International
Land: How Land Grabbing Harms the Environment and Its Defenders
Sep 18, 2025
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Becca Inglis
The term "land grabs" describes large-scale acquisitions of land that rob communities of access to their homes and livelihoods. While the term has become more…
Nigeria: How Deadly Conflict and Climate Crisis Left the ‘Food Basket of Nigeria’ a Humanitarian Disaster Zone
Sep 18, 2025
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Nick Ferris
Independent
Jacob is one of two million people that the Red Cross estimates have been forced to flee their homes in Benue due to violent ‘herdsmen-farmer…
Ukraine: US Pledges $75M to Develop Ukraine’s Resources
Sep 18, 2025
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Hannah Northey
Energy & Environment News
The US is pledging $75 million to jump-start the mining and processing of critical minerals in war-torn Ukraine, as well as oil and gas and…
DRC: UN Experts Warn Congo’s Conflict Minerals Slipping into Global Market
Sep 17, 2025
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Pauline Turuban
swissinfo.ch
The energy transition is fueling demand for critical minerals, straining transparency of supply chains. A UN report warns that minerals extracted from the Democratic Republic…
Myanmar: Satellite Data Show Burst of Deforestation in Myanmar Rare Earth Mining Hotspots
Sep 16, 2025
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Latoya Abulu and Sonam Lama Hyolmo
Mongabay
Myanmar’s Kachin state, near the border with China, is a global hub for rare earth minerals. But the dearth of regulations over mining these resources…
South Sudan: South Sudan’s Wealth ‘Stolen at the Top,’ UN Warns
Sep 16, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Tuesday called for urgent action to address widespread corruption and the theft of public resources…
Liberia: Judge Warns against Rising Land Disputes
Sep 16, 2025
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Abednego Davis
Observer
Judge Boima Kontoe of the Civil Law Court raised concerns about the increasing conflicts over land in Liberia and called for the urgent need to…
Sudan: Anchors of Hope: Women Driving Recovery and Resilience
Sep 15, 2025
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UN Sudan
UN Sudan
The Sudan’s conflict, which erupted in April 2023, has created one of the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crises. Today, an estimated 30.4 million people need assistance…
Conflict Minerals: Critical Minerals Contribute to Instability in Africa
Sep 15, 2025
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Jean-Michel Bos and Ana Munoz Padros
Deutsche Welle
Coveted for their use in environmentally oriented infrastructure and other emerging technologies, critical minerals are mined in 31 of the 54 countries on the African…
Sudan: Sudan Bans Private Gold Exports, Central Bank to Be Sole Buyer
Sep 15, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s central bank on Monday banned all private gold exports, announcing it would become the sole legal buyer and exporter of the precious metal in…
Iran: Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Faces Irreversible Collapse as Hamoun Wetlands Dry up
Sep 15, 2025
Iran International
Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province is grappling with a worsening environmental crisis as drought and intensifying dust storms devastate the Hamoun wetlands, with experts warning of farmland…
Syria: Syria's Silent War: How a Devastating Drought Threatens Post-Conflict Recovery
Sep 14, 2025
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Deepika Matange
The Week
Water scarcity, crop failure, and food insecurity, the three persistent pressures that were once a salient contributing factor to Syria’s social unrest-turned-civil war, are now…
Climate Change: Greenpeace: Climate Change Driving Migration, Hunger, and Global Conflict
Sep 14, 2025
ShiaWaves
Greenpeace has warned in a new report that climate change is now a leading driver of migration, food insecurity, and conflict in some of the…
DRC/Rwanda: DRC-Rwanda Draft Deal Outlines Role of US, Others in Revamp of Minerals Sector
Sep 14, 2025
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Sonia Rolley and Daphne Psaledakis
Reuters
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the US, to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Is Losing More Than $11 Million Every Day as Baghdad Blocks Kurdistan Oil Exports
Sep 13, 2025
Kurdistan24
Iraq is losing more than $11 million every single day due to the continued suspension of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region, according to the…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Who Owns the Nile? Water, Power and Politics in a Warming World
Sep 13, 2025
Radio France Internationale
