Building A Fossil Free Africa

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Beta Coronel, #DivestNY Organiser

"We are not going to be left behind. We will continue touring across villages and cities enlightening communities about the impacts of coal."

— Khadija Shekuwe Save Lamu coordinator.

Photo Highlights

Abuja, Nigeria
Accra, Ghana
Niger Delta, Nigeria
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Abuja, Nigeria
Tunis, Tunisia
Centurion, South Africa
Vaal, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Nairobi, Kenya
Goma, DRC
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#AfrikaVuka Videos 

#AfrikaVuka Action – Accra, Ghana

#AfrikaVuka action – Nairobi, Kenya

News Coverage, Ghan

#RiseForClimate in Africa

#ThumaMinaDBSA: Cape Town action. December 2018.

#RiseForClimate concert in Nairobi, Kenya

 

we’re mobilising across Africa to #BreakFree from fossil fuels and push for a renewable

We don’t need another coal power plant in South Africa, we know that burning more coal will only lead to catastrophic climate impacts.

Break Free: #ThumaMina DBSA
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September 29, 2020

A call to stop the issuance of coal mining licences in Nigeria

The mining companies are benefiting greatly from the goodwill of the local communities and not honoring the Community Development Agreements that they entered into. A review of these agreements showed that they are heavily skewed against the local people.

September 29, 2020

Mobilizing for a better Uganda

As women, we have realized we shall suffer more because the oil activities will contaminate the land, water and air making it difficult for us to survive in the community and yet we have known this land for centuries and we have nowhere to go if the land is contaminated.

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