International
Afghanistan: At Least 19 Killed after Flash Floods in Western Afghanistan
May 5, 2021
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Anadolu Agency
At least 19 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy downpour in Afghanistan's western Herat province, the country's officials said Tuesday. Heavy rains…
Iraq: Circular Solution to Mosul’s Conflict Debris Launched
May 4, 2021
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UN Environment Programme
Mosul – Iraq’s second largest city – suffered massive devastation during the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An estimated…
Myanmar: Political Instability Puts Myanmar’s Biggest Mangrove Forest at Risk
May 4, 2021
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Burma News International
Wun Paik mangrove forest, the biggest of its kind in Myanmar, has seen increased logging since the military coup in February, according to Ramree Township…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree New Ceasefire after Border Clashes
May 1, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed what they called a complete ceasefire after reports of fresh shooting and troop build-ups in the aftermath of border clashes…
China/India/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Press Review: What Sparked the Tajik-Kyrgyz Conflict and China Beating India in S. Asia
Apr 30, 2021
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TASS
A conflict over a disputed water distribution facility on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which broke out on the morning of April 29, quickly…
Afghanistan: La Niña Looms Large over One-Third of Afghan Population Acutely Food Insecure Today
Apr 30, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
One in three Afghans are acutely food insecure, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released by the Government of the…
Climate Change: Climate Crisis: Our Children Face Wars over Food and Water, EU Deputy Warns
Apr 30, 2021
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Fiona Harvey, Guardian
Older people will have to make sacrifices in the fight against climate change or today’s children will face a future of fighting wars for water…
Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam
Apr 29, 2021
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Vietnam Plus
Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border
Apr 29, 2021
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Associated Press
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…
Iraq: ‘There’s No Rain’: Climate Change Threatens Iraq’s Bedouins
Apr 28, 2021
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Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera
During a two-day trip across Muthanna’s deserts, nomadic herders painted a grim picture of an increasingly uninhabitable environment, where temperature increases and erratic rains have…
Afghanistan: How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a US Contractor
Apr 28, 2021
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Margaux Benn and Zack Kopplin, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
With the stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a tarnished U.S. defense contractor.
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…