As climate change intensifies competition over water resources, the River Nile has become a symbol of both development and dispute. RFI speaks to a climate…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal and the Paradox of Central Asian Water Politics
Sep 11, 2025
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Kamila Fayzieva
Diplomat
As climate change accelerates and water resources in Central Asia continue to shrink, the construction of the massive Qosh Tepa Canal in northern Afghanistan is…
Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Authorities Disseminate Land Act Ahead of Demarcation
Sep 11, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
The Ministry of Information and Communication in Abyei Administrative Area over the weekend launched a two-day program to disseminate the South Sudan Land Act 2009…
Women, Peace and Security Champion Profile: Network of Civic Women for Peace, Thailand
Sep 11, 2025
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Based in Pattani, in Thailand’s Deep South, the Network of Civic Women for Peace (Civic Women) is an inspiring community-based women’s empowerment organization that has…
Liberia: EU Envoy Warns of Sahel Crises Consequences in Liberia
Sep 10, 2025
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William Q. Harmon
Observer
The European Union’s Special Representative for the Sahel has warned that the ongoing crises in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger pose far-reaching security and migration…
Liberia: EU Envoy Warns Liberia's Cocoa, Timber Exports at Risk over Deforestation, Burkinabè Influx
Sep 10, 2025
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Lennart Dodoo
Liberian Investigator
The European Union's head of delegation to Liberia has warned that the country's credibility as a cocoa exporter could be undermined if production continues to…
Kenya/South Sudan/Uganda: How Kenya, Uganda Profit from South Sudan’s Illegal Gold and Charcoal Trade
Sep 10, 2025
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James Anyanzwa
Nation
As South Sudan grapples with a deepening economic collapse driven by years of civil war and plummeting oil revenues, a shadow economy is thriving—one that…
Afghanistan: Dispute over Land Ownership Claims 2 Lives in E. Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2025
Xinhua
A Dispute over a piece of land between two brothers in the eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has claimed two lives, provincial police spokesman Sayed Tayeb…
Colombia: Mennonites in Colombia to Repair Environmental Damage
Sep 10, 2025
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Josep Freixes
ColombiaOne
The Mennonite community that has lived for nine years in the Meta region of Colombia expressed its willingness to repair the environmental damage caused by…
Mary’s New Harvest: How Innovation Is Changing Farming in Embu
Sep 10, 2025
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Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas, and Victor Nyamolo
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
Mary, a smallholder farmer in Runyenjes, Embu, joined GTSTIB pilots to test new seeds, soil tools, and gender dialogues. Her yields and family nutrition improved, empowering her voice in…
Afghanistan: 4 Water Supply Networks Launched in Afghanistan's Samangan Province
Sep 9, 2025
Xinhua
Afghan authorities have initiated construction on four new water supply networks in northern Samangan province, representing a key advancement in enhancing clean water access for…
Liberia: FDA, Firm Ask Court to Dismiss US$5M Lawsuit
Sep 9, 2025
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Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a logging company have asked the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice to dismiss a US$5 million lawsuit…
They Dug for Decades for Colombia’s Disappeared and Now They Are a National Symbol
Sep 9, 2025
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Astrid Suarez
AP News
Luz Elena Galeano intently watches as the earth is sifted for clothing, documents and bone fragments, hoping for a sign of her husband, who disappeared…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Halting Region's Oil Exports Has Caused $28 Billion in Losses to Iraq, Says KRG Official
Sep 8, 2025
Kurdistan24
The prolonged halt of the Kurdistan Region's oil exports has inflicted staggering financial damage on the Iraqi state, amounting to more than $28 billion in…
Risking It All to Feed the Children: Liberian Women Exercise Right to Trade Without Fear
Sep 8, 2025
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Front Page Africa
Front Page Africa
Eighteen years ago, Saybah Fomba left Liberia for Sierra Leone, braving the uncertainty of her first cross-border trading trip. Nearly two decades later, the once…