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Greenpeace intercepts fish oil tanker as dramatic industry expansion threatens livelihoods in West Africa
Dakar, Senegal, 7 October 2021 – Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in the English Channel have intercepted a tanker transporting fish oil taken from West Africa, as an…
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The Greenpeace Africa Office Story
Since the late 1990’s, Greenpeace has been actively campaigning on illegal logging in the Congo Basin Forest in Central Africa. Greenpeace opened its doors in the African continent by opening…
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Africa is calling for a Global Plastic Treaty. Will the world listen?
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), considers pollution as one of three threats our planet is facing, along with the climate crisis and the loss of nature. Among all sources of pollution and waste, plastic occupies the very top.
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Dolphins and turtles carcasses on Senegal’s shoreline: a prelude to the horrors of BP’s project in West Africa
in the past week, dozens of dolphin and turtle carcasses were found in North Senegal, along the shores of Saint Louis. The deaths of marine wildlife come as oil giant BP has announced plans for gas drilling in one of the most pristine biodiversity hotspots in the West Africa coast.
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Hapag Lloyd is desperate to make West Africa its garbage dump; after Senegal, now Mauritania
After German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd was caught in the act of fraud by Senegalese customs, it has since been spotted docked in neighbouring Mauritania. Greenpeace fears that the vessel might try to dump its shipment of plastic waste there
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Greenpeace Africa reacts to attempts to turn Senegal into a plastic waste dump
German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has been caught in the act of fraud by Senegalese Customs. According to Liberation, the fifth largest ship owner in the world was fraudulently trying to bring 25 tons of plastic waste into Senegal. [1] The illegal shipment of plastic waste was seized on the ship Hansa Neuburg. The company agreed…
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Karpowership deal reeks of state capture
The Department of Energy and Mineral Resources (DEMR) announced Karpowership as one of the eight preferred bidders for the procurement of emergency electricity for bid-window five. Karpowership, a Turkish Karadeniz…
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The polluted lakes of Kenya
Water, a source of life, is slowly becoming the source of multiple illnesses and death in Kenya. This has been attributed to the excessive pollution of natural water resources such…
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A good day for people and for the ocean:” Greenpeace lauds Gambia’s government for stopping the expansion of major fishmeal and fish oil plant
Greenpeace Africa welcomes the Gambian government's decision, which comes only days after Greenpeace Africa and Gambian environmental activists have condemned the expansion of the Golden Lead factory. Such plants are repeatedly exposed as destructive for fish stocks, as well as the health of the population.
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Greenpeace condemns massive plundering of Mauritanian fish stocks vital to food security
The second largest fishing vessel in the world with a bad track record for chronic overfishing has been spotted fishing in Mauritanian waters