International
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan Exchange Heavy Cross-Border Fire over Water Dispute
May 27, 2023
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TRT World
Two Iranian border guards and one Afghan soldier have been killed after Afghanistan and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire in the border area, sharply escalating rising…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Budget Vote Delayed as Kurds Oppose Amendments on Oil
May 27, 2023
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Agence France-Presse
Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Saturday denounced amendments over oil in the draft federal budget, delaying a parliamentary vote more than two months after legislators received…
Colombia: Colombia Studies Need for New Oil and Gas Exploration as Reserves Dwindle, Minister Says
May 25, 2023
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Oscar Medina and Eric Martin, Bloomberg
Colombia is studying the need for more exploration contracts after a report showed oil and gas reserves dropping, according to a senior minister. The government…
Liberia: ‘Kpokolo’ Explained: What We Know About the Illegal Trade
May 25, 2023
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James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight
Last week, the two Turkish nationals were arrested in Ganta, Nimba County for their alleged involvement in illegal logging activities in that region. Police finally picked up Hasan Uzan…
South Sudan: Toxic Floods: Environmental Risks around Oil Infrastructure put South Sudan on Edge
May 25, 2023
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Madhumita Paul, DownToEarth
A recent report has flagged environmental risks associated with severe flooding near South Sudan’s national oil infrastructure. Oil infrastructure in the country lacks adequate protection and…
Climate Change: Asia Water, Energy Supplies at Risk as Climate Woes Mount
May 25, 2023
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David Stanway, Reuters
Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action…
Myanmar: Northern Rakhine State Townships Face Water Shortage in Aftermath of Cyclone Mocha
May 24, 2023
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Myanmar Now
Locals in northern Rakhine State have been left with no choice but to drink boiled “dirty water,” as a shortage of freshwater continues to plague…
DRC: DR Congo Accuses Rebel Forces of Looting Its Natural Resources [Video]
May 24, 2023
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CGTN Africa
The Democratic Republic of Congo has again made a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court over what it claims is the systematic looting of…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt Criticises Ethiopia over Claim Gerd Dam Dispute Has become Arab-African Conflict
May 24, 2023
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Hamza Hendawi, National
Egypt rebuked Ethiopia on Wednesday for branding their dispute over a Nile dam being built by Addis Ababa as an Arab-African conflict, saying the Horn…
Afghanistan: How Miners Use War Weapons to Hunt Rare Jewels in Afghanistan [Video]
May 24, 2023
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Insider News
Miners in Afghanistan use dangerous methods to hunt for jewels many of them couldn’t afford to buy. Most gems leave the country illegally and Afghan…
Colombia: How Preserving a Colombian Forest Protects One City’s Water Supply [Video]
May 24, 2023
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CGTN America
Colombia’s western Andes Mountains are home to cloud forests and a special biodiverse ecosystem with about two million plant and animal species. It is also…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Says Taliban Must Adhere to Water Treaty to End Deepening Dispute
May 24, 2023
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Iran International
Tehran's water dispute with the Taliban must be solved through arbitration, says the country's vice president for legal issues who claimed the Afghan fundamentalists were…
China/DRC: China and the DRC Are Set to Sign a $6 Billion Infrastructure-for-Minerals Agreement
May 23, 2023
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Chinedu Okafor, Business Insider Africa
Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will go to China from May 24 to May 29 and is scheduled to…
Liberia: Logging Company Exports US$2.7M Logs, Ignoring Contract with Local Community
May 23, 2023
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Jacob S. Tweh Jr. and Paul M. Kanneh, Observer
A Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) investigation has revealed that Horizon Logging Company Limited exported a whopping 10,355 cubic meters of logs via the Greenville…
Cambodia: Cambodian Land Activists Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Farmers to Hate the Rich
May 23, 2023
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Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck, Associated Press
