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Attacks on Journalists a Warning Sign for Civil Society
The Nonprofit Quarterly
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July 28, 2025
Credit: Jovaughn Stephens on Unsplash Violence by law enforcement against journalists covering the recent protests in the United States has sparked federal lawsuits and renewed concerns over the erosion of press freedoms. But the incidents also...
Martin Nwabueze: Reinventing Charity by Empowering Vulnerable Communities, Strengthening SMEs and Enhancing Livelihoods
This Day
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August 7, 2025
Mr. Martin Nwabueze, the co-founder of Tilova for Africa (TFA), a non-profit, non-governmental and advocacy organisation, is reinventing charity by empowering vulnerable communities, strengthening small businesses and enhancing livelihoods. But...
MSC Elsa 3 shipwreck: Greenpeace India, civil society groups seek action to make shipping firm pay relief for environmental damage, livelihood loss
The Hindu
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July 28, 2025
The White Paper, covering the period from May 25 to June 25, sought to highlight the different dimensions of the damage, including widespread nurdle (plastic pellet) contamination along the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and even Sri Lanka. | Photo...
Why All Governorship Elections Should Be Harmonised – Onyeukwu
Daily Independent
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August 16, 2025
0 Sir Temple Ogueri Onyeukwu, a seasoned politician, and one-time candidate of the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, is a public affairs analyst, community leader and philanthropist. Onyeukwu is also a retired military officer, a Fellow,...
Civil society organisations urge govt to scrap animal testing in biosimilar development
The Economic Times
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July 22, 2025
New Delhi: Civil society organisations have approached the health ministry, seeking to remove animal studies to speed up biosimilar development. In their representation to the government, which is working on a set of guidelines for biosimilars,...
Thadou, Meitei Civil Groups Hold Peace Dialogue In Imphal
Northeast Today
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August 6, 2025
In a significant move towards restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur, a closed-door meeting was held on Wednesday between representatives of the Thadou Inpi Manipur (TIM) and prominent Meitei-based civil society organisations in Imphal, official...
Ghana Students Probe National Debt Crisis in Civic Push
News Ghana
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August 15, 2025
Civil society leaders are taking Ghana’s debt debate directly to campuses, urging students to help break the cycle of fiscal crises. At Ho Technical University, the Economic Governance Platform hosted student leaders for a rare open dialogue on...
“The Liberian Civil War was mobilized by the diaspora community.”
The New Dawn Liberia
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August 6, 2025
Liberia’s Deputy Minister for International Cooperation and Economic Integration, Dr. Ibrahim Nyei, has accused the Liberian diaspora community of contributing to the country’s fourteen years of civil conflict, while reflecting and recounting...
The Ongoing “Drag Race Civil War,” Explained
them. - New York
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August 5, 2025
Today, the famous Drag Race acronym C.U.N.T. stands for Controversial, Underhanded, Nasty, and Tea-Spilling. Since mid-July, several members of the extended RuPaul’s Drag Race cinematic universe have been embroiled in what some fans have dubbed...
African political parties summit 2025 highlights youth empow...
Modern Ghana
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The African Political Parties Summit 2025, held from August 12 to 14 at the Accra International Conference Centre, was themed "From Politics to Prosperity: Strengthening Inter-Party Collaboration for Africa's Development and Economic...
CTRGHANA, Radio Central to clean up parts of Cape Coast to m...
Modern Ghana
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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation's (GBC) Central Region Station, Radio Central 92.5, in collaboration with Citizens Taking Responsibility GHANA (CTRGHANA), has hosted a day's clean-up exercise in select areas of Cape Coast, as part of GBC's 90th...
Call to ban ‘intolerant’ child-free resorts and hotels in France
The Guardian
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August 16, 2025
Child-free resorts and adult-only hotels are discriminatory, risk creating a society of intolerance and should be banned, a French senator has said, amid a growing debate in France on whether it is inhumane to exclude children from holidays. “We...
India News | Civil Society Group Criticises BJP over 'harassment' of Bengali-speaking People
Latestly
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July 27, 2025
Kolkata, Jul 27 (PTI) A TMC-linked civil society group on Sunday criticised the BJP, alleging that Bengali-speaking migrant workers were being harassed in the states it rules. In a statement, the 'Desh Bachao Gana Manch' said the continuing...
Abiy Ahmed Ali war crimes spark global Calls for international investigation in Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 15, 2025
Abiy Ahmed’s domestic and international image quickly transformed after his first year in office. Inside Ethiopia, he was hailed as a reformer. Citizens admired his promises about democracy, his push for more freedom of speech, and his efforts to...
UNITED KINGDOM: ‘People in Iran deserve peace and civil society is striving to make that…
CIVICUS
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Interviews 24 July 2025 CIVICUS discusses conflict between Iran and Israel with Negin Shiraghaei, founder of the Azadi Network, a feminist network that supports excluded communities from Afghanistan and Iran. In June, Israel launched a new phase...
Reports of antisemitism surged after Bob Vylan’s IDF chants, says charity
The Independent
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August 6, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Civil society coalition livid over amendments to labour law
Business Day
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About 40 of them say the amendments will bring back ‘apartheid-style dismissals’ where bosses call workers into their offices and fire them on the spot 22 July 2025 - 13:17 by Luyolo Mkentane A coalition of trade unions, academic and research...
Karonga CSOs, media urged to join efforts in peace building
Malawi 24
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August 16, 2025
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), through its Fighting Inequality Project, has called on civil society organisations (CSOs) and the media in Karonga District to collaborate in raising awareness on peacebuilding ahead of the September...
Op-Ed: A lawyer’s perspective on race, gender, and civil justice in America
Hudson County View - New Jersey
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August 6, 2025
In an editorial, Assemblywoman Jessica Ramirez (D-32) gives an attorney’s perspective on race, gender, and civil justice in America, highlighting how people of color can be ignored. Screenshot via Instagram Reel. They Didn’t See Me at First—And...
Legal Aid Society union ratifies contract that suspends wage
AM New York Metro
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August 6, 2025
The Legal Aid Society’s union voted Thursday night to ratify a tentative contract, avoiding a strike by its 1,100 public defenders and staff — accepting a deal that fell short of its demands and pinning its hopes on Zohran Mamdani becoming the...