens and communities in almost 20 countries across the African continent are gathering, taking to the streets and actively blocking the fossil fuel economy as part of a continent-wide day of action.
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An irrational IRP can expect legal challenge from human rights organisations
17 May 2018 - The Life After Coal (LAC) Campaign and Greenpeace Africa say that the Department of Energy (DoE) will face a legal challenge from them if the Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) ignores constitutional obligations.
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Maiden Machakos Farmers Network
To the west of Nairobi, sits a beautiful, hilly, semi-arid county. It is named after Masaku wa Munyeti, an Akamba chief. Welcome to Machakos home to Iveti hills.
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Greenpeace Africa Executive Director calls for Peatland protection after visit to DR Congo
Kinshasa, 10 May 2018 - Good morning to you all and thank you all very much for taking the time to meet with me today. It is a pleasure to be in the DRC and I feel blessed to have spent time in the giant forest of the Congo Basin. I am in awe of…
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Greenpeace Africa in Solidarity with Nakuru Residents
Nairobi, 11th May 2018 - Following the disaster that struck residents of Solai village in Nakuru on 09 May 2018 and killed over 40 people and left hundreds homeless, Greenpeace Africa would like to expressed its compassion and solidarity to the people of Kenya.
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Massive irregular expenditure at the Department of Water and Sanitation – outrageous: Greenpeace
Johannesburg, 10 May 2018 -- Greenpeace Africa has launched a petition calling on President Ramaphosa to put water at the centre of all government decision-making. This comes in the wake of news that South Africa’s auditor-general has reported to parliament that irregular expenditure at the Department of Water and Sanitation has rocketed from R4 billion…
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Durban citizens join the world in saying no to single use plastics!
18 April 2018, Johannesburg – In the wake of Day Zero, plastic was a major concern for those donating water to the water stricken city of Cape Town. Plastics are a growing problem on the continent, putting the environment and oceans in crisis mode. We are seeing too much plastic ending up in landfills.
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Kenya’s Youths Demand Big Corporations to Stop Single-Use Plastics
Nairobi, 18 April 2018 - Ahead of this year’s Earth Day (April 22), youths from Kenya are urging Coca-Cola Central East & West Africa Limited, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Java to stop the use of single-use plastics.
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DRC Forest Minister seeking to allocate an area the size of Belgium for industrial logging
Kinshasa, 16 April 2018 - Greenpeace Africa and Congolese non-governmental organisations have learned that a month after reinstating 650,000 ha of logging concessions deemed illegal and cancelled in 2016, DRC’s Environment Minister sought authorisation from Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala to auction off fourteen other concessions covering an area the size of Belgium. The move violates…