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Afghanistan: Clash over Land Leaves 3 Dead, 5 Injured in Ghazni

Oct 20, 2022 | Wahidullah Jumazada, Pajhwok Afghan News

Three people were killed and five others wounded after two tribes clashed over a land dispute in southern Ghazni province, local officials said.


Liberia: FDA Managers Issue Illegal Timber Export Permits

Oct 18, 2022 | James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa

The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mike Doryen and top managers of the agency award export permits to logging companies outside of…


Africa: High-Level Dialogue Deliberated Solutions for Gender Equality and Climate Resilience in Africa

Oct 18, 2022 | Madeline Wong

Climate change harms women disproportionately, exposing social and gender inequalities across the globe. At the same time, women are essential for transforming food systems that…


Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Exacerbate Nile Dam Tensions

Oct 14, 2022 | Noureldein Ghanem, TRT World

With talks over Addis Ababa's Renaissance Dam deadlocked, experts say a major climate crisis event, such as inadequate rainfall or prolonged droughts, could soar tensions…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Tokayev Urges Peaceful Resolution of Border Conflicts in Central Asia

Oct 14, 2022 | La Prensa Latina

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Friday urged Central Asian countries to resolve border disputes over unresolved delimitations, as is the case with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan,…


Sudan: Sudan's SPLM-N Release Nine Misseriya Herdsmen

Oct 14, 2022 | Dabanga

Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemeti' Dagalo praises yesterday's release of nine Misseriya herdsmen held captive by the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under…


Guatemala: Guatemalan Women Reinvent Agrobusiness

Oct 13, 2022 | Peride Blind

Doris* feels strongly about women being able to earn a living. She is president of one of the savings and credit groups in Chamaiq — a…


Conflict Minerals: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?

Oct 13, 2022 | Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox, Tom Dispatch

Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law this summer, focused on the boost it should give to the sales of…


South Sudan: At Least 25 People Killed in South Sudan Communal Land Violence

Oct 12, 2022 | Waakhe Simon Wudu, Reuters

At least 25 people have been killed in South Sudan, officials said, after youths from two neighbouring communities in the country's north clashed over a…


Colombia: Colombian Government Makes Historic Advance towards Agrarian Reform and Peace

Oct 11, 2022 | Tanya Wadhwa, Peoples Dispatch

he government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Colombian Federation of Livestock Farmers (FEDEGÁN), on Saturday October 8, signed an agreement that would allow…


Liberia: Liberia Land Authority, Forestry Development Authority Sign MOU for Land Formalization around Protected Areas

Oct 11, 2022 | FrontPage Africa

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate and define the scope of…


DRC: DRC Urged to Ratify Statute of African Center for Mineral Development

Oct 10, 2022 | Patrick Bigabo, Taarifa

DRC’s Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku has called upon the Kinshasa government to be among the first countries to ratify the statute of the African…


Colombia: Colombia to Buy 3M Hectares of Arable Land for Rural Reform

Oct 10, 2022 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Colombia’s government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large landowners for redistribution among victims of armed conflict. President Gustavo Petro and…


Iraq: Iraq Drought Displaces 1,200 Families in Parched South

Oct 10, 2022 | Agence France-Presse

Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought…


Afghanistan: Displaced People Will Soon Be Provided with Land: Ministry

Oct 9, 2022 | Banafsha Binesh, TOLOnews

The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriations said it is planning to provide displaced people with land and shelter in the near future. Hundreds of displaced…


Afghanistan: Kabul Residents in PD 1, 2 Say They Have No Local Access to Drinking Water

Oct 9, 2022 | Hadia Ziaei, TOLOnews

Kabul residents who live in PD1 and PD2 say they do not have access to drinking water. They said that they have been dealing with…


Colombia: Colombia Reaches Deal to Buy Land from Cattle Ranchers

Oct 7, 2022 | Reuters

Colombia's government has reached a deal with cattle farmers to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land, earmarked for poor rural farmers to…


Qatar: Climate Change, Gender Equality in Spotlight at Doha Women Forum

Oct 7, 2022 | Gulf Times

Climate change, sports and gender equality was the focus area for the first part of the fifth edition of the Doha Women Forum held recently.


DRC: China Sends Criminal Experts to Halt Kidnappings in Mineral-Rich Democratic Republic of the Congo

Oct 6, 2022 | Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post

As its alarm grows over the safety of Chinese citizens working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s high-stakes mining industry, Beijing is deploying criminal…


Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: How an Attack Could Have Been Carried out and Why Europe Was Defenceless

Oct 5, 2022 | Christian Bueger, Conversation

Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea”…


Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Accuses Russia of Pushing for Change to Kimberley Process, amid Call for 'Conflict Diamonds' Label

Oct 5, 2022 | ABC News

Ukraine has accused Moscow of trying to protect Russian gems from being branded "conflict diamonds" by pushing its ally Belarus to the top of an international…


Burundi/DRC: Farming Together Fosters Ties between Burundian Refugees and Their Congolese Hosts

Oct 5, 2022 | Aline Irakarama, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

After finding sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundian refugees are sharing their knowledge of farming with locals.


DRC: US Asks Congo to Pull Some Oil Blocks from Auction to Protect Forests

Oct 4, 2022 | Reuters

US climate envoy John Kerry has asked Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw some of the oil blocks it has put up for auction in…


Sahel: How Climate Change Fuels Conflicts in West Africa

Oct 4, 2022 | Obiora Ikoku, International Politics and Society

With the recent spate of coups in West Africa, the Sahel has once again become the focus of global attention. Since 2020, at least six…


Fiji: United States Hosts First-Ever Clean Energy Workshop and Women in Clean Energy Conference for the Pacific Islands

Oct 4, 2022 | US Embassy in Fiji

Suva, Fiji – In collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the United States is hosting the first-ever Clean Energy Workshop and Pacific…


South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: Climate Change in Himalayan Region Worsens Existing Gender and Social Inequalities

Oct 1, 2022 | Aakriti Ghimire

ICIMOD and UN launch a report analysing gender dimensions of climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.

On Thursday, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain…


Liberia: Communities Protest for Forest Benefits

Sep 30, 2022 | Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer

Communities affected by logging concessions across Liberia have staged a protest in demand of over US$5 million in land rental the government of Liberia owed…


Colombia: In Colombia, Land Occupations Raise Tensions and Spook Investors

Sep 30, 2022 | Nelson Bocanegra, Reuters

Land occupations have spiked since the election of leftist President Gustavo Petro, who has promised to spend tens of billions of dollars to ensure small-scale…


Liberia: Communities Affected by Commercial Logging in Liberia to Stage Sit-In-Actions at Finance Ministry, Liberia Forest and Climate Change Reliance Forum

Sep 29, 2022 | Global News Network

Representatives of Communities affected by commercial logging in Liberia will on Thursday September 29, 2022 kickoff advocacy actions against the Liberian Government through sit-in-actions in…


Afghanistan: Poppy on Hundreds of Acres Destroyed in Kandahar

Sep 29, 2022 | Amin Samsour, Pajhwok Afghan news

Poppy and cannabis plant grown on hundreds of acres of land has been destroyed in various districts of southern Kandahar province.