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Afghanistan: UNAMA: Environmental Pollution Has Become a Serious and Growing Challenge in Afghanistan

Sep 20, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
Kabul Now

The UN mission said preventing waste from being dumped on roads, in alleys and waterways, including the Kabul River, would help protect the environment, create…

Afghanistan: UNICEF-Funded Reconstruction of Four Water Supply Networks Begins in Parwan

Sep 20, 2026 | Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

With financial support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), work has begun on the reconstruction of four water supply networks in Parwan Province for…

DRC: DRC’s Mineral Wealth Meets an Infrastructure Bottleneck: Power, Transport and Processing Shape the Next Mining Boom

Sep 19, 2026
TrendsNafrica

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) possesses some of the world’s largest reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium, zinc, gold, tin and tantalum. Frequently cited estimates…

Afghanistan: Land Dispute Tensions: Taliban Fighter Kills Two Brothers in Kabul

Sep 19, 2026
Hasht-e Subh Daily

Sources in Kabul say two brothers were killed by a Taliban fighter following a dispute over land ownership. Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on…

Sudan/South Sudan: At Least 26 Killed in Clashes along Sudan-South Sudan Border Region

Sep 17, 2026
Al Jazeera, Agence France-Presse, and Reuters

At least 26 people have been killed and 82 others injured in days of intercommunal fighting in a disputed region on the border between South…

Afghanistan: OCHA: Humanitarian Funding Cuts Reduce Access to Essential Services in Afghanistan

Sep 17, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says cuts to humanitarian funding have made it more difficult for millions of people…

At Least 124 Land and Environmental Defenders Killed Globally in 2025

Sep 16, 2026
Global Witness

Of all killings documented in 2025, 85% took place in Latin America, which has ranked as the world’s deadliest region for environmental defenders every year…

People Protecting Nature and Land Set up Self-Defence Units amid Threat of Murder

Sep 16, 2026 | Jonathan Watts
Guardian

Nature and land defenders were murdered at the rate of one every three days last year, prompting many communities to set up self-defence units, according…

Sudan: Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills at Least 60 People

Sep 16, 2026
Agence France-Presse

A gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan, killing at least 60 small-scale miners, two survivors told AFP on Wednesday, while many more are missing.

Brazil/Colombia: Colombia and Brazil Deadliest Countries for Environmental Activists, Report Says

Sep 16, 2026 | Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC

Colombia has again topped the list of countries with the highest number of killings of land and environmental activists, according to an annual report by…

Technology: Opium Fields Uncovered from Space with 75% Accuracy Using Hyperspectral Imaging and AI

Sep 16, 2026
Imagine & Machine Vision Europe

“From orbit, an opium poppy field does not necessarily look very different from a field growing a legal crop,” said Kuva Space. “That makes illicit…

Liberia: Liberia Advances Efforts to Reaffirm Land Boundaries and Delimit Maritime Borders

Sep 15, 2026
GNNLiberia

The Government of Liberia hosted a high-level policy meeting dedicated to the reaffirmation of the country’s land boundaries and the formal delimitation of its maritime…

Afghanistan: European Union and FAO Join Forces to Boost Climate Resilience of Agrifood Systems in Afghanistan

Sep 14, 2026
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

The European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched a €5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses reach…

Saudi Arabia/Yemen: Red Sea Crisis Escalates as Houthis Seize Islands and Threaten Vital Oil Shipping Routes

Sep 14, 2026
Deutsche Welle

A fresh Houthi offensive in the southern Red Sea is threatening to further disrupt global oil supplies and shipping, after the Iranian-backed rebels announced Monday…

Afghanistan: UNODC Supports Rose and Saffron Farming as Alternatives to Opium Poppy in Afghanistan

Sep 14, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with support from Italy, is promoting rose and saffron cultivation and processing in Afghanistan as alternative…

Afghanistan: Coal Extraction in Northern Afghanistan up 30% from Last Year

Sep 13, 2026 | Abdul Wahid Wahdat
TOLOnews

Officials of the state-owned Northern Coal Company say nearly 1,000 tons of coal are extracted daily from mines in northern Afghanistan, a significant increase compared…

India/Pakistan: India-Pakistan Water Row Deepens after Hague Court Ruling

Sep 13, 2026 | Maria Siow
South China Morning Post

On August 31, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that Delhi had no legal basis for suspending the water-sharing agreement, adding that…

Afghanistan: UN: Millions in Afghanistan Lack Reliable Access to Drinking Water

Sep 13, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) says millions of people in Afghanistan still lack reliable access to safe drinking water.

China/Nepal: Climate, Environment at Center of Nepal-China Cooperation: Foreign Minister Khanal

Sep 12, 2026
Khabarhub

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has called for Nepal-China relations to move beyond traditional border management and develop into a strategic partnership centered on environmental cooperation,…

Iraq/Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia Shuts Key Oil Pipeline after Drone Attack Launched from Iraq

Sep 12, 2026 | Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC

Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle East widens. Iraq…

Afghanistan: Land Dispute Leaves Four Dead, Three Wounded in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province

Sep 12, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow

Four people were killed and three others wounded in a clash between two families over a land dispute in Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province,…

Afghanistan: Nimroz Residents Complain of Shortage of Clean Drinking Water

Sep 11, 2026
TOLOnews

Residents of Zaranj city in Nimroz say the water supplied to the city from the Qala-e-Fath area is not enough to meet the needs of…

Colombia: Colombia Moves to Revive Aerial Eradication of Coca Crops

Sep 10, 2026
The City Paper

Colombia is moving rapidly to revive aerial eradication of coca, but the chemical at the centre of its first proposed test will not be glyphosate,…

Liberia: Lawmaker Blasts Concessionaires over Exploitation of Liberia’s Natural Resources

Sep 9, 2026 | David A. Yates
Observer

Sinoe County Senator and political leader of the People’s Economic Movement (PEM), Crayton Oldman Duncan, has launched a blistering attack on foreign concession companies operating…

Liberia: Guus Kouwenhoven Is Dead

Sep 8, 2026 | William Q. Harmon
Observer

The Dutch businessman whose timber empire became deeply entangled with Charles Taylor’s wartime machinery died on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at the age of 84,…

Afghanistan: Taliban Close around 100 Shops in Herat’s Jebrail over Land Ownership Dispute

Sep 6, 2026 | Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow

Sources in Jebrail district of Herat province say Taliban authorities have closed around 100 shops following a land ownership dispute involving an individual who has…

Climate Change: The Next Wars May Not Be about Oil or Borders: Climate Change Is Turning Food, Water and Farmland into New Sources of Conflict across the World

Sep 6, 2026
Economic Times

Climate change is reshaping global agriculture and resource availability. This shift could increasingly drive future conflicts and instability worldwide. Droughts and extreme weather are reducing…