"Durban - A group of about 60 protesters blocked the corridor leading to the hall where negotiations were taking place at the COP 17 climate change conference in Durban on Friday.
They held up posters reading: "Don't kill Africa" and "stand strong Africa".
A line of United Nations security personnel in blue shirts stood in front of them.
The protesters were not violent, but were noisy, chanting slogans such as "we need a deal in Durban to happen now" and "seal the deal now".
They also started singing Shosholoza and clapping their hands.
The Greenpeace banner "Listen to the people not the polluters" could be seen at the front of the group."
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