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After exposing the suspicious presence of the factory trawler Vasiliy Filippov in Senegal’s waters, Greenpeace Africa calls on West African states to strengthen surveillance of illegal fishing

Greenpeace Africa has restated its longstanding demand that governments cooperate to stop all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org) is calling on West African governments to strengthen surveillance of the region's oceans and protect fisheries against all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.  After the suspicious presence of a factory trawler in Senegalese waters was exposed (https://apo-opa.info/3ZeEV7l), the vessel, which is registered in Russia and…

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Dr Oulie Keita appointed as Greenpeace Africa Executive Director

Dr. Keita joins Greenpeace Africa with experience spanning 20 years in the international development space, working on policy, advocacy, lobbying at various levels

Mali-born development expert Dr. Oulie Keita has been appointed as Greenpeace Africa’s (https://www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/) Substantive Executive Director after an intensive and competitive recruitment process to usher the organisation into a new wave of environmental justice. Dr. Keita joins the organisation in the context of multiple environmental injustices on the continent, namely deforestation…

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We Will Win Again: African Activists Promise Resistance at Home to Oil-And-Gas Touting Leaders

African leaders have used COP27 – “the African COP” – to undermine the goals of the Paris Agreement by pushing for more fossil fuel deals at the expense of people and the continent

Climate activists from across sub-Saharan Africa gathered this morning in response to the dash for fossil fuels by African leaders at COP27.  African leaders have used COP27 – “the African COP” – to undermine the goals of the Paris Agreement by pushing for more fossil fuel deals at the expense…

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With new coal uninsurable, insurers start to move on oil and gas

62% of reinsurers now have coal exit policies and 38% have oil and gas exclusions as shift away from fossil fuels accelerates

Insurance company restrictions on oil and gas are finally starting to catch up with those on coal, according to new data (https://bit.ly/3eG18JD) from the Insure Our Future (https://global.Insure-Our-Future.com) campaign, co-published with Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/). Ahead of COP27, the campaign coalition argues that insurers must now fully exit new coal, oil and…

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Greenpeace Africa calls for consistency in Ruto’s clean energy leadership

The announcement by the Kenyan and Tanzanian presidents to continue investing limited public resources in building a gas pipeline makes no sense

In a suprise turn of events, president Ruto has committed to building a natural gas pipeline (https://bit.ly/3fZmwd9) from Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam, to Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa and later to the capital Nairobi. Responding to these developments, Greenpeace Africa’s Campaigner Claire Nasike has said: “The announcement by the…

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Biggest Plastic Polluter named Sponsor for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27)

Coca-Cola produces 120 billion throwaway plastic bottles a year - and 99% of plastics are made from fossil fuels, worsening both the plastic and climate crisis

The government of Egypt announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Coca-Cola, introducing the company as a sponsor for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) (https://bit.ly/3C2xhCG) to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh from 6 to 18 November. In response, Greenpeace USA Oceans Campaign Director, John Hocevar,…

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Greenpeace urges Africa’s environment ministers to keep plastic out of Africa

The activists held a banner bearing the words ‘global plastic treaty now’ demanding that Africa’s leadership support a legally binding instrument to end the plastic pollution crisis

Today, Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/) activists staged a protest at the beach of Ouakam and outside King Fahd Palace Hotel, during the official opening of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Senegal to tell Africa’s environment ministers to keep plastic pollution out of Africa. The activists held a…

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Africa Leads on Another Step to End Plastic Pollution

Governments in Africa and around the world must recognize that this is an opportunity to stem the tide of a global crisis

The Governments of Rwanda and Norway have jointly launched a High Ambition Coalition to end plastic pollution (https://bit.ly/3PLioJZ). The coalition was first initiated following the historic UNEA 5.2  resolution passed in March 2022 to start negotiations of an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.  Canada, Peru, Germany, Senegal, Georgia,…

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Greenpeace Africa congratulates Gambia on its decision to ban timber exports to combat trafficking

This decision echoes the call by the CITES to several states including The Gambia to suspend the trade in rosewood, a protected and particularly endangered species

Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org/africa) congratulates Gambian authorities after their decision (https://bit.ly/3IDI6xX) to ban timber exports to combat illegal logging. A statement from the Gambian government released on 1st July 2022 declared : "All existing permits issued for the export/re-export of timber are hereby permanently revoked" and adds that "the export and…

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Greenpeace Africa Calls on Governments to Endorse a Legally Binding Treaty

Governments in Africa and around the world need to implement national policies that push big brands to phase out single-use plastic and support a global plastics Treaty

For the first time in history, consideration of a global plastics treaty to tackle the plastic crisis is one of the top priorities in the upcoming talks set to begin in Nairobi this week. Greenpeace Africa (www.GreenpeaceAfrica.org) calls on all UN Member States to support the most comprehensive draft resolution…