International
South Sudan: South Sudan’s Kiir Meets RSF Commander over Oil Security Concerns
Jul 18, 2024
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Sudan Tribune
Oil security concerns took centre stage in a meeting between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Abdel Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, second in command of the…
Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region
Jul 18, 2024
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Zeina Moneer
The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…
Yemen: Satellite Images Show Large Oil Slick after Houthi Attacks
Jul 18, 2024
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Luxembourg Times
An oil slick extending more than 125 miles appeared in the Red Sea, satellite images show, a fresh environmental disaster in a waterway where commercial…
Uganda/DRC: War Crimes | Uganda Pays $65 Million to DRC for Reparations [Video]
Jul 18, 2024
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SABC News
Uganda has made a partial payment of $65 million US Dollars to the DRC government as reparations for war crimes committed by its troops in…
Afghanistan: Taliban Signs 3 Agreements Worth $25 Million for Solar Power Generation
Jul 18, 2024
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Afghanistan International
On Thursday, the Taliban's Ministry of Energy and Water announced the signing of three agreements for solar power generation projects valued at $25 million with…
Israel/Lebanon: Lebanon’s Fragile Food Security System and the Prospect of a Broader War with Israel
Jul 17, 2024
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Zeead Yaghi, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Nigeria: Land Grabbing Assumes Frightening Dimension in Edo
Jul 17, 2024
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Francis Onoiribholo, Independent
The activities of land grabbers are now assuming a frightening dimension in Edo State, as hardly will a week past without major land related infractions…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Rangers Fight Uphill Battle against Deforestation
Jul 17, 2024
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Alice Chancellor, Phys.org
As the rainclouds descend on Sierra Leone's tropical Kambui forest, a handful of khaki-clad rangers assemble for their daily patrol in the fight to preserve…
Israel/Yemen: Houthis Attack Oil Tanker in Red Sea: Damage Assessment and Environmental Risks
Jul 16, 2024
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Devdiscourse
The Liberia-flagged oil tanker Chios Lion was attacked by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea, prompting an investigation of potential oil spills. The vessel sustained…
Iraq: Iraqis Protest over Summer Blackouts and Water Shortages
Jul 16, 2024
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AFP
Hundreds of Iraqis in the southern province of Diwaniyah protested on Monday against power cuts and water shortages during the extreme heat of summer, an…
Afghanistan: Taliban Tries Reconciling Science and Religion in Facing Climate Change
Jul 12, 2024
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Rick Noack, The Washington Post
Afghanistan remains a global pariah in large part because of the Taliban’s restrictions on female education, and that isolation has deprived the country of foreign…
Female Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding: Ievgeniia Kopytsia Speaks at British Academy Summer Showcase
Jul 12, 2024
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Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the British Academy hosted its annual Summer Showcase Private View, offering an exclusive preview of their free festival of ideas. Among…
Israel/Palestine: Visualising How Israel Keeps Stealing Palestinian Land
Jul 11, 2024
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Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera
On July 2, Israeli authorities announced the largest single seizure in more than 30 years – 12.7sq km (4.9sq miles) in the Jordan Valley.
It was the latest…
Spain/Sierra Leone: Spanish Police Arrest "Blood Diamond Boss"
Jul 10, 2024
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John Jeffay, IDEX Online
Armed police in Spain have arrested a man allegedly responsible for trafficking blood diamonds from Sierra Leone to fund a rebel group behind the country's…
Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia Falls to Lowest Level in 23 Years
Jul 10, 2024
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Luke Taylor, The Guardian
Deforestation in Colombia fell sharply in 2023 to its lowest level in 23 years, the country’s environment ministry has said.The amount of forest loss fell…
NATO Releases 2024 Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment Report
Jul 9, 2024
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO released the Secretary General’s annual Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment on Tuesday (9 July 2024). It notes that accelerating climate change has “a…
South Sudan: No Oil, No Food: Damaged Pipeline Piles Misery on South Sudan
Jul 9, 2024
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Philip Buda Ladu, Barron's
At 75, Galiche Buwa has lived through civil wars, famine and natural disasters, but the South Sudanese widowed mother of four always managed to get…
The Gambia: Wildlife/Farmer Conflict in CRR Aggravates as Hippos Go on Rampage Again
Jul 8, 2024
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Momodou Justice Darboe, TheVoice
The long-standing conflict between farmers and hippopotamuses in the Gambia’s Central River Region (CRR) has rekindled in recent times as hippos ravaged rice fields and caused…
Arria-Formula Meeting: “Stepping up Preventive Action: From Environmental Challenges to Opportunities for Peace”
Jul 7, 2024
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Security Council Report
On Monday (8 July), Council members will convene for an Arria-formula meeting on “Stepping up Preventive Action: From Environmental Challenges to Opportunities for Peace”. Slovenia is organising…
Afghanistan: Appointing a Committee to Finalize the Five-Year Alternative Livelihood Plan for Poppy
Jul 7, 2024
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Afghan Voice Agency
Misbahuddin Mostain, the head of information and public awareness of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, in a conversation with the AVA reporter, said…
Interlinkages between Security and Climate Change Explored by OSCE Academy Alumni
Jul 5, 2024
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek discussed the principles of a well-governed security sector with a specific focus on climate change as a risk-multiplier…
South Sudan: Antelope Poaching on rise in South Sudan
Jun 29, 2024
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Associated Press
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists…
South Sudan: Antelope Poaching on Rise in South Sudan
Jun 29, 2024
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Voice of America
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists…
Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest
Jun 28, 2024
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Sean Mattson
Women in Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest biome highly value trees on their small-scale livestock farms. Better integration of farmers' motivations to conserve the environment could support…
UN Action on Gender and Climate Faces Uphill Climb As Warming Hurts Women
Jun 28, 2024
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Daisy Clague
In poor households without taps, the responsibility for collecting water typically falls on women and girls. As climate change makes water scarcer and they have…
South Sudan: South Sudan Revenge Attack Sparked by Cattle Raid Kills 17
Jun 24, 2024
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Reuters
A revenge attack triggered by a cattle raid earlier this month has killed at least 17 people in northern South Sudan and forced oil workers…
Niger: Coup-Hit Niger Was Betting on a China-backed Oil Pipeline as a Lifeline. Then the Troubles Began
Jun 22, 2024
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Associated Press
A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin,…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Impacting Eradicating of Poppy Cultivation
Jun 22, 2024
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TOLOnews
The Washington Post reported that climate change is a serious challenge to eradicating drug production in Afghanistan. According to the report, climate change has made…
South Sudan: Illegal Poaching Threatens to Wipe out South Sudan’s Elephants and Other Wildlife
Jun 21, 2024
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Patrick Oyet, Channel News Asia
Nimule is one of six national parks and more than 10 game reserves covering over 13 per cent of South Sudan’s terrain. Many of the…
As Climate Change and Conflict Increase, New IUCN Reports Says Conservationists Need to Better Consider How They Engage with Migration and Displacement of Both Human and Other Species
Jun 21, 2024
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
In a thought-provoking new report titled "Planet on the Move", IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm…