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Sudan: Sudan’s Gold Trade: Fueling War, Smuggling, and Humanitarian Collapse

Jul 21, 2025 | Damsana Ranadhiran
Blitz

As Sudan’s devastating civil war stretches into its second year, a sinister transformation has occurred in the nation’s economy. Once hailed for its mineral potential,…

Afghanistan: 6 Killed over Land Dispute in Balochistan

Jul 21, 2025 | Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat
Pajhwok Afghan News

At least six people have been killed and several others injured in an armed clash between two tribes over a land dispute in Balochistan, according…

Afghanistan: UNICEF: Children in Afghanistan Denied Education Due to Lack of Water and Sanitation Services

Jul 21, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, states that children in Afghanistan, particularly girls, are unable to attend school…

Colombia: Empowering Women and Protecting the Planet: Resilient Coffee Production in La Celia, Colombia

Jul 21, 2025
Sainsbury's

Sainsbury’s and Finlays have partnered to launch a dedicated roast & ground product sourced directly from the lush, rolling hills of La Celia – a…

Iraq: Iraq Agrees to Oil Plan with Kurdistan in Step toward Export Deal

Jul 20, 2025
IranOilGas.com

After months of deadlock and oil tensions, the Iraqi central government has made a historic decision by taking full control of Kurdistan’s oil exports and…

Afghanistan: 5 Killed, 11 Wounded in Clash over Land Ownership in Baghlan

Jul 20, 2025 | Farid Tanha
Pajhwok Afghan News

At least five people were killed and 11 other, including a woman and several other local residents, were wounded during an armed clash between two…

Afghanistan’s Pistachios: From Global Exports to Destruction amid Poverty and Disorder

Jul 20, 2025 | Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Several Afghan dried fruit exporters have reported that pistachios have been harvested prematurely over the past two years, before reaching the “shool” (a term used…

Afghanistan: For the First Time in Modern History a Capital City Is on the Verge of Running Dry

Jul 19, 2025 | Alysha Bibi, Rhea Mogul, and Masoud Popalzai
CNN

Kabul is inching toward catastrophe. It could soon become the first modern capital in the world to run completely dry according to a recent report…

Sierra Leone: From Diamonds to Dirt: Sierra Leone Youth Bring Land back to Life

Jul 16, 2025
UN

Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of past diamond mining ventures which sparked a…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Drone Strikes Shut Oilfields in Iraq's Kurdistan, Cut Output by up to 150,000 bpd

Jul 16, 2025 | Nayera Abdallah and Ahmed Rasheed
Reuters

Drone attacks for a third day on oilfields in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have slashed crude output by 140,000 to 150,000 barrels per day, two…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Drone Attack Halts Oil Output at Sarsang Field in Iraqi Kurdistan

Jul 15, 2025 | Ahmed Rasheed
Reuters

A drone attack halted production at the Sarsang oilfield in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Tuesday only hours before its US operator signed a deal to…

Liberia: Putu Residents Left in the Shadows as Logging Funds Spark Confusion and Discontent

Jul 15, 2025 | Esther Natelia Scott and Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
FrontPage Africa

As logging trucks continue to haul timber from the forests of Putu, residents of the community say they are left behind in worsening poverty, with…

Colombia: In Colombia, Indigenous Youth Seek to Protect Land. They Have to Escape Violence to Do It

Jul 15, 2025 | Steven Grattan
Associated Press

Indigenous groups have often argued that they are uniquely qualified to act as protectors of the land, and have often fought for legal rights to…

Afghanistan: Kabul’s Water Crisis: How Unsustainable Foreign Aid Projects Made It Worse

Jul 13, 2025 | Modaser Islami
Arab News

As Kabul makes global headlines for being on the brink of running out of water, experts say the crisis stems not only from natural and…

Afghanistan: Kabul Water Crisis: Experts Urge Immediate Launch of Panjsher Project

Jul 12, 2025 | Suhrab Sarwari
Pajhwok Afghan News

With a worrying decline in groundwater levels in Kabul, environmental experts warn that any delay in launching the Panjshir Water Transfer Project could push the…

Myanmar: In Myanmar, a Rush for Rare Earth Metals Is Causing a Regional Environmental Disaster

Jul 12, 2025 | Michael Sullivan
NPR

The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view of the Kok River valley to the…

Syria: ‘We Belong to This Land’: Syrians Navigate Landmines to Battle Wildfires

Jul 11, 2025 | Majd Obeissi
Al Jazeera

Syria’s wildfires are the first major natural disaster since the country overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime in December.

DRC/Rwanda: Behind the Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal: History, Minerals, and Power [Video]

Jul 11, 2025 | Ahmed Ghoneim
CGTN America

A historic US-brokered peace deal has been signed for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. But beneath the handshakes, photo ops, and headlines…

Gambia/Senegal: NAM Says Cassamance Conflict Shuts out Gambian Farmers from Accessing Ancestral Lands

Jul 10, 2025 | Nyima Sillah
Voice Gambia

Hon. Bakary K. Badjie, the National Assembly Member (NAM) for Foni Bintang has said that the decades long unresolved conflict in the troubled southern Senegalese…

DRC: DRC Conflict Deepens: Tshisekedi’s Deal with Blackwater Sparks Fears of Mineral-Driven War as Civilians Suffer

Jul 10, 2025
Eastleigh Voice

As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi’s decision to bring in Blackwater, a private military company with a controversial…

India/Pakistan: Can India Stop Pakistan’s River Water — and Will It Spark a New War?

Jul 9, 2025 | Abid Hussain
Al Jazeera

India announced it was walking out of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a six-decade-old transboundary water agreement that governs the division of water from the…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad-KRG Oil Deal Stalls Despite Reports of Breakthrough

Jul 9, 2025 | Charles Kennedy
Oilprice.com

The long-running oil export dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil over oil exports and public-sector salaries has now deepened, as…

Sierra Leone: Building Resilient Food Systems in Sierra Leone: Sustainable Agriculture, Community Empowerment, and Strategic Partnerships for Long-Term Food Security

Jul 8, 2025
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL), through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) working with its development partners, the Food and Agriculture Organization…