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Pressing forward with Greenpeace Africa: gender parity worth emulating
A question that keeps lurking in my mind in our competitive world is: “Does gender equality make the world a better place?” I will say YES! It’s saddening after how…
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Greenpeace Africa critiques the budget speech failure to support a new energy future
Johannesburg, 21 February 2018 - Responding to Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba’s budget speech, Greenpeace Africa’s Political Advisor, Happy Khambule has said:
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Greenpeace Africa’s Executive Director Wins a Prestigious Human Rights Award
Nairobi, January 30, 2018: Greenpeace Africa’s Executive Director, Njeri Kabeberi, has won the 2017 Munir Mazrui ‘Lifetime Achievement Human Rights Defenders Award’ in a ceremony organised by the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (NCHRD-K) at the Royal Netherlands embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. This is one of three categories of Human Rights Defenders (HRD) Awards…
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Greenpeace Africa in total solidarity with the People of Sierra Leone
Dakar, 17 August 2017- Following the disaster that struck Freetown on 13 August 2017 and killed at least 312 people and thousands of homeless people, Greenpeace Africa expressed its compassion and solidarity to the people of Sierra Leone.
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2017 Annual Report
In 2017, we laid the groundwork for an environmental movement in Africa. Overall, Greenpeace Africa had a great year and we are looking forward to an even more impactful 2018,…
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Greenpeace ships: Warriors at Sea
1971. This was the year it all began. You’ve heard the story about how a boat load of (very brave) volunteers and journalists sailed to Alaska to stop the American government from running nuclear tests? The U.S government started feeling the pressure from all directions and was forced to abandon the nuclear tests the following…
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#BridgesNotWalls: It’s Time for Solidarity, Love and Hope
This Friday, January 20th, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, after a year when the politics of hate, fear and division blossomed around the world.
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Njeri Kabeberi appointed as Greenpeace Africa Executive Director
Johannesburg, September 25, 2016: Kenyan born Njeri Kabeberi, has been named as Executive Director for Greenpeace Africa after an extensive search for a combination of skills required to drive the organisation towards a people –powered movement.
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Greenpeace turns 45!
Today Greenpeace Celebrates its 45th anniversary. 45 years ago a group of men and women found in them the courage to establish what has now become an internationally renowned environmental organisation "There's a joke that says, in any bar in Vancouver, Canada, you can sit down next to someone who claims to have founded Greenpeace.…
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Embracing Change – Shaping the Future
This annual report provides a summary of the activities carried out in different parts of Africa in an effort to curtail some of the pressing environmental challenges of our time, including: climate change, deforestation, water pollution, coal mining, coal energy, nuclear waste, and overfishing.