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Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Raises Awareness on Participatory Democracy and Sustainable Development

News March 11, 2025

Led by its President, Dr Frank Habineza, the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) held a grand rally in Musanze District, Northern Province, focusing on women and youth empowerment through political education and...

COP29: the double-edged challenge of carbon credits for Africa

News December 3, 2024

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Africa could earn six billion dollars over the next six years thanks to carbon credits, according to a study. But we still need to prepare, explains the Minister of the Environment of Côte d'Ivoire, Jacques Assahoré Konan.

DRC: Feeling insecure, human rights defenders call for a review of the law on their protection

News November 26, 2024

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Promulgated on June 15, 2023, the law relating to the protection and responsibility of the human rights defender in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not reassure environmental activists who demand that articles 2, 7, 11 coupled...

Illegal mineral exploitation in eastern DRC is one of the main drivers of the current crisis, denounces the UN

News November 23, 2024

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, during the presentation of his report to the UN Human Rights Council, denounced the hoarding of resources from the illegal exploitation and illicit trade in natural resources in the...

DRC: Alert on the illegal export of sawn timber to Uganda

News November 21, 2024

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), environmental civil society organizations denounce the fraudulent export of sawn timber from the Mambasa, Irumu and Aru forests to Uganda. The recently revamped Climate Working Group...

DRC: President Tshisekedi and his family involved in mining in Lualaba province

News November 18, 2024

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Several mining companies operating in the Lualaba province in the DRC have been negatively cited in a Civil Society report that accused them of polluting the rivers in this province. Activists denounce what they call the "unacceptable...

Africa is witnessing a huge electrical and electronic waste problem

News October 30, 2024

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With its intense black smoke, the Agbogbloshie landfill in Ghana is one of the largest and best known in Africa. But its sad reputation does not make it an exception. In Nigeria, but also in Togo, Benin...

10 million children deprived of school after massive floods in Africa, according to the NGO Save the Children

News October 26, 2024

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The floods are worsening the education crisis, according to the NGO. The 10 million students currently stuck at home or displaced are in addition to the approximately 36 million children, including 20 million in Nigeria alone, who...

Southern Africa: Five countries in state of disaster, WFP warns of “worst food crisis in history”

News October 25, 2024

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The origin of this crisis is the El Niño climate phenomenon, which lasted until the beginning of the summer, causing a serious rainfall deficit in the region. This season, the lack of rain...

DRC: President Félix Tshisekedi must be held accountable for human rights violations

News October 3, 2024

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At the start of his first term in 2019, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi promised to protect human rights, but his government appears to have embarked on a crusade against its own promises.

UN commits to fight sand and dust storms, dangerous to health

News July 26, 2024

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According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the amount of dust suspended in the atmosphere decreased slightly in 2023 compared to the previous year. But in North Africa or the Arabian Peninsula, it remains above the long-term...

Climate change could increase the spread of malaria in Africa

News June 18, 2024

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The authors of this research, who combined new experimental data in an innovative modeling framework to examine how temperature could affect transmission risks in different environments in Africa, analyzed the link that may exist between global warming...

The 5th congress of the Federation of African Greens held in Kinshasa ended on a high note

News June 15, 2024

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The work of the 5th edition of the Congress of the “Federation of African Greens (FEVA)” dedicated to the issues and challenges posed by “political ecology” on the African continent was held for 3 consecutive days in...

DR Congo: Minister Eve Bazaiba called to explain the allocation of one million hectares of forests to an American company in defiance of the law

News June 10, 2024

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Greenpeace, which is an international network of independent organizations which act according to the principles of non-violence to protect the environment, biodiversity and promote peace, invited the Minister of the Environment Eve Bazaiba to explain its attribution,...

Zambia faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis

News June 8, 2024

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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has launched an urgent appeal for international aid to tackle an unprecedented humanitarian crisis hitting his country. The El Niño weather phenomenon hit his country hard.He called on the international community, the country's...

In Morocco, the Minister of Energy Transition is suspected of conflict of interest

News June 7, 2024

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The affair sparked intense controversy in Morocco. The scandal, nicknamed "the Paris incident", erupted after the publication of an alleged intimate photo of Leila Benali by the Australian press. In this photo, a man and a woman...

In the DRC, communities try to recover their lands plundered by the palm oil giant PHC

News June 3, 2024

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Clashes were recorded last week in one of the concessions of the company Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) in Lokutu in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), between members of a local community...

