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Afghanistan: Taliban Not Invited to Global Climate Change Conference

Nov 10, 2025 | Hamim Halim
Kabul Tribune

The Taliban’s National Environmental Protection Agency has voiced concern over the group’s exclusion from the upcoming Global Climate Change Conference in Brazil, despite what it…


Afghanistan: UN Trust Fund Supports Women Livestock Farmers in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province

Nov 9, 2025 | Fidel Rahmati
The Khaama Press News Agency

The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund is helping women-headed households in Ghazni raise livestock, offering training and tools to support their livelihoods.

The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund…


Battlefields to Wastelands: UN Warns Conflicts Are Destroying Ecosystems Worldwide

Nov 8, 2025
UN

From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland…


Afghanistan: UN Warns Afghanistan Is Highly Vulnerable to Environmental Degradation

Nov 8, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Afghanistan (UN-Habitat) has warned that the country is vulnerable to environmental degradation. The agency wrote on its Facebook…


Afghanistan: AUWSSC Launches Major Project to Provide Clean Water to Kabul

Nov 8, 2025 | Liluma Qadiry
TOLOnews

The Afghanistan Urban Water Supply and Sewage Corporation (AUWSSC) has announced the launch of a major project to supply clean water to Kabul. According to…


Myanmar: Tatmadaw Regains Setawgyi Dam

Nov 8, 2025
Global New Light of Myanmar

The CRPH, NUG and their subordinates PDF terrorists intentionally launched destructive actions across the nation to destroy the governance mechanism and development of the country.…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Lessons in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution from Fergana

Nov 8, 2025 | Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Diplomat

The Fergana Valley’s transformation from a conflict zone into a unified entity with collective identity demonstrates that stability is achievable even amid global uncertainty.


The Philippines: DENR Exec Highlights Link Between Women Leaders and Environmental Protection

Nov 6, 2025 | Jonathan Mayuga
Business Mirror

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Marilou Erni emphasized that environmental protection and peacebuilding are deeply interconnected with women as…


Afghanistan: Afghan Opium Crop Plummets after Taliban Ban - UN Report

Nov 6, 2025 | Bethany Bell and Yogita Limaye
BBC News

Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said. The total area of…


UK: UK Announces Commitment to Advance Gender Equality in SA at G20

Nov 5, 2025 | Government of the United Kingdom
ReliefWeb

The UK pledges ZAR 18 million (£800,000) to South Africa’s Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Fund. This will help more than 33,000 people through school-based…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Adopting Kurdistan’s Oil Contract Model: Expert

Nov 5, 2025
BasNews

An Iraqi oil expert says the federal government is adopting the Kurdistan Region’s oil contract model to attract foreign companies and investors, as evidenced by…


Liberia: Nimba Women Agriculture Cooperative Launches Financial Loan Program to Empower Rural Women

Nov 4, 2025 | D. Franklin Doloquee
Front Page Africa

GANTA, Nimba County – Over twenty rural women from Ganta and its surrounding communities in Nimba County recently benefited from a new loan program launched…


Climate, Peace and Security Advisory Exchange at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2025

Nov 4, 2025
UN Climate Security Mechanism

As climate impacts deepen and the number of conflicts globally reach their highest levels since the Second World War, the links between climate change, peace…


Afghanistan: Clash over Grazing Land in Northern Afghanistan Injures Six, Sources Say

Nov 4, 2025 | Ahmad Azizi
Amu TV

At least six people were injured in a clash over grazing land between residents and the son of a local Taliban commander in Afghanistan’s northern…


Zambia: Zambian Women Take the Lead in Adapting Food Systems to Climate Change

Nov 3, 2025 | Giulia Caroli, Gracsious Maviza, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Rosemary Fumpa-Makano
New Security Beat

Women play vital roles as actors and innovators in food systems worldwide. In many societies, they are the primary food producers, accounting for between 60%…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Forms Special Unit to Enforce Land Commission Rulings

