International
DRC: Critical Minerals Must Be Treated as a Peace, Security Issue
Jul 22, 2026
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Lesego Lebuso
Channel Africa
The United Nations (UN) Security Council has debated whether rising demand for critical minerals will support development or deepen conflict, corruption and inequality.
DRC: Congo’s Local Ownership Rule for Miners: 2026 Enforcement Explained
Jul 22, 2026
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Muflih Hidayat
Discovery Alert
Across the African continent, a structural shift has been building for decades. Resource-rich nations that once surrendered favourable terms to attract foreign capital are now…
Colombia: Papaya Helps Rebuild Livelihoods and Trust in Rural Colombia
Jul 22, 2026
Fruit Today
In Los Montes de María, a region deeply affected by armed conflict, the ASOAGROPAT association has turned papaya growing into a source of income, community…
DRC: Ebola Curbs Strain US-Congo Minerals Pact
Jul 21, 2026
Miningmx
US travel restrictions imposed over Congo’s Ebola outbreak are complicating a fledgling economic partnership between the two nations.
Afghanistan: Parched Lands: Climate Change Is Destroying Afghanistan’s Agriculture
Jul 21, 2026
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Fakhruddin Qarizada
The Killid Group
Declining rainfall, recurring droughts, and increasingly extreme climate conditions have pushed Afghanistan’s agricultural sector into a deepening crisis. Farmers across the country say shrinking harvests…
Afghanistan: Badakhshan Mine Workers Protest Taliban Ban on Mining
Jul 21, 2026
Afghanistan International
A number of mine workers in Badakhshan protested on Tuesday over the Taliban’s continued closure of mining sites, saying Taliban forces threatened and beat some…
Palestine: In Gaza, a Mother's Hunt for Water Lays Bare a Worsening Health Crisis
Jul 21, 2026
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas
Reuters
Aid agencies, UN officials and Palestinian health authorities warn that Gaza is facing an unprecedented collapse of its water and sanitation systems, leaving much of…
Somalia: IGAD Launches Initiative to Strengthen Women’s Economic Resilience and Inclusive Peacebuilding in Somalia
Jul 20, 2026
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with financial support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the Transition Support Facility (TSF), has officially launched the…
Liberia: Cocoa Rush Overruns Liberian County Once 99 Percent Forested
Jul 19, 2026
WOODCENTRAL
Grand Gedeh has lost more forest in a single year than any Liberian county on record since 2002, with an unpublished government count putting migrant…
Liberia: Something Strange Is Happening in Liberia
Jul 19, 2026
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Ashoka Mukpo and Juan Maza
Mongabay
Liberia is losing its rainforest at an alarming rate. Satellite data reveals rapid deforestation across one of West Africa’s last remaining intact rainforests, driven largely…
Climate Change: The Impossible Politics of Climate Security
Jul 19, 2026
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Hammad Sarfraz
Express Tribune
Ashok Swain’s Climate Security is not a comfortable book, nor does it pretend to be. At a time when climate anxiety is increasingly wrapped in…
DRC: Congo Begins First-Ever Lithium Exports to China, Unlocking the World’s Largest Undeveloped Hard-Rock Reserves
Jul 18, 2026
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Awogbemila Temitope
Business Insider
A new report has revealed that China's mining company, Zijin has started exporting lithium concentrate from its Manono project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…
Liberia: Liberia’s Landmark Land Rights Law Risks Falling Short
Jul 17, 2026
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Lincoln G. Peters
New Dawn
Eight years after Liberia enacted the Land Rights Act of 2018, government officials, lawmakers, civil society organizations, and development partners have warned that the initiative…
Liberia: ‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the Scenes with Mongabay
Jul 17, 2026
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Ashoka Mukpo
Mongabay
Mongabay’s investigation into deforestation in Liberia started with a tip from a source last year.
