International
Lebanon/Syria: Blazes Spread through Parts of Lebanon, Syria
Oct 16, 2019
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Energy & Environment News
Wildfires spread through parts of Lebanon yesterday after forcing some residents to flee their homes in the middle of the night, while others were stuck…
Liberia: Family in Gbarpolu Accuses Chinese Mining Company of Doing Illegal Mining on Their Licensed Area
Oct 16, 2019
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Kennedy L. Yangian, FrontPage Africa
There seems to be brewing tension over land encroachment between the John P. Saah Family in Gbarpolu County and a Chinese Company, “Sheng Xin De…
Liberia: EPA, UNDP Conduct Weather Information Training to Enhance Access to Climate Information
Oct 16, 2019
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Danise Love Dennis, FrontPage Africa
In an effort to enhance access to weather and climate information nationally, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) in collaboration with the United Nation…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Former Egyptian Minister Calls for UN Security Council Intervention into GERD Crisis
Oct 16, 2019
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Al Masry Al-Youm, Egypt Independent
Former Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Nasr Eddin Allam called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to stop the construction of…
Colombia: Women in Colombia Defy Violence to Help Build Peace
Oct 16, 2019
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Shauna Bowers, The Irish Times
Although the Colombian peace accord was signed more than three years ago, domestic and gender-based violence remains all too familiar for women who attempt to…
Rural Women Reclaim Their Financial Independence
Oct 16, 2019
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Cristobal Baeza, BBVA
The foundation organized a round table discussion in commemoration of International Day of Rural Women to give visibility to their role as an economic and social engine.…
Afghanistan: Drawing Forestry Lessons from Republic of Korea to Enhance Livelihoods in Afghanistan
Oct 15, 2019
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UN Environment
Afghanistan is an agrarian society, and close to 80 per cent of its population, including nearly 90 per cent of the rural poor, relies on…
Indonesia/Liberia: Liberian, Indonesian Communities Affected by Palm Oil Concessions Report Grievances to Dutch Bank ABN Amro
Oct 15, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Representatives from communities impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances to ABN Amro, the…
Liberia: Liberia on Verge of Delisting from Global Extractives Transparency Body Risking Further Blow to Economy
Oct 15, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Liberia risks being delisted from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, the global body which monitors transparency in oil and mining industries, in a move that…
Rural Women and Girls Are Key In Building Climate Resilience
Oct 15, 2019
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Humana People to People
‘Rural women represent the backbone of many communities, but they continue to face obstacles that prevent them from realizing their potential. The devastating impacts of…
Colombia: Women Defenders of Land, Environment, at Risk in Colombia
Oct 15, 2019
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Oxfam
Women defenders of land rights and the environment in Colombia are being attacked at an alarming rate, according to Oxfam’s partners in the country.
