April 20
Africa: After COP30, What's Next for the Fossil Fuel Phaseout?
With COP30 delivering mixed results on a fossil fuel phaseout, attention is turning to new spaces for building climate action. The Santa Marta conference, hosted by Colombia and… Read more »
April 02
Africa: Fossil Fuel Giants Block Pro-Climate Audiences From Seeing Ads On X, Investigation Finds
A new Global Witness report reveals the tactics fossil fuel companies employ to exclude potential critics from seeing their ads on X Read more »
November 25, 2025
Africa: COP30 Verdict - People in, Polluters Still In?
The high ambition articulated by the Brazilian COP Presidency at COP30's opening had notably faded by the end of the second week, reflecting the sobering realities of… Read more »
Africa: Chocolate Giants Fuel Deforestation in West Africa's Last Rainforest
An investigation by Global Witness links some of the world's most popular chocolates, including Mars, Magnums, KitKat, Hersheys and Dairy Milk, to a new deforestation crisis in… Read more »
November 14, 2025
Africa: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil, With Largest Ever Attendance Share
With one in every 25 COP30 attendees a fossil fuel lobbyist, massive industry presence intensifies calls to protect climate negotiations from corporate capture Read more »
November 13, 2025
Africa: New Global Initiative Aims to Place Environmental Defenders At the Heart of Climate Decisions
Campaigners are hailing today's COP30 launch of a new global initiative aimed at advancing the recognition, protection, and participation of environmental defenders in climate… Read more »
November 10, 2025
Africa: Global Witness At COP30 - Policies for People Over Polluters
At COP30 in Belém, Global Witness is driving forwards a policy agenda that puts people - not polluters - first Read more »
October 09, 2025
Africa: Banking On Forests - Inside Private Sector Plans to Shape the Tropical Forests Forever Facility
A $125 billion fund will use profits from global markets to invest in forest protection. Can we trust the same financiers driving deforestation to save the world's forests? Read more »
September 17, 2025
Africa: COP Lobbyists Disclosure Requirements a Huge Win for People Over Polluters
UN Climate Change have announced new disclosure requirements for people attending COP, in a big win for accountability and transparency at climate talks after years of tireless… Read more »
September 18, 2025
Africa: How Land Grabbing Harms the Environment and Its Defenders
When land grabbing banishes communities from their homes, the surrounding environment and biodiversity are left at the mercy of destructive industries Read more »
July 15, 2025
Africa: What Is Red-Tagging, and How Does It Harm Climate Action?
Red-tagging - which falsely brands legitimate activists as terrorists - is used to silence land and environmental defenders online and in real life Read more »
July 16, 2025
Africa: Facebook Is the Most Toxic Social Media Platform for Climate Activists - New Survey Suggests
[16th July 2025] - Facebook is the platform where most climate activists report having experienced abuse worldwide, a first ever survey today suggests. Read more »
June 26, 2025
Africa: It's Only Fair That Polluters Pay for Climate Change Costs
With the costs of climate change impacts rapidly rising, the billions pocketed by the fossil fuel industry is an insult to the communities worst hit by extreme weather. It's time… Read more »
