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Myanmar: Myanmar Urged to Review Hydropower Dam Projects Seen Damaging to Rural Communities
Jul 10, 2018
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Radio Free Asia
The Myanmar government must undertake reforms in its hydropower sector to prevent dam projects from negatively impacting rural ethnic minority communities in southeastern Kayin state,…
Afghanistan: Pistachio, Not Poppy
Jul 10, 2018
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Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Local authorities in the southern Afghan province of Helmand are hoping to provide local farmers with an alternative to growing poppy by rolling out a…
Afghanistan: Underground Water Level Goes 20 Meters Down in Kabul
Jul 9, 2018
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Navid Ahmad Barakzai, Pajhwok Afghan News
Officials of the water supply company and urban canalization on Monday said the underground water level in the capital has severely polluted and lowered by…
South Sudan: Rising Health Risks in South Sudan: Radioactive and Toxic Contamination
Jul 9, 2018
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Francis Michael, Via News
Plug County is located in the Melut Basin, home to South Sudan’s most productive – and hence polluting – oil fields. In view of this…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudanese Team Arrives in South Sudan to Inspect Oil Fields
Jul 9, 2018
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas Sunday said a delegation has been dispatched to South Sudan to check on arrangements for resuming oil pumping. State…
Philippines: School Fixed as DENR Eyes Use of High-Tech Land-Mapping Tool for Marawi City Rehab
Jul 8, 2018
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BusinessMirror
Bullet-riddled Pendolonan Elementary School in Marawi City got a surprised fixing from outsiders in time for the return of schoolchildren, a year after the locale…
Iraq: Protests Turn Violent in Iraq’s Oil-Rich Basra over Unemployment, Lack of Electricity
Jul 8, 2018
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Salar Ali, Kurdistan 24
People took to the streets of Basra on Sunday, the center Iraq’s oil industry, to protest the lack of services and job opportunities in the…
Philippines: Land Mapping System to Be Used in Marawi
Jul 8, 2018
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Ellalyn de Vera Ruiz, Manila Bulletin
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be making use of a modern land mapping system to sustain order in the war-ravaged Marawi…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Agrees to Compensate Sudan for 2012 Heglig War Damage
Jul 6, 2018
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Dickens H. Okello, Chimp Reports
The South Sudanese government has agreed to pay Sudan damages incurred during the 2012 war in the disputed oil rich Helgig region. ChimpReports has seen…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Perilous Talc Mines
Jul 6, 2018
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Asad Jabarkhail, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Safdigul Shirzad spends his days working in a talc mine in Markikhail village in the eastern province of Nangarhar’s Shirzad district. In return, he gets…
Sudan: Tribal Leaders in Sudan's Disputed Abyei Agree on Migration Corridors
Jul 5, 2018
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Radio Dabanga
At a conference brokered by the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) that ended today, leaders of the disputed border area's Misseriya and Dinka…
Iraq: Iraq Bans Farming Summer Crops as Water Crisis Grows Dire
Jul 5, 2018
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Philip Issa, Associated Press
Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of…
Liberia: Charcoal Union Wants Allocation of 'Pro-Poor Forest'
Jul 5, 2018
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Alvin Worzi, Daily Observer
Women from five of the 15 counties represented their colleagues at the occasion in Monrovia. The government through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) should place…
Liberia: Watchdogs Strategize to Protect Liberia’s Remaining Forest
Jul 5, 2018
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Daily Observer
The Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) with funding from the British…
Food Security: Agriculture Key to Conflict Prevention, Says FAO Chief
Jul 5, 2018
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Business Standard
Agriculture plays a vital role in averting conflict and promoting lasting peace, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation chief Jose Graziano da Silva said on…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Fires and Armed Conflict Take Toll on Kurdish Flora, Fauna
Jul 5, 2018
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Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor
Wildfires are common in Iraqi Kurdistan, a scenic region where many Iraqis seek refuge from the summer heat. Several fires broke out across the Kurdistan mountains in…
Colombia: Can Bird Watching Help Save Colombia's Forests?
