International
Sudan: RSF Drone Strikes Set Oil Facilities Ablaze in Eastern Sudan
Nov 1, 2026
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Ulviyya Poladova
AzerNews
Drones belonging to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have attacked an oil pumping station and an energy infrastructure facility in the city of Haya,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Pushed to Opium Farming to Make a Living [Video]
Oct 29, 2026
Al Jazeera
Farmers in Afghanistan say they’re being pushed into poppy seed cultivation to make a living despite a ban, as the economic situation and drought worsens.…
Ghana: Let’s Integrate Climate Risk Issues into National Security Policy — Dr. Agyeman-Rawlings
Oct 28, 2026
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Francisca Eshun
The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has called for climate risk to be integrated into national security and district development plans…
Food Security: Ending Conflict Is ‘Number One Thing’ to Reduce World Hunger, New WFP Chief Says
Oct 28, 2026
United Nations
Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg, said…
Afghanistan: Afghan Men Scour Rocky Terrain for Gold to Earn a Living [Video]
Oct 28, 2026
Anadolu Agency
Afghan men in the Momand Dara district of eastern Nangarhar province are turning to traditional gold panning to support their families amid limited employment opportunities…
Liberia: Ganta Land Crisis in the Limelight Again
Oct 28, 2026
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Ishmael F. Menkor
Observer
Tension is mounting in Ganta again following the return of market vendors to a disputed parcel of land reportedly declared under eminent domain by former…
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Poppy Ban Falters as Afghan Farmers Say They Can't Feed Their Children
Oct 28, 2026
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Sayed Hassib, and Ahmad Masih Noori
Reuters
Four years ago, the Taliban began enforcing an opium ban so strict that poppy all but vanished from Afghanistan’s fields. But now their Supreme Leader’s…
China/Hong Kong: China Vows Stronger Environmental Cooperation with HK
Oct 27, 2026
The Standard
China will further strengthen cooperation and exchanges with Hong Kong on ecological and environmental protection and the green transition, Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang…
DRC: A US Mercenary Group, a Fragile Peace and Global Race for Critical Minerals
Oct 27, 2026
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Samiran Mishra
NDTV
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a private American military contractor whose name is associated with one of the most notorious episodes of the Iraq…
Sudan/South Sudan: Drones and Oil: The Abyei Massacre Increases Tensions on the Border between the Two Sudans
Oct 27, 2026
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Alberto Magnani
Il Sole 24 Ore
The most immediate toll is humanitarian, with estimates ranging from 150 to over 200 victims and thousands of displaced people. The political and military situation…
Botswana: Scorching Heat and Simmering Tensions: Three Lessons on Climate, Conflict, and Peacebuilding from Botswana
Oct 26, 2026
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Malatsi Seleka and Maduo Mpolokang
Peace News Network
The Boro River, once a dependable source of water for livestock and tourism, has been largely dry for five years, while unpredictable rainfall and prolonged…
Afghanistan: UNICEF Representative: Water Crisis in Afghanistan Is Worsening
Oct 24, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The water crisis has become one of Afghanistan’s major challenges in recent years, making access to water increasingly difficult for the population.
Afghanistan/Iran/Pakistan: After Taliban Opium Ban, New Global Hub Emerges in Afghan Borderlands with Iran, Pakistan
Oct 24, 2026
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Frud Bezhan and Daud Khattak
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Afghanistan's opium output, long the world's largest, has plunged since the Taliban imposed a sweeping ban on illicit narcotics in 2022. But the militant Islamist…
Joint Civil Society Statement on the Environment, Peace and Security Delivered to the UN General Assembly First Committee
Oct 23, 2026
Conflict and Environment Observatory
Statement drafted by CEOBS and delivered by Melissa Bushi of Pace University. For more exploration of the themes in this statement see the chapter on…
Afghanistan: OCHA: 8,000 People Gain Access to Safe Drinking Water in Three Provinces
Oct 22, 2026
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Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that 8,000 people in parts of Badakhshan, Baghlan and Takhar provinces have…
CAR: NCF Statement to the UN on Conflict Minerals in the Central African Republic
Oct 22, 2026
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Manisha Shrivastava
Next Century Foundation
Next Century Foundation’s Research Officer Manisha Shrivastava addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in person on conflict minerals and accountability in the Central African…
Equal by Law, Left Out in Practice: Why Kosovo’s Women Still Lose Property
Oct 21, 2026
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Prishtina Insight
Kosovo law makes clear that women and men inherit equally, yet in many cases, only men inherit, while women are still cut out.
