News tagged with “aid agencies”. Found:
18 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 18 tagged news reports
Bandits threaten aid efforts in Chad
Khartoum :: Sudan | 14 days ago
Credibility
The threat of bandit attacks has caused several international aid agencies to halt their operations in the African nation of Chad, the United Nations says. The interruption of activities by the International Committee of the Red Cross and five non-governmental...
Tags: Red Cross, Chad, eastern chad, aid agencies, Sudan, Khartoum, Attacks on humanitarian workers, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Aid agency, Civil war in Chad, Fatma Samoura, African countries, Least Developed Countries, Humanitarian aid, Disaster Accident, Social Issues, United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, War in Darfur, United Nations, Foreign relations of Chad, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
RTE.ie: Budget cuts limit aid agencies' work
Dublin :: Ireland | 2 months ago
Credibility Budget cuts limit aid agencies' work Thursday, 3 September 2009 07:42 The impact that the reduction in overseas development aid is having on the work of Irish agencies is to be examined at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Tags: overseas aid, aid agencies
Somali wants aid agencies to register with government
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
Credibility The country is suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian catastrophes. A two-year Islamist rebellion has killed more than 16,000 civilians, driven another 1 million from their homes and left about 3 million dependent on food aid. Complicating operations...
Tags: Somalia, aid agencies, aid workers, prime minister
Critics assail Afghan law that 'legalizes rape'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 7 months ago
Credibility Human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers criticized President Hamid Karzai on Thursday for signing into law legislation that some believe legalizes the rape of a wife by her husband and prevents women from leaving the house without a man's permission.
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Kabul, U.S, aid agencies, troop surge, Canada
Aid agencies appealing eviction order by Sudan
Khartoum :: Sudan | 8 months ago
Credibility Aid organizations expelled from Darfur and other areas in northern Sudan appealed for the government to reverse its decision as Western diplomats also stepped in to plead their case. Save the Children Fund of both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Tags: Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, Aid Groups From Darfur, Omar Al Bashir, ICC, war crimes, International Criminal Court, aid agencies
Lenihan meeting Irish Life chief executive
Dublin :: Ireland | 9 months ago
Credibility Mr Lenihan said earlier today a transaction between Irish Life and Anglo Irish Bank “wasn’t desirable” and may have created a “false impression” about Anglo Irish’s deposit base.
Tags: Anglo Irish Bank, Ryanair, Virgin Atlantic, Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Lenihan Ireland, Irish Life, Miche, Mr Lenihan, aid agencies
Brunei sultan commutes OFW death penalty
Manila :: Philippines | 10 months ago
Credibility The Sultan of Brunei, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, granted the request of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to commute the death sentence of a Filipino worker convicted of murder in the oil-rich sultanate, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...
Tags: Southern Philippines, Brunei, Mindanao Island, Philippine Embassy, RP Muslim, Ralph G. Recto, Malaysia, president gloria, peace process, aid agencies
Red Cross: rains worsen Zimbabwe cholera epidemic
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 11 months ago
Credibility The onset of seasonal rains in Zimbabwe has increased fears that the cholera epidemic could turn into a catastrophe with tens of thousands more sickened and further spread into neighboring countries, the Red Cross federation said Tuesday. "We've already...
Tags: cholera, disease, Zimbabwe, killed, cholera epidemic, rainy season, Red Cross, aid agencies, zimbabwe cholera
UK aid agencies call for EU to intervene in Congo
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Congo - Aid Agencies British aid agencies joined Amnesty International human rights groups Wednesday to urge Prime Minister Gordon Brown to press for an EU force to intervene in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to protect civilians. At a protest demonstration...
Tags: congo, European Union, Nicolas Sarkozy, aid agencies, Democratic Republic of Congo, prime minister
Thousands need aid after Yemen conflict -watchdog
Sanaa :: Yemen | about 1 year ago
Credibility The New York-based human rights watchdog said in a statement authorities had restricted humanitarian access to the region of Saada, ravaged by four years of fighting, leaving 70,000 people in remote areas outside the reach of aid agencies by October....
Tags: aid agencies, Yemen, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian access, Saada
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
