MSF first worked in Borno, northeast Nigeria, in 2014. We have had a continuous presence in the state since 2016, running five hospitals across Borno state, providing a range of services, including treatment for malnutrition and malaria. Ahsan Abbasi, MSF Head of Mission in Nigeria, talks about the reasons why we closed our activities in […]
Tag: NGOs and Civil Society
New York, NY — Fellowship will enable young socially conscious changemakers to make an enduring impact in their communities Thirty emerging social entrepreneurs won the Resolution Social Venture Challenge (SVC), which took place at the Baobab Summit an annual convening for Mastercard Foundation Scholars. Selected from among 90 competitors, Scholars competed virtually in a multi-step […]
Lagos, Nigeria — Value Seeds Limited, an indigenous crop seed production, solution, and development company, in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation will empower 10,000 smallholder farmers in Nigeria with the distribution of farm supplements. Women will constitute 70% of the program ’s participants who will be selected from 22 local governments in five states, including […]
Lagos, Nigeria — Wednesday, August 25, 2021 – Agrolog General Services Limited in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation will support 60,000 smallholder farmers in vulnerable indigenous ginger farming communities in Kaduna State. The partnership will provide immediate materials, capacity, and structural support to boost ginger production and increase work opportunities for young people and adults […]
Klay — Community Based Organizations and Women Rights Groups in Bomi County have received training in gender inclusion in forest governance and land matters. The training was conducted by Rural Integrated Center for Community Empowerment (RICCE) under the Green Livelihood Alliance-GLA 2.0 program (“Forests for a Just Future.”) on August 17, 2021. The training brought […]
Connect Plus Resource Institute (CPRI) – an organization dedicated to promote mental health and wellness, and champion suicide prevention, helping save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide – has called for the decriminalization of suicide in Malawi. CPRI executive director Dennis Mwafulirwa argued in an interview with Nyasa Times on Saturday that […]
Kampala — Authorities in Uganda have suspended 54 aid groups, accusing them of failing to comply with regulations. In return, the heads of the accused groups say they are being harassed for political purposes. Addressing journalists Friday in Kampala, Steven Okello, the executive director for the National Bureau of Non-Government Organizations, said the 54 NGOs […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to urgently address the serious and longstanding issues facing Somalia’s healthcare system following years of underinvestment and against a backdrop of crippling debt, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report entitled “We Just Watched Covid-19 Patients Die” – Covid-19 Exposed Somalia’s Weak Healthcare System […]
Nairobi — Discriminatory Arrests, Detentions, Business Closures in Addis Ababa Ethiopian authorities since late June 2021 have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and committed other abuses against ethnic Tigrayans in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately account for Tigrayans’ forcibly disappeared, release those being held without credible evidence of […]
Outspoken MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has blasted Harare Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti over his reign of terror on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), labeling him “a village idiot.” Sikhala was speaking on New Zim TV’s premier show, The Agenda to be aired this Tuesday at 2 pm on NewZimbabwe.com platforms. Muguti recently issued […]
The Constituency for Africa (CFA) presents the Ronald H. Brown African Affairs Series on September 14, 2021 from 10am to 12noon EST. The virtual event is themed ‘Strategies for Increasing African-American Inclusion in the Peace Corps and International Careers’. The discussion will cover the history and methods to addressing diversity and inclusion, and it’s constraints; […]
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD) has condemned the Saturday’s killing of over 20 Muslims by a local militia in Jos, Plateau State, calling for concerted actions to stop the crisis before it consumed the nation. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by National Coordinator, Tajudeen Alabede and Director of Public Affairs, […]
Monrovia — In the wake of the disappearance of a staff of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) has called on the government through the Police to ensure the staff, identified as Sayon Moore is found alive. According to family sources, Moore, an enforcement officer of the Real […]
Repeal Anti-Homosexuality Law, Protect LGBT People A brutal attack on two transgender women in Cameroon occurred just weeks after a court ordered the women, Shakiro and Patricia, released from prison pending their appeal of a five-year sentence on arbitrary “homosexuality” charges. The attack is a stark reminder that whether or not they are behind bars, […]
Nairobi — Ex-Member of Civil Society Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Burundian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release lawyer, Tony Germain Nkina, who was sentenced to five years in prison in June 2021 in all likelihood because of his past human rights work, six international human rights groups said today. The groups – Amnesty […]
Forces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity Women and girls in Tigray were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said today in […]
Attempts to ignite a popular uprising by civil society groups in South Sudan was off to a rocky start. Calling itself the People’s Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA), the group launched a public campaign dubbed “We have had enough” in Juba on July 31 for political change, claiming that the ruling Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The President of the Republic is urged to swiftly present a roadmap for the next stage following July 25 measures, the National Observatory for the Defence of the Civil Nature of the State (French: ONDCE) said, in a bid to reassure citizens. The ONDCE also warned against fallouts from the institutional vacuum and […]