International

Sudan: Roseires Dam: Water Security and the War in Sudan

Oct 14, 2026 | Mohammed Hilali
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

The ongoing war in Sudan continues to expand its destructive reach, engulfing essential infrastructure and public services. In Blue Nile State in southeastern Sudan, fierce…

From Rural Initiatives to Parliamentary Decisions: Women of the Fergana Valley Develop Solutions for Water Conservation and Rural Community Development

Oct 13, 2026 | United Nations Development Program

Women from rural communities in the Batken, Osh, and Jalal-Abad regions presented their initiatives on improving access to irrigation water, climate change adaptation, and reducing…

Afghanistan: Residents Urge Restoration of Traditional Water Reservoirs in Kandahar

Oct 13, 2026
TOLOnews

Residents of Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province are calling for the construction and restoration of traditional water storage systems.

Sudan: The Triad of Conflict, Drought, and Funding Shortage Pushes Darfur and Kordofan toward Famine

Oct 13, 2026
JINHAGENCY

The conflict in Sudan erupted in mid-April 2023, leaving behind thousands of dead and wounded and massive destructions of infrastructure, amid an escalating famine and…

Liberia: Loggers, Miners Illegally Operate in the Same Forest

Oct 13, 2026 | Varney Kamara
Observer

In June, the Bondi Mandingo Community Forest signed a logging agreement with Kisvan Timber Corporation, a logging company, to exploit 37,222 hectares of forest in…

DRC: Breaking the War Economy behind the DRC’s Critical Minerals

Oct 13, 2026 | Gunnar Ivarsson
Organization for World Peace

A critical impasse over natural resources may be imminent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Further diplomatic efforts could worsen the armed conflict…

Liberia: Chief Justice Gbeisay Alleges Death Threats over Nimba Land Verdict

Oct 13, 2026 | Lincoln G. Peters
New Dawn

Liberia’s Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay Sr. has disclosed that he and his family have received death threats following a controversial land dispute ruling in…

Colombia: Colombia Seeks to Remove Rural Reform from UN Peace Deal Monitoring

Oct 12, 2026 | Josep Freixes
ColombiaOne

The implementation of the 2016 Peace Deal signed by the Colombian state and the now-defunct FARC returned to the center of international debate Monday at…

Afghanistan: Lack of Cold Storage Facilities Threatens Afghanistan's Agricultural Products

Oct 12, 2026 | Mohammad Nazif Safi
TOLOnews

The lack of sufficient cold storage facilities, standard preservation infrastructure, and suitable markets puts a portion of agricultural products at risk of spoilage and deterioration…

Liberia: Locals Consider Conservation after Loggers Vanish

Oct 12, 2026 | Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight

Communities’ hopes were dashed because the agreements were short-lived, leaving behind debts, unfulfilled promises, and logs. That experience has shifted local people’s attention to conservation,…

Egypt/Sudan: At Least 72 Gold Miners Killed in Airstrikes Near Sudan-Egypt Border, Rights Group Says

Oct 12, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

At least 72 civilian gold miners were killed in airstrikes on a mining site in northern Sudan near the Egyptian border, according to the Sudanese…

UN Official: Environmental Protection Must Be integral to Post-War Recovery

Oct 12, 2026
Tehran Times

UN Resident Coordinator in Iran Christine Weigand has stressed the far-reaching and long-term environmental consequences of war, saying environmental protection must be incorporated into both…

Afghanistan: FAO Warns of Increased Rainfall and Flood Risks in Afghanistan

Oct 11, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has forecast that above-average rainfall could support rain-fed wheat cultivation while also increasing the risk of flash…

Ecocide: Iran FM Calls for Intl. Accountability for Environmental Destruction in Conflicts

Oct 11, 2026 | Hamid Babaee
Fars

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi announced Iran’s readiness to join collective efforts to prevent large-scale environmental destruction, strengthen regional cooperation, and enhance international accountability…

Ecocide: Araghchi: Nature Has No Voice; World Must Not Let Environment Be Silent Victim of War

Oct 11, 2026
Iranian Students' News Agency

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that the environment should no longer be considered a silent victim of war, calling for international accountability…

Afghanistan: Mushroom Farming Provides New Income Opportunities in Kandahar

Oct 10, 2026 | Ataullah Omar
TOLOnews

The Kandahar Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says mushroom farming requires less labor and generates higher income.

