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Afghanistan: 69% of Afghanistan Water, Sanitation Aid Target Not Yet Reached: Report
Aug 20, 2026
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Siyar Sirat
Amu TV
Food Security: Will Food Insecurity Spark 'Large-Scale Conflict'?
Aug 20, 2026
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Ben Fajzullin
Deutsche Welle
Climate change and conflict are testing the global food supply. Insecure access to food drives up inequality and has historically been behind episodes of upheaval.…
Afghanistan: Land Dispute in Ghazni Leaves Loader Operator Dead
Aug 19, 2026
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Wahidullah Jumazada
Pajhwok Afghan News
The Ghazni police headquarters said in a statement that the incident took place on Tuesday in Qala-i-Joz, within the jurisdiction of the city’s third police…
Kurdistan: KRG Clears 14 Million Square Meters of Landmine-Contaminated Areas
Aug 19, 2026
BasNews
Mine clearance operations across the Kurdistan Region have removed more than 180,000 mines and other explosive remnants of war during the tenure of the Kurdistan…
Israel/Palestine: At a Gaza Zoo, War Takes Its Toll on the Animals
Aug 18, 2026
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Mahmoud Issa and Nidal Al-Mughrabi
Reuters
There were a number of zoos in Gaza before the conflict between Israel and Hamas erupted, displaying exotic and wild animals including lions and eagles,…
Land: Restoring Land, Building Peace
Aug 18, 2026
UNDP
Healthy land underpins food production, livelihoods, biodiversity and human well-being. But today, climate change, unsustainable land use and increasingly frequent droughts are placing growing pressure…
Liberia: Scrap Company Turns to Illegal Timber Trafficking
Aug 17, 2026
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Samuel Jabba
The DayLight
A scrap company on the Japanese Freeway shipped round logs to India outside the legal channel for timber export. Elephant Multipurpose Corporation exported the seven…
Iraq: Iraq Turns to Non-Oil Revenue as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens
Aug 17, 2026
Kurdistan24
Finance Minister Falih Sari says Baghdad is strengthening non-oil revenues and introducing a performance-based budget as the Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts trade and oil…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Is Cutting off Ukraine’s Grain Exports Again, Threatening a Critical Harvest and Global Food Security
Aug 16, 2026
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Iryna Skubii
DownToEarth
While the world’s attention is fixated on the United States blockade of Iranian ports and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Russia has been…
Afghanistan: Natural Disasters Have Affected 92,000 People in Afghanistan This Year: UN
Aug 16, 2026
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Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow
Natural disasters have affected around 92,000 people across Afghanistan since the beginning of 2026, with 97 people killed and another 331 injured, according to the…
Iraq: Iraq Seizes $20 Mn, Recovers 60 Kg of Gold in ‘Deputy Oil Minister’ Case
Aug 16, 2026
Asharq Al-Awsat
Diaa Jaafar, the investigating judge at Iraq’s Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court, announced on Sunday that authorities had seized $20 million and recovered 60 kilograms of…
South Sudan: UN Launches Initiative to Increase Women’s Peacebuilding Participation
Aug 15, 2026
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Radio Tamazuj
Radio Tamazuj
UN Women and UNESCO have launched a three-year initiative to increase women’s participation in peacebuilding, leadership and community decision-making in Western Equatoria and Western Bahr…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Says It Hit Oil Refinery in Russia’s Urals Region
Aug 14, 2026
Bloomberg
Ukraine has been carrying out nearly daily strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure in a bid to reduce the Kremlin’s export revenues.
