Tag: NGO

EU interior ministers discussed ways of ensuring private rescue boats working off Libya liaise more closely with coastal authorities, amid concerns their...

Libya's coastguard intercepted nearly 500 migrants on a wooden boat and returned them to Tripoli after warning off a ship preparing...

An Egyptian bill regulating non-government organisations (NGOs) is so restrictive it effectively bans human rights work and makes it harder for charities...

Egypt provided the formal charges against 43 members of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), including 19 Americans, and their organisations. Among the charges were...

The United States stepped up its criticism of Egypt's raids on pro-democracy groups saying the crackdown was "unacceptable" and driven by remnants...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can play a crucial role in supporting countries in transition as they work...

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has launched a new information system to prevent arms and drug traffickers from accessing significant...

Lack of microcredit laws in many African countries is denying millions of the continent's poor access to loans, a Nobel Prize winner...

French aid worker Laurent Maurice, who was kidnapped in Chad last year, was released in good health last week after three months...

The United Nations allocated some $100 million to boost the humanitarian response in 14 ongoing but underfunded emergencies, ranging from Afghanistan to...

The United Nations called on richer governments today to provide a total of $7.1 billion in 2010 to fund urgent humanitarian assistance...