International
Afghanistan: Water Supply Maintenance Provides Short-Term Jobs in Karmalik Village
Apr 17, 2017
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World Bank
Shiny new pipelines connect the water storage tank to the tanker parked beside the main road of Karmalik village. The tanker provides sufficient drinking water…
Myanmar: Oil Pipeline to Myanmar ‘at Risk from Rebels’
Apr 16, 2017
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Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Although a crude-oil pipeline from Myanmar to China is finally running, its operations still face serious risks from the conflict in northern Myanmar, observers said.…
South Sudan: Kiir Signs Suspicious Oil Agreements to Turn Around Fortunes of Economy
Apr 15, 2017
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Julius Barigaba, East African
The South Sudanese government is signing deals with suspected wheelerdealers, some of whom may be out to take advantage of Juba's financial crisis. In less…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan Plans Water Treaty with Afghanistan
Apr 13, 2017
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S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Pajhwok Afghan News
Afghan and Pakistani experts are expected to meet soon to exchange water data and the hydrology of Kabul and Kunar rivers, a news report said…
Timor-Leste: As Maritime Agreement with Australia Dissolves, Timor-Leste Left Exposed
Apr 13, 2017
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Maciej Heyman, MilTech
On 10 April this year, the 2006 Certain Maritime Agreement on the Timor Sea (CMATS) was terminated. CMATS was an agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste…
Conflict Minerals: Apple, Intel Carry on as SEC Relaxes Conflict Minerals Scrutiny
Apr 13, 2017
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Andrea Vittorio, Securities Law Daily
Relaxed regulatory scrutiny won’t stop companies like Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. from reporting as usual next month about efforts to keep minerals that fund…
China/Myanmar: New Myanmar Oil Pipeline Bolsters China's Energy Security
Apr 13, 2017
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Wataru Kodaka and Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei
The opening of an oil pipeline through Myanmar is a big step forward for China's energy security, reducing the major importer's reliance on shipments through waters where the…
Landmines: Glowing Bacteria Offer Hope for Safe Detection of 100m Landmines
Apr 13, 2017
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Peter Beaumont, Guardian
A team of researchers at an Israeli university has successfully tested a technology using fluorescent bacteria and lasers that could become a safer system for…
Myanmar: Rescuing Myanmar’s Farmers from the Debt Trap
Apr 12, 2017
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Economist
Many farmers borrow to cover planting costs, buy equipment or purchase land, and repay after the harvest. Under the junta that isolated Myanmar for decades,…
Afghanistan: Strongmen, Locals Cutting down Kunduz Forests
Apr 12, 2017
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Bashir Ahmad Naadim, Pajhwok Afghan News
Residents and officials say they are worried about illegal cutting down of forest trees in northern Kunduz province, asking the government to stop the practice.…
Liberia: Impact Assessment Concluded for 120MW Hydro Project
Apr 10, 2017
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ESI Africa
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded a meeting with residents of Grand Bassa and Bong Counties on the environmental and social impact of…
Afghanistan: Afghan Demining Program under Threat over Budget Deficit
Apr 10, 2017
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Gulabudin Ghubar, TOLOnews
Wais Ahmad Barmak, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, on Monday said that the demining program in Afghanistan is under threat following the drop in…
Iraq: Land Grabs in Iraq
Apr 10, 2017
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Vera Mironova and Mohammed Hussein, Foreign Affairs
With the fall of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) seemingly imminent, nearly every Iraqi political group and its associated militia have been rushing…
China/Myanmar: China Says Accord Reached at Last with Myanmar on Oil Pipeline
Apr 10, 2017
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Christian Shepherd, Reuters
China and Myanmar have reached an agreement on an oil pipeline between the neighbouring countries after almost a decade of talks, with the project due…
Afghanistan: Continued Militancy, Poverty Push Afghan Farmers to Grow Poppy
Apr 9, 2017
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Abdul Haleem and Abdul Aziz Safdari, XInhua
A former stronghold of Taliban and the hotbed of the armed militants currently, the troubled Helmand province been the scene of fierce fighting between government…
