International
Central Africa’s Iconic Mammals Threatened by Poachers, Armed Groups – UN Environment Wing
Jan 19, 2018
|
UN
Elephants, giraffes, rhinos and other magnificent mammals targeted in wildlife conservation areas of Central Africa are under threat of extinction, caught in the crosshairs of…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdish Gas Project Gets Boost amid Political Tumult
Jan 19, 2018
|
Angelina Rascouet, Bloomberg
Plans to export natural gas from Iraqi Kurdistan got a boost after reserves were upgraded at two key fields. Yet successful development still hinges on…
Nigeria: NEC Constitutes Committee to Tackle Conflict Between Herdsmen and Farmers
Jan 19, 2018
|
Omololu Ogunmade, Paul Obi, and Victor Ogunje, This Day
The National Economic Council rose from its first meeting this year in the State House, Abuja, thursday and announced that it has set up a…
Iraq/Islamic State: ISIL Is Lighting Oil Wells on Fire as They Retreat, and No One Is Paying Attention
Jan 18, 2018
|
Zoë Schlanger, Quartz
When ISIL retreats from an area in Iraq, they usually bomb anything that supports the local economy. Most of the time, that means they bomb…
Iraq/Kurdistan: BP to Help Iraq Boost Oil Flow at Fields Retaken From Kurds
Jan 18, 2018
|
Khalid Al-Ansary, Kadhim Ajrash, and Bruce Stanley, Bloomberg
BP Plc agreed to help increase crude production at northern Iraq’s Kirkuk fields as the government pushes to restore output and exporting capacity after recapturing…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt, Ethiopia Look to Avoid Conflict over Nile Dam
Jan 18, 2018
|
Reuters
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged on Thursday not to let differences over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river ruin relations with…
Climate Change: Climate Change Is National Security Risk, Congress Members Warn
Jan 18, 2018
|
Randy Showstack, Eos
A bipartisan group of more than 100 members of Congress has urged U.S. president Donald Trump to recognize climate change as a national security risk,…
DRC: DRC Revises Mining Code to Capitalise on Cobalt Boom
Jan 18, 2018
|
eNCA
As demand for batteries drives a surge in the price of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is gearing up to overhaul its mining regulations…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Target Illegal Charcoal Trade with China
Jan 18, 2018
|
Mongabay
Myanmar has pledged to stem the massive tide of charcoal being illegally harvested, produced and exported from their forests to Chinese factories. Last week a…
Colombia/Somaliland/Somalia: Incorporation of Ex-Combatants in Humanitarian Demining Lessons from Colombia, Somaliland & Southern Somalia
Jan 18, 2018
|
Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Laurie Druelle, Instituto Igarapé
As part of the peace effort between the Colombian government and the FARC, a pilot program was launched in 2015 allowing ex-combatants from the guerrilla…
Iran: Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern
Jan 18, 2018
|
Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Nigeria. Syria. Somalia. And now Iran. In each country, in different ways, a water crisis has triggered some combination of civil unrest, mass migration, insurgency…
Afghanistan: Mining Plan to Increase National Revenue: Ministry of Mines
Jan 18, 2018
|
Zabihullah Jehanmal, TOLOnews
Officials from the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Wednesday said that with the implementation of the mining plan, Afghanistan will vastly increase its…
Ohio University Professor Recognized with International Award for Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding
Jan 17, 2018
|
Ohio University
Dr. Geoffrey Dabelko, professor and director of Environmental Studies at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University, was recently awarded the…
Colombia: Undecided Land Claims in Colombia Put Slave Descendants at Risk, Study Says
Jan 17, 2018
|
Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
Hundreds of land claims by Afro-Colombians sitting unresolved, some for over a decade, put those communities in danger of being driven off their land by…
Liberia: Double Land Sale Fueling Land Dispute in Liberia
Jan 17, 2018
|
Al-Varney Rogers, FrontPage Africa
