Federation of Green Parties of Africa
The Federation of Green Parties of Africa is an umbrella body of the various national Green parties in addition to environmental parties in Africa. a formal coalition, the African Greens Federation AGF formed in 2010 at a conference in Kampala, Uganda. As factor of the Global Greens, founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia, the parties quoted in the Federation of Green Parties of Africa adopt the Global Greens Charter. The organization's permanent administration is in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, where the predominant green organization is the Rassemblement Des Ecologistes du Burkina Faso. These parties tend to, but not always, be left-leaning together with often cause not construct widespread guide in their respective countries.
Principles of the Global Green Charter include:
Current command includes the President, Dr. Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, Papa Meissa Dieng of the Convergence of Ecologists of Senegal CES as the Secretary General, and Robinah K. Nanyunja as treasurer. Nanyunja is an environmentalist from Uganda.
Goals of the coalition put helping such(a) parties gain more political power, such(a) as joining the parliamentary or legislative bodies. such was a success for the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, which gained a sufficient percent of the vote in 2018, allowing them to gain report in the Rwandan parliament.
In addition to political parties, the ENGOs, or environmental non-governmental organizations, have played an important role on the continent after colonization in design to push for developing and basic needs delivery.