International
India: Environment Minister on Aravalli Illegal Mining: 'What Was Happening There Was Anomaly’
Dec 22, 2025
Asian News International
Union Environment Minister Bhupinder Yadav has rejected criticism of the government’s stance on the Aravalli hills, insisting that the Supreme Court’s recent definition of the…
Afghanistan: UNICEF Installs Solar Water System at Nangarhar School
Dec 21, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that with Japan’s support, it has installed a solar-powered water supply system at a school in Kunar…
South Sudan: Oil-Rich Unity State Drowns as Wealth Flows Elsewhere
Dec 19, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
For the sixth straight year, floodwaters have swallowed huge swaths of South Sudan, submerging villages and pastures and forcing tens of thousands of people onto…
Liberia: LLA Targets Nationwide Land Reforms with County Engagements
Dec 19, 2025
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Jacob Kermue
Observer
Major reforms to Liberia’s land administration system are set to take effect nationwide, as the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) intensifies efforts to streamline the management…
Iraq: Iraq at “Critical Turning Point” as Oil Dependence Deepens, Research Center Says
Dec 18, 2025
Shafaq News
Iraq needs a “realistic diagnosis” of its economic imbalances to implement effective reform policies, a step that cannot succeed without a strong private sector instead…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Hydropolitics in a Warming World: The GERD & the Future of Nile Basin Governance
Dec 18, 2025
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Abigail Stofer
Human Rights Research Center
As climate change accelerates, many political scientists and other thought leaders are increasingly asking whether resource scarcity will emerge as a primary driver of global…
Afghanistan: New Canal Inaugurated in Afghanistan to Boost Irrigation, Livelihood
Dec 18, 2025
Xinhua
A new canal has been inaugurated in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province, with the capacity to irrigate over 5,000 hectares of land, the official media Bakhtar…
Sudan: Drone Strike on Electricity Substation in Sudan's Nile River Sparks Widespread Power Outages [Video]
Dec 18, 2025
Al Jazeera
Authorities say at least two people were killed in the attack and members of the civil defense forces are fighting to extinguish the blaze.
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Tracks 1100+ Tankers in Russia’s Shadow Fleet — Most Already Sanctioned, Intelligence Reveals
Dec 18, 2025
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Yuri Zoria
Euromaidan Press
In the latest assessment of Russia’s oil exports, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service revealed that over 1100 tankers are part of the Kremlin’s shadow fleet as…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Ease Oil Trade via Free Zone
Dec 17, 2025
BERNAMA and Anadolu Agency
Sudan and South Sudan agreed on Tuesday to establish a free zone at Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast to facilitate oil imports and…
Chad: UNSC Informal Expert Group Visits Chad to Address Climate, Peace and Security Challenges in Lake Chad Basin and Eastern Chad
Dec 17, 2025
UN Regional Office for Central Africa
The Informal Expert Group of members of the UN Security Council on Climate, Peace and Security (IEG CPS) conducted a six-day informal field mission to…
DRC Conflict: M23 Withdrawal Exposes Fight over Minerals and Accountability Gaps [Video]
Dec 17, 2025
Al Jazeera
The M23 armed group’s reported withdrawal from the eastern Congolese city of Uvira has raised questions about accountability, foreign influence and the true drivers of…
Ukraine: Defense Ministry Sets Priorities for Developing Underwater Demining in Ukraine
Dec 16, 2025
Odessa Journal
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine held the conference “Depth of Security – 2025,” during which a framework concept for the development of underwater demining…
Liberia: LEITI Releases 16th Country Report as Liberia Prepares for 2026 Extractive Sector Validation
Dec 15, 2025
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J. H. Webster Clayeh
FrontPage Africa
Members of the Multi Stakeholders Group of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative have unanimously approved and launched the 16th LEITI Country Report, reinforcing national…
Sudan: Salva Kiir’s Heglig Nightmare: Proxies, Pipelines, and Coming War
Dec 15, 2025
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Surafel Tesfaye
Horn Review
The civil war in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has continued without pause as of the end of 2025. It is now entering its…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukrainian Drones Have Struck Russian Oil Rigs in Caspian Sea for Third Time in a Week
