International
How Gender Impacts Children Living in War Zones
Feb 13, 2020
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Stephanie Corsetti, SBS News
A global report into how much children are suffering in war-torn countries has revealed how worldwide conflict is becoming increasingly dangerous.
The Save the Children study…
Liberia: Community Concerned Company Has No Environmental Plan for Goldmine
Feb 12, 2020
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
Universal Forestry Corporation (UFC) acquired a class “B” license to mine gold in Kartee in May last year. However, villagers here are worried their farmland…
DRC: DRC’s State-Owned Cobalt Firm Could Lift Mineral’s Market Image, but It Comes with Price Risks
Feb 10, 2020
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David McKay, Miningmx
Plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to establish a state-owned company aimed at buying cobalt produced by the country’s artisanal industry is seen…
Sierra Leone: Octea Mining May Pay Compensation to Kono Community in Sierra Leone
Feb 10, 2020
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Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph
Octea Mining Company, operating its Kimberlite diamond mining in the eastern district of Kono, in Sierra Leone may pay huge damages in compensation, after failing…
Iraq: Iraq to Halt Oil Output at Southern Oil Field
Feb 9, 2020
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Reuters
Iraq's Basra Oil Co. will cut crude oil output at the Nahr Bin Omar field to a minimum because of pollution and gas emissions, the…
Myanmar: Harnessing Salween River: Settlement through Confrontation or Cooperation?
Feb 9, 2020
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Sai Wansai, Mizzima
Myitsone Dam project is well known for its controversial impact on Myanmar’s political landscape, as it involves on and off pressure from China to restart…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Declines Opium Production Rises
Feb 9, 2020
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The White House in a statement, issued on February 7, 2020, released the results of the annual estimate of the US Government assessing the ‘poppy…
Myanmar: Hydropower and the Worsening Water Crisis for Myanmar and Asia
Feb 8, 2020
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Andrew Landon, Mizzima
Myanmar is caught between a rock and a hard place. As the government seeks to pick up the pace of development, electrical power is needed…
Afghanistan: Why Afghanistan’s Religious Leaders Preach about Climate Change
Feb 7, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, National
As Afghanistan faces grave implications of climate change, with droughts, floods and changing weather patterns, hundreds of religious leaders do their best bet to influence…
Violence Increases with Climate Change
Feb 6, 2020
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Jenessa Duncombe, American Goephysical Union
Climate change and environmental degradation are driving up violence against women and standing in the way of sustainable goals, according to a new report released…
World's Oceans Would Be Devastated by Nuclear War: Report
Feb 6, 2020
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Graham Slaughter, CTVNews.ca
Nuclear war anywhere on Earth could irrevocably harm the planet’s oceans and worsen the already bleak outlook for coral reefs, according to a new study.…
Myanmar: Beneficial-Owner Database Lauded Despite Some Weaknesses
Feb 6, 2020
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
Owners of major businesses or their close relatives who hold prominent public positions have so far not declared themselves as such, according to a Myanmar Times…
Afghanistan/Iran: God, Gas and Heroin. Now, the Fight’s over Water
Feb 6, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, LA Times
Men across this windblown, lawless desert have fought over opium, God and gasoline, but now a wheat farmer with a shovel and a rifle, senses…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Removed 18 Smelters and Refiners in 2019 for Flouting Conflict Mineral Code of Conduct
Feb 6, 2020
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Mikey Campbell, Appleinsider
Apple in a report on mineral sourcing issued Thursday said 18 smelters and refiners that were not willing to participate in third-party audits were removed…
Bridging the Gap of Women’s Role in the Peace and Security Agenda
Feb 4, 2020
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African Union
As the African Union (AU) dedicates year 2020 to accelerate action and efforts towards ending all wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence and prevention of genocide,…
Egypt/Ethiopia: As the Risk of a ‘Water War’ Fades, Is It Too Late to Save the Nile?
Feb 4, 2020
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Peter Schwartzstein, World Politics Review
Ask the farmers, fishermen or anyone else who depends on the Nile River for their livelihood, and they’ll tell you this isn’t the same Nile…
Conflict Minerals: The Battle for Stronger EU Conflict Minerals Legislation
Feb 4, 2020
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John Williams, Global Mining Review
The EU's new conflict minerals regulation is due to come into force on 1 January 2021, almost 4 years after the text of the legislation…
Climate Change: The US Navy Quietly Shut down Its Task Force on Climate Change
Feb 3, 2020
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Union of Concerned Scientists
The US Navy has dismantled its Task Force on Climate Change, which was designed to use the best available science to prepare naval leadership for…
Mining: Gold Production Decline; Sierra Leone Smuggling: Mining Update
Feb 3, 2020
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Felix Njini, Michael Cohen, and Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg
Global gold production is likely to keep falling. Sierra Leone’s government has deployed mine monitors and is considering using drones to try and stop the…
Iraq: Suspicious Oil Deals Dissipate Iraq’s Resources
Feb 2, 2020
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Arab Weekly
Analysts said they deplored the decision by the resigning Iraqi government to adopt suspicious deals that waste the country’s oil wealth. The move, an apparent…
Study: Climate Challenges Linked to Gender-Based Violence
Jan 31, 2020
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Africa Times
Climate change and related environmental challenges are implicated in gender-based violence and discrimination, notably in sub-Saharan Africa’s fishing and timber industries, according to a new…
Myanmar: Myanmar Earns US$310 M from Fishery Exports in 2020
Jan 31, 2020
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Eleven
Myanmar earned about US$310 million from fishery export from October 1 to January 17 in this fiscal year and it is more US$45 million compared…
Kyrgyzstan: From Where I Stand: “Expanding Economic Opportunities of Women is Key to Ensure Safety and Prosperity”
Jan 30, 2020
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UN Women
Kursanali kyzy Begimai, 24, is the leader of a self-help group in a village on the disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border. Running a profitable agro-business and conflict-resolution…
DRC: Congo Moves to Monopolise about 25 Percent of All Cobalt Exports
Jan 30, 2020
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William Clowes and Michael J. Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo created a state monopoly for hand-mined cobalt as the government tries to exert more market control on the battery material.…
New Study Details Overlooked Link Between Climate Breakdown and Violence Against Women
Jan 29, 2020
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Julia Conley, Common Dreams
Women are often the "first to be targeted" when environmental shocks threaten natural resources, international conservation group says.
Colombia: Pablo Escobar's Hippos Have Become an Invasive Species in Colombia
Jan 29, 2020
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Alison DeNisco Rayome, CNET
In the early 1980s, infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar created a family zoo full of exotic animals in Colombia, including rhinos, giraffes, zebras and hippos.…
DRC: DRC Inks Deal to Refurbish Old Mpiana-Mwanga Hydropower Station
Jan 29, 2020
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Construction Review Online
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed an agreement with AVZ Minerals to investigate a potential refurbishment of the old Mpiana-Mwanga hydropower…
Liberia: NGO to Assist Citizens Protect Their Land from Government Officials, Companies in Bomi
Jan 29, 2020
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
A nongovernmental organization, Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), has begun working with local people in Bomi to empower them resist a wave of land grab in…
Climate Breakdown 'Is Increasing Violence Against Women'
Jan 29, 2020
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Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability…
Guatemala: Indigenous Women's Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape
Jan 29, 2020
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Andrew J. Wight, Sojourners
RABINAL, BAJA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA – The massive, white Catholic Cathedral of Rabinal, commissioned by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who arrived in Guatemala's central…