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Environmental Community Organising (ECO) Fellowship [Deadline: October 15, 2026]
Oct 9, 2026
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ArtPeace: Earth
The ECO Fellows Program is a funded, hands-on training opportunity for young leaders who are interested in nature, peace, and collective action for sustainable justice.The…
Call for Papers: The Role of Militaries in Global Sustainability: Linkages, Impacts, Activities, and Operations
Oct 9, 2026
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Cambridge University Press
Global environmental change is accelerating and compounding conflict and security risks. More frequent and intense disasters are displacing people, rising demand for land and minerals…
Eritrea/Ethiopia: Ethiopia again Demands Access to the Red Sea as Tensions with Neighbors Escalate
Oct 5, 2026
Associated Press
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated on Monday that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighboring countries saying at a…
Bangladesh/India: Same River, Same Drought: Can Teesta Farmers in Bangladesh and India Build the Water Dialogue Their Governments Haven’t?
Oct 5, 2026
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Masum Billah
Peace News Network
From an anthropological perspective, this is not simply a diplomatic failure story, it is a story about how a state border reorganizes an agrarian region…
Egypt/Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia/Sudan: Egypt Hosts Four-Way Summit as Tensions with Ethiopia Escalate
Oct 4, 2026
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Hamza Hendawi
National
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan – three nations accused by Ethiopia of aiding an anti-government rebellion – plus Somalia met on Sunday to…
South Sudan’s Oil Lifeline Runs through a War Zone. Kenya’s New Refinery Offers a Way out
Oct 3, 2026
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Denis Dumo
The world’s newest country lives or dies by a pipeline that runs through someone else’s war, and a $16 billion to $17 billion refinery on…
Yemen: WFP Warns Yemen Faces Total Food Security Collapse amid Escalating Conflict
Oct 3, 2026
Yemen Online
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that continued fighting in Yemen could lead to a "complete collapse of food security" across…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Is Being Used as a Political Weapon, Expert Says
Oct 3, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s oil has become a strategic tool in the war in neighbouring Sudan, with competing sides using access to the country’s crude as leverage,…
IGAD Mobilises Male Champions to Transform Community Support for Women’s Land Rights in Magwi County
Oct 3, 2026
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development
October 3, 2026 (Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through the Building Women’s Economic Resilience for Sustainable Peace…
Colombia: Colombia Reports Expansion of Mostly Illegal Alluvial Gold Mining
Oct 2, 2026
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Luis Jaime Acosta
Reuters
Mostly illegal alluvial gold production in Colombia expanded 4.5% by area year-on-year in 2025 to 118,410 hectares, with the increase primarily on Afro-Colombian communities' land,…
Yemen: Three in Four Families Go Hungry in Parts of Yemen from New Fighting
Oct 2, 2026
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Olivia Le Poidevin
Reuters
Three-in-four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry from the "absolutely devastating" impact of a surge in fighting, which has displaced tens of thousands…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt and Ethiopia Expel Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Diplomatic Row
Oct 2, 2026
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Hamza Hendawi
National
Egypt and Ethiopia are expelling diplomats in a tit-for-tat row that marks a new escalation in their already tense relations. Ethiopia initiated the row when…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Expels Egyptian Diplomat amid Escalating Tensions over Nile Dam Dispute
Oct 2, 2026
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Emily Carter
Taiwan Times
Addis Ababa has ordered an Egyptian diplomat to leave the country within 48 hours, declaring the official persona non grata amid a deteriorating diplomatic climate…
Eritrea/Ethiopia: Ethiopia and Eritrea Cut Diplomatic Ties as Northern Conflict Escalates
Oct 2, 2026
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Wycliffe Muia
BBC
Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a wider regional conflict.