Nov 3, 2025
TOLOnews

The Ministry of Justice has announced the convening of a leadership meeting of the Commission for the Prevention of Land Grabbing and the Restoration of…


Afghanistan: Violent Land Dispute Involving Taliban Commander Reported In Takhar

Nov 3, 2025
Afghanistan International

Informed sources in Takhar province told Afghanistan International that fighters loyal to Darab Baai, a local Taliban commander in Warsaj district, injured at least six…


Sudan: Oil, Gold, Blood, and the New Tale of Military Greed

Nov 3, 2025 | Masood Abdali
India Tomorrow

Sudan is once again engulfed in a devastating civil war. The conflict, which began in the last ten days of Ramadan 2023, has now, after…


India/Pakistan: How India and Pakistan’s Co-operation over Water Has Avoided Conflict

Nov 3, 2025
Vision of Humanity

India and Pakistan’s shared dependence on the Indus River has, for six decades, been governed by an agreement that has outlasted wars, political upheavals and…


Iraq/Turkey: Türkiye, Iraq Sign 'Historic' Water Management Deal

Nov 3, 2025
Hürriyet Daily News

Türkiye and Iraq signed a “historic” agreement on Nov. 2 to jointly manage their shared water resources, marking a major step toward addressing the region’s…


Switzerland: Switzerland Seeks to Boost Water Diplomacy in Middle East

Nov 2, 2025
Swissinfo

Water supply is becoming increasingly critical in the Middle East. Switzerland is ready to contribute its expertise in this area.


Colombia: Measure to Conserve: How Forests Ensure Environmental and Social Balance in Colombia

Oct 31, 2025
Noticias Ambientales

For the third consecutive year, Colombia reports a reduction in deforestation, a key achievement for a country where more than 50% of the territory is…


Conflict in Sudan: Natural Resources between Gold, Oil, and Strife [Video]

Oct 31, 2025
Al Jazeera

Analysts say Sudan's considerable natural resources could also be driving the conflict. Gold mining in particular has expanded over the last two decades - but…


DRC: Inside Deadly Congo Mines Fuelling War over Your Phone [Video]

Oct 30, 2025
Channel 4 News

Rebels have captured vast areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. That land, controlled by the M23 movement, is rich in critical minerals which…


Sudan: Cholera Surges in War-Torn Sudan as Water Systems Collapse

Oct 30, 2025 | Ali Awadallah Saeed, Ahmad Mohammad Al Zamel, Nagmeldin Ahmed Mohammed Magzoub
Nature

Sudan faces an escalating cholera outbreak, worsened by the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Widespread destruction…


Sudan: Sudan’s Natural Wealth Becomes the New Front Line of Its Ongoing War [Video]

Oct 29, 2025
Al Jazeera

Sudan is rich in natural resources, with gold being a critical component of its economy, making up 70% of exports. Small-scale mining accounts for 85%…


Afghanistan: Severe Drought Threatens Livelihoods across Afghanistan

Oct 29, 2025
AtlasPress

An unprecedented drought has gripped Afghanistan, severely impacting the livelihoods of its people—particularly farmers and herders. The crisis has been exacerbated by the ineffective governance…


Colombia: Colombia to Buy Gold from Small Miners to Curb Illegal Trade

Oct 28, 2025
Bloomberg News

Colombia’s government plans to start purchasing gold directly from small-scale producers in a bid to curb illegal activity and formalize an unregulated mining boom fueled…


From Conflict to Cooperation: Africa's Water Can Be a Bridge to Peace, Says Akufo-Addo

Oct 28, 2025 | Kwabena Adu Koranteng
News Ghana

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a powerful and urgent message to global leaders on Monday, October 27, 2025, declaring that water insecurity is…


Kenya: How Kenya Is Turning Water into a Tool for Peace

Oct 28, 2025 | Denis Mwangi
Pulse

Kenya has unveiled a new policy framework that directly ties natural resource planning, particularly water management, to peace and security, marking a major shift in…