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Mandela Prizewinner From Namibia Still Bringing Sight to the Blind

Mandela Prizewinner From Namibia Still Bringing Sight to the Blind

There was pure emotion in the face of Dr. Helena Ndume, more used to bringing sight to the blind than wiping away tears of her own. According to friends, she was caught off guard by the rousing welcome awaiting her this past week at the Hosea Kutako International Airport after picking up the first U.N. […]

Measles Epidemic Ravages Congo’s Katanga Province

Measles Epidemic Ravages Congo’s Katanga Province

Since the beginning of the year, a measles epidemic has been ravaging Katanga Province in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) declared around 16,500 cases of measles and more than 267 deaths in the first six months of the year. Having led the response […]

Chad – Djeralar Miankeol Amnesty International Prisoner Released

Chad – Djeralar Miankeol Amnesty International Prisoner Released

Djeralar Miankeol, Chadian land rights activist and Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, was released on 28 July. The Moundou Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court verdict that had found him guilty of insulting the judiciary and dropped all charges against him. For the full Urgent Action, please click on the PDF version. No […]

Cholera Cases Multiply As Cost of Clean Water Skyrockets in South Sudan Capital

Cholera Cases Multiply As Cost of Clean Water Skyrockets in South Sudan Capital

Cholera cases are rapidly increasing in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as the cost of clean water skyrockets amid a worsening economic crisis. 33 people have died in Juba alone including seven children under five, with 700 more people infected with the deadly and contagious disease. Zlatko Gegic, Country Director for Oxfam in South Sudan, said: […]

Shadow Economy of CAR Armed Groups, Exposed

Shadow Economy of CAR Armed Groups, Exposed

A new report published today by the Enough Project takes an in-depth look into the business models of the two main armed groups responsible for widespread atrocities in the Central African Republic (CAR), the ex-Séléka and the Anti-Balaka. “Warlord Business: CAR’s violent armed groups and their criminal operations for profit and power” exposes a shadow […]

Malawi to Ban ‘Noisy’ NGOs

Malawi to Ban ‘Noisy’ NGOs

The Malawi government through the NGO Board has warned again to shut down non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating “without following proper procedures”, mostly those that are critical to the administration. Those targeted include Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with Aids (Manelera) led by Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) whose Executive Director is […]

Botswana to Resuscitate Some NGOs

Botswana to Resuscitate Some NGOs

National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA) coordinator, Ms Grace Muzila, says the agency is working round the clock to resuscitate some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that closed shop due to loss of donor support when Botswana attained middle income status. Submitting before Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday (June 2), she said NACA had since devised a […]

Debate Rises Around Abortions for Kidnapped Girls

Debate Rises Around Abortions for Kidnapped Girls

A Non-Governmental Association, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, yesterday, stated that the pregnant women rescued from the camps of terrorists in the Sabisa forest in Borno state should be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not to abort the pregnancy. This is just as it has kicked against earlier call by an NGO; […]

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