International
Conflict Minerals: Minespider Partners with Google for Tin Blockchain Traceability
Nov 23, 2020
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Ledger Insights
Minspider has partnered with Rwandan tin producer LuNa Smelter and Google to develop a blockchain-based tool, OreSource, to help miners and smelters track data about the mineral’s production process. The platform…
Sierra Leone: ‘We See the Sparks Before They Turn into Fires’: Training Women to Avoid Conflict in Sierra Leone
Nov 21, 2020
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UN News
In the West African country of Sierra Leone, the UN is supporting a government programme, training women and men to take on leadership roles in…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Clash over Forest
Nov 20, 2020
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William Q. Harmon, Observer
Dubuzon Clan wants to legalize ownership of its ancestral land, stretching 8,534 acres along the banks of the Cestos River towards Liberia’s border with Cote…
Rwanda: CCS Builds Energy Resource Assessment Capabilities and Planning Updates in Rwanda
Nov 19, 2020
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Center for Climate Strategies
The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) is continuing weekly capacity-building sessions and resource assessment activities with staff of the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) and the…
Liberia: Nimba Community Forest Feud Exposes Conflict In Liberian Laws
Nov 19, 2020
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
It should have been a good year for Blei Community Forest in Gba and Zor, east of Sanniquellie. It had signed up to a range…
Afghanistan: Women deny land inheritance in Bamyan
Nov 18, 2020
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MENAFN
KABUL: The Afghan women are facing a drastic challenge in land inheritance issues in the central province of Bamyan, where they refuse to be given.…
Afghanistan: Academy of Science of Afghanistan Organizes Seminar on Water Management
Nov 17, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
The Academic of Science of Afghanistan has organized a one day seminar to discus Afghanistan water management and to deal with the issue form knowledgeable…
Liberia: Forest Affected Community Wants Benefits Paid Directly to NBSTB Account
Nov 17, 2020
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Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer
The forest affected communities across Liberia are asking the central government to deposit all forest-related benefits to the account of the National Benefits Sharing Trust…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Grand Renaissance Dam Offers Opportunity for Regional Cooperation
Nov 17, 2020
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The Street Journal
The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam offers a unique chance to create a regional authority benefiting all 12 countries reliant…
Liberia: Land Conflict Harmonization Critical to Reconciliation
Nov 13, 2020
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Judoemue Kollie, Observer
Internal Affair Minister, Varney Sirleaf has said that resolving land boundaries conflicts among the counties is crucial to promoting reconciliation in the country. Apart from…
Azerbaijan: Satellite Imagery Shows Environmental Damage of Reported White Phosphorus Use in Nagorno Karabakh
Nov 12, 2020
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Digital Forensic Research Lab
The Second Karabakh War is now over with a Russia-brokered ceasefire deal. But as the fog of war lifts and both sides assess the full…
Conflict Minerals: In Conversation with Ian Smillie
Nov 12, 2020
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Jewellery Business
Completely cleansing the global diamond industry of blood, corruption, and conflict is no easy feat, and few are more familiar with this challenge than Ian…
Ukraine: Epidemic of Violence against Women in Conflict-Torn East
Nov 11, 2020
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Amnesty International
Survivors of domestic violence in eastern Ukraine are not able to seek protection against violence against them due to the government’s ineffective response, Amnesty International…
Gender Equality Is "Essential" to Global Coronavirus Recovery, Norway's Prime Minister Says
Nov 10, 2020
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Elizabeth Elkin, CBS News
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Tuesday that while the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating across the globe, women and girls have been hit "especially…
Mexico: Cross-Border Clash Signals Growing Dispute as Mexico Drowns in Water Debt
Nov 10, 2020
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Laetitia Dogbe, Organization for World Peace