Dec 15, 2025
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Iryna Balachuk and Valentyna Romanenko
Ukrayinska Pravda
Long-range drones operated by the Special Operations Centre Alpha of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have struck a facility belonging to Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft in the…
Afghanistan: Over 21 Million People in Afghanistan Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, EU Warns
Dec 14, 2025
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Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press
The European Union’s humanitarian arm in Asia and the Pacific has warned that more than 21 million people across Afghanistan do not have access to…
Afghanistan: FAO Rebuilds Key Irrigation Canal in Helmand, Restoring Water to Villages
Dec 14, 2025
Atlas Press
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced the reconstruction of 2.5 kilometers of the Lashkari Canal in Helmand province, with…
Venezuela: Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tanker Marks New US Pressure Tactic
Dec 13, 2025
Devdiscourse
The US has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, Skipper, believed to be heading for China, amid a strategy to pressure the Venezuelan economy. This move…
Ukraine/Russia: SSU Drones Set Fire to Russian Oil Platforms in the Caspian Sea
Dec 13, 2025
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Dmytro Shumlianskyi
Militarnyi
Long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Alpha Special Operations Center have successfully attacked Russian oil platforms in the Caspian Sea for the…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudanese Armed Forces Attack Oil Field with Drones, Killing Dozens
Dec 12, 2025
World Politics Review
The Sudanese Armed Forces used drones to attack an oil processing facility near the country’s border with South Sudan that had been captured by the…
India: Towards Coexistence: Expanding Project Cheetah and Tackling Human-Wildlife Conflict
Dec 12, 2025
Devdiscourse
The National Tiger Conservation Authority, chaired by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, reviewed efforts to expand Project Cheetah and manage human-wildlife conflict. Discussions focused on…
Liberia: ECOWAS Renewable Energy Center Identifies 30 Rural Communities In Liberia for Solar Mini-Grid Development
Dec 11, 2025
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J. H. Webster Clayeh
FrontPage Africa
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has begun a two-day validation workshop…
Wildlife: Managing Conflict between Baboons and People: What's Worked, and What Hasn't
Dec 11, 2025
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Shirley C. Strum
The Conversation
Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years.
Sudan: Military Drone Attack on Sudan Oil Field Kills Dozens
Dec 10, 2025
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Joseph Falzetta
Associated Press
Dozens of people were killed Tuesday evening in a drone strike near Sudan’s largest oil processing facility carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces, according…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt’s Withdrawal from Nile Talks Deepens Rift with Ethiopia
Dec 9, 2025
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Kevin Cheruiyot
East African
Egypt’s withdrawal from negotiations with Ethiopia over the use of the Nile River is expected to further escalate tensions and deepen the already strained diplomatic…
Sudan: RSF Seizes Key Heglig Oilfield as It Pushes to Expand Control in Sudan
Dec 8, 2025
Al Jazeera
Heglig is Sudan’s largest oil field and also the main processing facility for neighbouring South Sudan’s oil exports.
Water Wars: Violence over Water Resources Reaches Record Levels
Dec 8, 2025
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Peter Gleick
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Violence over water has been reported around the world, in every region, including events where access to or control of water resources triggers conflict and…
Afghanistan: UN Sounds Alarm over Afghanistan’s Land Degradation amid Climate Change Crisis
Dec 6, 2025
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Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that prolonged droughts and increasing dust storms are causing severe land degradation across Afghanistan, making it one…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Accuses Egypt of Driving up Tensions in Nile Dam Standoff after International Law Accusations
Dec 6, 2025
Jerusalem Post
Ethiopia accused Egypt of driving up tensions in their long-running dispute over the Nile River by rejecting dialogue and clinging to what it calls outdated…