2013-08-05 The Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, which Diakonia has been a proud sponsor of, has now come to an end.

2013-05-14 Mithika Mwenda is the secretary general of Diakonia’s partner organization PACJA (Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance).

2013-05-14 On May 11, Guatemala's former dictator Efraín Rios Montt was sentenced by a court to 80 years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity.

2013-05-03 April 17, 2013 was a day filled with celebration for the people of the Lukulu District in the Western Province of Zambia, when the Media Institution of Southern Africa (MISA) and Diakonia established a radio station there.

2013-05-03 After the humanitarian crisis in Gaza during November 2012, Diakonia supported several of our partner organizations to apply to the Emergency Response Fund from the UN body OCHA, which has been formed by Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway

2013-04-30 Diakonia's partner organization BLAST is active in the court case against the owners of the Rana Plaza, which collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 24th of April.

2013-04-30 On the 24th of April, the Rana Plaza in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed and thousands of workers got stuck in the rubble. At least three of them are active members of Diakonia's partner organization ADESH.

2013-04-25 A nine-story building, Rana Plaza, collapsed yesterday in the Savar area in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. Staff from Diakonia's office in Bangladesh and dedicated activists from our partner organization ADESH are involved in the rescue operation.

2013-04-15 The Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, which Diakonia supports, has begun, and it was a highly praised opening that took place.

2013-04-15 On April 9th, over a million people marched in Colombia's capital Bogotá to demand peace and social justice. Several municipalities gave their employees and school children a day off to participate.

2013-04-15 “Natural Differences” is this year’s theme for the eighth edition of the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, which will be held between 15 and 25 April 2013, to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities (PwD's).

2013-04-12 Diakonia has released the report Political governance study in Zambia, which gives recommendations on stakeholders' empirical evidence for implementing effective policies and programmes in Zambia's political governance.

2013-04-10 In Cambodia, land grabbing is a growing problem for people in poverty, as their homes are taken away from them with limited compensation.

2013-04-03 In corporation with Colombian civil society organizations, the Oidhaco network has produced a factsheet where data concerning women's rights as well as practical instruments can be found.