According to Austin Kaluba recently China passed a contentious new law giving police wide-ranging powers over overseas charities and forbidding them from recruiting members or raising funds in the country, prompting an immediate outcry.

In Zambia, there is a range of local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) focusing on issues related to health, HIV/AIDS, gender, human rights or the environment working in partnerships and coalitions.

Kaluba says however, though it is difficult to pin point which ones are irrelevant, “I would suggest that most NGOs especially those dealing with governance and culturally-related issues should be banned or reorganised to invest in research before they could be allowed to operate.”

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