International
Afghanistan: From Rural Drought to Urban Shortages: Afghanistan’s New Hungry
Oct 6, 2021
|
Shadi Khan and Irwin Loy, New Humanitarian
Weeks after the Taliban’s mid-August takeover, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy is straining under donor funding freezes and currency shortages. Food and commodity prices are soaring, work…
Liberia: Nimba County - Presidential Committee Conducts Survey of Disputed Land in Gompa
Oct 6, 2021
|
New Dawn
The Special Presidential Committee appointed to mediate the land conflict in Nimba County, over the weekend conducted cadastral surveys on disputed parcels of land in…
Conflict Minerals: De Beers Sells First Traceable Diamonds under GemFair
Oct 5, 2021
|
Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, has sold the first roughs produced under the GemFair program, aimed at removing…
DRC: DRC Finance Minister Looks at Mines, Oil and Beer for Cash
Oct 5, 2021
|
Michael J Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) aims to revisit mining contracts, rescinding and reselling unused oil permits and boosting taxes on beer to fund…
DRC: Govt Struggles with Vague Chinese Mining Contract
Oct 5, 2021
|
Patrick Ilunga, Nation
More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces…
Philippines: How Women and Technology Can Help Boost Food Security in the Philippines
Oct 4, 2021
|
Patricia Bianca Taculao
Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos…
Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'
Oct 4, 2021
|
Ciaran McGrath, Express
Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…
Afghanistan: What’s Keeping Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Underground?
Oct 4, 2021
|
Roshan Noorzai, Voice of America
The international community is renewing its focus on Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, believed to be worth more than $1 trillion, lying untapped within its often-hostile geography.…
Radioactive Time Bombs Will Be Lifted from Ocean Floor in 2030
Oct 4, 2021
|
Thomas Nilsen, Barents Observer
The November-class submarine K-159 sank in late August 2003 while being towed in bad weather from the closed naval base of Gremikha on the eastern…
Liberia: Rights and Rice Foundation Launches Natural Resources Project to Strengthen Concession Affected Communities
Oct 3, 2021
|
Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPage Africa
Rights and Rice Foundation (RRF) Liberia, has officially launched its natural resource project under the theme “Strengthening Concession Affected Communities to monitor extractive industries and…
No More ‘Environmental Loopholes’ for EU’s Militaries, Say Green Groups
Sep 30, 2021
|
Laura Cole, ENDS Europe
Ursula von der Leyen’s call for more ‘political will’ to use Europe’s defence capabilities has reignited calls to end military exemptions to environmental legislation.
Colombia: Colombia’s Aerial Fumigation Push Fuels Fear of Coca Conflict
Sep 28, 2021
|
Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera
Henri is one of an unclear number of Colombian farmers harvesting coca illegally in the South American nation, the world’s biggest producer of cocaine according…
DRC: Congo Reviews $6.2 Billion China Mining Deal as Criticism Grows
Sep 28, 2021
|
Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo began reviewing a $6.2 billion minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China that’s faced growing criticism since President Felix Tshisekedi came to power…
Climate Change: Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference
Sep 27, 2021
|
Federal Foreign Office
New York and the German county of Ahrweiler are far apart. But they both suffered the same fate this year: devastating floods killing dozens of…
Liberia: What Is Happening with Logging Revenues? Forest Hour Brief
Sep 27, 2021
|
Global News Network
Two months ago, on August 5, 2021, Andrew Y.Y Zelemen, the Facilitator at the Nation Union of Community Forest Development Committees (NUCFDC) appeared as Guest…
Sudan: Sudan Protesters Agree to Resumption of Oil Exports
Sep 27, 2021
|
Al Jazeera
Sudan’s government has reached an agreement with tribal protesters to allow the resumption of exports of landlocked South Sudan’s crude oil via a terminal on…
COP26: Women Must Be Heard on Climate, Say Rights Groups
Sep 25, 2021
|
Fiona Harvey
Women must be enabled to play a greater role at the Cop26 summit, as the needs of women and girls are being overlooked amid the global…
DRC: China, the US and a Twitter Tit-for-Tat over Congo Cobalt Contracts
Sep 25, 2021
|
Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
When the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced his decision, a former American diplomat was quick to offer support. J. Peter Pham,…
Colombia: In Colombia, Legal Mining Proves a Win-Win for Environment, Traditional Communities
Sep 25, 2021
|
Dimitri Selibas, Mongabay
In Colombia’s Chocó department, renowned by environmentalists for its abundant biodiversity, Afro-Colombian communities collect gold from rivers as part of an ancestral way of life.…
Afghanistan: Mapping Afghanistan’s Untapped Natural Resources
Sep 24, 2021
|
Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera
Deep beneath the ground in one of the world’s poorest countries sits at least $1 trillion of untapped mineral resources, according to a report published…
South Sudan: South Sudan Warns It May Suspend Oil Output as Exports Blocked
Sep 24, 2021
|
Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan’s government warned it may suspend oil output if port protests in neighboring Sudan that have blocked shipments of the landlocked nation’s crude continue.…
Climate Change: Bringing Climate Security into UNSC Discourse Has Potential to Disrupt Nature of Overall discussions: India
Sep 23, 2021
|
Press Trust of India
Dealing with the issue of climate security, which is just one aspect of climate change, in the UN Security Council is not desirable, India said…
Climate Change: Security Council Sees Climate Change as a ‘Risk Multiplier’
Sep 23, 2021
|
Environment News Service
“The climate crisis isn’t coming. It’s already here,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Security Council today in a special meeting…
Climate Change: Global Climate Crisis’ Dire Impact on Peace, Security Calls for Bolder Collective Action, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
Sep 23, 2021
|
UN
Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Security Council high-level open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: climate and security, held…
Climate Change: UN: Climate Change Increases Risk of Violent Conflict
Sep 23, 2021
|
Deutsche Welle
Climate change could heighten tensions on the ground in countries relying on shrinking natural resources, hiking up the risks of violent conflict, UN Secretary General Antonio…
Zambia: Study Finds Gender Gap in Benefits of Plant Clinics
Sep 22, 2021
|
Ijeoma Ukazu
Researchers assessed whether male and female farmers benefit equally from plant clinicsBoth achieve positive outcomes but these are disproportionately greater in men, the study foundWomen…
Harnessing Drones, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence to Root out Land Mines
Sep 21, 2021
|
Kevin Krajick, Columbia Climate School
Armed with a newly minted undergraduate degree in geology, Jasper Baur is in the mining business. Not those mines where we extract metals or minerals;…
Climate Change: Climate Change Related Conflicts Gradually Gripping Communities
Sep 20, 2021
|
Peter Makwanya, Newsday
The destructive nature of climate change impacts on ecological diversity are being witnessed around the globe. The climate-induced floods, hailstorms, droughts, heatwaves, hunger and famine,…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Square off over Customary Land Title Claims
Sep 20, 2021
|
Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
This disarmingly peaceful forest area in Liberia's far north Tappita District has been the scene of conflict of one form or another for decades. But…
Afghanistan: Land Dispute Results in 3 Brothers' Death in E. Afghanistan
Sep 19, 2021
|
Xinhua
At least three member of a family were killed in Afghanistan eastern province of Paktia, an official said Sunday. The murderer has been arrested and…