Food Security: UN Food Agency Says Conflict Is Pushing Healthy Diets beyond Reach Worldwide
Jul 16, 2026
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Namo Abdulla
Rudaw
A healthy diet is slipping beyond reach for a growing number of people around the world as conflict drives up the cost of fuel, fertilizer…
Afghanistan: Taliban Administration Discusses Climate Projects with UN Officials
Jul 16, 2026
Atlas Press
The Taliban Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock has announced that Mawlawi Attaullah Omari, acting head of the ministry, met with the head of the…
China/Myanmar/Thailand: Northern River Pollution Prompts Diplomatic Push
Jul 16, 2026
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Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post
The opposition People's Party (PP) on Wednesday urged the government to lead efforts to tackle river pollution in northern Thailand, saying evidence suggests contamination may…
Liberia: Why Are Forests Vanishing in Southeastern Liberia? [Video]
Jul 16, 2026
Mongabay
In the past century, most of West Africa’s Upper Guinean rainforest has been lost to commercial agriculture, infrastructure development and logging. More than half of…
Afghanistan: Taliban Ministry and UNOPS Launch Pilot Water Management Projects in Kabul
Jul 15, 2026
Atlas Press
The Taliban’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock has announced that, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), 20 pilot check…
Myanmar: Community Conservation under Fire: Interview with Myanmar’s Clean Mountains Founder
Jul 15, 2026
Mongabay
Myanmar experienced a military coup in February 2021. In the aftermath, widespread repression by the military regime fueled the emergence of armed resistance movements across…
South Sudan/Uganda: SSPDF, UPDF Clash over Kajo-Keji Border Dispute
Jul 15, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
Clashes erupted between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Tuesday in the border area of Nandejo…
Sudan: How Sudan War Destroyed Country’s Breadbasket
Jul 15, 2026
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Mawahib Abdallatif
East African
Sudan’s war may have become known for atrocities and destruction. But the actual impact on its future may be in how it drove away farmers,…
Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan: Supporting Civil Society for Inclusive, Locally Led Peacebuilding in the Fergana Valley
Jul 15, 2026
Saferworld
Communities in the Fergana Valley are closely connected through shared water systems, agricultural land and cross-border ties. At the same time, competition over natural resources…
India/Pakistan: No Option but War If India Deprives Pakistan of Water, PPP Rallies Declare
Jul 13, 2026
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Imran Ayub and Mohammad Hussain Khan
The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday staged rallies in every district across the province in protest against India’s water aggression…
Sudan: EU Bans Sudan Gold Imports to Choke off War Funding
Jul 13, 2026
Sudan Tribune
The European Union on Monday banned the import and trade of gold originating in Sudan alongside a prohibition on exporting mercury and cyanide to the…
Ethiopia: The Price of Water, the Promise of Peace
Jul 11, 2026
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Pauline Odhiambo
TRT Afrika
A transition from emergency water trucking to piped water systems in displacement-affected communities in Ethiopia has reduced water production costs by up to 90%.
Afghanistan: From Poplars to Pistachios, Afghans Rediscover the Value of Trees
Jul 11, 2026
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Aysha Safi
Star
In eastern Afghanistan, timber smuggling to Pakistan drove massive logging, while in the more arid central and northern "pistachio belt", residents used wood for heating…
Somalia: Somalia's Conflicts Are Fueling Hunger More Than Drought
Jul 11, 2026
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Said Yusuf Warsame
Horn Observer
In recent years, drought and climate change have been widely recognized as the primary drivers of hunger in Somalia. However, the current situation suggests that…
South Sudan: South Sudan Resumes Oil-backed Financing
Jul 11, 2026
Independent
South Sudan has regained limited access to advance financing against its future crude oil exports after reaching an agreement with commodities trader BB Energy to…
Liberia: Liberia’s Fisheries Communication Strategy Signals New Push for Transparency and Blue Economy Growth
Jul 10, 2026
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Francis Mwangi
Africa Sustainability Matters
Liberia has launched a new communication framework aimed at improving transparency, public engagement and accountability in the management of its fisheries sector, as the country…