December 05, 2023
Africa: Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Granted Access to COP28 Climate Talks #AfricaClimateCrisis
London, 4th December 2023 - At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Africa: The Climate Law the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want #AfricaClimateHope
Europe's biggest polluters - Shell, BP, TotalEnergies and ENI - are fighting to stop a law that would force them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Our governments cannot… Read more »
July 29, 2022
Kenya: Use "Break Glass" Measures and Suspend Ads to Protect Kenyan Election, Rights Groups and Frances Haugen Demand
Global Witness, Foxglove and the "Facebook Files" whistleblower Frances Haugen are calling on Facebook to deploy emergency measures in Kenya to protect the integrity of the… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Kenya: Facebook Approves Ads Calling for Ethnic Violence in the Lead Up to a Tense Kenyan Election
A new investigation by Global Witness and legal non-profit Foxglove shows that Facebook failed to detect inflammatory and violent hate speech ads in the two official languages of… Read more »
Kenya: Facebook Unable to Detect Hate Speech Weeks Away From Tight Kenyan Election
Despite the risk of violence around the upcoming Kenyan election, our new investigation conducted in partnership with legal non-profit Foxglove finds Facebook appallingly failed to… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Egypt: Statements On COP27 Imply Restricting Activism #AfricaClimateActivism
Uphold Rights to Free Expression at Environmental Summit Read more »
April 09, 2014
Guinea: Govt Moves to Strip Billionaire of Iron Ore Concession
A government committee in Guinea today recommended stripping diamond billionaire Beny Steinmetz of one of the world's biggest iron ore concessions on evidence his company bribed… Read more »