International
Nigeria: Insecurity, Climate Change Fuelling Farmers, Herdsmen Conflict – Group
May 8, 2025
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Gilbert Ekugbe
PUNCH
The Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme, a UK-funded initiative aimed at promoting peace and stability in Nigeria’s North-West and North-Central regions, has…
Sudan: Sudan Fuel Depot Drone Strikes a ‘War Crime,’ Expert Says
May 7, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
A former Sudanese energy official warned that attacks on fuel depots in Port Sudan amount to a “war crime” and threaten the country’s already unstable…
India/Pakistan: How India Is Threatening to Weaponize Water in Its Conflict With Pakistan
May 7, 2025
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Chad de Guzman
Time
As Pakistan reels from the most extensive airstrikes on its territory from India during official peacetime between the two countries, and amid ongoing gunfire exchanges…
Afghanistan: UN: Flash Floods in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Affected over 1,000 Households, 150 Livestock Farmers
May 6, 2025
ANI
Recent floods in Afghanistan's Jurm and Baharak districts in Badakhshan province have inflicted significant financial damage on local farmers and herders as per a report…
Ethiopia: Climate, Conflict, and Resilience in Ethiopia: Reflections on the Climate Security Stakeholder Workshop
May 5, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Given that a significant population of Ethiopia relies on subsistence agriculture, climate impacts are manifesting in various forms ranging from food insecurity and water scarcity…
Colombia: Colombia's Wind Farms Bring Promise and Pain for Indigenous Group
May 4, 2025
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Catherine Ellis
BBC
With some of Colombia's most powerful winds, La Guajira has now become the epicentre of the country's shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. But…
Afghanistan: $28m Solar Power Plant Being Established in Balkh
May 3, 2025
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Abdul Saboor Sirat
Pajhwok Afghan News
A 40-megawatt solar power generation plant is being established at a cost of 28 million US dollars in Dehdadi district of northern Balkh province, an…
DRC: BlackWater to Secure and Tax DR Congo’s Vast Mineral Wealth
Apr 30, 2025
Military Africa
Erik Prince, a prominent supporter of former US President Donald Trump and the founder of the private military company Blackwater, has entered into an agreement…
South Sudan: The Stakes of Stripping Climate from UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan
Apr 28, 2025
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Nazanine Moshiri
International Crisis Group
On 30 April, the UN Security Council is set to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a peacekeeping operation established…
Afghanistan: Empowering Farming Communities for Sustained Rural Livelihood
Apr 28, 2025
International Committee of the Red Cross
Afghanistan has endured four decades of armed conflict and is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and the negative effects of climate change. This has created…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods in Daikundi
Apr 28, 2025
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Fatima Sarosh
Pajhwok Afghan News
Climate change has inflicted a devastating impact on central Daikundi, a mountainous province in central Afghanistan. Once fertile and productive, its lands are now dry and…
DRC: EU Companies Fueling Minerals Smuggling in DRC
Apr 28, 2025
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Ronald Musoke
Independent
All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, need to be held accountable for…
India/Pakistan: India Shuts Salal Dam after Indus Treaty Suspended [Video]
Apr 25, 2025
CNN News18
India has officially suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, marking the most significant diplomatic escalation after the brutal Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the…
India/Pakistan: Pakistan Suspends Trade with India, Says Diverting Indus Water ‘an Act of War’, Closes Air Space
Apr 25, 2025
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Shubhajit Roy
Indian Express
A day after India took several diplomatic measures against Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, Islamabad said Thursday it “shall exercise the right to hold…
Colombia: New Research Finds Substantial Peat Deposits in Colombia’s Conflicted Amazon
Apr 23, 2025
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Erik Iverson
Mongabay
In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South America’s oldest rock art. The remote…
Sierra Leone/Liberia: Conserving Gola Forest: Sierra Leone and Liberia Unite for Peace, Sustainability
Apr 22, 2025
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Seraphine Wakana
United Nations
The governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in partnership with the United Nations, have launched the Resilience, Empowerment, Access and Peacebuilding (GOLA-REAP) project, aimed at…
Water: How Conflict-Sensitive Water Management Builds Peace: Lessons from CGIAR’s Training with Egypt’s NWRC
Apr 22, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Climate change is straining water supplies and heightening community tensions. Evidence shows that when water scarcity rises within certain contexts, the risk of conflict increases.…
Sierra Leone: From Blood Diamonds to Critical Minerals: Sierra Leone’s Mining Transformation
Apr 21, 2025
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Jason Mitchell
bne IntelliNews
Once defined by war and blood diamonds, Sierra Leone is now looking to turn its rich but underdeveloped mineral base – iron ore, gold, rutile…
Ethiopia: Supporting Inclusive Customary Institutions for Environmental Peacebuilding in Tigray-Afar Region, Ethiopia
Apr 21, 2025
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Luca Kroese
Tropenbos International
In Ethiopia’s Tigray-Afar border region, pressure on natural resources has grown following years of conflict. With support from PENHA, customary leaders known as Abogerebs (“fathers…
Liberia: Gov’t Cracks Down on Illegal Wetland Encroachers
Apr 18, 2025
Observer
The Government has taken a firm stance against the persistent encroachment and destruction of protected wetlands across the country, and as such began a massive…
Colombia: Armed Groups, Cattle Ranchers Drove 35% Rise in Colombia’s Deforestation in 2024
Apr 18, 2025
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Antonio José Paz Cardona
Mongabay
The prediction came true: deforestation in Colombia increased in 2024 after two years of decline, just as the environment ministry had warned since April last…
DRC: Blackwater Founder and Trump Ally Strikes Mineral Security Deal with Congo
Apr 17, 2025
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Mining.com
Former Blackwater chief executive officer and Donald Trump supporter, Erik Prince, will lead a team helping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) secure and tax…
Ukraine: Ukraine Says Pact Signed with US Is First Step towards Minerals Deal
Apr 17, 2025
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Reuters
Ukraine said on Thursday Kyiv and Washington had signed a memorandum as an initial step towards clinching an agreement on developing mineral resources in Ukraine,…
Afghanistan: In One of Afghanistan’s Driest and Poorest Provinces, Climate Change Is Making Farming Unviable
Apr 16, 2025
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Mina Widi and Keyoor Pathak, DownToEarth
In Afghanistan, mountains have always been a major source of water for livelihood and irrigation activities, as snow and seasonal rains that fall in the…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Territorial Disputes no Longer Threaten Peace and Stability in Central Asia
Apr 16, 2025
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Nurbek Bekmurzaev, Eurasia Daily Monitor
On March 31, three Central Asian states entered a new era of regional cooperation by resolving their last remaining territorial dispute. The presidents of Kyrgyzstan,…
South Sudan: South Sudan Banks on World’s Largest Mammal Migration to Boost Tourism
Apr 15, 2025
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Dickens H. Okello, ChimpReports
South Sudan is ramping up efforts to position itself as a premier ecotourism destination by leveraging the global spotlight on the Great Nile Migration—now officially…
Africa: Great Lakes Region’s Mineral Certification Faces Scrutiny 14 Years on
Apr 14, 2025
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Ronald Musoke, Independent
Fourteen years since 12 governments in the Great Lakes region unanimously agreed to create a foolproof international system for certifying and auditing minerals that have…
Sudan: Power Outages in Khartoum and Northern Sudan after Attack on Hydroelectric Dam
Apr 12, 2025
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Hamza Hendawi and Al Shafie Ahmed, The National
Parts of Khartoum and a region north of the Sudanese capital were without electricity on Saturday following a drone attack against a hydroelectric dam, according…
Colombia: Rural Communities Research and Conserve Native Potatoes in Boyacá
Apr 11, 2025
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Argenpapa
Through rural science laboratories, farmers in Boyacá share ancestral knowledge and systematize best practices to preserve some of the 850 native potato varieties found in…
Colombia: Colombian Government Accelerates Land Transfer to Conflict Victims
Apr 10, 2025
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Prensa Latina
Since the arrival to power of President Gustavo Petro and until today, the Colombian government handed over 60 thousand hectares of fertile land to victims…