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# Africa

Posts in this archive: 95

- [The Women Left Behind](https://350.org/the-women-left-behind/) — How EACOP's Promises Failed to Restore Livelihoods in Rural Tanzania
- [How Can the Donkey Cross the Pipeline? ](https://350.org/how-can-the-donkey-cross-the-pipeline/) — Life Along the EACOP Route in Northern Tanzania
- [Afrika Vuka Week 2026](https://350.org/afrika-vuka-week-2026/) — Why affordable energy is a human right and how we end this political crisis
- [Greenwashing in plain sight](https://350.org/greenwashing-in-plain-sight/) — Why TotalEnergies’ donation in Mozambique falls far short
- [REpower Afrika: Ziada Kassimu](https://350.org/ziada-kassimu/) — “Working with 350.org has been a joy, as it's not about words: it's about action. 350 takes action on moving communities away from fossil fuels, impacting their livelihoods and giving them opportunities to grow and speak for themselves”
- [Renewables to empower women](https://350.org/renewables-to-empower-women/) — "I visited local communities and villages to understand what was putting people's health at most risk. And the answer was unequivocally clear: climate change and fossil fuels" - Meet Ziada Kassimu, gender and climate justice activist in Tanzania
- [As a refugee, climate change is a very real and painful part of my life](https://350.org/climate-and-refugees/) — In the World Migrants Day, meet Ayoo Irene Hellen: climate activist and migrants rights defender, fighting for clean and affordable energy solutions to empower communities in Uganda.
- [From darkness to solar light in Kijumba village](https://350.org/from-darkness-to-solar-light-in-kijumba-village/) — Energy access has long been a daily struggle in the village of Kijumba, Uganda, which is nestled along the routes of two dirty energy pipelines, East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and the Multipurpose Pipeline. Families lived in darkness, relying on hazardous methods like burning dry grass or using torches to light their homes. For locals like Vesitiina Kyomukama, this meant her children had no light to study by, and her family often ate meals outside by moonlight, vulnerable to snake bites.
- [Senegalese Women Advocate for a Fair and Ambitious Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)](https://350.org/senegalese-women-for-fair-ambitious-just-energy-transition-partnership/) — In Saint Louis, Senegal, around fifteen women from various backgrounds, primarily from the fishing sector, gathered to discuss the principles developed by 350.org and partners.
- [Building Our Own Power](https://350.org/building-our-own-power/) — REPower Afrika is a transformative campaign empowering communities and fostering sustainable development through renewable solutions from the ground up
- [COP28: Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné to Call for Release of 7 Imprisoned Ugandan Stop EACOP activists ](https://350.org/press-release/cop28-total-ceo-patrick-pouyanne-to-call-for-release-of-7-imprisoned-ugandan-stop-eacop-activists/)
- [Senegal's Just Energy Transition Partnership](https://350.org/senegals-just-energy-transition-partnership/) — A Chance to Boost Renewable Energy
- [Earth Month Spotlight: 350 Ghana's fight to reduce carbon emissions](https://350.org/earth-month-spotlight-350-ghanas-fight-to-reduce-carbon-emissions/) — Our story started with a group of seven people and one target: a coal power plant. And our climate movement in Ghana has grown into a beautiful network of over 150 members fighting for renewable energy solutions!
- [Africa's energy future must be renewable](https://350.org/the-sphinxs-riddle/) — As the sun rises above Egypt on Energy Day at COP27, let’s consider our host country’s proud symbol: the mysterious Sphinx, which devoured all those who failed to solve its riddle.
- [Our future is at stake](https://350.org/our-future-is-at-stake/) — Tell ICBC not to fund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and finance a just transition to a renewable energy future.
- [Time for action ✊](https://350.org/time-for-action/) — On 23 June 2022, ICBC's annual general meeting will take place. We need to keep the pressure up to ensure ICBC makes the rapid switch from fossil fuels to renewables.
