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Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship back in the water after 10-day stoppage

The French-operated migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has been cleared to leave the Italian port where it has been stuck for ten days in a bureaucratic wrangle.

Radio France Internationale

Helping Hand Foundation and Osmania General Hospital collaborate to provide free customised diabetic shoes

HHF & OGH join forces to provide customised diabetic shoes for free to address challenges faced by individuals suffering from diabetes-related foot problems. Shoes, typically priced between ₹2,000-2,500, are procured at a reduced cost of ₹800, making them accessible to patients. 15 pairs of shoes already ordered, demand expected to…

The Hindu

Rights group accuses Tunisian forces of abuses against African migrants

Tunisian security forces have committed "serious abuses" against black African migrants, according to new research from Human Rights Watch. In response, the NGO has called on the European Union to suspend migration control funding to Tunisia.

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Despite EU-Tunisia deal, Black refugees pushed out ‘at gunpoint’

The EU has promised Tunisia $280m in aid. But on the country’s frontiers, refugees and migrants are still stranded.

Al Jazeera

NGOs lose contact with Tunisian migrant group, bodies found

Migrant rescue group says it has lost contact with a large group of Black African migrants expelled from Tunisia.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian security forces deport African migrants to no man’s land on Libyan border

Tunisian security forces in Sfax have rounded up hundreds of people from sub-Saharan Africa, including children, and dropped them in a no man’s land between the Tunisian and Libyan border, where they remain trapped with neither food nor water. These forced deportations carried out by the security services come against…

France 24

Supreme Court asks NGO to move govt against sarpanch-patism

The Supreme Court said the government, and not the judiciary, should look into the issue of men wielding the actual power behind elected women who remain “faceless wives and daughters-in-law” in grassroots politics.

The Hindu

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Senegal's President Macky Sall announces he will not seek third term in office

In tonight's edition: Senegal's Macky Sall rules out running for president again, after months of tension over suggestions that he was considering a third term in office. In Mozambique, residents begin returning to Cabo Delgado, on the northern coast, after years of a deadly Islamist insurgency. And we look at…

France 24

Transwomen turn entrepreneurs following training by NGO

For 21 -year-old Sanamahaji Shivanagi, a transwoman from Bagalkot, begging and sex work were the only means of making a living till recently. But, now after attending MOVE (Market Oriented Value Enhancement) training by Best Practices Foundation (BPF), a city-based NGO, the transwoman has turned into a vegetable vendor.

The Hindu

Stray dog population in capital city pegged at around 8,000, as per survey

The survey was conducted by dividing the entire Corporation area into 10 zones. T

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NGOs help forced migrants integrate

Non-government organisations play a crucial role in promoting social cohesion between refugees and host communities.

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PIL plea in Madras High Court opposing felling of trees for Egmore railway station expansion

Pasumai Thayagam Foundation, a non-governmental organisation led by Sowmiya Anbumani, has filed a public interest litigation petition in the Madras High Court to restrain Southern Railway from felling trees, without following Supreme guidelines, for the expansion of Egmore Railway Station in Chennai

The Hindu

Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.

Bangkok Post

NGO raises alarm in Sahel as conflict, climate change claim more victims

More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian aid, according to an American NGO report published on Monday.

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Mass marriage provides dream wedding to poor couples from Mumbai's Andheri

MUMBAI: Friday was a special day for a bevy of young brides from marginalised communities in Andheri. They walked into the office of a local NGO and saw their childhood dreams of red and gold wedding shararas, glittering shoes and trousseau items laid out before them when they arrived for…

Bangkok Post

Vietnam detains climate activist on tax charges

HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have detained a prominent climate activist for alleged tax evasion, her husband said on Friday, adding to a list of environmentalists facing the accusation.

Reuters

German rescue ships blocked in Italy over breach of migration law

Italy on Friday impounded two rescue ships run by German charities for breaching tougher migration rules introduced by the country's right-wing government, the Italian coast guard said.

The Independent UK

Malta says it didn't find migrant boat in distress alerted by NGOs

Authorities on the European island nation of Malta have contested accusations made by a group of nongovernmental organizations a day earlier regarding a migrant boat in distress

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Six months after Mali banned French funding for NGOs, how are aid groups coping?

Six months after Mali's interim authorities decided to block all French public funding for non-governmental organisations operating in the country, RFI spoke to workers on the ground about how they are managing.

Al Jazeera

About 500 onboard boat in distress in Mediterranean, NGO says

NGO Emergency says Maltese authorities so far failed to heed calls for a rescue as boat takes on water in bad weather.

The Independent UK

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization

The head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations

Newslaundry

Another defamation suit over Modi documentary, HC issues summons to BBC

The Delhi High Court has reportedly summoned the BBC over a defamation suit filed by a Gujarat-based NGO over the controversial documentary on PM Narendra Modi. This comes weeks after another court issued summons to the British broadcaster over a defamation suit by a BJP leader.

The Hindu

NGO founded by student duo crosses significant milestone

The Independent UK

Renowned actor Forest Whitaker sets up his Peace and Development Initiative in poor Paris suburb

Renowned actor Forest Whitaker, who has portrayed a dictator, a Mafia hitman, a butler, has taken on what for some may be his most inspirational role

The Guardian - US

Societal cost of ‘forever chemicals’ about $17.5tn across global economy – report

Chemicals yield profit of about $4bn a year for the world’s biggest PFAS manufacturers, Sweden-based NGO found

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