International
Afghanistan: Afghan Pomegranate Growers Squeezed as Prices Drop
Nov 17, 2019
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Channel News Asia
Pomegranate farmers in southern Afghanistan - where growing the juicy fruit is an important alternative to opium poppy production - say they are feeling the squeeze…
Iraq: Despite Rising Tide of Birth Defects, Fallujah Shuns Iraq Protests in Fear of Backlash
Nov 17, 2019
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Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
The Fallujah Educational Hospital for Women and Children has one of the most sought-after maternity facilities in Iraq's Anbar province. The lack of quality maternity…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: South China Sea Crisis: How Vietnam’s Challenge to China May Result in Beijing Aggression
Nov 16, 2019
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Charlie Bradley, Express
South China Sea waters have been the subject of complex and hostile political fallout as numerous nations seek to thwart Beijing’s aggression, but Vietnam’s efforts…
Afghanistan: Largest Cold Storage Facility Build in Kabul
Nov 16, 2019
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
A cold storage facility has been built by the private sector in the capital Kabul. The facility, which is the largest cold storage build in…
Climate Change: Where Climate Change Drives Conflict, Peacebuilding Combats It
Nov 15, 2019
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Mercy Corps
As the effects of climate change play out globally in more extreme weather and diminishing natural resources like this, it’s people like Moses — those…
South Sudan: South Sudan Villagers Relocated after Oil Leak
Nov 14, 2019
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Lusuba Memo, Voice of America
More than 2,000 South Sudanese villagers reportedly have been relocated following an oil spill in a remote part of Northern Liech state.
Afghanistan: Parks and Restoration
Nov 14, 2019
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Ingrid Gonçalves, University of Chicago Magazine
Leopards, tigers, and bears were just the beginning. In 2006 conservationist Alex Dehgan, SM’03, PhD’03, ventured by horse, donkey, and yak to some of Afghanistan’s…
Climate Change: Climate Change May Be Blowing up Arms Depots
Nov 14, 2019
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Peter Schwartzstein, Scientific American
It was a little before 4 A.M., on an airless morning in June 2018, when the arms depot in Baharka, Iraqi Kurdistan, blew up. While…
Myanmar: Fishermen’s Friends: Dolphins under Threat in Myanmar, but Eco-Tour Group Works to Save Them
Nov 14, 2019
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Marissa Carruthers, South China Morning Post
U Aung Thinn is one of about 60 remaining cooperative fishermen who work alongside the small pocket of Irrawaddy dolphins along this stretch of the…
Syria: Who Will Control Syria's Oil and Gas?
Nov 14, 2019
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Omar Moradi, Rudaw
It seems as though Syria’s civil war will come to an end, and its president Bashar al-Assad will retake all of the country’s territory. As…
Afghanistan: The Reverberating Effects of Explosive Violence on Agriculture in Afghanistan
Nov 13, 2019
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Jake Hussona, Action on Armed Violence
Agriculture in Afghanistan is big business. Today, it accounts for 25% of Afghanistan’s GDP, and is the second largest sector of the economy after services.…
Iraq: Iraq’s Protests Raise Question: Where Does the Oil Money Go?
