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Africa
Friends of the Earth Africa brings together groups throughout Africa to participate in international programs and develop initiatives to strengthen campaigning in the region.
FoEI member groups in Africa are particularly active in community-based forest management; extractive industries and African peoples’ need for access to clean renewable energy; food sovereignty and the struggle against GMOs; and the dangers of agrofuels expansion in the region.
News from the region
Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court
January 30, 2020 - The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by Friends of the Earth France, Survie and four Ugandan associations (AFI...
30 January, 2020
Total in court for human rights violations in Uganda: Historic hearing in France under the duty of vigilance law.
The organizations are suing the oil giant on account of its activities in Uganda. Over two years of investigations have revealed serious violations of and threats to human rights a...
16 December, 2019
Regulated Destruction
In the context of intensifying climate and biodiversity crises, international institutions and states have the power to regulate the private sector and set limits on their environm...
21 November, 2019
Oil company Total faces historic legal action in France for human rights and environmental violations in Uganda.
Paris, 23 October 2019 Today Friends of the Earth France, Survie, AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda and NAVODA are taking Total to court for its failure to elaborat...
23 October, 2019
A journey through the oil spills of Ogoniland
Over two decades after Shell was first called out for it’s destruction of the Niger Delta, oil still contaminates the land, compensation is owed and Shell continues to obstruct j...
17 May, 2019
Public services alternative
Since 2014, the Our Water Our Rights Campaign has mobilized communities and people’s groups to resist water privatization across Lagos, and broadened citizen engagement in resolv...
17 April, 2018
Transforming our economy: Scaling up solutions
We live in a world facing many destructive and entwined crises - including growing inequality, climate change, poverty, pollution and human rights violations. Our current economic ...
31 January, 2018
Corporate Impunity: Strategies of struggle in Africa
2016 was an important year in the African continent’s struggle against corporate impunity, with the first session of the Southern African Peoples Permanent Tribunal (PPT) taking ...
04 January, 2018
People power at its best: Friends of the Earth groups around the world mobilize to demand climate justice and end to dirty energy
In an explosion of spectacular mobilizations and a frenzy of social media between 13-15 October 2017, Friends of the Earth groups across six continents demonstrated the power of th...
17 October, 2017
People Power in action: Uniting against oil exploration in Togo
In 2012 oil was discovered off the coast of Doevi Kope, Togo. If the oil is drilled it will affect not only Doevi Kope but also other villages notably Gbetsogbe and Katanga.
09 October, 2017