The expansion…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Pulled Dreamworks' 'Abominable' Movie because It Used a Map Staking China's Claim over the Disputed South China Sea
Oct 15, 2019
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Bill Bostock, Business Insider
Vietnam outlawed Dreamworks' new animation "Abominable" on Sunday because it showed a map acknowledging China's claim to a disputed part of the South China Sea.…
Rural women a ‘powerful force’ for global climate action: UN Secretary-General
Oct 14, 2019
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UN News
In a message to mark the International Day of Rural Women, observed annually on 15 October, the UN chief said that “listening to rural women and amplifying their voices…
Afghanistan: Hashish Replaces Poppy as Afghan Farmers' Illegal Crops
Oct 13, 2019
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Xinhua
Following the government's fight against poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, local farmers have mostly replaced the opium poppy with another profitable but illicit herb, the hashish,…
Colombia: Colombia’s Ruling Party Clashes with Duque over Law to Compensate Conflict Victims
Oct 13, 2019
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque announced on Friday he would propose a 10-year extension of the law that seeks to return stolen land and help victims…
Iran: Official Highlights Role of Iran's Rural Women in Boosting Livelihoods
Oct 13, 2019
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Tasnim News Agency
Hossein Shirzad, who is also the chief executive officer of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC), said rural women cooperatives has revived…
United States: UN Focuses on Rural Women's Role in Ensuring Food Security
Oct 13, 2019
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Santo D. Banerjee, IDN In Depth News
Since the first International Day of Rural Women was observed on October 15, 2008, there is agreement that rural women and girls, including indigenous women, play a…
Finland Wants to Lead Way in Gender-Equal Climate Policy
Oct 11, 2019
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
On the International Day of the Girl, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and upper secondary school student Priya Härkönen highlight the…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dam: Egypt Needs Water, Ethiopia Seeks Electricity, Sudan Wants Both
Oct 11, 2019
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Daniel Mumbere, Africanews
While Egypt wants to guarantee a steady supply of water for its 100 millions citizens , Ethiopia is determined to power the homes of the…
Conflict Minerals: Majority of Firms Fail at Conflict Minerals Due Diligence
Oct 11, 2019
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Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
Nine years after the implementation of a law requiring publicly traded companies to ensure their raw materials don’t come from mines that use child labour…
South Sudan: South Sudan to Replace Oil Pipelines after Leakage in Northern Region
Oct 11, 2019
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Xinhua
South Sudan said on Friday it will commence replacement of old oil pipelines after it lost about 2,000 barrels of oil in the recent oil…
Liberia: Bong and Gbarpolu Stakeholders Meet Kakata to Resolve Long-Standing Boundary Dispute
Oct 11, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Stakeholders of Bong and Gbarpolu Counties are meeting in Kakata City, Margibi County for the purpose of finding an amicable resolution to a long-running boundary…
Colombia: Toxic River: Mining, Mercury and Murder Continue to Plague Colombia’s Atrato
Oct 10, 2019
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Frederick Gillingham and Melisa Valenzuela, Mongabay
Snaking its way through Colombia’s northwestern department of Choco, for centuries the Atrato River has been the lifeblood for Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities living along…
Water: Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure"
Oct 10, 2019
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OOSKAnews
Contemporary armed conflicts have seen an increase in attacks against and the weaponization of water infrastructure. These acts have had severe consequences on the environment…
UN Women Highlights "Compound Effect" of Location, Wealth, Ethnicity on Gender Inequality
Oct 10, 2019
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Catherine Benson Wahlen
The report explains that differences related to ethnicity, location and wealth “combine to create deep pockets of deprivation” across a range of SDGs.The report presents…
Myanmar: Myanmar Court Fines Villagers, Chinese Mining Firm Employee in Waste Dispute
Oct 10, 2019
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Zarni Mann, Irrawaddy
The court in Salingyi Township of Sagaing Division on Wednesday imposed fines on both sides of a legal dispute between a group of residents of…
Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan/Tajikistan: Will a Central Asian Border Dispute Be Resolved Soon? [Video]
Oct 10, 2019
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Hoda Abdel-Hamid, Al Jazeera
A debate over who controls precious water resources has led to a 30-year-long border dispute between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. A river canal network stretches…
Syria: Syrian Army Eyes Oil Fields across Euphrates as Turkey Begins Northern Syria Operation
Oct 10, 2019
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Al-Masdar News
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) recently deployed several units of reinforcements to the Euphrates River Valley region of Deir Ezzor amid reports of a new…
Conflict Minerals: Global Lack of Reporting on Conflict Minerals and Cobalt Puts Investors at Risk
Oct 10, 2019
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Globe Newswire
Today, Responsible Sourcing Network, a project of As You Sow, released its annual report, Mining the Disclosures 2019: An Investor Guide to Conflict Minerals and…
China/Iraq: Iraq, China Launch 'Oil for Reconstruction' Agreement
Oct 10, 2019
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Salem Zidane, Al-Monitor
When Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi led a delegation to China in September, Baghdad and Beijing activated an "oil for reconstruction" and investment program. Under the arrangement, Chinese…