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Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work
Middle East
December 25, 2022
Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work
CNN — The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female…
Cairo Court acquits 4 civil society entities accused of receiving foreign funding
Egypt
August 30, 2021
Cairo Court acquits 4 civil society entities accused of receiving foreign funding
The President of the Cairo Court of Appeal Ali Mokhtar on Monday dropped a lawsuit filed against four civil society…
Turkey debates law that would increase oversight of NGOs
Middle East
December 26, 2020
Turkey debates law that would increase oversight of NGOs
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament began debating a draft law on Friday that would increase oversight of non-governmental organizations and…
Egypt closes decade-old controversial NGOs foreign funding case
Egypt
December 6, 2020
Egypt closes decade-old controversial NGOs foreign funding case
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday ordered the closing of a long-running investigation into 20 non-governmental organizations accused of illegally…
A year on, Lebanon’s protests have faded and life has got worse
Middle East
October 16, 2020
A year on, Lebanon’s protests have faded and life has got worse
BEIRUT (Reuters) – One year after Lebanese erupted in rage against politicians they blamed for economic collapse, squares once packed…
Japan gives Egypt $US 83,708 grant to support women’s empowerment
Egypt
February 21, 2020
Japan gives Egypt $US 83,708 grant to support women’s empowerment
Japan’s ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gozour Foundation Training Center, Ali Mokhtar,…
Fossil fuel groups ‘destroying’ climate talks: NGOs
World
December 7, 2019
Fossil fuel groups ‘destroying’ climate talks: NGOs
Oil and gas groups were accused Saturday of seeking to influence climate talks in Madrid by paying millions in sponsorship…
China slaps sanctions on US over Hong Kong unrest
World
December 2, 2019
China slaps sanctions on US over Hong Kong unrest
China suspended US warship visits and sanctioned American NGOs on Monday in retaliation for the passage of a bill backing…
UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’
World
August 23, 2019
UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’
Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil’s right-wing president accused…
Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof
World
August 22, 2019
Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President…