Non governmental organizations (NGOs)

News : Non governmental organizations (NGOs)

The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to combat HIV, both within this group and across the population as a whole, AIDS activists warned at a recent meeting in Limbé, Cameroon. (AllAfrica)

Hopes of a reprieve for hundreds of death row inmates in Nigeria were dashed when MPs threw out a bill which would have commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment and down-graded robbery with violence to a non-capital crime. (AllAfrica)

Since Monday when ZANU-PF and the 2 MDC formations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) defining conditions for talks, there have been several conflicting reports regarding the start date of the negotiations. (AllAfrica)

The medical specialist of the Centre for Disease Control was here for the 4th African Rotavirus Symposium. He elaborates on this little-known pathogen that claims half a million lives yearly and the advances in fighting preventable diseases. (AllAfrica)

ABOUT a thousand xenophobia refugees were removed from the Glenanda camp in Johannesburg yesterday and taken to the Lindela repatriation centre where they were to be deported to their home countries after they refused to register on the home affairs database. (AllAfrica)

A partnership accord meant to reduce malnutrition in Angola was signed on Tuesday, in Luanda, by the Angolan Foment Bank (BFA), KPMK firm and the Non-Government Organisation Criskari, Angop has learnt. (AllAfrica)

A group of thirty one Dutch youths are in Sierra Leone to boost up the development endeavours of Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF), a local nongovernmental organisation that has been working closely with poor communities. (AllAfrica)

Some 50 women entrepreneurs in the sectors of agriculture, trade, transport and education will benefit from a $150,000 (about Shs250 million) development programme courtesy of TechnoServe, an international development agency. (AllAfrica)

A COMMUNITY conflict resolution and peace building project has been launched in Gulu district. The 18-month project codenamed 'Healing communities, restoring hope' is funded by the European Union in conjunction with Save the Children in Uganda. (AllAfrica)

Last Friday SOS Rwanda celebrated 29 years of existence in Rwanda and according to its Director, Alfred Munyentwari, about 700 orphans living under the care of SOS Rwanda in its Kacyiru branch, get access to education at Nursery, primary and secondary levels to improve on their future livelihoods. (AllAfrica)

Outspoken civil leader Dr Lovemore Madhuku regards the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by the main political parties in the country as "illegitimate," saying it does not take an all stakeholders approach. (AllAfrica)

The government of Cote d'Ivoire has decided to cut the salaries of its ministers by half in order to fund a reduction in the cost of fuel. (AllAfrica)

The Western Cape region attracts millions of tourists who come to this part of South Africa to enjoy its famous Table Mountain and beaches, and to experience some of the world's best wines and deciduous fruits. (AllAfrica)

A United States based organisation that helps the United Nations (UN) to uncover cases of human rights abuses worldwide, Benetech Initiative, has said that it will visit Nigeria to investigate likely cases of genocide and sundry rights abuses by government or institutions. (AllAfrica)

Rukia Chekamondo, the privatisation state minister, has commended the Rotary Movement for dedicating more resources to vulnerable children. (AllAfrica)

Women for Democracy and Development (WODD) is a non-partisan, non-religious and non-profit Women's Rights Organisation. (AllAfrica)

IOM has completed the relocation of some 2,000 mainly Somali refugees from Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya to Kakuma camp in the northwest to reduce overcrowding. (AllAfrica)

THE Edo State House of Assembly threatened yesterday to sanction commissioners, heads of parastatals of government and local government chairmen not living up to their responsibility. (AllAfrica)

With malaria, diarrhea and vomiting, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections, worm infestations, scabies, abscesses, sores, and boils all common ailments in the Kroo Bay community of the Sierra Leone capital Freetown local medical official Amadou Kandor says it's little wonder 35 is an average life expectancy for the slum's 6,000 inhabitants. (AllAfrica)

The return of over 4,000 Mauritanian refugees who have been living in exile in Senegal for almost two decades has been smooth on the whole, but in some cases tensions are arising as refugees complain about their new living conditions and come up against difficulties in reclaiming their land. (AllAfrica)

The Kroo Bay area of the Sierra Leone capital Freetown is one of the poorest and most marginalised in the country. During the country's six-month rainy season, flood waters wash refuse and filth into people's houses, meaning waterborne diseases are extremely frequent. (AllAfrica)

A non governmental health organisation Thursday launched the overweight and high blood pressure preventing team at the CSO compound back of Pademba Road prisons in Freetown. (AllAfrica)

A community-based program to empower women through economic independence has resulted in an improvement in the lives of women affected and infected by HIV/AIDS, CARE Ethiopia said on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

The Government of Rwanda, the UK Department for International Department (DFID), and The Hunter Foundation (THF) Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding worth £2.35 million (Frw2.6 billion). (AllAfrica)

MEC for Social Development in the Free State, Ouma Tsopo, has recently launched food banks to provide immediate relief to vulnerable people who are unable to receive adequate financial assistance. (AllAfrica)

Bauchi State government has earmarked N20 million for rural women as interest-free loans in an effort to eradicate poverty among them, the Personal Assistant to the state governor on Non-Governmental Organizations, Hajia Ladi Ilelah, said at the weekend. (AllAfrica)

Cameroonians are now better informed of the Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), churches, security companies and even micro finance structures that exist within the confines of the law. (AllAfrica)

Plans are underway for MS-Training Centre for Development Cooperation to merge with Action Aid International. (AllAfrica)

Arusha's infamous rocky marriages are now being taken into marital 'hospital' for the ultimate patching up, or something close to that. (AllAfrica)

Over 7,000 civil servants working in the 17 local government areas of Yobe state have not been collecting their monthly salaries since February this year because they have not been captured by the biometric machines introduced by the state government to solve the problem of ghost workers. (AllAfrica)

AFRICA Regional Director of IPAS, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Mr. William Sampson, has expressed worry at the death of records on maternal mortality in the country, saying the develop-ment was affecting statistical computation of maternal health in Nigeria. (AllAfrica)