June 17
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Post-2015 MDG - Charity Urges Nigeria On UN Report
Daily Trust
The charity, Save the Children has urged Nigeria and all United Nations member states to drive the agenda stated in a new UN report to push millennium development goals beyond... Read more »
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How NGOs Are Promoting Girl-Child Education in Northern Nigeria
Leadership
In most places in Nigeria, especially in the North, girl-child is at disadvantage compared to their male counterparts in terms of education. Yahaya Sarki writes on the efforts of... Read more »
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NGOs Trade Ghana's Image for Cash
Ghanaian Chronicle
The Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere has disclosed that his outfit would soon invite some Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)... Read more »
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Crusaders for Peace Prepares for Huge Task
New Republic
The Liberia Crusaders for Peace, an advocacy and empowerment non-government organization, is preparing for a very huge task across Liberia in line with land rights promotion... Read more »
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Right Groups to CBL Boss' Defense
New Republic
Consortiums of Right Groups in Liberia have risen to the occasion in defense of Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Governor, Mills Jones, whose recent gestured to business institutions... Read more »
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IDS
IDS alumni Nancy Okail has been given a five year sentence as part of the Egyptian government's crackdown on independent civil society groups working within the country. Forty... Read more »
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NGO Launches Campaign to Monitor June 30 Events
Aswat Masriya
The Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement announced on Sunday that it has launched a campaign to monitor the demonstrations scheduled for the end of this... Read more »
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NGO and Communities Delegations Review Recent NFM Developments [analysis]
GFO
Global Fund Secretariat acknowledges that the allocation model needs to be better explained Read more »
June 15
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Court Jails Rapper for 'Insulting' Police [press release]
HRW
The two-year prison sentence for a Tunisian rapper on June 13, 2013, for "insulting the police" in a song violates freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »
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Sweeping Political Exclusion Law - Proposal Violates Fundamental Rights [press release]
HRW
Tunisia's legislature should amend the latest draft of a law intended to bar government officials under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from holding public office for... Read more »
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Call for Submission of Proposals From NPOs/NGOs/CBOs Providing MMC Services [press release]
SA Govt
The Free State Department of Health is calling on interested NPOs (non-profit organisations)/NGOs (non-governmental organisations) / CBOs (community based organisations) to respond... Read more »
June 14
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Imprisoned Femen Activists Should Be Released [press release]
AI London
Yesterday's prison sentences against three activists from FEMEN, an international women's movement known for staging topless protests, in Tunisia are an unacceptable restriction on... Read more »
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Why NGOs Are Jittery Over Public Benefits Organizations Act [opinion]
Pambazuka
New legislation in regards to local and international NGOs in Kenya is likely to exacerbate the mutual suspicion between the governments and NGOs Read more »
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Civil Society Reaction to State of the Nation Address [analysis]
Pambazuka
A coalition of civil society organizations fighting for realization of the right to health in Uganda issued the following statement in reaction to President Museveni's State of the... Read more »
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No Impunity for 'Black Saturday' Benghazi Deaths [press release]
HRW
Libyan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the violent clashes in Benghazi on June 8, 2013, that left 32 people dead. The authorities should also hold those who... Read more »
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Aid Workers Risk Manipulation As in Afghanistan - Expert [interview]
AlertNet
As a senior United Nations official in Afghanistan during the 2001 invasion, Antonio Donini saw firsthand the damage done as a result of humanitarians allying themselves with... Read more »
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Improving the Lives of Disabled People [press release]
ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania and... Read more »
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Building Resilience Across Communities [press release]
IFRC
As in other countries across the Sahel, the lack of rainfall during 2011 left parts of Senegal facing food insecurity. This was particularly detrimental for livestock in the lean... Read more »
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Underdeveloping African Agriculture [analysis]
AfricaFocus
"These interventions from AGRA [Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa] and the G8 are, first and foremost, about opening markets and creating space for multinational... Read more »
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Appeals Court Overturns Nullification of County Commissioners
The Star
The Court of Appeal has overturned a judgement by the High Court nullifying the appointment of 47 county commissioners. Read more »
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TARIME - Anti - FGM Campaign Bears Fruit
Daily News
TARIME is one of the areas notorious in practicing female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country. But there are positive signs indicating that anti-FGM campaign is now widely... Read more »
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Warrap Authorities Deny Relief Workers Face Harassment in Communities
Sudan Tribune
Officials in South Sudan's Warrap state have dismissed reports that humanitarian workers are suffering harassment in communities, despite claims by traditional leaders on Thursday. Read more »
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NACC - Coast Still Leads in Homosexuality
The Star
THE National Aids Control Council has said the Coast region still leads with the highest number of men having sex with men, one of the groups rarely considered in Hiv/Aids... Read more »
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SOS BT Village to Commemorate SOS International Day
Malawi News Agency
SOS a Non-profit making organization that advocates for the rights of children will commemorate this year's SOS international day on 21st June. Read more »
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Young Feminist Group Seeks Help
Namibian
THE Biblical saying that a prophet has no honour in his village became a truism for a young feminist organisation that seeks to promote gender equality in Namibia in line with SADC... Read more »
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