Nov 13, 2019
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Samya Kullab, Associated Process
Waves of violent protests have engulfed Baghdad and Iraq’s southern provinces, with demonstrators chanting for the downfall of a political establishment that they say doesn’t…
Liberia: Logging Communities Continue to Pressure Gov’t to Stop Violating Forestry Law and Pay Benefits
Nov 13, 2019
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Sampson David, Bush Chcken
Two stakeholder groups in the logging sector have accused the government of Liberia of violating the 2006 National Forestry Reform law by denying benefits to…
Timor-Leste: Potential US$1 B Revenues from New Timor Sea Gas Field
Nov 12, 2019
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Macau Business
The Timorese oil regulator said yesterday that a new gas field to be developed in the Timor Sea, in a partnership between East Timor and…
Myanmar: Pearl Farm Plan Could Spell Doom for Myanmar’s Nomadic ‘Sea Gypsies’
Nov 12, 2019
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Radio Free Asia
The seafaring livelihoods of Myanmar’s “sea gypsies,” a nomadic ethnic group also known as Moken or Salone in Burmese, are being threatened by a plan…
Myanmar: Panel to Consider Changing Laws to Aid Kachin Farmers
Nov 11, 2019
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Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times
A committee will be set up comprising farmers and civil society organisations to resolve farmland problems in Kachin State, U M Kawn La of the Kachin…
The Purple Poppy Signifies the Contributions of Animals in Wars
Nov 10, 2019
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Chrissy Da Silva, Cochraine Today
For many years, Carol Tracey has been a strong advocate of the purple poppy and has exhausted many outlets trying to bring awareness to the…
Food Security: Adverse Effects of Humanitarian Food Aid Disputed in New KU Study
Nov 10, 2019
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Hays Post
A renowned 1992 sketch on “Saturday Night Live” follows newly elected President Bill Clinton as he and Secret Service agents jog into McDonald’s. When a…
Syria: Pentagon Promises to Give Syrian Oil Revenue to Kurds
Nov 8, 2019
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Pentagon has said revenue from oilfields protected by US forces in northeastern Syria will go to its Kurdish allies. During a news conference announcing…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Organized Crime becomes Global Challenge Faced by UN Peacekeepers
Nov 8, 2019
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UN
Organized crime, breakdowns in law and order, and attacks by extremists are examples of the challenges faced by UN peacekeepers, the Security Council was told…
Liberia: Uncontrolled Logging Poses Risk to Rain Forest
Nov 8, 2019
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Marcus Malayea, Observer
Kokoyah Statutory District Superintendent Conde Yallah says the uncontrolled extraction of logs from the rainforest is depriving locals of their direct economic benefits.
China/Myanmar: Myanmar, China Sign MoU on Cooperation in Water Resource Management
Nov 7, 2019
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Eleven
Myanmar and China signed a memorandum of understanding on water resource management in the water resource sectors of both countries, according to the Ministry of…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Mulls Legal Action over South China Sea Dispute
Nov 6, 2019
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James Pearson and Khanh Vu, Reuters
Vietnam could explore legal action among various options in its territorial dispute with powerful neighbor China in the South China Sea, a senior government official…
Iraq: Protests Force First Oil Field Shut-in
Nov 6, 2019
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Iraq Oil Report
Iraq's massive protest movement is having its first direct effects on the country's oil output, as production is now curtailed at the Qayarah field. Two officials in…
Exploitation of the Environment in Conflict-Affected Areas on the Increase
Nov 6, 2019
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Cheryl Kahla, South African
The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict came into effect on 5 November 2001, when the United…
Global Trailblazer in Environmental Peacebuilding to Deliver Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture
Nov 6, 2019
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Yale MacMillan Center
Gidon Bromberg, the co-founder and Israeli co-director of EcoPeace Middle East, a unique organization that brings together Jordanians, Palestinians, and Israelis to promote environmental sustainability and advance peace efforts in…
Conflict Minerals: Volvo to Trace Battery Cobalt Supply Chain Using Blockchain
Nov 6, 2019
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Coinfomania, Ibiam Wayas
Gothenburg-based car manufacturing company, Volvo, has revealed plans to use blockchain technology in tracking the global supply chain of the Cobalt used in its electric…
Wildlife: Armed Conflicts Affect Environment and Wildlife: Experts
Nov 5, 2019
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James Tasamba, Anadolu Agency
As the world observes International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, on Wednesday, experts believe that it was…
China/Vietnam/South Chain Sea: Vietnam Punishes Volkswagen for Car with Disputed China Map
Nov 5, 2019
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Bloomberg
Vietnam will fine a Volkswagen local distributor and an importer for showcasing a car with a navigation app reflecting Chinese territorial claims rejected by Hanoi.
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Diamond Mine: Legal Action over Land Grab
Nov 5, 2019
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Ahmed Idris, Al Jazeera
A community in Sierra Leone has taken a diamond mining company to court. Residents of Koidu say the government failed to protect them when it handed…