Iran: Iran's Coast Catches Oil after Reported Ship Strike
Aug 14, 2026
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Bob Cronin
Newser
Oil now coats beaches on Iran's Qeshm Island, and satellite imagery points back to a bulk carrier reportedly struck in the Strait of Hormuz earlier…
Peru: Peru Cracks down on Illegal Gold Mining in Amazon Reserve with Military Show of Force
Aug 14, 2026
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Victor Ordonez
ABC News
Gold mining has ravaged large parts of the Amazon that spans multiple countries, including Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and Peru -- driven by the global rise…
Myanmar: Environmental Experts and Rights Groups Voice Concerns about Environmental & Social Impacts Allegedly Caused by Myitsone Dam Project
Aug 13, 2026
Mongabay
Since June, Myanmar’s military government has increased its efforts to restart a massive, controversial hydropower project backed by China that has remained suspended for 15…
South Sudan: EU Envoy Urges South Sudan to Put Communities at Heart of Wildlife Conservation
Aug 13, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
The European Union has called for stronger community participation and improved governance of land and natural resources as South Sudan seeks to strengthen wildlife conservation…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan Agree to Secure Border, Maintain Status Quo in Abyei
Aug 13, 2026
Sudan Tribune
Sudan and South Sudan agreed to bolster border security and refrain from taking unilateral actions in the disputed Abyei region following high-level defence meetings in…
Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Secretariat Facilitated Two Staff for a Short-term Capacity Building Training Program at Magna Skills Institute held in Accra, Ghana
Aug 13, 2026
ZAWYA
The LEITI Secretariat, as part of its MSG-approved work plan 2026 and to strengthen staff capacity to deal with the new 2023 EIT| Standard, facilitated…
Uganda: Uganda to Map All State Land in Bid to Stop Land Grabbing
Aug 13, 2026
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Javira Ssebwami
PML Daily
Uganda is to map and register every piece of government land in an effort to halt the grabbing of public property, from school and hospital plots to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad, Erbil, Oil Companies Renew Tripartite Agreement: SOMO
Aug 12, 2026
RUDAW
State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) announced on Wednesday the renewal of its tripartite agreement with the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government…
Libya: Drone Strikes Hit Libya's Key Western Oil Town
Aug 12, 2026
PoliticoPro
Firefighters in western Libya battled on Tuesday to extinguish a massive fire caused by a drone strike on an oil facility the day before, when…
Uganda: Ugandan MPs Call for Stronger Action on Insecurity and Land Grabbing
Aug 12, 2026
Devdiscourse
Ugandan lawmakers have called on the government to tackle security concerns ranging from land grabbing to petty theft and the movement of potentially dangerous individuals…
Cote d'Ivoire: Land Dispute-Related Violence Kills 6 in Southern Cote d'Ivoire
Aug 12, 2026
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Zhang Jian
Xinhua
Violence linked to a land dispute in Kossandji village, located in the Alepe Department in southern Cote d'Ivoire, has left six people dead, including two…
Liberia: Cacao Plantations in Liberia Encroach into Proposed Kwa national Park
Aug 12, 2026
Mongabay
A cocoa boom in southeast Liberia is wiping out native forests and encroaching into a proposed national park. The would-be Kwa National Park, a dense…
Climate Change: Climate Change Identified as Major Threat to Security, Livelihood in Niger Delta
Aug 11, 2026
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Lovina Anthony
Daily Post
Stakeholders in the environmental sector have identified climate change as a major threat to economic livelihood and security in the Niger Delta. The assertion was…
South Sudan: New Approach to Solving Cattle Migration Conflict Brings Hope to Central Equatorian Communities
Aug 11, 2026
UN Mission in South Sudan
Born in Darfur as member of the Fallata tribe, widely known as a sub-branch of the greater Ambororo cattle keeper community from West and Central…
Nigeria: Mercy Corps Strengthens Peacebuilding Efforts for Women, Youths in Katsina Communities
Aug 11, 2026
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Faith Awa
Business Day
Women and youth from four Local Government Areas of Katsina State have begun a four-day training aimed at strengthening their capacity to prevent conflicts, resolve…
Afghanistan/Iran: Securing Water Rights from Afghanistan Is Strategic Priority, Says Iran
Aug 10, 2026
Afghanistan International
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei says Tehran’s water rights remain a top priority and a constant, vital and strategic issue in relations with the…
Myanmar: At Least 30,000 Affected by Myanmar Floods as Conflict, Crop Losses Threaten Food Security
Aug 10, 2026
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Leong Wai Kit and Calvin Yang
Channel News Asia
At least 30,000 residents in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region are grappling with severe flooding as armed conflict, fuel shortages and crop losses deepen threats to livelihoods…