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South Africans have learnt that democracy isn’t simply a destination that they reached with the formal end of apartheid on 27 April 1994. It is also a lifelong quest to keep up the pressure against corruption, and on elected representatives to deliver on their promises.

Nicaragua's parliament, controlled by allies of President Daniel Ortega, on Wednesday shut down 25 non-governmental organizations in a move slammed by the opposition as a further attack on civil society.

In the first ever case of its kind, ClientEarth – a UK-based organisation that works with NGOS to fight legal battles on environmental issues – is taking Shell’s board of directors to court for failing to properly prepare for an energy transition. This involves moving from carbon-emitting fossil fuels in…

A UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been decried by NGOs as well as the UN refugee agency, which has criticised the plan to relocate migrants as “contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention”. FRANCE 24 spoke to Sciences Po university’s François Gemenne, an…

Several NGOs have accused Saudi Arabia of having arbitrarily arrested four Uighurs and of trying to extradite them to China, where their fate is extremely uncertain. The detainees include two men who had travelled to the country to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in November 2020, as well as a…

The massive flow of international support for Ukraine since Russia first invaded in February 2022 includes billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid from dozens of countries.

Emirates airlines will continue to fly to Russia until its owners tell them not to, President Tim Clark said on Tuesday. "As long as the state, our owner, requires us to fly there, we will continue," he said. "There are lots of reasons why we fly, we carry humanitarian goods…

Experts say approach, in which villagers come together to hunt the pests, could have applications beyond catching rats.

Exasperated by criticism and calls for political accountability, the Prayut government is pushing a law to clip the wings of civil society. This is a travesty.

Surjewala says that Modi govt. has duped the people of India

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 2 million refugees have crossed into Poland, with thousands continuing to arrive at the border every day. The crisis has inspired many individuals to help: Hundreds of volunteers, along with NGOs and charities, have turned up to contribute their bit. FRANCE 24's Ellen…