Iran: Geneva Conference Highlights Iran’s Environmental Crisis as a Human Rights Emergency
Oct 1, 2026
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Mostafa Aslani
Iran News Update
The deepening human rights crisis in Iran is inseparable from a wider environmental catastrophe that is increasingly affecting the population’s access to water, clean air,…
DRC: Cobalt’s Silent Cartel: China, Kinshasa and the DRC Export Quota
Oct 1, 2026
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Arman Sidhu
Geopolitical Monitor
Zijin Mining, one of China’s largest mining companies, disclosed in its half-year report that flooding at the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of…
Colombia: From Landmines to Rainforest Guardians: How Clearing Colombia's Battlefields Could Help Indigenous Communities Save 18,000 Hectares of Rainforest
Oct 1, 2026
HALO Trust
The world’s largest landmine clearance charity, The HALO Trust, along with Rainforest Trust and Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) are embarking on a groundbreaking partnership to…
Colombia: Peasants Criminalized in Jericó for Defending Their Water and Land against a Copper Mining Project
Oct 1, 2026
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Luis Bernardo Cano
Guardian
Since last year, Garcés and 10 other local farmers have faced formal charges for opposing the Quebradona copper mining project, promoted by the multinational AngloGold…
Liberia: Liberia Makes Progress on Land Reform, but Significant Challenges Still Remain
Oct 1, 2026
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Judoemue M. Kollie
Observer
Although Liberia is reported to have made progress towards land reform after a century-long history of land issues, which fueled poverty, civil neglect and contributed…
Afghanistan’s Drought Deepens, and Women Bear the Heaviest Burden
Oct 1, 2026
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Inter Press Service
KABUL, October 1 (IPS) - Drought has depleted wells, withered fruit trees, and reduced crop yields across Afghanistan. The heaviest burden of the water shortage…
Advancing Women’s Land Rights through building capacity of customary institutions in Magwi County, South Sudan
Oct 1, 2026
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development
October 1, 2026 (Magwi, South Sudan): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has concluded a three-day field training in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, bringing…
IGAD Trains Women Leaders and Peace Committee Members to Strengthen Women’s Role in Peacebuilding in Somalia
Oct 1, 2026
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development
October 1, 2026 (MOGADISHU, Somalia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through the Building Women’s Economic Resilience for Sustainable Peace (BWERSP) Project, has concluded a…
Conflict Minerals: Mineral Resources: Root Cause for Civil Wars across Africa
Sep 30, 2026
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Sujayendra Das
Asian Age
The relationship between minerals and civil war is complex. It would be misleading to argue that mineral resources alone cause Africa's conflicts. Wars emerge from…
Could Environmental Cooperation Help Pave the Way for a More Stable Gaza?
Sep 29, 2026
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Jonah Naghi
EcoPeace’s proposed Peace Triangle seeks to connect Gaza’s rehabilitation with water, energy, economic, and security cooperation.
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Eldor Aripov: Fergana Valley Must Become a Place Where Peace Creates Opportunities for Shared Development
Sep 29, 2026
Uzbekistan National News Agency
The Second Fergana Peace Forum in Khujand outlined priorities to further strengthen trust, good-neighborly relations, and practical cooperation among the countries of the Fergana Valley.
South Sudan: In War-Torn South Sudan, Giraffes Retain a Surprisingly Healthy Gene Pool
Sep 29, 2026
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David Brown
Mongabay
Giraffes living in the South Sudan’s war-torn savannas are genetically healthy and connected to nearby giraffe populations by gene flow, despite decades of conflict, recent…
Iraq/United States: Explainer: How the US Controls Iraq's Oil Revenues
Sep 29, 2026
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Ahmed Rasheed
Reuters
US forces are set to withdraw on Wednesday from their last bases in Iraq, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies,…
Natalia Jimenez is a Colombian environmental lawyer, facilitator, and environmental peacebuilding practitioner with more than fifteen years of experience working at the intersection of environmental…
Kenya/Uganda: Terms of Reference (TOR) for Facilitator/Trainer for Online Renewable Energy Awareness Sessions
Sep 29, 2026
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Horizont3000
The Solar Pledge East Africa(SPEA) project is a pilot project of the Solar Pledge East Africa Programme implemented by horizont3000.Launched in June 2023,in Kampala, the…
South Sudan: Head of Programmes
Sep 29, 2026
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Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna
Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is an international non-governmental organization which since 1992 has been providing humanitarian and development help worldwide. So far, the interventions have…