Monthly Archives: August 2021
After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. Cameroonian authorities have accused the aid group of helping separatist groups […]
The Ethiopian government has suspended the activities of three foreign humanitarian organisations which have been working in northern Tigray. Ethiopia’s Agency for Civil Society Organisations said on August 4, 2021 that it had identified rule violations by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the Maktoume Foundation. “MSF and the Norwegian Refugee […]
The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third of these people live in Africa. One of the main reasons for this increase is the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the cost of healthy diets and high levels of income inequality. […]
The Ugandan government on Friday ordered the suspension with “immediate effect” of 54 NGOs, including the main civil liberties organization Chapter Four, in a move seen as a move to tighten its grip on civil society. The 54 associations, which operate in the political, societal, religious and environmental fields, are accused of “non-compliance” with the […]
THE Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) has deplored fake news propagators alleging the sexual minorities grouping received US$300 000 funding from the United States embassy in Harare. In the fake news post, purportedly published by NewZimbabwe.com, the mischievous authors claimed GALZ was grateful to the opposition political outfit, MDC Alliance, and its leader […]
A legal battle that will put to test Zimbabwe’s adherence to international conventions on wildlife management is on the cards following Advocates4Earth’s court application seeking an interdict to stop the government from exporting elephants to China. Advocates4Earth is a Zimbabwean environmental group and is accusing China of subjecting elephants to unhealthy and unfriendly conditions. In […]
Access to clean and safe water is a basic human right. Yet, the availability of water remains a huge challenge in the city of Gweru due to the deteriorating infrastructure. However, Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA) conducted a virtual Water Indaba for residents’ inorder for them to discuss on water issues affecting the city […]
WORLD Vision Zimbabwe will stick to its humanitarian assistance programmes and distance itself from the country’s politics, an official has said. “World Vision Zimbabwe will not abuse the confidence accorded to it by the Government of Zimbabwe,” the organisation’s director, Mr Lessile Scott, said yesterday as he addressed farmers and top civil servants at Tongwe […]
CROSS RIVER State wing of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and the Queen Priest Foundation have distributed food items, clothes and toiletries to less- privileged children and widows in the state. They made the donation on Valentine’s Day to some Internally Displaced Persons of Bakassi still living at Ikot Eyo in Akpabuyo Council […]
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