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Food Security: Food, Conflict, and the Weaponization of Food

Oct 26, 2025 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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…

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…

South Sudan: The Hidden Cost of South Sudan’s Oil Boom [Video]

Oct 16, 2025
Bloomberg

South Sudan relies on oil for almost all of its revenue. But some communities living near the oil fields allege polluted water is causing birth…

Colombia: Putumayo’s Women Guardians Defend Land and Culture Amid Colombia’s Deforestation

Oct 15, 2025 | Natalia Arbelaez
Mongabay

In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to the rest…

Afghanistan: Russian Firms Show Interest in Panjshir-to-Kabul Water Transfer Project

Oct 15, 2025
Ariana News

During the meeting, the Russian side reportedly conveyed readiness to engage not only in the water transfer project but also in a broader range of…

The First Fergana Peace Forum Kicks off in Fergana: The Region Transforms into a Space for Goodneighborliness and Cooperation

Oct 15, 2025
Uzbekistan National News Agency

Fergana hosts the First Fergana Peace Forum, intended to become a new regional platform for dialogue, trust-building, and cooperation among Central Asian countries.