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Nigerian NGO apparently aided terrorists

The army in north-eastern Nigeria forced non-profit Action Against Hunger to close its office, accusing it of aiding terrorist groups such as Boko Haram...

Uganda demands NGO information

Non-governmental organisations in Uganda have to submit financial information including budgets and donor lists to authorities a move rights groups see as another attempt...

Burundi suspends NGOs for violating new laws

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Burundi suspended some local and international non-governmental organisations for three months for violating a new law, a senior government official said. The move...

More NGOs suspend Mediterranean migrant rescues

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Two more aid groups suspended migrant rescues in the Mediterranean joining Doctors Without Borders because they felt threatened by the Libyan coastguard....

Aid groups split over new Italian rules for migrant rescue

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Five aid groups operating migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean refuse to sign up to the Italian government's code of conduct, the...

Italy seeking code of conduct for charity ships

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The Italian government threatened to shut humanitarian groups operating migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean out of the country's ports if they...

NGOs file suit alleging BNP Paribas complicity in Rwanda genocide

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Three non-government organisations (NGOs) filed a lawsuit in Paris against French bank BNP Paribas, alleging it knowingly approved a transfer of $1.3...

Dozens drown as aid groups denounce Tripoli coastguard

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More than 30 migrants, mostly toddlers, drowned when about 200 people without life jackets fell off a boat off the Libyan coast...

Italy investigating migrant aid workers for people smuggling

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An Italian prosecutor is investigating some members of humanitarian organisations rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on suspicion they may co-operate with...

Aid groups deny rescue ships are abetting migrant smugglers

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Aid groups operating rescue ships in the Mediterranean rejected suspicions raised by an Italian prosecutor that by saving tens of thousands of...