The Federation of Green Parties of Africa is an umbrella body of the various national Green parties and environmental parties in Africa. The formal coalition, the African Greens Federation (AGF) formed in 2010 at a conference in Kampala, Uganda.[1] As part of the Global Greens, founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia, the parties included in the Federation of Green Parties of Africa follow the Global Greens Charter.[2] 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.[3] These parties tend to, but not always, be left-leaning and often do not have widespread support in their respective countries.
Principles of the Global Green Charter include:[4]
Participatory Democracy
Nonviolence
Social justice
Sustainability
Respect for Diversity
Ecological WisdomDr. Frank Habineza, President of Federation of Green Parties of Africa
Current leadership includes the President, Dr. Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda,[5] Papa Meissa Dieng of the Convergence of Ecologists of Senegal (CES) as the Secretary General,[6] and Robinah K. Nanyunja as treasurer. Nanyunja is an environmentalist from Uganda.[7]
Goals of the coalition include helping such parties gain more political power, such 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 representation in the Rwandan parliament.[8]
In addition to political parties, the ENGOs, or environmental non-governmental organizations, have played an important role on the continent after colonization in order to push for development and basic needs delivery.[9]
The Africa Liberal Network is an organization composed of 47 political parties from 29 countries in Africa. It is an associated organisation of Liberal International, the political family to which liberal democratic parties belong. The ALN serves to promote liberal objectives and principles throughout the continent.
The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.
The Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina (RDEB) (Rassemblement des Écologistes du Burkina) is a political party in Burkina Faso.
Change 2005 was a political alliance in Burkina Faso, founded to contest the presidential election in 2005. The incumbent, Blaise Compaore, was standing for a third term and was expected to win despite claims that another term in office would be unconstitutional. He was re-elected with 80.35% of the votes.
The Ecological Party for the Development of Burkina is a political party in Burkina Faso founded in 2003.
The Rally for the Development of Burkina was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Celestin Saidou Compaoré.
The Rally of the Ecologists of Senegal is a political party in Senegal. At the legislative elections of 3 June 2007, the party won 1.00% of the popular vote and 1 out of 150 seats.
The Rally of Congolese Ecologist-The Greens is a Green party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was founded by Faustin Kiembwa Tabena on June 15, 2001.
Parti écologiste marocain - Izigzawen, is the new self-denomination of the Berberist Moroccan Parti démocrate amazigh marocain (PDA) or Moroccan Amazigh Democrat Party, launched in 2005, banned in November 2007 and judicially dissolved in April 2008. It has no connection with the Global Greens and has not been legally reestablished, even under its new denomination.
The Green Party of Quebec (GPQ) is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green politics. It has not won any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec. Its platform is oriented towards promotion of green values, sustainable development, and participatory democracy.
The ninth constituency for French residents overseas is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French citizens overseas to the French National Assembly.
The Greens of Burkina is a political party in Burkina Faso.
The Rally for Independent Forces/Party of the Youth of Burkina is a political party in Burkina Faso.
Ensemble!, officially Ensemble – Movement for a Leftist, Ecologist, and Solidary Alternative, is a French left-wing political party, defining itself as anti-capitalist, anti-racist, feminist and eco-socialist. It was launched in November 2013 by several smaller groupings.
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