Three Cambodian land rights activists who were arrested on charges of plotting against the government planned to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about…
Afghanistan: Helmand Residents Say Crops Dying as Musa Qala River is Dry
May 23, 2023
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Najibullah Sahil, TOLOnews
The residents of Musa Qala district in southeastern Helmand province are facing a dire situation as the only river in the district has recently dried…
Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha and Return of El Niño: A Crisis of Climate-Conflict-Humanitarian Triple Nexus in Myanmar
May 22, 2023
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ISP-Myanmar
Cyclone Mocha, one of the strongest storms ever to hit the Bay of Bengal, made landfall near Sittwe on May 14, 2023. It wreaked havoc…
Colombia: Sustainable Agriculture Is Building Peace in Colombia
May 21, 2023
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Eurasia Review
In areas of Colombia once controlled by guerillas, conflicts over land continue and deforestation has risen considerably. But it’s in these same areas that researchers…
Nigeria: Envoy Says Modern Ranching Will Curb Farmer-Herder Conflict in Nigeria
May 21, 2023
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Matthew Bruce, Freedom Online
The Denmark Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Sune Krogstrup, has called for modern ranching as a way of curbing the perennial farmer-herder conflict and empowering local…
Liberia: Horizon Logging Company Exports US$2.7 Million Worth of Logs In Flagrant Disregard to Logging Contract
May 21, 2023
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Jacob S. Tweh, Jr and Paul M. Kanneh, Global News Network
On 4th May 2021, Horizon Logging Company Limited signed a Commercial Use Contract (CUC) with residents of Konobo Community Forest in Grand Gedeh County to…
Afganistan/Iran: Iran Gives Afghanistan One Month to Resolve Iran's Water Rights Issue
May 20, 2023
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Mohammad Farshad Daryosh, TOLOnews
Following the rise of tension over Iran's water rights from the Helmand River in recent days, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's ambassador to Afghanistan, said the…
Afghanistan: Taliban Restarts War-Postponed Dam Construction, Sparking Tension with Iran over Water Rights [Video]
May 20, 2023
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Edmond Ng, South China Morning Post
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban has restarted construction of the Bakhsh Abad Dam in the Farah province, which neighbours Iran. Tehran has warned that it reserves the…
DRC: East DR Congo Gold Venture Aims to Stamp out Illicit Trade
May 19, 2023
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Agence France-Presse
Experts say illicit trade in gold and other minerals in eastern DRC has long fuelled the dozens of armed groups that have plagued the region…
Syria: 17 Iranian ‘Ghost Tankers’ Bring Oil Worth $1 Billion to Syria
May 18, 2023
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Avi Scharf, Haaretz
Defying Iran sanctions with dangerous ship-to-ship transfers and transceivers turned off, eight tankers made 17 deliveries of oil to Syria in the last six months.…
Climate Change: Climate Change amid Armed Conflict Exacerbating Humanitarian Needs across Middle East
May 18, 2023
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Jennifer Bell, Al Arabiya
Armed conflict in the Middle East is exacerbating the effects of climate change across parts of the region, with the most vulnerable places are almost…
Colombia: Sustainable Agriculture Is Building Peace in Colombia, Finds Research
May 17, 2023
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Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
In areas of Colombia once controlled by guerillas, conflicts over land continue and deforestation has risen considerably. But it's in these same areas that researchers…
Afghanistan: Farmers Complain Unfair Use of Sar-i-Pul River Water
May 16, 2023
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Ghulam Sakhi Frotan, Pajhwok Afghan News
Some farmers in northern Sar-i-Pul province have complained against the unfair use of river water and said the use of water pumps by the residents…
Myanmar: Award-Winning, Indigenous Peace Park Dragged into Fierce Conflict in Myanmar
May 15, 2023
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
On 27 March 2021, the natural sounds of the teak and bamboo forests of eastern Myanmar — calling birds, croaking frogs and barking deer —…
Zimbabwe: Human, Wildlife Conflict Escalating
May 15, 2023
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Esther Shavi, CAJ News
For years, human and wildlife in Kariba have coexisted in peace. However, as the population of the elephants rises, the relations have tragically deteriorated. This…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Reducing Access to Clean Water in Afghanistan
May 14, 2023
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Abdullah Azizi, Pajhwok Afghan News
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has said that climate change is reducing access to water across Afghanistan. OCHA…