Africa: Thousands Could Be Displaced in DRC By EU Backed Lobito Corridor Railway: [Global Witness] Up to 6,500 people could be at risk of eviction by the flagship project, a new Global Witness investigation reveals http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPdCrp #Africa #DRC #LobitoCorridor #GlobalWitness #HumanRights

Africa: COP30 Verdict - People in, Polluters Still In?: [Global Witness] The high ambition articulated by the Brazilian COP Presidency at COP30's opening had notably faded by the end of the second week, reflecting the sobering realities of consensus-based decision-making http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPTHsN #COP30 #ClimateAction #GlobalWitness #Sustainability #ClimateChange

Africa: Chocolate Giants Fuel Deforestation in West Africa's Last Rainforest: [Global Witness] An investigation by Global Witness links some of the world's most popular chocolates, including Mars, Magnums, KitKat, Hersheys and Dairy Milk, to a new deforestation crisis in Liberia http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPS2Sd #Deforestation #Rainforest #Sustainability #ChocolateIndustry #GlobalWitness

Africa: Global Witness At COP30 - Policies for People Over Polluters: [Global Witness] At COP30 in Belém, Global Witness is driving forwards a policy agenda that puts people - not polluters - first http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPBlHb #GlobalWitness #COP30 #ClimateAction #SustainableDevelopment #EnvironmentalJustice

Africa: 126 Environment Defenders Killed in Africa - Global Witness Report: [Vanguard] No fewer than 126 by land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared in Africa since 2012, with Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, accounting for almost two-thirds of these cases. Other cases are Kenya, six; Liberia, six; South Africa, six; Chad, five; Uganda, five, among several others. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TN70cG #EnvironmentalDefenders #Africa #HumanRights #ClimateJustice #GlobalWitness

Africa: At Least 146 Land and Environmental Defenders Killed or Disappeared Globally in 2024: [Global Witness] New Global Witness figures bring the total up to 2,253 from 2012 to 2024 http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TN6r5V #EnvironmentalDefenders #GlobalWitness #LandRights #ClimateJustice #HumanRights

Africa: Documenting Killings and Disappearances of Land and Environmental Defenders: [Global Witness] Every year, Global Witness works with partners to gather evidence, verify and document every time a land and environmental defender is killed or disappeared. Our methodology follows robust criteria, yet undocumented cases pose challenges when it comes to analysing data http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TN6r4t #GlobalWitness #LandDefenders #EnvironmentalJustice #HumanRights #Sustainability