International
UN: 20 Years After Landmark UN Resolution, Women Still Excluded in Peace Processes
Oct 29, 2020
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Margaret Besheer, Voice of America
NEW YORK - Twenty years after a landmark U.N. Security Council resolution seeking to include more women in the prevention and settlement of conflicts, the…
Colombia: Embracing Organic in Colombia
Oct 29, 2020
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Tom Joyce, Fruitnet.com
Eosta's first shipment of limes from Colombian exporter Persian arrived last week with a surprise attached: almost 100 postcards from farmworkers in the valley of…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Achieves Transparency Despite Barriers
Oct 29, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
Following its second Validation, Afghanistan has made meaningful progress in implementing the EITI Standard . The country has improved its transparency of licenses and contracts,…
Colombia: Years after Defeating a Giant Gold Mine, Activists in Colombia Still Fear for Their Lives
Oct 29, 2020
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Juan Zuleta Valencia, Mongabay
Residents of the municipality of Cajamarca in eastern Colombia said “no” to what would have been the second-largest open-pit gold mine in the world. Now…
Kenya: In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles
Oct 26, 2020
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Lauren Evans
Drought has disrupted the traditional way of life for pastoralists, pushing many women into business for the first time.
OLDONYIRO, Kenya—On a Tuesday morning at the…
Mining Forum Reviews Impacts of COVID-19 on Climate Action, Gender Equality
Oct 26, 2020
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International Institute for Sustainable Development
The 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) convened online to discuss issues related to…
Kenya: In Northern Kenya, the Climate Crisis Shifts Gender Roles
Oct 26, 2020
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Lauren Evans, Foreign Policy
OLDONYIRO, Kenya—On a Tuesday morning at the Oldonyiro livestock market in November, Samaria Leyagu was doing what just a few years ago would have been…
Myanmar: Myanmar Land Rights Activism in New Animation from PRIO [Video]
Oct 26, 2020
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Peace Research Institute Oslo
What drives the small but often heroic everyday acts of people in their attempts to challenge dehumanization and abuse in violent conflict? In this story,…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's First Saffron Institute to Be Inaugurated in Herat
Oct 25, 2020
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Afghanistan Times
The first Afghanistan Saffron Institute would be inaugurated by the end of this year in the western Herat province. The State Radio Television reported that…
Iraq/Kurdistan: As Oil Dives, Kurds Return to Sidelined Farms
Oct 25, 2020
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Qassim Khider, Agence France-Presse
Iraq’s Kurdish region has for decades lived off its oil wealth, but plummeting energy prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic and financial mismanagement are forcing locals…
Colombia: Colombia’s 34th Massacre This Year: 5 Indigenous Murdered amid Land Dispute
Oct 25, 2020
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Five people were murdered over an apparent land dispute on Saturday in Colombia’s 34th massacre this year. According to preliminary media reports, the members of…
Climate Change: Climate Wars: The New Cold War [Audio]
Oct 25, 2020
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BBC
Temperatures in the Arctic are rising at more than twice the global average, and as the ice pack melts, battle lines are being drawn between…
Libya: What's Next for Libya's Oil Surge as Rivals Talk Peace
Oct 22, 2020
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Environment & Energy News
After years of setbacks and false starts, Libya is back in the oil game. A stalemate between the armed forces battling to control the OPEC…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Little Progress on Disputed Abyei Region between Sudan and South Sudan
Oct 22, 2020
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UN
Despite the strengthening of the relationship between Sudan and South Sudan, little progress has been made regarding the disputed Abyei region, the head of UN…
Mobilizing to Address Gender in Forests and Climate Change Actions
Oct 21, 2020
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Augusta Dwyer, Forest News
The role of women in the success of climate action initiatives and the sustainable management of forest resources has been proven many times. Recent work by the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: As Oil Prices Dive, Iraqi Kurds Seek to Diversify Economy
Oct 21, 2020
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Mam Rostam, Agence France-Presse
Iraq's Kurdish region has for decades lived off its oil wealth, but plummeting energy prices amid the pandemic and financial mismanagement are forcing locals to…
Colombia: Colombia Sees Surge in Femicides Amid Uptick in Violence
Oct 20, 2020
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Megan Janetsky, Al Jazeera
Medellin, Colombia – Letica Estacio hoped the wave of gender-based violence that surged during the coronavirus lockdown in Colombia would slow after the South American country eased restrictions…
USIP Announces New Grants on Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding
Oct 19, 2020
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US Institute of Peace
The US Institute of Peace (USIP) is pleased to announce the eight new grantees of the Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding Competition. The grants strengthen the…
Philippines: West Philippine Sea Oil Exploration OK, but Not with China
Oct 19, 2020
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Paolo Romero, Philippine Star
President Duterte’s move to lift the moratorium on oil exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) would be beneficial for the country, but the government…
Afghanistan: Increase in Figs Production in Herat, Kandahar, and Faryab
Oct 18, 2020
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Wadsam
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) announced fig production has increased in Kandahar, Herat and Faryab provinces this year. Herat agriculture department has…
Myanmar: Myanmar Farmers to Receive Land Compensation
Oct 18, 2020
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Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
A total of K2 billion has been appropriated as compensation for agricultural lands that were confiscated from local farmers to develop government-related projects, the Department…
Afghanistan: First Pistachio Processing Factory Opens in Badghis Province
Oct 16, 2020
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Wadsam
The first pistachio processing factory in Badghis was inaugurated last week in the presence of local government officials and business community members.
Afghanistan: Protecting Livestock Herders and Markets in Times of COVID-19
Oct 15, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
FAO has been working to support vulnerable farmers in Afghanistan and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in agricultural markets across the country. FAO became increasingly concerned about…
Afghanistan: Consequences of Climate Change in Afghanistan: After the War Comes the...
Oct 14, 2020
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AlKhaleej Today
Extreme weather that can lead to months of drought or severe floods: Afghanistan is already one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to…
Afghanistan/Iran: From Water Treaty to Water Dispute
Oct 14, 2020
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Said Hashmat Sadat and Nasrat Sayed, Lowy Institute
The Helmand River has been at the centre of a growing dispute between Afghanistan and Iran over water rights and the construction of the Kamal…
Climate Change: Implications for Military as Climate Change Disrupts Aircraft
Oct 13, 2020
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Homeland Security Today
The deleterious effects of high temperatures and humidity on the performance of aircraft are exacerbated in many places around the world under climate change. Last…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Minister Plans Company to Handle Kurdistan Oil Operations
Oct 13, 2020
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar proposed to form a company tasked with managing upstream and oil exports operations in Kurdistan’s semi-autonomous region, state news…
South Sudan: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in South Sudan Conflict
Oct 10, 2020
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Modern Diplomacy
Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said on Tuesday, releasing its latest…
UN Working ‘Relentlessly’ to Advance Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Oct 10, 2020
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UN Women
At a virtual roundtable discussion on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in peacekeeping, António Guterres drew attention to “landmark” Security Council Resolution 1325, which he called “foundational” to international…
Nobel Peace Prize: Hunger Is a Weapon of War but the World Food Programme Can’t Build Peace on Its Own
Oct 9, 2020
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Susanne Jaspars, Conversation
By awarding the 2020 Nobel peace prize to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), the Nobel committee said that it wanted to “turn the eyes…