International
DRC: Pope Denounces 'Economic Colonialism' Plundering Congo
Feb 1, 2023
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Agence France-Presse
Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, denouncing "economic colonialism" that he said had plundered the resources of the mineral-rich and…
Liberia: Liberia, World Bank Sign US$96M Financing Agreement for 60MW Solar Energy
Feb 1, 2023
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
Liberia has signed a financing agreement with the International Development Association for the production of an additional 60MW of renewable energy geared toward further solving…
Chad/Liberia/Sierra Leone/Togo: Sierra Leone, Chad, Liberia and Togo Launch Regional Renewables Project
Feb 1, 2023
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Sladjana Djunisic, Renewables Now
Officials from Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo on Tuesday launched the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE), a USD-311-million (EUR 285.6m) electrification initiative…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine War to Accelerate Shift to Clean Energy, BP Says
Jan 30, 2023
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Ron Bousso, Reuters
Russia's war in Ukraine is expected to weigh on long-term energy demand and accelerate the world's shift to renewables and low-carbon power as countries boost…
Afghanistan/Iran: MP Urges Taliban to Allocate Iran’s Water Share, Warns of Eviction of Afghans
Jan 30, 2023
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Tasnim News Agency
A lawmaker said if Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan does not get the share of water supply under an agreement with Afghanistan, the…
Sustainable Peace Cannot Be Built Where Rights of Women Are Ignored, Says Deputy Secretary-General at Security Council Open Debate
Jan 26, 2023
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UN
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, in New York today:
I would like…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdish Region Warns against 'Unlawful' Stop to Funds
Jan 26, 2023
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Abby Sewell, Associated Press
Iraqi Kurdish authorities on Thursday pushed back against a decision by Iraq’s top court that blocked payments from state coffers funding the semi-autonomous region. Jutiar…
Council of Europe Assembly Adopts Resolution to Codify Ecocide
Jan 26, 2023
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Stop Ecocide International
This week in Strasbourg the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted overwhelmingly to adopt resolution 2477 and recommendation 2246, both calling for…
Liberia: AML Extends Agro Reforestation Program to Bolo Village, Nimba County
Jan 25, 2023
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Joel Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Environmental Department in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Committee for Peace and Development Advocacy (COPDA), has commenced an Agro Reforestation Program in Bolo,…
Colombia: Colombia Shifts Strategy in Drug War away from Coca Eradication
Jan 24, 2023
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Christina Noriega, Al Jazeera
After promising to radically change Colombian drug policy, the administration of President Gustavo Petro has announced plans this month to reduce forced eradication efforts that,…
Afghanistan/Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan to Supply Electricity amid Energy Crisis in Afghanistan
Jan 24, 2023
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Nizamuddin Rezahi, Khaama Press News Agency
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water announced that Uzbekistan has assured to resume supplying electricity to Afghanistan after weeks of complete blackout.
Nigeria: The Oil Thieves of Nigeria
Jan 23, 2023
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James Barnett, New Lines Magazine
Since the 1990s, the Niger Delta has been embroiled in a violent conflict rooted in competing visions of who owns Nigeria’s oil — and what…
Colombia: Colombia’s ‘Tree of Life’ Births a New Culinary and Conservation Movement
Jan 23, 2023
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Ocean Malandra, Mongabay
The guáimaro tree is a keystone species of Colombia’s tropical dry forest, an incredibly biodiverse ecosystem with species adapted to surviving long dry spells between…
Colombia: Colombia Killings of Social Leaders Hit Record in 2022 - Ombudsman
Jan 23, 2023
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Reuters
Colombia witnessed killings of 215 social leaders and human rights activists in 2022, the highest toll ever recorded, as illegal armed groups intensified their attacks…
Afghanistan: Nearly 3000 Acres of Govt Land Reclaimed in Sherzad District
Jan 23, 2023
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Yousuf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
Government land measuring nearly 3,000 acres has been wrested back from usurpers in the Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Envoy Discusses Helmand Water Share with Taliban
Jan 23, 2023
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Mehr News Agency
Iran's newly-appointed envoy to Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi in a meeting with Taliban Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi discussed Iran's water share from Helmand…
Afghanistan/Iran: The Newly-Appointed Iranian Ambassador Has Asked for His Country’s Right to Helmand River Water, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Says
Jan 23, 2023
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Imran Danish, TOLOnews
Iran’s newly appointed ambassador to Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Afghanistan's water resources should be…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Asks Afghanistan for Its Due Water Share
Jan 23, 2023
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Javed Ahmad Kakar, Pajhwok Afghan News
The newly-appointed Iranian ambassador has asked for his country’s right to Helmand River water, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.
Afghanistan: Taliban Arrest Chinese Nationals for Allegedly Smuggling Afghan Lithium
Jan 22, 2023
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Ayaz Gul, Voice of America
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested five men, including two Chinese nationals, for allegedly trying to smuggle an estimated 1,000 metric tons of lithium-bearing rocks…
Afghanistan/Uzbekistan: Muttaqi Asks Uzbekistan to Stay Committed to Power Supply Pact
Jan 22, 2023
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Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews
The acting minister of foreign affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Sunday called on Uzbekistan to provide the amount of electricity mentioned in an agreement signed…
Liberia: The ‘Kpokolo’ Kingpin: How FDA Created a Serial Illegal Logger
Jan 20, 2023
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Mark B. Newa, DayLight
On one sunny day in Karnwee late last year, forest rangers and police officers seized a truck with 80 pieces of boxlike timber, ending an…
Myanmar: The Refugee Who Created a Refuge for Nature in a Conflict Zone
Jan 20, 2023
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Abby Young-Powell, Positive.News
Indigenous leaders across the globe are winning gamechanging environmental victories against the odds. In our ‘guardians of the wild’ series, we hear from those who…
War and the Environment: UN Adopts New Principles
Jan 19, 2023
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Isabella Kaminski, China Dialogue
The 27 legal principles on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts (PERAC) were passed by the UN General Assembly on 7…
Nigeria: Gov Ganduje Admits Political Obstacles in Plan to Curb Herder-Farmer Conflict
Jan 19, 2023
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National
Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has admitted that the plans to curb herder-farmer conflict is still facing political obstacles. He spoke in Abuja…
Climate Change: Report: Climate Change Fueling Conflict in Lake Chad Basin
Jan 19, 2023
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Press Trust of India
Droughts, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fueling conflict and migration in the region and needs to be…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad to 'Halt Pressures' on KRG Oil, Gas Sector until Hydrocarbon Law Enacted, Says PM Barzani
Jan 18, 2023
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Kurdistan 24
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government have agreed to “halt pressures” on the Kurdish oil and gas sector until the country enacts…
Liberia: At a Rubber Plantation in Liberia, History Repeats in a Fight over Land
Jan 17, 2023
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
Sexual harassment of its workers isn’t the only charge that’s been leveled against Socfin here in Liberia: in 2019, 22 communities filed a complaint against…
Liberia: Gov’t Clears Export of US$4M ‘Illegal Logs’
Jan 17, 2023
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
The government of Liberia will finally give Renaissance Group Incorporated, a controversial logging company, the green light on January 28, to go ahead with the…
Afghanistan: UN Employ Technology to Stop Afghanistan’s Illicit Opium Cultivation
Jan 16, 2023
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
On Monday, a British University, Cranfield, released a statement indicating a research partnership with United Nations. The report said that the researchers from the University…
DRC/UAE: DR Congo and UAE Join Forces against Illicit Gold
Jan 16, 2023
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Brussels Times with Belga
A joint venture created by a new partnership between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a view to…