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South Sudan parliament approves bill restricting NGOs

Xinhua, February 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

South Sudan parliament has approved a bill regulating and restricting non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Radio Tamazuj reported Wednesday.

The passed bill also included limiting the number of foreign aid workers employed by NGOs, the report said.

According to the report "Article 18 of the bill limits the number of foreigners employed by any NGO in South Sudan to 20 percent."

"Any Non-Governmental Organization shall ensure that not less than 80 percent of the employees are South Sudanese nationals at all managerial, middle and junior levels."

UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Red Crescent and South Sudan Red Cross are exempted from registration under the new NGO law.

Meanwhile, the parliament passed the bill in its fourth reading in spite of objections from the opposition that 50 recently appointed members were not present, it noted.

The bill further stipulated that registration as an NGO in South Sudan would require a "country agreement" with the government. Endit