International
Global: AI’s Environmental Footprint is a Gendered Security Risk
May 12, 2026
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Tamara Bah
New Security Beat
The infrastructure powering artificial intelligence (AI) has become both a political flashpoint and a signal for strategic warfare with significant military, geopolitical, and international security…
Afghanistan: Blood and Fury in Badakhshan: Protests over Mines and Poppy Met with Death
May 10, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The Taliban have killed four people and wounded several others in the Shekay and Argo districts of Badakhshan province after residents protested against mining operations…
Iraq: Iraq Discovers Massive Oil Field as Global Energy Tensions Surge
May 9, 2026
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Kateryna Serohina
RBС-Ukraine
Iraq has announced the discovery of a giant oil field, and these reserves were found in the southern province of Najaf. The area of the…
Delft University of Technology Launches Climate Safety & Security Research Hub in The Hague
May 9, 2026
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Stuart Mitchell
Delft University of Technology
The Climate Safety & Security centre (CaSS), a transdisciplinary research hub at the intersection of engineering, design, and governance launched today at the University Campus…
Afghanistan: Four Civilians Wounded as Taliban Clash with Residents over Mine Operations in Badakhshan
May 9, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Local sources report that a clash between Taliban fighters and residents erupted over the continued operation of a mine in the Shaki district of Badakhshan…
Myanmar: A Massive 11,000-Carat Ruby Has Been Unearthed in Myanmar’s War-Scarred Gemstone Heartland
May 8, 2026
Associated Press
Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian…
Afghanistan: Mines under the Boot of Plunder
May 7, 2026
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Ahmad Tamim Azimi
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Following the collapse of the republican system and in the absence of a legitimate government, secret contracts with domestic and foreign companies, unchecked extraction, and…
Afghanistan: Clearing Landmines, Growing Futures: Demining the Path to Food Security in World’s Crisis Zones
May 7, 2026
HALO Trust
Landmines and explosives not only cause thousands of injuries and fatalities every year - they also directly block access to farmland and grazing routes, water,…
Global: Indigenous Leaders Call for Global Recognition of Peacebuilding Role as UN Forum Echoes Summit Outcomes
May 6, 2026
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E-Pao
E-Pao
Indigenous leaders, diplomats and United Nations officials convened in New York for the Second Global Summit on Indigenous Peacebuilding, issuing a call to reframe global…
Nigeria: Nigeria Leads African Forum on Climate-Conflict Crisis, Pushes Peace-Centred Adaptation Strategy
May 6, 2026
AriseNews
Nigeria has brought together policymakers, climate experts, and peacebuilding practitioners from across Africa in a high-level regional forum aimed at tackling the growing link between…
Myanmar: Move to Restart Controversial Dam Sparks Protests in Myanmar
May 6, 2026
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Kyaw Lin Htoon
Union of Catholic Asian News
Civil society groups and local communities have reiterated their opposition to a controversial dam on one of Myanmar's major rivers following an alleged move to…
Global: UNDRR Expands Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism to LGBTIQ+ Persons Constituency
May 5, 2026
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has formally added an LGBTIQ+ Persons constituency to the Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM), marking an…
Myanmar: Fields of Fear: Landmines Keep Hsawng Pyaung Farmers from Their Land
May 5, 2026
Shan Herald Agency for News
Residents returning to Hsawng Pyaung village in Pang Laung (Pinlaung) Township, southern Shan State, say landmines left behind from earlier fighting are preventing them from…
India/Pakistan: One Year after the Indus Waters Treaty Suspension
May 5, 2026
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PK Saxena
NatStrat
A year after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) on 23 April 2025, Pakistan continues to prosecute a coordinated media campaign portraying the suspension…
Liberia: Communities Elated over Reported Oil Discovery
May 5, 2026
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Tina S. Mehnpaine
Observer
In November last year, excitement swept through Beon and neighboring towns in Grand Bassa County after residents discovered a thick, black substance floating on the…
Sudan/South Sudan: Lundin’s Defence Makes Their Case
May 4, 2026
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Martin Schibbye
Justice Info
