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Bondo, Siaya County, Kenya — February 27, 2026 Community leaders in Siaya County have called for greater transparency and public education on Kenya’s nuclear energy plans, warning that misinformation and unresolved community concerns could undermine public trust in the project. The concerns emerged during a community listening session convened in
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[Kampala, Uganda] – [November 24, 2025] – Following the recent G20 Leaders’ Declaration from the South Africa Summit, wePlanet today intensified its demand that G20 nations, as primary shareholders of the World Bank, immediately remove institutional
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Christine Angell Nanyange As I embarked on my journey to Mityana district in Uganda, I couldn't help but feel both excited and nervous. wePlanet Africa was set to conduct an agroforestry training and video shoot, and I was tasked with coordinating the activities. The goal of the training was to
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By Perez Mweine In May of this year, Uganda enacted a ban on charcoal burning in the northern and eastern parts of the country. This measure aimed to curb the extensive deforestation caused by charcoal production. We at wePlanet Uganda recently visited northern Uganda to assess the enforcement of this
Kampala, Uganda – April 22, 2024 – In celebration of Earth Day, WePlanet Africa, a grassroots movement dedicated to tackling climate change, conducted a successful city clean up exercise that included collection of plastic bottles and a tree-planting event in Kasubi, the royal suburb of Kampala, Uganda. The initiative, held
By Perez Mweine On Monday April 22 was Earth Day. To celebrate this day, wePlanet Africa mobilised community members among them a primary school and local leaders to conduct a city clean-up exercise
World Bank Group, African Development Bank initiative could halve the number of people living without electricity in Africa By Timothy Machi The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have unveiled a new deal to connect at least 300 million people in Africa to electricity access by 2030
By Timothy Machi The United States of America has strict guidelines that prohibit the World Bank from financing fossil fuels including LPG that is key to Africa’s transition to cleaner energy. In his Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (E.O. 14008, signed January 27, 2021),
Dear Urban Residents of Africa, International Day of Forests on March 21st, couldn't have fallen on a better day and month. East Africa is on fire! News reports show the government of South Sudan has indefinitely closed all learning institutions beginning Monday, March 18 due to the current heatwave
