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Lagos demolitions protests: CAPPA decries Police crackdown, demands release of protesters

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned what it described as the violent, unlawful, and reprehensible actions of the Lagos State Government...

Demolitions: Displaced Makoko residents, others protest at Lagos Assembly

Residents displaced by ongoing demolitions in communities in Lagos State on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, staged a protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly...

Groups stage protest for, against ban of alcohol in sachets

Protesters against the ban on alcohol in sachets and pet bottles and protesters in support of the ban on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, stormed...

Africa Exploitation Week: Protesters demand $5tr payment from fossil fuel executives

Police removed and dragged away climate activists who had chained themselves to a giant green payment machine outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre...

Protesters bring ‘Planet in Crisis’ to COP30 headquarters in Belém

On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, representatives of Indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and social movements from across the Amazon held a demonstration in front of...

Protesters call on China to reject controversial African pipeline project

Hundreds of environmental and community activists on Monday, November 20, 2023, staged peaceful protests at the corporate headquarters of some Chinese banks and insurance...

Virus protesters warned after tens of thousands rally in Germany

The authorities in Germany’s south-western state of Baden-Württemberg are warning coronavirus protesters against going out onto the streets unless their rallies are authorised, after...

Protesters frustrate waste evacuation in Rivers, RIWAMA alleges

Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has expressed concern over possible build-up of waste following truncated operations of contractors by protesters on Eleme/Onne axis...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...