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UAE: Research and Analysis Fellowship
Oct 28, 2025
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Fiker Institute
The Fiker Institute is an independent, non-profit think tank dedicated to advancing critical thinking and informed debate on issues shaping the international system. Headquartered in…
Kenya/Senegal: Agriculture & Food Systems Technical Advisor, West and Central Africa Region
Oct 28, 2025
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated…
Syria: Country Director
Oct 28, 2025
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People in Need
The Country Director (CD), a main representative of People in Need (PIN) at the country level, is responsible for strategic leadership, external representation and overall…
Sudan: Area Coordinator – Ad Damazin
Oct 28, 2025
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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
For the past 30 years, Acted has been working at the forefront of humanitarian action to save lives. Acted supports more than 27 million people…
Burundi: Livelihood Area Manager
Oct 28, 2025
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WeWorld
WeWorld has been present in Burundi since 1995 and is currently active in 14 of the country’s provinces. During these 25 years of continuous presence…
Call for Applications: 2026 EnPAx Conference Fellows
Oct 27, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is seeking applicants for its Conference Fellows Program. The Conference Fellows Program provides capacity development for emerging professionals alongside financial support…
Food Security: Food, Conflict, and the Weaponization of Food
Oct 26, 2025
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Johanna Medelson Forman
Food Tank
Conflict is the largest driver of hunger and starvation, and food has become one of the cheapest weapons of war. More than 120 million people…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad's Silence on Kurdistan Oil Field Attacks Fuels Fears of Militia Impunity
Oct 25, 2025
Kurdistan24
A persistent and troubling silence from the Iraqi federal government regarding a series of audacious drone attacks on the Kurdistan Region's vital oil fields over…
DRC: New Report Says Congo Peace Efforts Must Come out of the Shadow of Mining Interests
Oct 25, 2025
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Bharat Dogra
Countercurrents
Keeping in view the extremely high levels of violence seen in this region in the past, there is no doubt that the conflict involving the…
Yemen: IRC Urges Urgent Climate Funding for Conflict Zones Including Yemen
Oct 25, 2025
YemenOnline.info
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released a new policy brief ahead of the Berlin Climate Security Conference, urging world leaders to take immediate action…
Afghanistan: Land Dispute Kills 2, Injures 4 in Afghanistan's Khost Province
Oct 25, 2025
Xinhua
At least two people were killed and four others sustained injuries when a clash broke out between two families over a land dispute in eastern…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: After Border Clashes, Taliban Regime Plans to Build Dams on River That Flows into Pakistan
Oct 25, 2025
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Rezaul H. Laskar
Hindustan Times
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has unveiled plans to build dams on the Kunar river, a move that could restrict water flows to Pakistan’s Indus…
Afghanistan: Richard Bennett: Toxic Ammunition in Afghanistan Has Caused Water and Soil Contamination
Oct 25, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Richard Bennett, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, says that toxic ammunition and military activities have caused water and soil contamination that…
Afghanistan/India/Pakistan: Pakistan Warns of Security Risks from India-Taliban Dam Projects in Afghanistan
Oct 25, 2025
Atlas Press
Pakistani officials have expressed serious concerns over India’s cooperation with the Taliban administration on water infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, warning that such collaboration poses a…
Afghanistan/India/Pakistan: Twin Challenge? After India, Afghanistan May Restrict River Water Supply to Pakistan; Taliban to Construct Dam
Oct 24, 2025
Times of India
Afghanistan's Taliban government is constructing a dam on the Kunar River, aiming to restrict water flow to Pakistan amidst escalating border tensions. This development follows…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Tensions Rise as Taliban Moves to Curb Kunar River Flow [Video]
Oct 24, 2025
WION
In a move escalating regional tensions, Taliban Supreme Leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada has directed the immediate building of a dam on the Kunar River, which…
Climate Safety & Security Centre Website Launched
Oct 23, 2025
Delft University of Technology
The Climate Safety & Security Centre (CaSS) at TU Delft Campus The Hague is growing rapidly. With an interdisciplinary team of researchers focusing on climate…
DRC: M23 Rebels Loot $70 Million Worth of Gold from Congo Mine Since May, Company Says
Oct 23, 2025
Reuters
Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining's gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion since May, the company…
Climate Change: New IRC Report Warns: Aid Cuts and Unequal Climate Finance Are Leaving Conflict-Affected Communities behind
Oct 22, 2025
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released a new policy brief, “Navigating the Climate Crisis in a New Era of Aid,” ahead of the Berlin Climate…
UAE: UAE Advances Water Diplomacy, Peacebuilding in Geneva ahead of 2026 UN Water Conference
Oct 22, 2025
Emirates News Agency
Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, led the UAE's participation in a series of high-level engagements in Geneva aimed at…
Somalia: Land Grabbing Crisis Deepens in Mogadishu as Women and Children Bear the Brunt
Oct 21, 2025
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Dahir Alasow
Suna Times
A new wave of forced evictions and illegal land grabbing is devastating communities across Mogadishu, displacing thousands of residents — many of them women and…
Liberia: UN Women, Rural Women Leaders Rally in Harper - Push for Climate Action, Peace, and Economic Empowerment
Oct 21, 2025
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Peter P. Toe, Jr.
Front Page Africa
Harper, Maryland County — In a country where women's voices are often overshadowed, UN Women continues to stand out as one of Liberia's strongest allies…
DRC: Congo Rebels Loot $70M in Gold from Twangiza Mine
Oct 21, 2025
Mining.com
Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining’s gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reportedly looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion, worth about $70…
Colombia: Colombian Farmers Trade Coca for Dignity, Coffee, and a Future That Lasts
Oct 21, 2025
Latin American Post
In the green hills of Naranjal, a small farming community in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca, the sound of chainsaws cutting down coca bushes has been…
Conflict Minerals: How 'Conflict-Free' Minerals Are Used in the Waging of Modern Wars
Oct 20, 2025
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Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy
The Conversation
Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life.…
Somalia: German-backed Climate Action in Somalia Offers Lessons ahead of Berlin Climate and Security Conference
Oct 20, 2025
UN Environment Programme
In the plains of Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle State, limited grazing land and sparse water resources have long been a source of conflict among clans. That…
Nigeria: ‘Land Grabbing, Ethnic Tensions, Farmer-Herder Reprisals behind Recurring Violence in Plateau’ – Gen Nicholas
Oct 18, 2025
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Lekkyez Auta
Daily Post
Chairman of the Special Fact-Finding Committee set up to investigate the remote causes of persistent attacks, killings, and destruction in the state, General Rogers Ibe…
Russia Abandons a Treaty: Environmental Protection during Armed Conflict
Oct 17, 2025
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Kelvin S-H Peh
While it may be surprising to hear that wetland ecosystems have become a casualty of war, is it not inevitable when their care is politicised?…
How ‘Conflict-Free’ Minerals Are Used in the Waging of Modern Wars
Oct 17, 2025
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Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy
Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life.…
Conflict Minerals: First Supply Chain Due Diligence Scheme Recognised under Conflict Minerals Regulation to Facilitate Compliance
Oct 17, 2025
European Commission
On 16 October 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Decision recognising a supply chain due diligence scheme under the Conflict Minerals Regulation for the…