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• Three Americans Knighted for Long Service to Mali

  

  Vivian Lowery Derryck, Melvin Foote and Chic Dambach - all respected veteran advocates for Africa in Washington, DC - have been honored by the government of Mali for long service ... Read more »

  • Mali: Five Thoughts on Becoming a Knight of Mali's National Order
  • Mali: On Being Knighted by Mali - Despite Coup and Pandemic Delays

• Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa Threatens to Expel NGOs

  

  President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to expel Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from Zimbabwe saying they have lost their mandate, writes Sharleen MohammedRead more »

  • Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa Threatens to Expel NGOs
  • Zimbabwe: Crackdown On NGOs Could Impact Election Observation

• Chinese Bank Ditches Zimbabwe Coal Project After Public Pressure

  

  The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, with a global portfolio that includes fossil fuel extraction, has agreed to stop financing the controversial Sengwa coal project in ... Read more »

  • Zimbabwe: Chinese Bank 'Ditches' Sengwa Coal Project After Public Pressure
  • Zimbabwe: Halt Coal Related Investments, Focus On Renewable Energy - Local NGO

• Gambia Cracks Down on Homosexuality

  

  The National Intelligence Agency has arrested at least 14 people since November 7, according to Amnesty International. Read more »

  • Gambia: Lesbians Flee to Senegal
  • Gambia: U.S. Upset Over Attacks on Gays

• Transforming Girls & Women's Lives - Theirworld Honours Theo Sowa

  

  Theo Sowa, the former CEO of the African Women's Development Fund, received this year's Unlock Big Change Award from during the annual International Women's Day event sponsored by ... Read more »

  • Africa: Theirworld Honours Theo Sowa for Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women
  • Resource Document A message from Graça Machel to Theo Sowa

• Shell Accused of Funding Nigerian Gangs Against Oil Activists

  

  An NGO has accused Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, of fuelling human rights abuses by paying huge contracts to armed ... Read more »

  • Nigeria: Shell Accused of Funding Clashes, Armed Gangs
  • Nigeria: 'Shell Paid Soldiers to Suppress Protesters in Ogoniland'

• How War Impacts the Lives of Children - Amnesty

  

  Amnesty International published a report on the situation in Niger that highlighted the devastating consequences of war, on children. In Niger's Tillabé Read more »

  • Niger: War Devastates the Lives of Children - What the Research Tells Us, and What Can Be Done
  • Niger: Children Killed or Forcibly Recruited By Armed Islamist Groups in Devastating Conflict - New Report

• Earth Hour Africa - Why We Must Act Now for Nature and People

  

  Earth Hour is the world's largest grassroots environmental movement, mobilising millions of people around the world to demonstrate their concern for nature. Every year in March ... Read more »

  • Africa: Earth Hour Africa: Why We Must Act Now for Nature and People
  • Africa: We Can Still Hold the Line On Climate Change Impacts

• Violence Forces Medical NGO Out of DR Congo's Ituri Villages

  

  French international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation, Doctors without Borders (MSF) announced on March 21, 2022 that it would stop its humanitarian aid ... Read more »

  • Congo-Kinshasa: Doctors Without Borders Suspends Operations in North-East Congo Due to Violence
  • Congo-Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo: Insecurity and impunity force MSF to halt lifesaving medical work in Nizi and Bambu

• Kenyan Govt Issues Warning to NGOs Ahead of Poll

  

  Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has cautioned non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the country against engaging in what he has termed partisan politics Read more »

  • Kenya: NGOs Warned Against Following 'Road to Hell' Ahead of Polls
  • Kenya: Govt Gives Non-Compliant NGOs 90 Days to File Returns