Liberia: Liberia, EU Sign Agreement to Strengthen Forestry Sector
Apr 9, 2017
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FrontPageAfrica
The agreement was signed by Ambassador Tina Intelmann, Head of the European Union delegation and Sister Mary Laurene Browne, Chair of the Board of Directors…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Only 25 Are Kurds out of 1000 Employed by Baghdad in Kirkuk Oil Fields, Official
Apr 8, 2017
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Rudaw
Of the nearly 1,000 people who were recently employed by the Iraqi North Oil Company (NOC) in Kirkuk, only 25 are Kurdish, displaying Baghdad’s increasing…
Liberia: Green Advocates Train Liberian Communities on Alternative Recourse Mechanism
Apr 8, 2017
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FrontPageAfrica
Local communities have protested the presence of large scale mining and agricultural companies like Golden Veroleum Liberia, Sime Darby and ArcelorMittal Liberia in Nimba County…
Myanmar: Yangon Pilot Project Slashes Water Losses, Says Manila Company
Apr 7, 2017
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Frontier Myanmar
A Philippine company says it has slashed water system losses in two Yangon townships under a pilot project conducted in partnership with the Yangon City…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Tries to Win Trump Support with Lithium
Apr 6, 2017
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Associated Press
The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth…
Afghanistan: China's Plan to Mine for Copper Beneath an Ancient City Gets Thrown off by Corruption Charges
Apr 6, 2017
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Mariam Amini, CNBC
A controversial Chinese copper mine in Afghanistan has run into complications after the executive leading the $3 billion project was expelled from the Chinese Communist…
Myanmar: A Group of Divers is Saving Myanmar’s Marine Wildlife from Deadly Ghost Nets
Apr 5, 2017
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Jacob Goldberg, Coconuts
Myanmar’s underwater earthscape may be relatively untouched by tourism, but it is steadily becoming a trash receptacle for local fishers. In fact, these two circumstances…
Myanmar: China May Scrap Divisive Dam in Myanmar to Advance Other Interests: Sources
Apr 5, 2017
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Yimou Lee and Shwe Yee Saw Myint, Reuters
China has shifted its position in a lengthy dispute with Myanmar over the building of a $3.6 billion dam, seven sources said, signaling its willingness…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Obliterating ISIS May Hamper Iraqi Oil Production
Apr 5, 2017
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Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com
Iraq’s oil production could fall involuntarily if a dispute between the central government and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) continues to escalate. Some of the…
Iraq: Desert on Fire [Photos]
Apr 5, 2017
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Namak Khoshnaw and Daniel Silas Adamson, BBC
Early in summer 2016, the so-called Islamic State set fire to one of Iraq’s largest oil fields. It has taken Iraqi firefighters 10 months to…
Iraq: Clean Water for Conflict-Affected Iraqis near Mosul
Apr 5, 2017
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Danish Refugee Council
In March 2017, as Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) advanced west from the outskirts of Mosul towards the Quba Pump Station on the bank of the…
Afghanistan: Canal Project Turns Wastelands into Farmlands in Northern Afghanistan
Apr 4, 2017
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Military Technologies
The rehabilitation of Sharqi canal has revived many areas of wasteland and turned them into productive farmland, irrigating over 13,000 hectares. Besides the new canal…
Iraq: The Oil Fires in Qayyarah Are Out
Apr 4, 2017
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Earth Observatory
Several oil fires that have burned in northern Iraq for months have been extinguished. NASA satellites first detected fires at one or two wells near…
Colombia: Warnings but No Action Preceded Deadly Flood in Colombia
Apr 4, 2017
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Ben Fox and Alba Tobella, Associated Press
People were caught off guard when a devastating flash flood surged through a small city in southern Colombia, but not everyone was surprised. Government agencies,…
Colombia: 500 Colombian Towns Face Landslide Risk
Apr 4, 2017
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Brigitte Leoni, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
More than 500 municipalities are currently at risk of landslides, according to Mr. Omar Franco, Director of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies…