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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/18/2022 2:34:00 PM
Civil society is taking part in preparations to host the COP27 climate change meeting in Egypt in November, with one initiative pooling the efforts of 500 NGOs.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/10/2022 5:48:01 PM
A delegation of prominent Egyptian civil society figures traveled to Khartoum on Tuesday to launch an Egyptian-Sudanese dialogue in order to deepen bilateral relations between the two peoples, especially amid the current global economic challenges resulting from the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/23/2022 6:14:21 PM
Members of the Senate — Egypt’s consultative upper house of Parliament — teamed up in a plenary session on Saturday to call on the government to impose stricter control on foreign funding to local non-government organisations (NGOs) and all entities involved in civil society work.
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Egypt
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Society
3/13/2022 8:23:36 PM
A number of Egyptian civil society organisations witnessed on Sunday the signing of the Charter of National Alliance for Civil Development Work, which seeks to ensure effective engagement of civil society institutions developing communities and meeting their legitimate needs.
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Egypt
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Society
2/22/2022 4:07:36 PM
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) launched on Monday the second round of dialogue with civil society organisations under the theme ‘implementing the National Strategy for Human Rights.’
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Egypt
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Society
2/17/2022 8:12:08 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called for engaging youth and civil society and empowering them to participate in global climate action as he remotely addressed the 21st edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/3/2022 11:07:45 PM
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has a work plan to enhance cooperation with civil society organisations in the near future to support their participation in implementing the National Strategy for Human Rights, the council president Moushira Khattab said.
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World
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Region
1/23/2022 1:01:56 PM
A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday started three days of talks with Western government officials and Afghan civil society representatives in Oslo amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
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Egypt
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Politics
1/13/2022 11:35:26 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi declared on Thursday that 2022 would be the Year of Civil Society in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/9/2022 7:25:45 PM
A Cairo criminal court lifted on Sunday a travel ban imposed on journalist and political activist Esraa Abdel-Fattah related to a case involving the foreign funding of civil society organisations.
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World
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Region
11/7/2021 8:20:27 PM
Israel's army on Sunday said six Palestinian civil society groups previously designated as "terrorist" organisations could no longer operate legally in the occupied West Bank.
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World
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Region
11/3/2021 2:54:38 PM
For the first time in Iraq, a new breed of representatives is entering parliament, born from a civil society movement fed up with the corruption that has long tarnished politics.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
10/29/2021 5:21:00 PM
More NGOs are working on Egypt’s Decent Life Initiative to develop rural areas and alleviate poverty, Chair of the Professional Development Foundation Mohamed Farouk Hafeez tells Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
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Region
10/25/2021 9:18:52 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back on Monday from his threat to expel 10 Western envoys over their joint statement of support for a jailed civil society leader.
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World
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Region
10/23/2021 5:40:50 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader.
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World
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Region
10/23/2021 3:10:19 PM
Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organisations" Friday in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights groups.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/21/2021 6:06:37 PM
The judge in charge of the investigation into the 2011 ‘foreign funding case’, Ali Mokhtar, dropped on Thursday all charges against four civil society organisations due to insufficient evidence, thus bringing the total number of NGOs that had their charges dropped in the case to 75, comprising over 220 individuals.
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World
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International
10/21/2021 3:28:51 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to expel the US, German and eight other Western ambassadors after they issued a rare joint statement in support of a jailed civil society leader.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
9/20/2021 10:04:24 PM
Judge Ali Mokhtar, the investigating judge appointed by the Cairo Court of Appeals to investigate charges in the the 2011 foreign funding of civil society organisations case, dropped on Monday the charges against four NGOs.
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Egypt
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Society
9/11/2021 10:28:00 PM
El-Sisi hailed the role of the civil society as key and important in enhancing and protecting human rights at the political, economic and social levels
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