Editing Green party (section)

===Africa===
Some national Green parties began forming in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, but they often struggled to gain influence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20100304-green-politics-make-their-debut|title=Green politics make their debut|date=March 4, 2010|website=RFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/africas-green-parties-bet-on-international-help/a-49594924|title=Africa's Green parties bet on international help &#124; DW &#124; 15.07.2019|website=DW.COM}}</ref>

[[Wangari Maathai]] was perhaps the most prominent and successful member of a Green party in Africa: after founding the [[Green Belt Movement]] and the [[Mazingira Green Party of Kenya]], she was elected to the Kenyan Parliament in 2002, became an assistant minister for Environmental and Natural Resources, and won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/wangari-maathai/biography|title=Wangari Maathai biography &#124; Women|website=en.unesco.org}}</ref> Other African Green parties that have achieved parliamentary representation include [[Les Verts Fraternels]] of [[Mauritius]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.africangreens.org/distinguished-african-greens|title=Distinguished African Greens|date=June 17, 2011|website=African Green Federation}}</ref> and [[Frank Habineza]]'s [[Democratic Green Party of Rwanda]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rwanda-politics-idUSKCN1LL2HI|title=Two opposition lawmakers elected in Rwanda for the first time|date=September 5, 2018|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref> In [[Senegal]], Green party leader [[Haïdar el Ali]] was appointed Minister for Ecology in 2012.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2016/1020/How-Haidar-el-Ali-became-one-of-Africa-s-best-known-environmentalists|title=How Haidar el Ali became one of Africa's best-known environmentalists|date=October 20, 2016|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref>