Non governmental organizations (NGOs)

News : Non governmental organizations (NGOs)

The Nigerian government has not brought a single prosecution or even begun investigations a year after Nigerian policemen and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians in responding to deadly sectarian clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Human Rights Watch said today. (AllAfrica)

UNITED Nations Children's Funds (UNICEF) has lamented the fate of children in the country, stating that the only genuine way of showing commitment towards their protection was passing into law, the Child Right Bill by the various State governments. (AllAfrica)

The Special Adviser to the President on Civil Society Relations, Prince Chineme Ume-Ezeoke, has declared that Non State Actors (NSA) cannot be separated from day to day running of government; as their role is vital in the overall development of any society. (AllAfrica)

A Trustee of the Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental Organisations (NNNGO), Ms. Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, has called on Nigerian youth to de-emphasise undue reliance on governments and the private sector, and to promote self-development through the use of ICT. (AllAfrica)

The Yar'Adua for New Nigeria (YFNN) group yesterday officially reacted to the statement from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting that its activities are multi-partisan, as such cannot be controlled by PDP. (AllAfrica)

Okun Peoples Forum, (OPF) will on Saturday, November 28, 2009, hold the 2nd Memorial Anniversary Lecture in honour of the late Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) Chief (Dr.) Sunday Awoniyi. (AllAfrica)

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess Adebisi Sarah Sosan is expected to be the Special Guest at the donation of 1000 School uniforms to 10 primary schools in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Council of Lagos on December 3 . (AllAfrica)

A non-governmental organisation, Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), has appealed to the National Assembly to probe the inability of the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Lame, to account for N3.5 billion meant for strategic crime prevention projects in seven cities in Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

A rights group, Civil Rights Congress (CRC), has challenged Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan's recent declaration as reported in the media that Nigerians will no longer use generators for their industrial and private power needs come next year, adding that it will give the VP N1 million if it becomes a reality. (AllAfrica)

The Yar'adua for New Nigeria (YFONN) yesterday said that it is not a partisan organisation and that a recent statement credited to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not targeted at the group. (AllAfrica)

THE Amnesty Commission on Tuesday received an award in recognition of its nine-year-work of resettling over 23,000 former rebels. (AllAfrica)

POLICE in Chipata have arrested two officials of a non governmental organisation (NGO) called Harvest Help for swindling peasant farmers more than K600 million. (AllAfrica)

Burundian authorities should immediately retract an ordinance outlawing the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society (FORSC), an umbrella organization representing 146 Burundian civil society associations, said Amnesty International, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, and Human Rights Watch in a joint statement issued today. The government should also end threats and harassment against civil society activists, the groups said. (AllAfrica)

Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, we asked people on Facebook one question: What do you want to ask the U.S. global AIDS coordinator? What follows are your questions and Ambassador Eric Goosby's responses. (AllAfrica)

The United Nations Security Council's tenuous authority in Africa has been further threatened by an explosive new report from a UN Group of Experts* showing wide-ranging violations of the arms embargo on Congo-Kinshasa by both Western and African states. (AllAfrica)

US President Barack Obama on Monday night delivered his strongest rebuke yet to Robert Mugabe, labelling him a 'dictator,' while criticising his regime of 'oppressors' for their brutal treatment of human rights activists. (AllAfrica)

One of the guards of a provincial governor in Burundi seriously beat up a man in early November in a dispute over land and property. The man died after a few days in hospital. The case received wide media coverage in Burundi, with human rights organizations condemning the incident and calling for legal action to be taken against the perpetrator. (AllAfrica)

The National Society of Human Rights (NSHR) has reiterated its "gross irregularities and discrepancies" claim in the Electoral Commission of Namibia's (ECN) voter registration following the withdrawal of its accreditation as an election observer. (AllAfrica)

AT least 1,000 children living in difficult conditions in Arusha will have a day to celebrate, when Vodacom Foundation, in collaboration with two not-for-profit organisations stage games for them on Saturday, at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium. (AllAfrica)

The Gambia Project, a charitable organisation in Spain, last Tuesday donated school items to Bakau Upper Basic School at a ceremony held at the school ground in Bakau New Town. (AllAfrica)

Local Governance Network (LOGNet), a network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on local governance issues has undertaken comprehensive zonal knowledge sharing and capacity building programmes in decentralization process for its members and the media throughout the country. (AllAfrica)

No fewer than 700 patients suffering from various ailments on Sunday in Ilorin received free medical treatment from an Islamic Body, the Zakat and Sadakat Foundation. (AllAfrica)

Lira Resident District Commissioner Joan Pacotoo has suspended the operations of the Alliance for Christians in Development (ACID) Trust, an NGO, over allegations of fleecing the public and forgery. (AllAfrica)

At least 350 teenage girls are to be circumcised in the next two weeks in Marakwet East and Pokot Central districts. (AllAfrica)

The humanitarian aid community will not only be keeping tabs on the conversations about "who will cut how much [greenhouse gas emissions]" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), but will also have their antennae tuned to talks on issues already affecting their constituencies. (AllAfrica)

Leaders of the pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), on Monday took their message of peace to the White House in the United States, where they were presented with a prestigious human rights award by US President Barack Obama. (AllAfrica)

The full text of remarks by President Barack Obama at the presentation to Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) of the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 23, 2009. (AllAfrica)

Violence against women remains a major challenge to the realisation of gender equity in Kenya today, a lobby group has said. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Coalition of NGOs in Tobacco Control (CNTC), and the Media Alliance in Tobacco Control (MATCO), to educate the youth on the hazardous effects of tobacco use and exposure, to sensitise the public and other stakeholders on the previsions of the Tobacco Control Bill, its passage, and enforcement. (AllAfrica)

Remarks by Jenni Williams, accepting on behalf of Women of Zimbabwe Arise, the  26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, November 23th, 2009 at the White House, Washington, DC. (AllAfrica)

Remarks by Magodonga Mahlangu accepting the 26th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, November 23th, 2009 at the White House, Washington, DC. (AllAfrica)