International
Afghanistan: US-Taliban Truce Begins, Feeding Hope of a Peaceful, More Prosperous Afghanistan
Feb 21, 2020
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Elizabeth B. Hessami, The Conversation
If a seven-day truce between the United States and the Taliban holds until Feb. 28, 2020, Afghanistan’s decades-long conflict may finally end. A peace deal…
Liberia: Accountability Issues at FDA as Levy Collected Are Paid into Mobile Money Account; Workers Alarm Corruption
Feb 21, 2020
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Lennart Dodoo
The Forestry Development Authority has been collecting hundreds of thousands in Liberian dollars as levy on non-timber products at various checkpoints across the country but…
Iraq: Ex-Unaoil Exec Says Payments Went for Security, Not Bribes
Feb 21, 2020
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Law360
A former Unaoil executive accused of conspiring to bribe an official at an Iraq- state-owned oil company believe that the money was for security to…
South Sudan: Clouds of Black Smoke Darken South Sudan’s Growing Oil Profits
Feb 20, 2020
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Crude oil, key to boosting South Sudan’s economy, is destroying crucial pasture land, polluting water, and increasing birth defects. Now it’s finally bad enough for…
Syria: Turkish Media Claim Kurds, US Smuggle Syrian Oil
Feb 19, 2020
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Tsvetana Paraskova, Oilprice.com
According to the accounts of the surrendered Kurds, reported by Turkish media, oil from Syria’s oil-rich Deir Ezzor region is being smuggled out of the…
Water: Water Insecurity as a Driver of Global Instability
Feb 19, 2020
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OOSKAnews
A new report, compiled and written by international military and security experts, provides a global overview of security risks specifically as they relate to changing…
Kenya: Locusts Threaten to Trigger Conflicts in Samburu
Feb 19, 2020
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Geoffrey Ondieki, Nation
The invasion of desert locusts in Samburu is now threatening to trigger conflicts over grazing fields among pastoralist communities. Statistics from the Samburu County Special…
South Sudan: Locusts Swarm into South Sudan as Plague Spreads
Feb 18, 2020
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Denis Dumo, Reuters
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war,…
Liberia/Sierra Leone: Liberia, Sierra Leone to Jointly Manage Gola Forest
Feb 18, 2020
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Hannah N. Geterminah, Observer
The Gola National Park, which is home to several endangered species, is expected to be jointly managed by the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone…
Climate Change: Full House for Latest Conflict-Climate Round Table in New York
Feb 17, 2020
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Climate Centre
There was a full house on Friday at the Belgian mission to the UN for the latest round of international discussion on the humanitarian impacts…
Myanmar: Myanmar Govt to Compensate Villagers for Loss of Land over Kyaukphyu SEZ
Feb 16, 2020
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Mizzima
A Myanmar government official says the government will pay compensation to local residents for more than 1,800 acres they have had to forfeit for the…
South Sudan: South Sudan Ignores Reports on Oil Pollution, Birth Defects
Feb 14, 2020
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals…
Climate Change: How Climate Change Contributes to Insecurity in Nigeria, other African Countries
Feb 14, 2020
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allAfrica
In this allAfrica explainer we delve into the relationship between climate change and conflict on the continent Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are…
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…
Climate Change: Center for Climate and Security Director Conger Testifies before Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis
Feb 13, 2020
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Center for Climate and Security
On February 13, John Conger, Director of the Center for Climate and Security and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment,…
Uganda: Uganda to Begin Certifying Conflict Minerals
Feb 13, 2020
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John Odyek, New Vision
Uganda has signed an agreement with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources…
Land: Exploring Solutions to Land Governance in the Peace Process
Feb 13, 2020
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Joint Peace Fund
Land management issues including land ownership, land rights, access to land, and traditional land tenure are some of the most complex issues related to Myanmar’s…
South Sudan: Getting the Story of South Sudan's Devastating Oil Pollution
Feb 13, 2020
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Sam Mednick, Associated Press
Air so foul it is hard to take a deep breath. Toxic chemicals seeping into the earth. Mothers giving birth to disabled children. These are…
Latvia/Luxembourg: Luxembourg and Latvia Sign Green Defence Agreement
Feb 13, 2020
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Cordula Schnuer, Luxembourg Times
The Luxembourg government will spend €1.2 million to help Latvia clean up polluted military sites in a drive to boost green defence spending. The agreement…
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…
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…
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: 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…
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…
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.…