The Latest Breaking News from NGOs

Development aid is often provided by large, international NGOs based in the Global North. These globally operating NGOs are under growing pressure to adapt the nature of their work – including administrative tasks – to the places where it occurs. However, this process of localisation is rarely straightforward. It’s not…

Since Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump has slashed U.S. foreign aid spending. It began with a stop-work order that paused spending on everything from treating tropical diseases in Mali to providing nutrition support in Nepal.

Israel has confirmed that it will suspend the licences of 37 international humanitarian organisations operating in the Gaza Strip, a move that the United Nations and European officials say will further deepen an already severe humanitarian crisis.

Sources say generators and tent poles restricted from humanitarian organisations but commercial shipments allowed in

Thirty-seven NGOs told they have to cease operations, putting Palestinian lives ‘at imminent risk’

A Swiss court has agreed to accept a lawsuit filed by residents of a tiny Indonesian island being flooded by rising sea levels linked to climate change against one of the world’s largest cement producers, Holcim, for its contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.

Other lives: Legal and environmental activist who held senior roles at Greenpeace UK, Greenpeace International and Amnesty International

Ultra-conservative Christian organisations look to reshape global health landscape as new aid agreements open door to demands restricting family planning services

Naccom members accommodated record 4,434 refugees and migrants in 2024-25 but could not house another 3,450