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Kroc Institute Welcomes Five New Ph.D. Students, Names Fellowship Recipients

Sep 16, 2024 | Lisa Gallagher, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Five new students representing five different disciplines have arrived at the Kroc Institute this fall as part of its interdisciplinary doctoral program in peace studies.…

Africa: State of Africa’s Environment: Transboundary Tension

Sep 15, 2024 | DownToEarth

Africa is unique in terms of its transboundary water resources. Transboundary water (TBW) resources are especially important in Africa, where 63 international transboundary river basins…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Could Egypt and Ethiopia's Tensions Escalate into a War?

Sep 14, 2024 | Jennifer Holleis and David Ehl, Deutchse Welle

The ongoing dispute over Ethiopia's GERD dam could easily spill over to the Horn of Africa in light of two new deals that involve Egypt,…

Afghanistan: War, Deforestation, Flooding: In Afghanistan They Are All Linked

Sep 14, 2024 | Mariam Amini, Guardian

Afghanistan has always been prone to natural disasters. Among low-income nations, it ranked second in the number of deaths caused by them between 1980 and…

Afghanistan: Over 200 Mining Contracts Signed in Past Three Years

Sep 13, 2024 | TOLOnews

Some economic experts consider the standardized extraction of minerals within the country to be beneficial for Afghanistan's economic growth.

Climate Change: Inaugural NPS and Stanford Climate Security Fellows Answer the Nation’s Call

Sep 13, 2024 | United States Navy, Daniel Linehan

The Naval Postgraduate School and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability joined forces through an Educational Partnership Agreement to understand and address the impacts of…

Conflict Minerals: UN Experts Call for Global System to Trace Critical Minerals

Sep 13, 2024 | Agence France-Presse

UN experts have called for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the…

Yemen: Can the World Stop a Massive Oil Spill in the Middle of a War Zone?

Sep 13, 2024 | Joshua Keating, Vox

Since it was attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen three weeks ago, a tanker carrying roughly 1 million barrels of crude oil has been immobilized…

Afghanistan: Trouble in Afghanistan’s Opium Fields: The Taliban War on Drugs

Sep 12, 2024 | International Crisis Group

The Taliban have instituted a ban on narcotics in Afghanistan. While that has led to a massive drop in production, it is hitting the rural…

Myanmar: Extreme Weather Blights Farmers’ Lives in Impoverished Myanmar

Sep 11, 2024 | Irrawaddy

High temperatures, irregular rainfall and floods resulting from the El Nino weather phenomenon have delivered another blow to farmers in central Myanmar who are already…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt-Ethiopia Nile Dam Incident Takes on Military Overtones

Sep 11, 2024 | Atalayar

The tension continues. Egypt, which has opted for a more aggressive approach in its duel with Ethiopia over the Nile Dam, is beginning to mobilise…

Colombia: Colombia Deadliest Country for Environmentalists in 2023, Rights Group Says

Sep 10, 2024 | Oliver Griffin, Reuters

Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a…

Conflict Minerals: Why Conflict-Free Gold Doesn’t Reduce Conflict

Sep 10, 2024 | Ty Burke, Chicago Boothe Review

US policymakers hoping to reduce violence in the DRC included in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act a requirement that companies…

Mozambique: Empowering Women Facing Conflict and Climate Change Effects in Mozambique

Sep 9, 2024 | CARE

The humanitarian situation in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province is deteriorating rapidly. This has been worsened by a severe climate change-induced drought that has exacerbated…

DRC/Rwanda: Congolese Refugees Imagine a Peaceful Agrarian Future with Their Rwandan Neighbors

Sep 9, 2024 | Nicolas Parent, Peace News

Over 82,000 Congolese refugees are in Rwanda, with many there for nearly three decades. The vast majority (88%) inhabit one of five camps located in…

Timor-Leste: In Diesel-Dependent East Timor, Renewable Energy Transition Remains Slow Despite Government Pledges

Sep 9, 2024 | Victoria Milko, Associated Press

East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world’s youngest countries — has made…

Jamaica: Jamaica's Female Farmers Rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through Women-Led Cash Voucher Program

Sep 6, 2024 | Gabriela Aoun Angueira

Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…

South Sudan: Oil-Rich South Sudan Slams Operators for Harming Environment

Sep 4, 2024 | Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg

Oil companies pumping crude from South Sudan, including a unit of Malaysian oil and gas giant Petroliam Nasional Bhd, should restore the environment after years…

Colombia: Gold and Coca: The Curse Fuelling War in the Putumayo Rainforests

Sep 4, 2024 | Javier Alexander Macías and Puerto Guzmán, Vorágine

Illegal armed groups have plunged the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá and Amazonas into a deadly confrontation over the gold in their territories.

DRC: Artisanal Mining Harming Forests, Wildlife in Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Sep 3, 2024 | Shimali Chauhan, DownToEarth

In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a recent study found that artisanal mining, a small-scale and informal mining operation using simple tools,…

Climate Change: Cloud Seeding and the Water Wars of Tomorrow

Sep 3, 2024 | Nicola Stoev, Geopolitical Monitor

Some states manipulate clouds using a technique called ‘cloud seeding.’ The first cloud seeding techniques date back to the 1940s and involve making clouds merge…

Climate Change: Impacts of Climate Change Threat to Peace and Security, Says Report

Sep 3, 2024 | Gilbert Koech, Star

A new report has painted a grim picture of how climate change affects security of Africa. The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment report analyses interlinkages…

Water: The Midwest and Great Plains Are Gearing up for Water Fights Fueled by Climate Change

Sep 3, 2024 | Kate Grumke, Iowa Public Radio

Transforming Women’s Cultural Roles into Bridges for Peacebuilding: Recounting the Journey of Mrs Ariet Philip in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia

Sep 3, 2024 | Peace Direct

Located in Southwest Ethiopia, Gambella is a region with multiple layers of conflicts, including the protracted Anywa-Nuer conflict. Competition over resources such as water and…