This inequality still…
Afghanistan: Mining Control, Factional Rivalries Continue to Fuel Unrest in Northern Afghanistan
Oct 21, 2026
Associated Press of Pakistan
Unresolved internal disputes over mining control, revenue distribution, and local rights are driving ongoing violence and unrest in northern Afghanistan, according to a comprehensive report…
Climate Change: World-First Taskforce to Protect Communities from Climate Change
Oct 21, 2026
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Katie White OBE MP, and Baroness Twycross
Communities across the UK will be better protected against the growing threats of climate change, as the world’s first Climate and Nature Security Taskforce met…
Sudan/South Sudan: Drone Strike on a Market in Disputed African Region of Abyei Kills at Least 153
Oct 20, 2026
Associated Press
A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least…
Afghanistan: Man Killed in Land Dispute in Afghanistan’s Logar Province
Oct 20, 2026
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Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow
A man has been killed and his father injured in a land dispute involving family members in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Afghanistan’s Logar province, local…
Palestine: Gaza Faces Food Security Crisis as Aid Reductions Deepen
Oct 20, 2026
Global Arab Network Editorial Team
A humanitarian crisis is intensifying in the Gaza Strip as nearly half a million people face the loss of essential food assistance. The World Food…
Ethiopia: A Look at How Ethiopia’s Wars, Sea Ambitions and Nile Dam Fuel Fears of Wider Conflict
Oct 19, 2026
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Khaled Kazziha
Associated Press
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for making peace with neighboring Eritrea. A year later, their armies joined forces…
Myanmar: Residents Concerned as KNA Measures Land in Myanmar’s Karen State Without Prior Notice
Oct 19, 2026
Karen News
Residents across Nabu Township in Myanmar’s Karen State are expressing deep anxiety after the Karen National Army (KNA) surveyed and measured their agricultural land without…
Sudan: Sudan’s Famine Risk Worsened by Conflict, Drought and Funding Shortages, Report Says
Oct 19, 2026
Associated Press
Conflict and drought are worsening food insecurity across parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions, a global food crisis monitor warned on Monday.
DRC: War and Minerals: Erik Prince and Paramilitaries in DR Congo
Oct 16, 2026
Agence France-Presse
US businessman Erik Prince and his mercenaries have emerged as key players in the war-stricken Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), fighting for its government as…
Iran: Iran’s Pezeshkian Denounces War-Driven ‘Ecocide’ at UN Biodiversity Summit
Oct 16, 2026
The Climate Watch
Iranian president says countries facing sanctions and military aggression should not bear environmental costs alone, calls for stronger global accountability and protection of nature during…
We Will Not Keep Quiet on Land Ownership Rights — Women Activists
Oct 15, 2026
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Ibrahim Ruhweza (New Vision)
Women's rights activists have vowed to intensify their campaign for women's land ownership and inheritance rights, saying they will not remain silent while cultural practices and…
Liberia: Rural Women's Land Rights Take Center Stage at Liberia Forum
Oct 15, 2026
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Emery Watson
Observer
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has opened a three-day national celebration and action forum for rural women in Buchanan, putting land rights…
Afghanistan/Saudi Arabia: Taliban Invites Saudi Arabia to Explore Renewable Energy Investment in Afghanistan
Oct 15, 2026
Afghanistan International
The Taliban’s water and energy minister has discussed solar and wind power cooperation with a Saudi energy official. The Taliban says a Saudi technical delegation…