International
Bangladesh: Gender Equality Can Bring Sustained Peace, Security
Feb 8, 2021
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The Daily Star
Ensuring equality between men and women both in public and private spheres can bring about sustainable peace and security, foreign diplomats and civil society members…
India: Assam: Aaranyak Installs 18-km Solar-Powered Fence in Nagrijuli to Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict
Feb 7, 2021
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Ne Now News
The premier biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak has installed 18 km of solar-powered fence to facilitate human-elephant coexistence at Nagrijuli in Baksa district. Aaranyak said this…
Afghanistan: Ghor Residents Suffering from Shortage of Potable Water
Feb 6, 2021
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Afghanitan Times
Residents of Ghor province are suffering from shortage of drinking water, saying that they face health problems because of drinking unclean water. A large number…
Colombia: Glencore to Abandon Mining in Colombia amid Growing Woes
Feb 5, 2021
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Multinational Glencore’s subsidiary in Colombia said Thursday that it will abandon its mining interests amid dropping profits, and growing human rights and environmental concerns. In…
Kenya: How Women in Aquaculture Can Contribute to Social Stability in Kenya
Feb 4, 2021
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Margaret Gatonye, The Fish Site
A continued question that is asked in international relations circles is how to create stability and growth in post-conflict societies. Often solutions revolve around how…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Successfully Tests Water Flow at Major Dam
Feb 3, 2021
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Shadi Khan Saif, Anadolu Agency
Afghanistan on Wednesday successfully tested water flow at a major dam in southwestern Nimroz province bordering Iran after nearly six decades of the inception of…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran and Afghanistan Sign Water Deal after Decades-Old Dispute
Feb 3, 2021
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Middle East Eye
Iran and Afghanistan have signed an agreement over water rights on the Helmand River, putting aside almost 50 years of disputes, IRNA reported yesterday. Meetings…
The Impact of War on the Health of Millions of Women and Children
Feb 2, 2021
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Robby Berman, Medical News Today
“Today, more than half of the world’s women and children are living in countries experiencing active conflict. The international community cannot continue to ignore their…
Nigeria: Pastoralist-Farmer Conflict a Threat to Food Security as Inflation Spikes
Feb 2, 2021
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Funsho Idowu, Proshare Research
Nigeria could suffer a major food blowback in 2021 as the fisticuffs between pastoralists and farmers morph into regional theatres of conflict with regions of…
Ethiopia/Sudan: Rising Tension as Ethiopia and Sudan Deadlocked on Border Dispute
Feb 1, 2021
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Zecharias Zelalem, Al Jazeera
Age-old territorial claims are threatening to embroil Ethiopia and Sudan into armed conflict, as bickering over disputed strips of farmland in recent weeks has boiled…
Afghanistan: Government Promises to Implement Irrigation Projects in 'All Cities' in New Persian Year
Feb 1, 2021
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Afghanistan Times
The Urban Water Supply and Sewage company says it would implement irrigation projects in all cities by the end of the 1400 Persian Year (March 2022). Hamidullah…
Middle East: ‘Making Our Home Safe Again’: Meet the Women Who Clear Land Mines
Jan 31, 2021
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Jessie Williams, The Guardian
After decades of war, more and more women are working to remove lethal mines and IEDs from the fields and cities of their homelands. It’s…
New Guide Aims to Accelerate Forest Tenure Pathways to Gender Equality
Jan 28, 2021
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Julie Mollins, Forest News
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking up this challenge to activate…
Myanmar: Ethnic Groups Demand Input in Myanmar Land Reforms
Jan 28, 2021
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Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy
Development organizations and farming groups from ethnic minority areas have called on the government to postpone land reforms, saying they will crush indigenous people’s rights.…
India: ‘It Isn’t Just Men Who Drive Tractors’: Women Help Lead India’s Historic Farm Protests
Jan 27, 2021
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Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times
MUMBAI, India — Sunita Malik sat in the driver’s seat of her tractor, parked behind a police barricade at the edge of India’s capital. She and her…
Cameroon/Congo/DRC: Illegal Logging Soars during Covid-19 Pandemic in Congo Basin
Jan 27, 2021
