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.

2013-03-26 Diakonia will support “First Ramallah Group” NGO to hold the 8th edition of the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival which will take place between the 15th and the 25th of April 2013 both in Ramallah and Jerusalem.

2013-03-23 Site #2 in the TBC camp, located on the border between Myanmar/Burma and Thailand, has been devastated by fire, killing at least 32 people and leaving about 3 000 pepole without housing.

2013-03-15 LICADHO, one of Diakonia's most prominent partner organizations in Cambodia, has together with ten other organizations issued a press release where they welcome the release of radio station owner Mam Sonando.

2013-02-22 Diakonia, along with the Norwegian Association of Disabled and the World Health Organization, recently held a seminar with the purpose of mainstreaming disability in UN Agencies operating in the Palestinian territory.

2013-02-21 In July 2013, Diakonia and our partner organization Sabeel will gather young people between 18-35 from all around the world to Israel and Palestine for the youth festival Moving Mountains - Reshaping the World.

2013-02-19 National efforts to recognize and protect the rights of disabled persons received strong endorsement from the Palestinian government in Ramallah during a seminar sponsored by Diakonia (Sweden)/NAD (Norwegian Association of the Disabled) and the World Hea

2013-02-15 Concerning 2012, Diakonia has conducted a survey where we have investigated how our partner organizations perceive the cooperation between themselves and Diakonia. And we are happy with the results.

2013-02-15 On the 7th of February, Diakonia's representative in Bolivia, along with leaders of our partner organization Agua Sustenable, met with the Swedish ambassador for climate change, Anna Lindstedt.

2013-01-18 In Paraguay, farmers and peasants have been fighting for years for the right to own their land. But in June of 2012, the city of Curuguaty was the victim of a massacre fuelled by the conflict between the people and the dictatorship.

2013-01-18 On the 20th of December, the Ministry of Social Affairs in Palestine launched a National Strategic Plan for the disability sector in the West Bank and Gaza.