Jul 4, 2018
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Manuel Rueda, Deutsche Welle
Colombia teems with birds, but until recently fighting between the government and guerilla groups scared visitors away. Now, former war zones are fast becoming bird-watching…
Afghanistan: Farmers Display ‘Alternate Poppy Crops’ at Kabul Expo
Jul 4, 2018
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Rohullah Arman, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock held an agricultural exhibition in Kabul on Tuesday that was an “alternate to poppy cultivation”. The produce on…
South Sudan: South Sudan Restricts Export of Charcoal, Scrap Metal
Jul 4, 2018
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Xinhua
South Sudan on Wednesday imposed restrictions on exports of charcoal, waste and scrap of ferrous cast iron in a bid to regulate depletion of natural…
Libya: Oil Exports Suspension Could Create Crisis
Jul 4, 2018
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Jamal Jawhar, Asharq Al-Awsat
The crisis of suspending Libyan oil exports from eastern regions overshadowed the political and social life of the country, amid the fear of a "catastrophic"…
Myanmar: Soil Dumping Worsens Impact of Flooding in Mining Areas, Activists Say
Jul 3, 2018
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Zarni Mann, Irrawaddy
Environmental activists in the Hpakant and Lonekin jade mining regions of Kachin State have urged the government to impose strict controls on the dumping of…
Sierra Leone: 144.12-Carat-Diamond Discovered in Sierra Leone
Jul 3, 2018
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National Minerals Agency
The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and the National Minerals Agency (NMA) hereby inform the general public that a 144.12 carat diamond was brought…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Still in Talks with Turkey, KRG over Resuming Kirkuk Oil Exports
Jul 3, 2018
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq is still in talks with Turkey and Kurdish regional authorities to resume Kirkuk oil exports through the Ceyhan port, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Unaware of Negotiations with Baghdad on Resuming Kirkuk Oil Exports
Jul 3, 2018
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Rudaw
A senior Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) official has denied knowledge of any negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on the possible resumption of Kirkuk exports via…
South Sudan: US Envoy Sees Rise in Oil Output Easing South Sudan Peace Deal
Jul 3, 2018
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan’s plan to boost oil production should help it fund a forthcoming transitional government that seeks to end more than four years of civil…
Colombia: Colombia’s Serranía de Chiribiquete becomes World’s Largest Tropical Rainforest National Park
Jul 3, 2018
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WebWire
Serranía de Chiribiquete National Park, located in the heart of the Colombian Amazon, was expanded today to 4.3 million hectares, making it the world’s largest…
Myanmar/Thailand: Water Purification Plant to Be Built Near Letpadaungtaung Copper Project
Jul 2, 2018
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Kaung Khant Lin, Eleven Myanmar
Thailand and Myanmar will invest US$5 million to build a water purification plant near Letpadaungtaung copper mining project in Monywa, Sagaing Region, according to the…
South Sudan: 'The Conflict Must End' - Fighting Threatens to Drive up Hunger Lean Season
Jul 2, 2018
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Africa Renewal
On Saturday, a new ceasefire came into effect in South Sudan. But within hours it had been violated - terrible news for millions of South…
Myanmar: Chasing Dinosaurs in Myanmar's Conflict-Ridden North
Jul 1, 2018
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Richard Sargent, Agence France-Presse
"Amber hunters" on a quest for a Jurassic Park-style discovery of dinosaur remains sift through mounds of the precious resin in Myanmar -- a lucrative…
Myanmar: Bid to Boost Good Governance in Myanmar’s Extractive Industries
Jun 30, 2018
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Khine Kyaw, The Nation
In an effort to improve transparency and good governance in extractive industries such as mining, gems and jade, oil and gas, Myanmar on Thursday launched…