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Ukraine: Water System Infrastructure (WASH) Advisor

Aug 4, 2026 | Medair

Due to the war in Ukraine, Medair responds to vast WASH needs particularly in eastern Ukraine. Medair responds to these needs through rural and sub-urban…

Somalia: Learning and Adaptive Management Consultancy for Advancing Adaptation through Resilient Mobility and Natural Capital (AARAN) Project

Aug 4, 2026 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) is a Consortium of national and international organizations – Action Against Hunger (ACF), Concern Worldwide (Concern), GREDO, the International…

Libya: WASH Programme Coordinator

Aug 3, 2026 | COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is an Italian secular and independent humanitarian organisation fighting against all forms of poverty to improve the world. Founded in 1965, today…

Syria: WASH and Shelter Program Coordinator

Aug 3, 2026 | International Association for Relief and Development

The International Association for Relief and Development (ONSUR) is a non-governmental organization established in early 2012 and registered in Syria. ONSUR is dedicated to implementing…

Call for Proposals: REsearch and ACTion for Women’s Participation in Environmental Peacebuilding and Climate Change Prevention (REACT)

Aug 3, 2026 | Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

REACT is a three-year programme (2026–2028) led by The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation with support from the Austrian Development Agency. The programme aims to strengthen…

Afghanistan: Taliban Halts Mining in Badakhshan amid Rising Unrest

Aug 3, 2026
Afghanistan International

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the group has suspended operations at some mines in Badakhshan while it reviews extraction guidelines, citing illegal mining, disorder and…

Somalia: In Somalia, AI Is Helping Deliver Food to Hungry Families

Aug 3, 2026 | Isaiah Steinberg
United Nations

Although the UN’s World Food Programme cannot reach all 6 million Somalis facing hunger, data collected by its partners and analysed through AI tools in…

Afghanistan: Armed Tribal Clash over Mountain Ownership Continues in Southeastern Afghanistan

Aug 2, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow

Armed clashes between two tribes over the ownership of a mountain along the border between Khost and Paktika provinces have continued for the past four…

Afghanistan: Mining Investments in Afghanistan Exceed 151 mln USD in Past Year

Aug 2, 2026
Xinhua

Afghanistan has secured more than 10 billion afghanis (over 151 million U.S. dollars) in investment for both small- and large-scale mining projects over the past…

Colombia: Colombia's 2025 Forest Loss Hits Two-Decade Low, Government Says

Aug 1, 2026
Reuters

Colombia recorded its lowest deforestation levels in two decades between 2022 and 2025, with forest loss in 2025 ​falling to 119,483 hectares (295,249 acres), the…

Afghanistan: Kabul Residents Wait Hours for Water

Aug 1, 2026 | Maiwand Haidari
Amu TV

Residents of Kabul say worsening water shortages are making access to safe drinking water increasingly difficult, forcing many families to buy water at high prices or…

South Sudan: How South Sudan's Local Seed System Is Reshaping Food Security, Farming and Rural Prosperity

Aug 1, 2026
Devdiscourse

South Sudan's shift to locally produced seeds is strengthening food security, reducing dependence on imports, and creating new income opportunities through community-led agriculture and private-sector…

The Great “Green” Heist: When Artificial Intelligence and Arms Dealers Seize the Minerals of the South

Jul 31, 2026 | Franck Zongwe Lukama

We were sold a simple equation: to save the planet, we must dig. Dig faster, deeper, extracting from the earth the cobalt, lithium, or copper…

Positioning Humanitarians at the Intersection of Environment, Climate, Conflict and Peace

Jul 31, 2026 | Juliane Schillinger

What role can humanitarian organizations play at the intersection of conflict, climate change and environmental degradation? As these challenges increasingly converge in some of the…

Water: Water Cooperation Can Greatly Defuse Conflicts

Jul 31, 2026 | Friederike Bauer
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Susanne Schmeier is Professor of Water Cooperation, Law and Diplomacy in the Netherlands. Her research shows that conflicts over water can be managed proactively –…

South Sudan: Request for Proposals (RFP): Implement the Climate Empower Project Addressing Gendered Impact of Climate Change in South Sudan