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University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training
A study by the University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), has revealed that global climate goals and livelihoods of forest communities…
Africa: How Foreign Operators Exploit Weak Protections in Africa’s Extractive Sectors
Jan 26, 2021
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Tawanda Karombo, Quartz
Former US president Donald Trump’s last minute controversial removal of sanctions against an Israeli businessman named in corruption scandals in DR Congo’s mining industry and…
Afghanistan: Baba Saffron! Know More about the Man Who Got Saffron to Afghanistan
Jan 26, 2021
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Mariam Alimi, Financial Express
The cultivation, development and introduction of the saffron plant in Herat as the center of saffron production in the country is undoubtedly due to the…
Liberia/Sierra Leone: Disputes over Mining and Land Rights Continue to Cause Conflict across Liberia and Sierra Leone
Jan 26, 2021
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
In December 2019, conflict broke out between an international mining company and the leadership of three forest-dwelling communities of Nimba County in north eastern Liberia.…
Myanmar: Govt Vows Action after Myanmar Villagers Demand Fertilizer Factory’s Closure over Pollution
Jan 26, 2021
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Zaw Zaw Htwe, Irrawaddy
The chief minister of Yangon Region on Tuesday promised villagers that he would assign two ministers to inspect a fertilizer factory whose closure has been…
Bangladesh/Myanmar: Bangladesh to Buy Myanmar Rice, Putting aside Rohingya Crisis
Jan 23, 2021
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Ruma Paul, Reuters
Bangladesh will buy 100,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, putting aside a rift over the Rohingya refugee crisis as the government races to overcome a…
Central Asia: World Bank : Promoting Women's Participation in Water Resource Management in Central Asia
Jan 22, 2021
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World Bank Group
Although water resources have the potential to drive economic development in Central Asia, ineffective resource management often stands in the way. The good news is…
Liberia: ACDI/VOCA FIFES Activity to Assist Local Stakeholders Protect Liberian Rainforests Ends, but Critical Activities Continue
Jan 22, 2021
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Glenn Lines, ACDI/VOCA
Liberia holds the last large blocks of rainforests remaining in West Africa. Despite being home to two-thirds of those remaining blocks, Liberia and its communities…
South Sudan: South Sudan Invites Companies to Bid for Environmental Audit
Jan 22, 2021
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Charné Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power
South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum has invited a shortlist of companies to bid for the environmental audit of the country’s oil fields. The audit will…
Kenya: Women in Asal Areas to Benefit From Sh500 Million UN Empowerment Project
Jan 21, 2021
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Njoki Kihiu, AllAfrica
Nairobi — Kenyan Women in Kitui, West Pokot, and Laikipia Counties are set to benefit from an Sh500 million project which seeks to economically empower…
Middle East: Planting Hope, Growing Peace: Models for Sustainable Peacebuilding in the MENA
Jan 21, 2021
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Adina Friedman, Morocco World News
The year 2020 has highlighted – and exacerbated – extreme disparities across and within countries and the environmental degradation we humans have caused the planet.…
Conflict Minerals: New Day for the US Conflict Minerals Rule
Jan 21, 2021
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National Law Review
It is expected that the Biden Administration’s SEC will renew focus on the US conflict minerals rule and other responsible sourcing measures. The SEC could…
South Sudan: Old Grudges and Empty Coffers: South Sudan’s Precarious Peace Process
Jan 21, 2021
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Sam Mednick, New Humanitarian
On the streets of South Sudan’s capital city, billboards honour the country’s politicians for ending five years of conflict that cost almost 400,000 lives and…
Liberia: Illegal Sierra Leonean Miners Dying in Liberia
Jan 21, 2021
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Mae Azango, FrontPage Africa
Many Sierra Leonean illegal miners are dying in mining communities in Gbarpolu, without the knowledge of their families back in Sierra Leone, locals say. It…
Afghanistan: DACAAR, Danish Technical University (DTU) and Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) Embark on a Joint Advanced Groundwater Search
Jan 20, 2021
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Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees
There are great perspectives for Afghanistan in a newly developed groundwater research in Afghanistan. Using remote-sensing technology (earth observations), the project aims to create an…