Colombia: Colombia's Celsia Puts US$26mn Solar Park before Environmental Authorities

Oct 9, 2026
Bnamericas

Colombian energy group Celsia filed an environmental impact study (EIS) for a solar project worth 82bn pesos (US$26mn) in Córdoba department. The 19.9MW Montelíbano plant…

Liberia: The Resource Curse! —Sirleaf Challenges a Century-Old Concession Model to Finally Break the Cycle

Oct 9, 2026 | William Q. Harmon and David A. Yates
Observer

Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reopened one of the country’s oldest and most consequential economic debates—why a country endowed with extraordinary natural resources has…

Kenya: Turkana Women Turn Prosopis-Infested Land into Irrigated Vegetable Farms

Oct 8, 2026 | Peter Gitonga
Kenya News Agency

The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very unequal impacts on women, girls and gender-diverse people.

This…

Afghanistan: UNICEF Reports Positive Impact of Water and Health Investments in Parwan

Oct 8, 2026 | Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, says that investment in the water and health sectors in Parwan Province…

Food Security: Armed Conflict Accelerates Global Cropland Loss: Study

Oct 8, 2026
Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters

Armed conflict accelerates cropland loss, and the effects can persist for years after conflict begins and vary substantially with conflict severity and social conditions, according…

Falkland Islands: How an Oil Project Reignited UK-Argentina Falklands Dispute

Oct 8, 2026 | Arthur Sullivan
Deutsche Welle

Argentina and the UK once fought a war over the Falkland Islands. Now, the multibillion-dollar Sea Lion oil project has reignited old tensions, with Buenos…

Afghanistan: Kabul Faces Water Crisis as Groundwater Could Run Dry by 2030

Oct 8, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

Afghanistan’s capital is facing a deepening water crisis, with groundwater levels falling sharply and nearly half of the city’s boreholes already dry, raising fears that…

Argentina: POSCO Inauguration: From an Area of Conflict to Opportunity and Cooperation

Oct 7, 2026
Panorama Minero

On the occasion of the inauguration of Plant II, and with Stages III and IV under way, Catamarca Governor Raúl Jalil and Salta Governor Gustavo…

Pakistan: Pine Nut Forests under Threat in South Waziristan

Oct 7, 2026 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber News

Centuries-old pine nut forests in Angoor Adda, part of Tehsil Birmal in Lower South Waziristan, are being cut down without restraint. Residents say the illegal…

Afghanistan: UN: Children Account for 78% of Explosive Ordnance Casualties in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2026 | Sajida Stanikzai
Kabul Tribune

Explosive ordnance remains a daily threat in Afghanistan, with children accounting for 78% of reported casualties from January through August 2026, the United Nations humanitarian…

Afghanistan: This City Is on Track to Run out of Water by 2030. For Many Residents, That Day Is Already Here

Oct 6, 2026 | Laura Paddison and Masoud Popalzai
CNN

Kabul is on track to be the first modern city to run out of water, and could do so as soon as 2030, according to…

Eritrea/Ethiopia: Ethiopia again Demands Access to the Red Sea as Tensions with Neighbors Escalate

Oct 5, 2026
Associated Press

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated on Monday that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighboring countries saying at a…

Bangladesh/India: Same River, Same Drought: Can Teesta Farmers in Bangladesh and India Build the Water Dialogue Their Governments Haven’t?

Oct 5, 2026 | Masum Billah
Peace News Network

From an anthropological perspective, this is not simply a diplomatic failure story, it is a story about how a state border reorganizes an agrarian region…

Egypt/Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia/Sudan: Egypt Hosts Four-Way Summit as Tensions with Ethiopia Escalate

Oct 4, 2026 | Hamza Hendawi
National

The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan – three nations accused by Ethiopia of aiding an anti-government rebellion – plus Somalia met on Sunday to…