International
Afghanistan: Taliban's Return Clouds Plans for Afghan Resource Projects
Aug 19, 2021
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Tom Daly, Reuters
China could look to steal a march on wary western nations in developing resource projects in a Taliban-led Afghanistan, state media and industry sources say,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail
Aug 19, 2021
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Margherita Stancati and Jessica Donati
Dr. Zuhal used to drive herself to work.
This week, she started taking a taxi to avoid reprisals from the Taliban, who once banned women from…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta’s Coup Gives Greenlight to Timber Traffickers
Aug 17, 2021
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Irrawaddy
Timber logging usually takes a break in the monsoon. Even smugglers halt their activities from mid-May to early October to avoid the rainy season. However,…
Nigeria: New Rice Scheme to Engage 1000 Women, Youths
Aug 17, 2021
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Gilbert Ekugbe
Over 1000 women and youths are expected to benefit from a new rice initiative (wet season) aimed at boosting rice production in the country post…
Water Wars: How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
Aug 16, 2021
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Sandy Milne, BBC
Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.
Water Wars: How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
Aug 16, 2021
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Sandy Milne, BBC
Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.
Liberia: NaFAA Distributes Free Fishing Nets to Fishermen in Grand Bassa
Aug 16, 2021
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has fulfilled its pledge to Fishermen as over 300 received several thread nets in exchange for their rubber…
Liberia: Golden Veroleum Reacts to Rights Groups' Reports Condemning It of Illtreating Liberians
Aug 16, 2021
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FrontPage Africa
Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc. (GVL) acknowledges the report released by SDI and Milieudefensie which indicated that "GVL structurally fails to comply with obligations and commitments…
Afghanistan: The Taliban Now Controls One of the World’s Biggest Lithium Deposits
Aug 16, 2021
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Tim McDonnell, Quartz
When Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Aug. 15, they didn’t just seize control of the Afghan government. They also gained the ability to control access…
Iraq: Daesh Militants Attack Oilfield in Iraq's Kirkuk
Aug 15, 2021
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Middle East Monitor
Suspected Daesh militants used an explosive device to attack an oilfield in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province on Sunday, according to a local police officer, reports…
China/Iraq: Projects: China's CNOOC to Drill 150 Oil Wells in Iraq
Aug 15, 2021
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ZAWYA
Iraq has inked an initial agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to drill 150 wells in Buzurgan oilfield in the Southeastern Maysan Governorate, the…
Afghanistan: Profits and Poppy: Afghanistan's Illegal Drug Trade a Boon for Taliban
Aug 15, 2021
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Jonathan Landay, Reuters
The United States spent more than $8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan's opium and heroin…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Attack on Power Grid Shuts Down Major Water Pumping Station in Iraqi Capital
Aug 14, 2021
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Kurdistan 24
Iraqi electricity towers were taken offline on Saturday after an attack, shutting down pumping stations delivering water to the western part of Baghdad, a government…
Afghanistan: Will Afghanistan’s Centuries-Old ‘Karez’ System of Irrigation Survive the Taliban
Aug 13, 2021
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Rajat Ghai, DownToEarth
The resurgent Taliban is on the victory march to Kabul. It has already taken provincial capitals as well as Afghanistan’s third-largest city of Herat. As…
Israel/Palestine: UK Palestinian Justice Centre Defends Gallery Exhibit on Israel-Palestine Conflict
Aug 13, 2021
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Middle East Eye
A Palestinian legal centre in the UK has defended an art gallery in Manchester for displaying an exhibition highlighting the environmental effects of Israeli military…
Afghanistan: Taliban Earned $1.6 Billion In 2020: Here's How the Terrorist Group Makes Money
Aug 12, 2021
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Renz Soliman, International Business Times
The Taliban, one of the most notorious terrorist groups worldwide, has grown its financial assets through the years. The militant group earned $1.6 billion in 2020, which significantly…
Climate Change: Climate Change Is Already Disrupting the Military. It Will Get Worse, Officials Say
Aug 10, 2021
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Patrick Tucker, Defense One
The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive, multi-year effort to better adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse emissions. But the changing climate…
Ethiopia: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project and Political Conflict
Aug 10, 2021
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Borgen Magazine
In 2011, Ethiopia started construction on a dam along the Blue Nile River that the government coined the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project, GERD. Projections…
South Africa: Women Miners in South Africa Break Barriers with Mentors' Help
Aug 9, 2021
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Linda Givetash and Zaheer Cassim
The mining industry has long been one of South Africa’s largest sectors, but women are still a minority in its workforce. Now, a group called…
Liberia: Victims of Liberian Gold Mine Disaster See Groundbreaking Complaint against Development Banks Accepted
Aug 9, 2021
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Global News Network
In a precedent-setting case, more than 10,000 people harmed by the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia have had a complaint accepted against the German…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq, Kurdistan Region Look to Resolve Long-Standing Oil Dispute
Aug 9, 2021
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Charles Kennedy, Oilprice.com
The federal government of Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan pledged on Sunday to cooperate in resolving their differences in energy issues, hoping to…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s $1000 Billion Worth of Natural Assets in Taliban’s Custody
Aug 6, 2021
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Najibullah Lalzoy, Khaama Press
Afghanistan is rich geography when it comes to mines and natural resources. Some of these mines are ready to be excavated while others are being…
Afghanistan: Drought Compounds Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan as Conflict Intensifies
Aug 6, 2021
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Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters
Millions of Afghans are struggling to put food on the table as prolonged drought disrupts supplies in a country reeling from a surge in violence…
Afghanistan: Afghan Troops Foil Another Attack on India-Built Salma Dam
Aug 5, 2021
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Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times
Afghan security forces have thwarted a Taliban attack on the India-built Salma Dam in Afghanistan’s Herat province, the third such assault since last month on…
Liberia: Port Authority Head in Dispute with River Cess Community over Customary Land
Aug 5, 2021
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Eric Doue, Bush Chicken
For months, residents in this area of Gbarsaw Clan have watched with increasing alarm as hundreds of men with heavy machinery have cut down trees…
DRC/Rwanda: How ‘Blood Mineral’ Traders in Rwanda Are Helping Fund Congo Rebels – and Undermining Global Supply Chains
Aug 4, 2021
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Geoffrey York and Judi Rever, Globe and Mail
New evidence from a United Nations report and a high-profile The investor arbitration case is shedding a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in the sophisticated smuggling…
Food Security: A Widespread Famine Accelerated by Floods, Droughts — and Guns
Aug 3, 2021
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Thalif Deen, InDepthNews
A recent joint press release by the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization had an arresting headline: Famine Relief Blocked by Bullets,…
Myanmar: ‘Weapons, Power and Money’: How Rare Earth Mining in Kachin Enriches a Tatmadaw Ally
Aug 3, 2021
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Juaman Naw, Emily Fishbein, and Ronja Pilgaard, Frontier Myanmar
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare…
Climate Change: Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery
Aug 2, 2021
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Bellingcat
In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was…
Afghanistan: China and India Wrestle over Afghanistan's Mineral Resources
Aug 1, 2021
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Florence Jenikns, Germany Eye
The promising, threatening and haggling have begun. Americans and Europeans have packed their weapons and left, and now ministers and diplomats from neighboring countries are…