International
UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers
Apr 28, 2021
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National
The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women,…
Kuwait: UN Gulf War Reparations Body Pays out $380 mln
Apr 27, 2021
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Reuters
The United Nations Gulf War reparations body said on Tuesday it paid out a further $380 million for losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion and…
Afghanistan: Gypsum in Baghlan Illegally Extracted Since Last 7 Years
Apr 27, 2021
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
Gypsum from Sheikh Jalal Mine in Baghlan-i-Markzai district of northern Baghlan province is illegally extracted by local irresponsible armed men and gypsum processing factories since…
Iran/Syria: Iran-Syria Oil Line: An Impending Environmental Disaster in the Mediterranean?
Apr 27, 2021
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Lyse Mauvais, Syria Direct
A fire spotted aboard a loaded oil tanker stationed off the Syrian coast sparked fears of environmental disaster last Saturday, weeks after a large oil…
Colombia: Colombia Land Restitution: Uphill Battle for Returning Families [Video]
Apr 27, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera visits a remote area in Colombia, where the government is failing to meet promises to return families caught up in the conflict to…
Algeria/France: France-Algeria Relations: The Lingering Fallout from Nuclear Tests in the Sahara
Apr 27, 2021
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Maher Mezahi, BBC
The continued fallout from the nuclear tests carried out by France in the desert of its former colony, Algeria, continues to pollute relations between the…
DRC: NBA Hall of Famer and Global Philanthropist, Dikembe Mutombo and Partners, to Invest US$1 Billion in Ethical Mining Projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo to Support Electric Vehicles and Other Technologies
Apr 27, 2021
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PR Newswire
Dikembe Mutombo, Chairman of Bluetech Investments, and international groups of investors from the United States, Hong Kong, and Germany, have announced over a US$1 Billion…
Mozambique: Gas Fields and Jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Becomes a Resource-Rich War Zone
Apr 26, 2021
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Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
On Monday, French energy giant Total declared force majeure on its multibillion-dollar light natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, formally withdrawing all of its…
Myanmar: Illegal Rare Earth Mines on China Border Multiply Since Myanmar’s Coup
Apr 26, 2021
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Irawaddy
Illegal rare earth mining has surged in northern Kachin State on the Chinese border following Myanmar’s Feb. 1 coup in areas controlled by a junta-sponsored…
Bangladesh/India: Dhaka Seeks Indian Hydropower in Exchange of Transmission Facility
Apr 25, 2021
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Dhaka Tribune
Bangladesh currently imports 1,000MW of power from West Bengal’s Baharampur through Bheramara and 140MW from Tripura through Akhaura Dhaka has re-floated the idea of getting…
Indonesia: Gender Responsive Finance Interventions Are Central to Tackling Climate Change
Apr 23, 2021
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Nabiha Shahab, Forest News
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified prevailing gender inequalities, highlighting how women are often hit hardest by crises and disasters. In addition to suffering economic losses, women…
Syria: Syrian Regime Might Be after Kurdish-Controlled Oil Fields, Says Top US Commander
Apr 23, 2021
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Karwan Faidhi Dri, Rudaw
The Syrian regime and its allies might want to control oil fields currently controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the head of the…
Nigeria: Farmer/Herders Clash: Never Allow Disputes Degenerate into Violence ― Abiodun
Apr 23, 2021
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James Ogunnaike, Vanguard
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has warned the people of the State that they should never allow misunderstanding to descend into violence as recently…
Guam: Military's Mess Sparks Guam Superfund Battle
Apr 23, 2021
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Pamela King and E.A. Crunden, Energy & Environment News
The Supreme Court will be asked to decide who should be on the hook for the $160 million cleanup of a dump the U.S. Navy…
United States: Earth Day Special: Winona LaDuke and the Women Over 50 Fighting to Save The Environment
Apr 22, 2021
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Maggie McGrath, Forbes
While the consequences of climate change—rising air and sea temperatures, droughts, extreme storms and even insect outbreaks—have an impact on all humans around the globe,…
