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ActionAid International Uganda Condemns the Arrest of Peaceful Anticorruption Demonstrators

ActionAid International Uganda is dismayed by the highhanded, brutal and unlawful arrest of peaceful and largely youthful anticorruption demonstrators yesterday Tuesday, 23rd July 2024.

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ActionAid responds to the ICJ’s advisory opinion

“ActionAid welcomes the historic judgement of the court, which has declared that the Israeli Government’s continued occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful.

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NGOs Rally at the EU Council: Lack of Political Action Prolongs Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

A powerful display of 290 red balloons, symbolising 290 days of relentless conflict in Gaza

ActionAid “pleased” to see The Gambian parliament uphold its ban on FGM/C

Responding to the vote in The Gambia’s parliament today to uphold the country’s ban on FGM/C

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ActionAid is utterly horrified and appalled by the devastating attack on the Al-Mawasi area, Gaza

ActionAid said: “We are utterly horrified and appalled by the devastating attack on the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis.

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Rise in injured patients arriving at Al-Awda Hospital following Gaza City attacks, as facility faces urgent need for medical supplies and fuel 

Staff at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza say they have received an influx of injured patients from Gaza City in recent days since the Israeli military ramped up its attacks on the area.

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Kenya's ill-advised tax increases illustrate IMF's failed policies, ActionAid says

The recent protests in Kenya against the Finance Bill (2024) show the shortcomings of the International Monetary Fund’s policy advice in Africa, ActionAid says.

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Gaza's acute hunger crisis is extremely alarming, says ActionAid

ActionAid said: “We remain extremely alarmed about the acute hunger crisis in Gaza

ActionAid comments on the decision to make the Philippines host of the Loss and Damage Board

The second meeting of the Loss & Damage Fund Board started in Songdo, Korea today.

Terrible warning that climate action has to move into a much higher gear, says ActionAid

Reacting to new data by Copernicus Climate Change Service that revealed that average global temperatures have been 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for a year,