Gabon: President Oligui Nguema has authorized populations to kill elephants that are ravaging their fields

News January 1, 2024

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Gabon alone is home to between 65% and 70% of all African forest elephants today, making it the largest reservoir in the world, the former Minister of Water and Forests said a few years ago.However, in certain...

Green Party in Madagascar calls for calm and electoral integrity

News November 9, 2023

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The political tensions which have risen in recent weeks worry the Green party, which advocates the need for a calm electoral climate. The Hasin'i Madagasikara Green Party, led by its president Alexandre Georget, does not want to...

The Moroccan Green Party strengthens the capacities of women within the Party through training in Ecological Leadership

News August 5, 2023

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There were several dozen of them who responded to this invitation. Women working within the Green Party of Morocco attended a training session on ecological leadership aimed at all women in this political party, in partnership with...

Political ecology at the center of discussions at the 2nd Congress of the Moroccan Greens Party

News July 11, 2023

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The work of the second statutory congress of the Moroccan Greens Party was held at the Le Tarzakount hotel in Beni Mellal in the presence of several leaders of environmental organizations from African...

Zambia: Green Party chairman faces threats and intimidation over Constitutional Court petition

News January 10, 2023

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The life of the chairman of the Green Party of Zambia is said to be in danger. Mr. Peter Sinkamba claims to have received a series of threats and...

Climate change has worsened devastating floods in West Africa

News November 28, 2022

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Climate change has increased the likelihood of intense rains 80 times, causing historic floods in Nigeria, which have killed more than 600 people in recent months and devastated agriculture...

COP27 in Egypt ended without new ambitions for the reduction of greenhouse gases.

News November 23, 2022

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After more than two weeks, the major UN climate conference, which opened on November 6 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, finally gave birth to a highly contested text on...

Climate crisis: South African coal exports multiplied by eight in ten months

News November 21, 2022

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Coal exports jumped 700% due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The lack of gas is causing customers to turn to this fuel, which is bad news for the planet....

Climate change: Nigerian President Buhari accuses Western countries

News November 16, 2022

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The UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt continues. After the first week of negotiations with mixed results for developing countries, the second week promises to be crucial. Delegates from different countries...

Africa faces its worst food crisis in 40 years.

News November 3, 2022

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Africa is facing its worst food crisis in 40 years. Nearly 114 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, Almost half the population of the United States, face severe food insecurity. In East Africa, 50...

The road to COP27: challenges for African countries

News October 31, 2022

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The COP27, which will be held from November 6 to 18 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, gives hope despite the disappointments of the previous edition. As usual, on the eve of each climate...

In South Africa, African penguins threatened by the bird flu virus

News October 19, 2022

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Scientists are worried about the effects of this epidemic which has already killed around thirty Cape penguins settled in a colony on a beach at the southern tip of Africa.The disease, officially known as bird flu, is...

Ecology in Africa, a new green party is born in the political sphere in Congo-Kinshasa

News October 17, 2022

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If they are struggling to impose themselves on the political chessboards, the African green parties are spreading there more and more. The official release of the Solidarity, Order, Freedom, Ecology, Innovation and Light Party, "S.O.L.E.I.L" in acronym...

Africa emits less than 4% of global CO2 emissions but pays the heavy price of climate change

News October 5, 2022

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As the continent actively prepares to host the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, to be held this year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 7-18, 2022, all signals are red on the impact of climate...

Tunisia: the Ministry of the Environment bans the manufacture of plastic bags

News September 17, 2022

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The decision taken by the Tunisian Ministry of the Environment to ban the manufacture of certain types of plastic bags throughout the territory came into force on September 1, 2022.

Morocco: Environmentalists plead for the end of the cultivation of watermelon and avocado

News August 25, 2022

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Ecologists are worried about the growing water stress that Morocco has been suffering from for several years. The country is in the grip of its worst drought in 30 years.Faced with this emergency, the "Morocco Environment 2050"...

In Cape Verde, plastic waste washed up on beaches threatens loggerhead turtles

News August 22, 2022

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Cape Verde is an island state in West Africa considered the third country in the world with the highest number of loggerhead turtles.This small archipelago is located just west off the continent in...

Africa: the increase in cultivated areas threatens forests and biodiversity

News August 18, 2022

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Each year nearly 3.9 million hectares of cultivated land is expanded in Africa, comparable to the 1.5 million hectares per year in South America. An increase that is mainly at the expense of forests and natural vegetation.

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