Ukraine: How War Is Making Water a Scarce Resource in Eastern Ukraine
Apr 22, 2021
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Emil Filtenborg and Stefan Weichert, Euronews
There are around 12,000 kilometres of pipes near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, supplying water to about 3.8 million people from Sloviansk in the north…
Myanmar: Military Coup Clouds Control over Jade, Gems in Myanmar
Apr 22, 2021
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Emily Fishbein, Nu Nu Lusan, and Zau Myet Awng, Al Jazeera
Life in Myanmar’s jade-producing regions was always difficult and precarious but since the military seized power from the civilian government on February 1, it has…
Syria: The Climate Challenge: Syrians Devastated by Environmental and Health Impacts of Oil and War [Video]
Apr 21, 2021
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NBC News
A decade of war in Syria has left oil facilities in ruins and created an environmental catastrophe. Syrians are devastated by the health consequences of…
Myanmar: US Targets State-Owned Myanmar Timber, Pearl Businesses with New Sanctions
Apr 21, 2021
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Tal Axelrod, Hill
The U.S. blacklisted two state-owned Myanmar companies Wednesday over the military junta’s coup in February. The State Department announced that it would sanction Myanma Timber…
South Sudan: Government Promises Sanctions against Oil Companies That Violate Environmental Laws
Apr 21, 2021
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Ecofin Agency
In South Sudan, the government is planning to press charges against oil companies that are repeatedly polluting the country’s soil and water despite several warnings.…
Liberia: Ruling into Long-Standing Land Dispute Sparks Anger and Destruction in Nimba
Apr 21, 2021
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Franklin Doloquee, FrontPage Africa
A one-day demonstration fueled by some angry residents over the burning of a warehouse Tuesday paralyzed the commercial city of Ganta in Nimba County. The…
Climate Change: Military Leaders, Security Chiefs Demand Action on Climate Threat
Apr 20, 2021
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Nick O'Malley, Sydney Morning Herald
The two existential threats that keep former chief of defence Admiral Chris Barrie awake at night are nuclear war, which he says the Australian government…
Climate Change: Emerging Lessons from Implementing Climate-Related Peace and Security Mandates
Apr 20, 2021
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Cedric de Coning, Florian Krampe, and Jake Sherman, Global Observatory
Six of the ten largest United Nations-led peace operations in 2020 were located in countries that are the most exposed to climate change. Both UN…
Myanmar: US Sanctions Myanmar Gemstone Company
Apr 20, 2021
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Arabella Roden, Jeweller
The US Department of the Treasury (USDT) Office of Foreign Assets Control has formally sanctioned Myanmar (Burma)’s state-owned gemstone trading company, Myanma Gems Enterprise (MGE)…
DRC: Chamber of Mines Wants to Assess Kabila's Code
Apr 19, 2021
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Africa Intelligence
Just after former head of state Joseph Kabila pulled out of the ruling coalition, the country's chamber of mines is mulling whether to review one…
Iraq: Militants Attack North Iraq Oil Wells, Production Unaffected - Ministry
Apr 17, 2021
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Reuters
Militants using explosives attacked two oil wells northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday but no significant damage resulted and production was not affected,…
Iraq: The Poisoned Clouds That Are Suffocating the People of Iraq
Apr 17, 2021
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Bel Trew, The Independent
Flames of burning gas that puncture the sky are not just killing the planet – they’re killing Iraqis. In oil towns blighted by this toxic…
Iraq: How Oil Fields Are Poisoning Iraq [Video]
Apr 17, 2021
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Bel Trew, The Independent
The town of Nahran Omar lies 40km north of Basra, a stone’s throw from an oil well that practises flaring: burning off excess gas produced…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Water Sharing Challenges
Apr 16, 2021
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Syed Mohammad Ali, Tribune
All eyes are currently focused on implications of the US decision to delay its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan till September. Yet, there are a range…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Water Sharing Challenges
Apr 16, 2021
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Syed Mohammad Ali, Tribune
All eyes are currently focused on implications of the US decision to delay its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan till September. Yet, there are a range…