- [SYND Engages three Regions on clean cooking stove usage](https://350.org/synd-engages-three-regions-on-clean-cooking-stove-usage/)
- [#AfrikaVukaNews: New year and re-energized in our pursuit for climate justice](https://350.org/afrikavukanews-new-year-and-re-energized-in-our-pursuit-for-climate-justice/)
- [Be proactive, form partnership in your quest to save earth – SYND](https://350.org/be-proactive-form-partnership-in-your-quest-to-save-earth-synd/)
- [Ivory Coast to finally abandon the proposed San Pedro coal-fired power plant project](https://350.org/ivory-coast-to-finally-abandon-the-proposed-san-pedro-coal-fired-power-plant-project/)
- [A breath of Fresh Air as Coal Free Nigeria Campaigners meets Legislators](https://350.org/a-breath-of-fresh-air-as-coal-free-nigeria-campaigners-meets-legislators/)
- [Centrale à charbon, c’est officiel, la Côte d’Ivoire abandonne le projet de San Pedro](https://350.org/centrale-a-charbon-cest-officiel-la-cote-divoire-abandonne-le-projet-de-san-pedro/)
- [China's coal declaration is a win for the climate movement](https://350.org/chinas-coal-declaration-is-a-win-for-the-climate-movement/) — The fossil fuel industry hopes you won’t get excited about what just happened. We believe you should — because it’s a significant win that shows what people power can do.
- [EACOP-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES TRAINED IN MEDIA USE](https://350.org/eacop-affected-communities-trained-in-media-use/)
- [Abuja Hotspot for a Global Just Recovery ](https://350.org/abuja-hotspot-for-a-global-just-recovery/)
- [Nigeria Joins the rest of the world to demand for a Just Recovery](https://350.org/nigeria-joins-the-rest-of-the-world-to-demand-for-a-just-recovery/)
- [Digital organising in the Covid-19 era](https://350.org/digital-organising-in-the-covid-19-era/)
- [No going back to normal: what a just recovery looks like in South Africa](https://350.org/no-going-back-to-normal-what-a-just-recovery-looks-like-in-south-africa/) — A just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to restructure South Africa’s economy to be more sustainable and resilient and to prioritise the needs of ordinary people.
Here’s how you can be a part of it.
- [Why solidarity with organised labour strengthens the climate movement](https://350.org/why-solidarity-with-organised-labour-strengthens-the-climate-movement/)
- [Is the AfDB going to withdraw from oil and gas projects?](https://350.org/is-the-afdb-going-to-withdraw-from-oil-and-gas-projects/)
- [Coronavirus and climate strikes](https://350.org/climate-strikes-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/) — Coronavirus is spreading fast, and we need to flatten the curve. Mass public events are cancelled in most places – but here are some organising tactics and tools you can use to care for your community and keep calling for justice in these troubling times.
- [Big wins to keep it in the ground](https://350.org/big-wins-to-keep-it-in-the-ground/) — People power is paying off this week, with a number of iconic wins against fossil fuels reported around the globe. Here's your Fossil Free News
- [Climate Defenders on the frontline of human rights abuses - report](https://350.org/climate-defenders-on-the-frontline-of-human-rights-abuses-report/) — As fossil fuel companies keep driving the climate crisis, the scale of human rights violations by the same companies is increasing.
- [Public finance institutions should be leading the fight against climate change](https://350.org/public-finance-institutions-should-be-leading-the-fight-against-climate-change/)
- [A new fossil free milestone: $11 trillion has been committed to divest from fossil fuels](https://350.org/11-trillion-divested/) — Institutional investors and groups from around the world are shifting investments out of the past and into the future.
- [NGOs, faith groups, foundations and activists are convening to take action on global climate breakdown](https://350.org/ngos-faith-groups-foundations-and-activists-are-convening-to-take-action-on-global-climate-breakdown/) — Financing the Future: The 2019 Global Climate Divest-Invest Summit is happening from 10-11 September in Cape Town, South Africa
- [Red light for China's Coal Finance in Africa?](https://350.org/red-light-for-chinas-coal-finance-in-africa/) — If the Chinese Government is serious about being a global leader on reducing emissions and tackling the climate crisis, it must apply the same restrictions that it applies domestically to coal financing outside of China.
- [We are joining hands to Save Lamu and the Sundarbans](https://350.org/we-are-joining-hands-to-save-lamu-and-the-sundarbans/) — The Sundarbans has seen some of the world's most violent hurricanes, thousands of years of changing riverbeds, rise and fall of civilizations. Lamu have survived centuries of people’s movements, political rivalries, sometimes even wars. Throughout that time our people built patient and respectful relationships with these delicate sites.