Two and a half years after the Lundin trial opened in Stockholm District Court, Ian Lundin’s defence opened its final argument by attacking the very…
Afghanistan: Taliban Seize More Than 2,500 Hectares of Land in Khost
May 2, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The Taliban have declared 2,500 hectares of land in Khost province as “Emirate-Owned Property” and taken control of it. The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ)…
Myanmar: Yacht Firm Exposed by EIA Faces Major US Charges over Illegal Burmese Teak Imports
May 1, 2026
Environmental Investigation Agency
US federal prosecutors have charged UK-based luxury yacht firm Sunseeker International Ltd and its US subsidiary Sunseeker USA Sales with environmental crimes tied to the…
Guinea/Liberia/Sierra Leone: Flashpoints at the Frontier: Rising Border Tensions in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia
Apr 30, 2026
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Fiifi Edu-Afful and Emmanuel Kotia
ACCORD
Recent border tensions involving Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone highlight enduring structural weaknesses in border governance not only within the Mano River basin but across…
Liberia: Judges Undergo Oil & Gas Law Training in Ganta
Apr 30, 2026
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Ishmael F. Menkor
Observer
Circuit and specialized court judges from across Liberia are currently participating in an intensive training program in Ganta, Nimba County, aimed at strengthening their understanding…
Chad: At Least 42 Killed in Eastern Chad after Clash over Water Source
Apr 27, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
International media have reported that at least 42 people were killed in eastern Chad following clashes between two families over a water source. Associated Press…
DRC: DR Congo to Establish US-backed Paramilitary Guard for Mines
Apr 27, 2026
Agence France-Presse and Associated Press
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) plans to set up a paramilitary unit to secure the country’s large mining sites. The General Inspectorate of…
Chad: At Least 42 Killed in Chad after Water Well Dispute Escalates
Apr 27, 2026
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Basillioh Rukanga
BBC
At least 42 people have been killed and 10 injured in fighting between rival ethnic groups in eastern Chad in a conflict that began as…
Global: Indigenous Leaders from 80 Countries to Convene in New York for Historic Global Peace Summit
Apr 24, 2026
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Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network
Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network
At a time of escalating global conflicts, more than 150 Indigenous peacebuilders, elders, spiritual leaders, mediators, women leaders and youth from 80 countries will gather…
Food Security: Two-Thirds of Global Hunger Concentrated in 10 Conflict-Hit Countries
Apr 24, 2026
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Vibhu Mishra
UN
A growing share of global hunger is becoming entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit countries, with two-thirds of people facing acute food insecurity concentrated…
Iraq: Washington Uses Iraq's Own Oil Money to Bend Baghdad to Its Will
Apr 23, 2026
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Anaelle Jonah
France 24
The US government blocked a cargo plane delivery of nearly $500 million in US banknotes destined for Baghdad, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first…
Sudan: Following the Money Fueling Environmental Destruction in War: A Case Study from Sudan
Apr 23, 2026
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Mathani Ahmed
Global Investigative Journalism Network
In fragile, conflict-ridden states like Sudan, environmental harm is a byproduct of the economic strategies. When companies or state-linked entities avoid the high costs of…
Iraq: US Blocks Iraq’s Dollar Shipments to Squeeze Its Iran-Backed Militias
Apr 22, 2026
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David S. Cloud and Robbie Gramer
Wall Street Journal
The Trump administration has suspended US dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen security cooperation programs with its military, escalating the pressure on Baghdad to dismantle…
Climate Change: NATO Releases Report on the Effects of Climate Change on Security
Apr 22, 2026
Homeland Security Today
This report analyzes how climate change rapidly transforms NATO’s strategic environment. Four case studies are presented: the northwestern parts of Africa, the Arctic, the east…
Zimbabwe: CNRG Marks Earth Day 2026 with a Call for Environmental Peacebuilding, Critical Mineral Justice and Youth Action
Apr 22, 2026
Centre for Natural Resource Governance
Environmental degradation is rarely a natural phenomenon it is a political one. In Zimbabwe’s mining-affected communities from Hwange to Marange, from Penhalonga to Chimanimani, communities…