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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…

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 –…

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…

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,…

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…

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.

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,…

Critical Minerals: Africa’s Mineral Boom Must Not Become Another Resource Curse – MiDA CEO

Jul 27, 2026
Joy Business

The Acting Chief Executive of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould, has cautioned African leaders and policymakers against allowing the continent’s emerging critical minerals…

Myanmar: Repair Work Underway on Mobye Dam Damaged by Armed Terrorist Attacks

Jul 25, 2026
Eleven

Restoration of the dam, which plays a vital role in flood control, hydropower generation, agriculture and inland water transportation, commenced in the 2026-2027 fiscal year.…

DRC: DRC to Enforce 10% Equity Transfer to Nationals in Mining Companies

Jul 25, 2026 | Fidelis Daicy
Mjengo Hub

The Democratic Republic of Congo will implement a law requiring mining companies to transfer 10 percent equity to Congolese nationals. Of this, half (5 percent)…

Critical Minerals: UN Debate Puts Spotlight on Critical Minerals Governance

Jul 25, 2026 | Lesego Lebuso
Channel Africa

Critical minerals must support clean energy, development and peace rather than fuel conflict, corruption and unequal extraction, United Nations Security Council members have warned.

Egypt/Sudan: Falling Nile River Levels Spark Growing Fears among Sudanese Farmers amid Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Concerns

Jul 24, 2026 | Ahmad Elassasy
Sada Elbalad English

Declining water levels along the Nile River during July have sparked widespread concern among Sudanese farmers, raising renewed questions across Sudan and neighboring Egypt regarding…