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. 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. 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 and often do not have widespread support in their respective countries.
Principles of the Global Green Charter include:
Participatory Democracy
Nonviolence
Social justice
Sustainability
Respect for Diversity
Ecological Wisdom
Current leadership 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 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.
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.
Member parties
Full Member Parties and Organizations
Algeria: Parti Vert d'Algérie pour le Développement / Algerian Green Party
Burkina Faso: Rassemblement Des Ecologistes du Burkina Faso
Burundi: Burundi Green Movement
Chad: Union des Ecologistes Tchadiens - LES VERTS
Democratic Republic of Congo: Alliance des Ecologists Congolais - Les Verts (AECO - Les Verts) Republic of Congo: Mouvement des Ecologistes Congolais-Les Verts Egypt: Egyptian Green Party Ivory Coast: Rassemblement des Verts Ivoiriens (RAVI) Kenya: Green Congress of Kenya Madagascar: Parti Vert Hasin’I Madagasikara Mali: Parti Ecologiste du Mali Mauritius: Les Verts Fraternels Mauritius Morocco: Parti de la Gauche Verts du Maroc Mozambique: Ecological Party of Mozambique - Movement of Earth / Partido Ecologista de Moçambique Niger: Rassemblement pour un Sahel Vert/Parti Vert du Niger Rwanda: Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Senegal: Convergence des Ecologistes du Sénégal (CES) Togo: Afrique Togo Ecologie Tunisia: Parti Tunisie Verte pour le Progrès Uganda: Ecological party of Uganda Zambia: Green Party of Zambia Zimbabwe: Green Party of Zimbabwe / United Crusade for Democracy (UCAD)
Other African non-members and observers
Algeria: Ecology and Liberty Party Angola: National Ecological Party of Angola Burkina Faso: Ecologist Party for the Development of Burkina Ecologist Party for Progress Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina Faso Cameroon: Green Party for Democracy in Cameroon Rally of Ecologic Forces for the Stimulation of the Economy Union of Ecologists of Cameroon Central African Republic: Movement of Greens of Centrafrique Republic of the Congo: Movement of Greens of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rally of Congolese Ecologists - The Greens Party of Congolese Ecologists Côte d'Ivoire: Ecologic Party of Greens of Côte d'Ivoire Gabon: Gabonese Ecologist Front Mauritius: Green Brothers The Greens Madagascar: Rassemblement des Verts de Madagascar/Madagasikara Tany Maitso Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement Morocco: Izigzawen Écologie et développement Parti de l'environnement et du développement Mozambique Partido dos Verdes de Moçambique Niger: Rassemblement des Verts-Ni'ima Nigeria Green Party of Nigeria Rwanda: Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Senegal: Parti africain écologiste du Sénégal Sudan: Sudan Green Party South Africa ECOPEACE Party Togo: Pan-African Ecologist Party Tunisia Parti des verts pour le progrès Tunisie verte Uganda Uganda Green Party Zambia Liberal Green Party of Zambia
Sister bodies
Sister continental Green Party organizations include the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas, Asia-Pacific Green Network and European Federation of Green Parties.