Last August was the driest in 90 years, leaving Mexico unable to pay its water obligations to the superpower next door. Mexico’s deadline to pay…
COVID-19 Worsening Food Insecurity, Driving Displacement, Warn UN Agencies
Nov 10, 2020
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UN
Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Civil Society Condemns Land Grabbing
Nov 7, 2020
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Politico SL
A group of civil society organisations called the Sierra Leone Land Alliance (SLLA) has released a report critical of the situation land ownership and acquisition…
Several US States Advanced Gender Equality on Election Day
Nov 6, 2020
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Amanda Klasing, Human Rights Watch
With all eyes seemingly on the US presidential election, it’s easy to miss some of the exciting progress made on gender equality at the state…
Liberia: Liberia Gender Minister Raps on Green Climate Action — Says Liberia's Farming Method Has to Change
Nov 5, 2020
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Eric Pervist, Modern Ghana
Liberia's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Williametta E. Saydee-Tarr, reechoed Liberia's case at the 2020 World Green Growth Summit. The World Green Growth…
Liberia: Rural Women Seek Land Ownership Rights
Nov 3, 2020
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David A. Yates, Daily Observer
Rural Women from 10 of the 15 counties of Liberia have called on the local authorities, national leaders, civil society organizations (CSOs) and development partners…
South Sudan: Brief: Impact of COVID-19 in South Sudan
Nov 3, 2020
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Africa Oil & Power
Like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Sudan has been relatively spared by the COVID-19 pandemic so far, with the number of infections just below 3,000…
Afghanistan: Supporting Saffron Production in Afghanistan
Nov 2, 2020
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Antoinette Fang, Borgen Magazine
SEATTLE, Washington — Saffron is one of the most prized spices in the world, termed by some as “red gold.” It is one of the…
Afghanistan: Taliban Fund War Machine by Mining Raghistan's Gold
Nov 2, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
Residents of Raghistan district in northeastern Afghanistan say that Badakhshan gold mines are now under Taliban control as insurgency has gained momentum in the provinces.…
Afghanistan: Making Waves: Kabul Launches Novel Plan to Address Water Crisis
Nov 1, 2020
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Sayed Salahuddin, Arab News
Afghanistan’s government has started building nearly 2 million trenches and 25 small dams to address a water crisis in the capital city of Kabul, caused…
Sudan/South Sudan: Oil Crisis and Recession Bring Two African Rivals Closer Together
Nov 1, 2020
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Viktor Katona, OilPrice.com
Times of recession usually bring up overused terms like belt-tightening or company restructuring though distressed periods are just as useful for settling old scores and…
Afghanistan: Making Waves: Kabul Launches Novel Plan to Address Water Crisis
Nov 1, 2020
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Sayed Salahuddin, Arab News
Afghanistan’s government has started building nearly 2 million trenches and 25 small dams to address a water crisis in the capital city of Kabul, caused…
Colombia: Women the ‘Driving Force’ for Peacebuilding in Colombia: Deputy UN Chief
Oct 30, 2020
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UN News
The Deputy Secretary-General held a meeting, via videoconference, with President Iván Duque where they discussed the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the country, protecting the…
Kenyan: The Fight for Laikipia’s Key Rivers: Why Locals Are Fighting for Rivers in Laikipia
Oct 30, 2020
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Jacinta Mutura, Standard
River Mutara is a lifeline for more than 30,000 households, livestock and wildlife in Laikipia County. But in the past five years, it has been…
Liberia: First Rural Women Land Rights Conference Ends in Gbarnga
Oct 29, 2020
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Selma Lomax, Front Page Africa
Gbarnga, Bong County – Advocacy for women land ownership rights and call to empower women in Liberia were some of the topics that dominated a three-day…
Speakers Call for Expedited Action to Empower, Protect Women in Conflict Zones, as Security Council Marks 20 Years since Adoption of Landmark Resolution
Oct 29, 2020
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UN Security Council
Despite Notable Progress, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Still Rampant, Women’s Leadership in Peace Processes Sorely Lagging, Secretary-General Warns. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the head of the…