Jul 30, 2026 | United Nations Population Fund

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man, and child to enjoy a life…

Climate Risk Is Forcing Multilateralism to Evolve

Jul 30, 2026 | Janani Vivekananda

A new trend is emerging in climate diplomacy: some of the most consequential conversations are happening in new, multi actor dialogues that sit alongside the…

40 Environmental Human Rights Defenders Graduate in Swat to Promote Peacebuilding and Climate Action

Jul 30, 2026
Green Post

A total of 40 Environmental  Human Rights Defenders and Insider Mediators have successfully completed a specialized training programme in Swat aimed at strengthening community leadership…

The Indus Water Treaty Suspension: A Growing Threat to Regional Security

Jul 30, 2026 | Mohammad Ishaq Rahman

The recent suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty by India following the Pahagram incident in April 2025 marks a dangerous turning point in South Asian…

Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan Discuss Oil Transit and Regional Stability in Khartoum

Jul 30, 2026
Sudan Tribune

Sovereign Council head and Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan held talks on Wednesday with Tut Gatluak, security advisor to the president of South Sudan,…

The Environmental Peacebuilding Agenda: What’s Essential and Where Do We Go Next?

Jul 30, 2026 | Mara Pusic and Karishma Goswami

Environmental peacebuilding is at a pivotal moment. Rising geopolitical tensions, accelerating climate impacts, shifting political priorities in the Global North, and reduced capacity bilateral and…

Afghanistan: Excessive Groundwater Extraction Threatens Herat's Water Resources

Jul 30, 2026 | Nasir Ahmad Salehi
TOLOnews

The drilling of deep wells and the extraction of groundwater using solar-powered pumps have placed groundwater resources in Herat Province under serious threat. Local officials…

Why the Kimberley Process Still Matters: Protecting the Integrity of the Global Diamond Trade

Jul 29, 2026 | Kundai Kwenda

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) continues to play a pivotal role in protecting the integrity of the global diamond trade by promoting transparency, ethical…

India: River of Conflict: Why the CWRC's 3,500-Cusec Cauvery Water Order Has Ignited Mass Protests in Karnataka

Jul 29, 2026
Streamline

Thousands of furious farmers have aggressively blockaded major arterial highways across Karnataka's agricultural heartland, setting barricades ablaze and paralyzing transit routes in absolute defiance of…

Afghanistan/Uzbekistan: Implementation of "Friendship Orchards" Project Begins in Afghanistan

Jul 29, 2026
UzDaily

The practical implementation of the "Friendship Orchards" project, aimed at developing agricultural cooperation between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, has commenced in Afghanistan's Faryab Province.

World Conservation Day: Restoring Nature to Build Resilience, Cooperation and Lasting Peace

Jul 28, 2026 | Kathryn Goodwin

As climate change intensifies pressures on people and ecosystems, IUCN’s Global EbA Fund projects demonstrate how Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) can advance climate resilience while fostering…

Starvation as a Weapon: The ICJ Myanmar Case Could Redefine Genocide

Jul 28, 2026 | Yuyun Wahyuningrum

As the International Court of Justice deliberates its judgment in the case of The Gambia v. Myanmar after the conclusion of public hearings earlier this…

Conflict Minerals: Accra Hosts High-Level Conference on Governance, Critical Minerals, and Conflicts in Africa

Jul 28, 2026
Financial Afrik

A high-level conference on governance, critical minerals, and conflicts in Africa opens this Monday, July 27 in Accra, Ghana. It comes at a time when…

DRC/Rwanda: The War That Was Avoidable: How Rwanda–DRC Cooperation Threatened Old Interests

Jul 27, 2026 | Bojana Coulibaly
Pan African Review

Between February and June 2021, the DRC and Rwanda signed a series of bilateral security and economic agreements that broke with decades of practice. For…

Critical Minerals: Open Society Foundations Convenes African Experts for High-Level Conference on Critical Minerals, Governance and Conflicts

Jul 27, 2026 | Isaac Donkor
Modern Ghana

The conference examines how the governance of critical minerals can advance economic justice, conflict prevention and the protection of communities in resource-rich areas through transparency,…