- [The Lamu Coal Plant project in Kenya has been stopped by a court decision](https://350.org/the-lamu-coal-plant-project-in-kenya-has-been-stopped-by-a-court-decision/)
- [Climate justice means migrant justice](https://350.org/climate-justice-means-migrant-justice-too/) — Climate crisis and the fossil fuel industry are drivers of forced migration. Here's the story of Bargny in Senegal -- a fishing community on the frontlines of these interwoven crises
- [This is how we're shutting down fossil fuel finance](https://350.org/this-is-how-were-shutting-down-fossil-fuel-finance/) — G20 Finance ministers are meeting in Japan - but we're looking at the real leaders
- [This is climate change: another cyclone has hit Mozambique](https://350.org/this-is-climate-change-another-cyclone-has-hit-mozambique/) — If we act now, we can slow down the reality of storms like this becoming the new normal. Join an #AfrikaVuka event in your community today.
- [“Stop Procrastinating and lip-service, Take Immediate Action” Activists in Ghana tell African Leaders](https://350.org/stop-procrastinating-and-lip-service-take-immediate-action-activists-in-ghana-tell-african-leaders/) — 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon took to the streets together with Ghana Youth Environmental Movement, Green Africa Youth Movement and other climate justice organisations like PACJA, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Friends of the Earth Nigeria to demand real climate action.
- [More than two million people have been affected by Cyclone Idai](https://350.org/more-than-two-million-people-have-been-affected-by-cyclone-idai/) — The cyclone has destroyed up to 90% of some cities.
- [How you can help those affected by Cyclone Idai](https://350.org/how-you-can-help-those-affected-by-cyclone-idai/) — The worst cyclone to hit Southern Africa is another chilling reminder of the reality of the climate crisis.
- [Sign the open letter to the African Development Bank: it's time to go 100% renewable!](https://350.org/sign-the-open-letter-to-the-african-development-bank/)
- [Fossil Free News: Hope for 2019](https://350.org/fossil-free-news-hope-for-2019/) — Diverse movements fighting for justice all over the world are growing rapidly in strength and numbers. Can you feel it too? This will be our year.
- [Break Free 2018 – Here’s What Happened!](https://350.org/break-free-2018-heres-what-happened/)
- [Africa uniting forces to challenge the fossil industry on May 25](https://350.org/africa-uniting-forces-to-challenge-the-fossil-industry-on-may-25/)
- [#ThumaMina - call on South Africa to stop financing new coal](https://350.org/thumamina-call-on-south-africa-to-stop-financing-new-coal/) — We're asking the Development Bank of Southern Africa to publicly commit to not funding a new coal-fired power plant in South Africa, called Thabametsi.
- [#ThumaMina – call on the DBSA to publicly commit to not financing new coal](https://350.org/thumamina-call-on-the-dbsa-to-publicly-commit-to-not-financing-new-coal/)
- [Only people can power change. Join us 8-9 September](https://350.org/only-people-can-power-change-join-us-8-9-september/)
- [2018 – The Year for Local Action](https://350.org/2018-the-year-for-local-action/) — The COP23 climate talks are over; now the work of real climate leaders begins.
- [The Iconic Robben Island Embraces Renewables](https://350.org/the-iconic-robben-island-embraces-renewables/)
- [The NEW Fossil Free](https://350.org/you-are-part-of-a-global-fossil-free-movement/) — We’re calling for a fast and just transition to a Fossil Free world. Working together, we will end the use of fossil fuels and transition our world to 100% renewable energy for all. And we are calling on politicians to follow our lead.