Land conflict stems from the foundation of Liberia between the settlers and the indigenous, but today the foremost problem is the double sale of land.…
Nigeria: Nigerian Militants Threaten Oil Rig Attacks within Days
Jan 17, 2018
|
Tife Owolabi and Alexis Akwagyiram, Reuters
Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to attack off-shore oil facilities within days, raising fears of a repeat of a 2016 wave of violence that helped…
South Sudan: Farmers Risk Lashes as War Decimates South Sudan Breadbasket
Jan 17, 2018
|
Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Equatoria was once South Sudan’s breadbasket, producing the corn, sorghum and vegetables that fed the nation, including the oil-rich north where famine hit last year.…
Sudan: Protests Rock Sudan's Capital as Bread Prices Soar
Jan 17, 2018
|
Mohammed Amin, Middle East Eye
Large protests rocked Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday in opposition to the government's recent austerity measures, which devalued its currency and removed wheat subsidies, causing…
Afghanistan: Poppy Farming Creates Vicious Cycle in Afghanistan
Jan 17, 2018
|
NHK
Afghanistan is fighting a losing battle against opium production. The amount of land used for poppy cultivation is believed to have hit a record high…
Afghanistan: Afghan Pomegranate Trade Bears Fruit
Jan 17, 2018
|
Mohammad Ibrahim Spesalai, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Officials and farmers in Kandahar are celebrating both bumper crops and rising exports of the province’s famously fine pomegranates. This fruit has always been an…
Afghanistan: Hothousing Farah's Economy
Jan 17, 2018
|
Khushal Zaland, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Farmers and officials in Farah say that the use of greenhouses is transforming their largely agricultural economy, with hopes that this could even provide a…
Afghanistan: Flagship Afghan Rural Program Lays Strong Foundation for the Future
Jan 16, 2018
|
World Bank
Nestled in a broad sweeping valley, and surrounded by bare brown hills, the inhabitants of Melani Kalay village have long endured both floods and water…
Myanmar: Groups Blast Planned Hydropower Project in Shan State
Jan 16, 2018
|
Myanmar Times
Civic groups in Shan State on Monday lambasted a plan by the Myanmar government and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank’s private sector arm, to…
Afghanistan: 4 Tribesmen Killed in Clash over Helmand Land Dispute
Jan 15, 2018
|
Zainullah Stanikzai, Pajhwok Afghan News
At least four civilians have been killed and six others wounded during a clash with Taliban militants over a land dispute in Musa Qala district…
Myanmar: Jade Sales Fetch Nearly $300 Million
Jan 15, 2018
|
Eleven
Myanmar earned over US$290 million (389.8 billion kyat) from jade exports up to the first week of this month in 2017-2018 fiscal year. Sales were…
Iraq: Inside Mosul Dam, Iraq's Biggest Potential Weapon of Mass Destruction
Jan 12, 2018
|
Hollie McKay, Fox News
The Mosul Dam, the largest in the country with the capacity to hold 3 trillion gallons of water, controls the flow of the Tigris River…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Parliament Forms Committee to Investigate KRG Oil Sector
Jan 12, 2018
|
Rudaw
The Iraqi parliament is going to form a committee to look into the matter of Kurdistan’s oil, said a Kurdish MP, adding it will start…
Egypt/Sudan: Egypt-Sudan Spat Muddies Prospects for Deal on Big Nile Dam
Jan 12, 2018
|
Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy
A diplomatic spat between Egypt and Sudan is spilling over into the long-running dispute over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River, which…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan to Invest in Five Wheat Storage Facilities
Jan 12, 2018
|
Eric Schroeder, World Grain
Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) plans to build at least five wheat storage facilities in five provinces across Afghanistan. Officials with MAIL said approximately $28…
Climate Change: Make Security Strategy Include Climate Again, Lawmakers Urge Trump
Jan 12, 2018
|
Timothy Gardner, Reuters
A group of more than 100 bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. House urged President Donald Trump on Friday to reconsider the omission of climate change…