Category: NGO News
More than 273,000 people have been displaced due to severe flooding across Somalia in October, according to figures by UN agency on Friday. The vast majority of those displaced people by flooding are in the Baladweeyne area due to the…
The Government should launch a new Mediterranean search-and-rescue mission and commit to accepting an additional 1,500 refugees per annum over the next three years, Irish NGOs have said. The Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition, which represents 23 organisations, has called…
Hungary’s parliament has passed a new law imposing stricter rules on nongovernmental organisations that receive foreign funding, defying warnings from the European Union and civil rights groups. All organisations getting more than 84,000 euros a year from abroad must register…
Top United Nations officials have highlighted the important role played by civil society in advancing human rights around the world, as a major United Nations conference bringing together some 2,000 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 90 countries got under…
United Nations independent experts today called on the Malaysian Government to protect the members of a group of civil society organizations campaigning for electoral process reform, who have been the target of harassment and intimidation. The members of the umbrella…
An Irish NGO is playing its part in an ambitious plan to plant four billion trees in Ethiopia in one year. Self Help Africa, an agricultural development organization, will complete the planting of 300,000 tree seedlings in Ethiopia this…
The government in the last five years has deregistered over 14,800 NGOs which were registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and had been receiving funds from abroad, the Lok Sabha was told Tuesday. Replying to a written question,…
Volunteer Turkish doctors departed for Niger on Thursday to provide health support and deliver aid ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha — the festival of sacrifice. The volunteers were from Worldwide Doctors (Yeryuzu Doktorlari), a Turkish non-governmental organization that provides…
The Italian Interior Minister says the Netherlands is responsible for what happens to migrants onboard a rescue ship flying under the Dutch flag. The Sea Watch 3 is owned by a German charity and has been in international waters since…
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (left) interacts with women in Baidoa on her visit to Somalia. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender,UN Women, has encouraged Somalia to continue making…