- [Peter Ndung’u Takes Us To The Heart of Lamu](https://350.org/peter-ndungu-takes-us-to-the-heart-of-lamu/) — Meet a young Kenyan photographer, showcasing the Decoalonise Kenya and Save Lamu Plight
- [#DeCOALonise March in Nairobi](https://350.org/decoalonise-march-in-nairobi/) — A group civil society organisations in Kenya, under the #deCOALonise banner, are marching this morning in Nairobi to deliver an open letter to Judy Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretariat at the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources denouncing the coal development in Kenya, in relation to the proposed coal plant in Lamu and coal mining projects in Kitui
- [Cape Town commits to divestment](https://350.org/cape-town-commits-to-divestment/)
- [It’s time for Cape Town to make a difference](https://350.org/its-time-for-cape-town-to-make-a-difference/)
- [Global Divestment Mobilisation wraps up](https://350.org/gdm-wrapup/)
- [In case you missed it: Week 1 of #GDMAfrica2017](https://350.org/in-case-you-missed-it-week-1-of-gdmafrica2017/)
- [The urgency to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry could not be more heightened](https://350.org/the-urgency-to-cut-ties-with-the-fossil-fuel-industry-could-not-be-more-heightened/)
- [The Global Divestment Mobilisation is LIVE](https://350.org/the-global-divestment-mobilisation-is-live/)
- [Onwards, to a Global Divestment Mobilisation](https://350.org/onwards-to-a-global-divestment-mobilisation/)
- [From ending apartheid to ending the age of fossil fuels](https://350.org/from-ending-apartheid-to-ending-the-age-of-fossil-fuels/)
- [It's time for the city of Cape Town to become a climate champion](https://350.org/its-time-for-cape-town-to-become-a-climate-champion/)
- [Africa’s divestment movement rises to stop catastrophic climate change](https://350.org/africas-divestment-movement-rises-to-stop-catastrophic-climate-change/)
- [Connect The Dots](https://350.org/connect-the-dots/)
- [World Water Day – State of Cape Town’s Water Crisis](https://350.org/world-water-day-state-of-cape-towns-water-crisis/)
- [World Water Day – Water Impacted Communities Spearheading Solutions](https://350.org/world-water-day-water-impacted-communities-spearheading-solutions/)
- [Climate Change Impacts on Eastern African States – A Nile Day Perspective](https://350.org/climate-change-impacts-on-eastern-african-states-a-nile-day-perspective/)
- [Striving towards united social justice movements in Eastern Africa](https://350.org/striving-towards-united-social-justice-movements-in-eastern-africa/)
- [We know who is responsible for climate chaos, and how to stop them.](https://350.org/we-know-who-is-responsible-for-climate-chaos-and-how-to-stop-them/)
- [2017 – Scaling up campaigns across Africa](https://350.org/2017-scaling-up-campaigns-across-africa/)
- [Mohad Recounts: The Story of the Algerian Anti Fracking Movement](https://350.org/mohad-recounts-the-story-of-the-algerian-anti-fracking-movement/)
- [First week of mobilisation at COP22](https://350.org/first-week-of-mobilisation-at-cop22/)
- [Our Climate Stories](https://350.org/our-climate-stories/)
- [COP22: A Defining Moment for Africa’s Climate Movement](https://350.org/cop22-a-defining-moment-for-africas-climate-movement/)
- [Faith Institutions Lead the Divestment Call](https://350.org/faith-institutions-lead-the-divestment-call/)
- [Activism in Ghana: 350 G-ROC](https://350.org/activist-350groc/)
- [Being Present in this Moment: Climate Justice and Collective Dignity](https://350.org/being-present-in-this-moment-climate-justice-and-collective-dignity/)
- [Artivism in Nigeria to Fight Fossil Fuels](https://350.org/artivism-in-nigeria-to-fight-fossil-fuels/)
- [More rain, less freshwater: Why the government of Ghana needs to stop coal expansion](https://350.org/more-rain-less-freshwater-why-the-government-of-ghana-needs-to-stop-coal-expansion/)
- [Despite dismissal of court case, peaceful action to Break Free from fossil fuels still planned](https://350.org/press-release/despite-dismissal-of-court-case-peaceful-action-to-break-free-from-fossil-fuels-still-planned/)
- [Horn of Africa: Voices from the frontlines of El Niño and climate change](https://350.org/horn-of-africa-voices-from-the-frontlines-of-el-nino/)
- [Pope Francis: Standing together for our common home](https://350.org/pope-francis-standing-together-for-our-common-home/)
- ["We are Winning the War": 350 Kenya's Own Stories](https://350.org/kenyas-own-stories/)
- [The Sea & The Sahara: Climate Justice in North Africa](https://350.org/the-sea-the-sahara-climate-justice-in-north-africa/)
- [This guy wants to use the sun to share climate solutions](https://350.org/this-guy-wants-to-use-the-sun-to-share-climate-solutions/)
- [Burundi: Climate Impacts Hit Bujumbura](https://350.org/burundi-climate-impacts-hit-bujumbura/)
- [In 20 years, this part of Africa might have actually melted](https://350.org/in-20-years-this-part-of-africa-might-have-actually-melted-2/)
- [This is how you tell visual stories for the climate change movement](https://350.org/this-is-how-you-tell-visual-stories-for-the-climate-change-movement/)
- [Rwandan GPS team keeps growing](https://350.org/rwandan-gps-team-keeps-growing/)
- [Looking for inspiration during big challenges? Learn from him.](https://350.org/looking-for-inspiration-during-big-challenges-learn-from-him/)
- [Kano, Nigeria](https://350.org/kano-nigeria/)