December 1

• Cote d'Ivoire: Trafigura Fine a Set-Back for Africa's Environmental Justice

  Greenpeace Africa condemns the weak fine given to Trafigura Beheer BV as part of a plea bargain. This comes after the Dutch company and its chairman Dauphin were charged with... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Greenpeace Africa's Statement On the Conflict in DRC's Goma [press release]

  Greenpeace Africa is appalled at the recent upsurge in violence in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo and is calling for the UN and the international community to help bring... Read more »

• Cameroon: Facts On the Ground Undermine Herakles' Cameroonian PR Offensive [press release]

  Bruce Wrobel, the CEO of Herakles Farms, has long claimed that his company has a positive presence in Africa. Read more »

• South Africa: Greenpeace Congratulates Green Scorpions On Exposing Eskom's Environmental Crimes [press release]

  Greenpeace congratulates the Green Scorpions on their exposure of Eskom as the organ of state with the highest rate of non-compliance with environmental legislation. This report... Read more »

November 21

• Cote d'Ivoire: Trafigura Fine a Set-Back for Africa's Environmental Justice

  Greenpeace Africa condemns the derisory fine levelled on Trafigura Beheer BV as part of a plea bargain. The Dutch company and its chairman Dauphin had been charged with illegally... Read more »

November 20

• Cameroon: Herakles Farms Continues Forest Clearing in Cameroon

  A US-owned company is clearing natural forest in the southwest of Cameroon to establish a large-scale palm oil plantation, heightening social tension as serious questions about the... Read more »

• South Africa: Greenpeace Lodges Complaint With Public Protector and the Nation's Human Rights Commission [press release]

  Greenpeace Africa and the South African History Archives have lodged a formal complaint with both the Public Protector and SA Human Rights Commission with regards to the second... Read more »

November 15

• South Africa: Global Wind Power Market Could Triple By 2020 - Greenpeace

  Greenpeace International and the Global Wind Energy Council released their bi-annual report on the future of the wind industry in Beijing today. The fourth edition of the Global... Read more »

November 12

• South Africa: Gauteng Civil Society Marches for Nuclear - Free South Africa [press release]

  Thousands of people from civil society groups across Gauteng today took part in a march to protest against South Africa's nuclear expansion plans. The activists marched from Pieter... Read more »

November 8

• Senegal: Greenpeace Calls for an Immediate Investigation Into the Dead Marine Life in the Senegalese Territorial Waters [press release]

  Greenpeace calls on the Senegalese government to immediately investigate the causes of dead animal species within its waters, which have occurred in the past few weeks. This... Read more »

November 5

• Congo-Kinshasa: Energy-Efficient Home-Cooking in Kinshasa

  Endless power cuts in the DRC's capital city, Kinshasa, force most households to use charcoal or wood (makala) to cook their meals. Bikuku and Lutendele, two suburbs of Kinshasa,... Read more »

October 31

• South Africa: Join Greenpeace Africa and Earthlife Africa to March for a Nuclear-Free South Africa [press release]

  Together with Earthlife Africa, we want to gather as many people as possible to show our support for a just energy solution. Please join us as we march to a nuclear-free future! Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Greenpeace's Comment On the Statement By the Congolese Minister of the Environment [press release]

  Greenpeace welcomes the announcement by the Congolese government to clean up the logging industry. This is a first step towards sustainable use and protection of the Congo Forest.... Read more »

October 30

• Cameroon: Promises of Development Hard to See On the Ground in Cameroon [analysis]

  It is full a 2-day drive from the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé to the area in the South West of the country where the American company, Herakles Farms is developing a huge... Read more »

October 29

• Congo-Kinshasa: The Congo Forests Take Centre Stage [press release]

  The culmination of our events inviting the Congolese youth to stand up for their forest environment was a moving one. Read more »

October 28

• Congo-Kinshasa: The Congo Basin Forests Have Found the Voice of Their Guardian [press release]

  At the Wallonie Bruxelles Centre in Kinshasa today, we launched the "Voices Of The Forest" poetry book, a collection of 77 poems written by Congolese youth about their wishes to... Read more »

October 27

• Congo-Kinshasa: Greenpeace Launches Congolese Youth's Book of Forest Poetry [press release]

  A special event and ceremony in Kinshasa has marked the culmination of Greenpreace Africa's "The Future of the Forests in poems" competition. A compilation entitled "Voix des... Read more »

October 26

• Mauritius: The Rainbow Warrior Diet [press release]

  "You're going to get sea sick," Paul our photographer said to me when I arrived on the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Mauritius. "I've been on all the Greenpeace ships and... Read more »

October 25

• Cameroon: No New Palm Oil Plantations in Cameroon [press release]

  It is a 2 day drive from the capital Yaounde to the South West of Cameroon, to the area where the American company Herakles Farms is starting a huge new palm oil plantation. Read more »

• Senegal: Greenpeace Reaction to the Statement of the Senegalese Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs [press release]

  Greenpeace welcomes the announcement by the Senegalese government that it will follow-up on the fishing authorizations that resulted in the plunder of pelagic resources of the... Read more »

• South Africa: There's No Excuse - Our Oceans Need Action Now [press release]

  For the past six weeks the crew on the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior have been observing and monitoring the Indian Ocean's fisheries and its diverse sea life, encountering... Read more »

• Senegal: Senegalese Fishermen Launch Platform to Protect Their Rights [press release]

  Greenpeace Africa today helped bring together Senegalese fishermen, fish packers and sellers in the wake of the biggest ever fishing scandals to hit Senegal. Read more »

• South Africa: Groundwork, Earthlife Africa JHB and Greenpeace Confront Eskom Over Bad Choices - Demand New Management [press release]

  Today, three campaigning organisations joined forces to put South Africa's energy utility, Eskom, under New Management. Activists confronted the utility to publicly highlight that... Read more »

• South Africa: Groundwork, Earthlife Africa JHB and Greenpeace Remain in Detention for Confronting Eskom [press release]

  14 activists from three campaigning organisations have been placed under custody in johannesburg's Sandton police station for confronting South Africa's energy utility, Eskom.... Read more »

• South Africa: Eskom Has Failed South Africans - It's Time for New Management [press release]

  Today, we joined forces with two other environmental organisation - Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and groundWork, to put South Africa's energy utility, Eskom, under new management. Read more »