International
DRC: Congo Ombudsman Says Millions Lost at State Mining Firm
Jun 6, 2022
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Africanews with AFP
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Inspectorate General of Finance (IGF), in a report revealed on Saturday, points to numerous irregularities in the management of the…
DRC: EAC Membership to Help DRC Benefit from Its Minerals
Jun 5, 2022
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Chimp Corps
At the end of May, 2022, Hon Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, led a delegation of Ugandan…
DRC/Rwanda: Rwanda-DR Congo Row: Tensions Rise again in the Great Lakes
Jun 5, 2022
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Timothy Kalyegira, Monitor
Tensions erupted last week between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Demonstrations were held this week in the Congolese capital Kinshasa to protest Rwanda’s…
Colombia: Colombia Court Orders Penalties for President, Cites National Park
Jun 4, 2022
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Reuters
A court in Colombia has ordered President Ivan Duque to be fined and placed under house arrest for five days, it said on Saturday, citing…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdistan Judicial Council Defies Supreme Court over Oil Law
Jun 4, 2022
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Reuters
The judicial council of Iraq's Kurdistan said the region's oil law remained in force, rejected a ruling from the federal supreme court that Kurdish authorities…
Iraq: 'It's a Mass Ecological Crisis': Extreme Weather in Iraq Hits Those Already Struggling the Hardest
Jun 3, 2022
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Yasmine Mosimann, The World
About a dozen dust storms have blown across Iraq this year. While these types of storms are a yearly occurrence in Iraq and neighboring countries,…
Colombia: IACHR Reveals Colombia's Failure to Provide Information on Members of the Public Force Investigated for Abuses
Jun 3, 2022
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Nick Quaz, The Gal Times
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published its 2021 Annual Report, a document that contains the human rights situation in the region and presents…
Ukraine: Troops Defend Utility Plants as Conflict in Ukraine Continues
Jun 3, 2022
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PA News Agency
As the fighting in eastern Ukraine inches forward, Russian attacks are knocking out power, water and gas to entire towns and cities and the utility…
Ukraine: The Environmental Casualties of War in Ukraine
Jun 2, 2022
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Amanda Solliday, Duke University
While the war in Ukraine disrupts lives immediately and violently, damage is also happening to the soil, air and water that make up the places Ukrainians call…
Somalia: President Mohamud: Somalia Severely Affected by Drought
Jun 2, 2022
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Abdulkadir Khalif, East African
Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has urged citizens to chip in and help those severely affected by drought in the country, especially internally displaced…
DRC: Suspension of Chinese Miner for Pollution in DRC Points to Wider Problem
Jun 1, 2022
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Immaculée Inamuco, Mongabay
In August 2021, local communities accused a Chinese gold-mining company of polluting a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern province of Tshopo. Residents…
Water Security: Vice President Harris Announces Action Plan on Global Water Security and Highlights the Administration’s Work to Build Drought Resilience
Jun 1, 2022
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The White House
More than two billion people today lack access to safely managed drinking water, and nearly half the world’s population lacks access to safely managed sanitation…
Somalia: Enhancing Livelihoods and Business Skills for Vulnerable Women in Somalia
May 31, 2022
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African Business
DRC: Chinese Companies Linked to Illegal Logging and Mining in Northern DRC
May 31, 2022
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Gloria Pallares, Mongabay
In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep into the world’s second largest rainforest. They were cut in a hurry to…
DRC: DRC Needs to Dig Deeper in Mines for Electric Cars Battery Minerals
May 31, 2022
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Vincent Owino, East African
Pressure is now on mineral-rich countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help meet growing demand for copper, cobalt and lithium, critical…
Ukraine: Mass Civil Legal Action to Seek Compensation for Ukrainian War Victims
May 31, 2022
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Shaun Walker and Isobel Koshiw, Guardian
A consortium of Ukrainian and international lawyers is preparing to launch a mass civil legal action against the Russian state, as well as private military…
Ukraine: Joint Statement on Environmental Crimes in Ukraine
May 30, 2022
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ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine is soon passing its fourth month. During this time, we have witnessed appalling violations of humanitarian law, international law…
Colombia: Land or Death: Colombia’s Indigenous Land Wars [Video]
May 30, 2022
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Sebastian Pena and Jesper Klemedsson Sotomayor, Al Jazeera and Witness
Colombia has become one of the world’s deadliest places for land rights defenders since a power vacuum emerged after the government signed a historic peace…
Afghanistan: Green Energy Complicates the Taliban’s New Battle against Opium
May 29, 2022
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Bryan Denton, David Zucchino, and Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times
Now, with the Taliban back in power, the insurgents turned politicians are again struggling to eradicate opium cultivation and the rampant addiction problem that has…
DRC: What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs People and the Environment
May 29, 2022
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Oluwole Ojewale, Conversation
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold,…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan, Ethiopia Blame Each Other for Border Violations amid Nile Dam Dispute
May 28, 2022
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
The decades-old border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia was recently renewed after the two countries exchanged accusations of violating the other's territorial sovereignty, amid fears that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's Energy Resources Ramps up
May 27, 2022
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Haider Ibrahim, Al-Monitor
Amid the tense relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that deemed…
Iraq: Iraq Targets 12 GW of Renewables by 2030
May 26, 2022
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Anna Ivanova, Renewables Now
Iraq, a major oil producer, aims to have 12 GW of renewables generation capacity by the end of the decade, oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Taliban Step up Coal Exports to Boost Local Budget
May 26, 2022
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Reuters
The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more…
Niger/Sahel: Building Peace in the Sahel with ‘the Great Green Wall’
May 26, 2022
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UNDP
When it started in 2007, the Great Green Wall (GGW) was envisioned as a tree-planting initiative to restore Africa’s degraded landscapes and transform millions of…
Afghanistan: Badghis Farmers Want Water Shortage Issue Addressed
May 25, 2022
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Farmers in northwestern Badghis province have expressed satisfaction with recent rains after a dry spring.
Ukraine: The European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom Establish the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine
May 25, 2022
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European External Action Service
Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at…
Liberia: 'Passage of Revenue Sharing Bill Will Accelerate Liberia’s Development'
May 25, 2022
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Executive Director of Integrity Watch (IW), Harold Aidoo, said the passage of the Revenue Sharing Bill into law will assist in accelerating Liberia’s development…
Ukraine: Russia's War Takes an Environmental Toll on Ukraine
May 24, 2022
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WBUR
In Ukraine, we're seeing not only the devastating human toll of the Russian invasion — but also the environmental toll. An area called the Black…
Liberia: Police Arrest 12 Suspects in Nimbaians’ Clash with Burkinabes over Land
May 24, 2022
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Observer
Liberia National Police has disclosed the arrest of twelve people who they claimed are responsible for recent clashes between Burkinabes and some citizens of Nimba…