Dar es Salaam, March 5 -- AS the Registrar of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) deregistered nearly 5000 institutions, human rights activists have called for thorough research to find out why they fail to conform to registration conditions.

The call comes barely 10 days after the NGOs Registrar issued a 14-day ultimatum to about 3,000 entities to show cause why legal measures should not be taken against them for breaching the law while nearly 5000 of them were deregistered in January.

The NGOs have failed to submit annual report for two consecutive years paying prescribed annual fees.

Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) Coordinator, Advocate Onesmo ole Ngurumwa said they are ready to collaborate with the National Coun...