International
Afghanistan: Introducing Safaroma, a Movement and a Brand to Empower Afghan Women with Saffron
May 26, 2017
|
Digital Journal
When it comes to Afghanistan, the public knows about war, crime, and the opium drug trade (most of the world’s deadliest drug comes from Afghanistan).…
Myanmar: Concerns over Seized Lands Hamper Agro Plan
May 25, 2017
|
Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
Concerns have been raised on the implementation of the Agricultural Development Strategy and Investment Plan (Third Draft). The adviser to the Magwe Region Farmers’ Union,…
Liberia: Violent Land Dispute in Maryland
May 25, 2017
|
New Dawn
The land in question is occupied with palms belonging to one Dr. James Elliott, a Marylander, whocurrently resides in the United States of America.YookudiCommissioner Nathaniel…
Land Grabbing: CED Launches Platform to Denounce Land Grabs in Africa
May 25, 2017
|
Ecofin Agency
After the global call to indigenous populations to fight for their rights to land, the Centre or Environment and Development (CED) which is based in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Oil Exports Not Subject to OPEC Reduction Agreement
May 25, 2017
|
Rudaw
Kurdistan Region oil exports are not subject to OPEC’s renewed reduction targets, Iraq’s oil minister stated, adding, however, that he hopes they will be included.…
Sudan: Sudan Oil Revenue Drops to Record Lows
May 25, 2017
|
Middle East Monitor
Sudan’s daily oil production revenue has sunk to its lowest level since the secession of South Sudan almost six years ago, the minister of petroleum…
Myanmar: More Than 290 Gem Blocks Due to Expire in June
May 25, 2017
|
Eleven
Exploration activities in 291 gem blocks in Lonekhin, Hpakant, Mongshu, Moegok, Mohnyin and Nantyarseik will be discontinued in June, a source of the Ministry of…
Myanmar: Myanmar Peace Talks Must Address Natural Resource Management
May 24, 2017
|
Global Witness
On the eve of national peace talks in Myanmar, civil society groups from across the country today released a statement calling for a new approach…
Climate Change: NATO Countries Worry Trump Will undo Climate Progress, Drafts Show
May 24, 2017
|
Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News
NATO's member countries published a series of draft reports this week highlighting the economic and security risks posed by climate change, and encouraging nations to…
Myanmar: Drilling for a Dream in Myanmar
May 24, 2017
|
Adam Dean, New York Times
Nga Naung Mone is one of three oil fields near the town of Minhla, in south central Myanmar, and the largest by far. The others,…
Afghanistan: USAID Hosts Women’s Agriculture Credit Shura to Improve Lives and Livelihoods of Afghan Women Farmers
May 24, 2017
|
USAID
One of the most difficult challenges for women farmers and agriculture-related business owners in Afghanistan is the access to credit for their agriculture operations, and…
Afghanistan: Death to Land Grabbers: Protestors
May 24, 2017
|
Afghanistan Times
A large number of Logar residents on Wednesday took out to the streets to give vent to their anger against the evil practice of land…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Beautiful 'Green Zone' Offers Emeralds, Peace
May 23, 2017
|
Fox News, Hollie McKay
It has been dubbed Afghanistan's Green Zone: A pocket of paradise amid the bloody, conflict-ravaged country -- both a hidden gem and full of gems.…
Cambodia/Myanmar/Vietnam: Land Disputes Cloud Fast-Developing Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar
May 22, 2017
|
Straits Times
In countries like Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar, where weak legal systems are often accompanied by land tenures that are insecure, or difficult to obtain, tens…
Malawi/Mozambique: Water Wars Worry Lake Chiuta Fishers
May 22, 2017
|
James Chavula, The Nation
Malawian fishers on Lake Chiuta have lamented frequent armed attacks from their Mozambican neighbours despite efforts to end the conflict. The communities surrounding the 200-square-kilometre…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Boundary between Iraq, Kurdish Territory Divides Communities
May 22, 2017
|
Balint Szlanko, Associated Press
Since 2014, Iraq’s Kurds have expanded the territory they control by about half at the expense of Iraq. The status of some of these areas,…
Myanmar: Committee Will Probe Khamti Jade Mine Conflict
May 20, 2017
|
Aung Ko Oo, Mizzima
An inquiry has been launched to look in to the conflicts that happened on May 17 between the local police force and jade scavengers in…
Colombia: Major Politicians in Colombia Accused of Illegal Land Grabbing
May 20, 2017
|
Michelle Begue, CGTN
Former Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe Velez has been accused of accumulating land meant for less fortunate farmers.The Comptroller General’s report, which compiled evidence from 2013…
Liberia: CFMB, CFDC Union Want Lawmakers Pass Land Rights Bill
May 19, 2017
|
Robin Dopoe, Liberian Observer
The continued delay by lawmakers to pass into law the 2014 Land Rights Bill, which calls for the protection of community land, among other things,…
South Sudan: NGO Blames Water Pollution in S.Sudan on Oil Company
May 19, 2017
|
Daniel Pelz, Detusche Welle
Drinking water around an oil-producing area in South Sudan is heavily polluted. A German NGO puts the blame on Malaysian oil company Petronas. It has…
Sudan/South Sudan: S. Sudan Calls for Pushing Sudan on Resolving Abyei Issue
May 19, 2017
|
Xinhua
South Sudan on Friday called on the UN to push Sudan on quickly resolving the issues on the status of the contested oil-rich Abyei region…
Myanmar: Report: Burma Rapidly Losing Forest Cover
May 19, 2017
|
Irrawaddy
Satellite imagery indicates that intact forest cover in Burma has declined rapidly over the last decade, according to a study. A countrywide analysis of Landsat…
Myanmar: Mandalay Division Govt Takes Tough Line on Illegal Logging
May 19, 2017
|
Myat Pyae Phyo, Irrawaddy
Mandalay Division government will crack down on illegal logging in the area, said division minister for planning and finance U Myat Thu. The divisional government…
Colombia: Rebel Road Expansion Brings Deforestation to Remote Colombian Amazon
May 19, 2017
|
Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
Encouraged by the Colombian peace process promising infrastructure advancement across the country, local citizens and municipal governments of Miraflores and Guaviare have started construction to expand…
Morrocco/Western Sahara: Morocco Phosphate Ship Held in Panama over Western Sahara challenge: Officials
May 18, 2017
|
Patrick Markey, Reuters
Panama authorities have detained a Moroccan phosphate shipment from the disputed territory of Western Sahara after the Polisario independence movement claimed the cargo had been…
Myanmar: Screening Cancelled of Film Showing Army’s Role in Jade Trade
May 17, 2017
|
Irrawaddy
The screening of a new documentary showing Burma’s jade industry as a driving force behind the country’s armed conflict was cancelled on Wednesday after Park…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Extensive Forests Are Declining Rapidly Due to Political and Economic Change
May 17, 2017
|
Phys.org
Due to its long political and economic isolation, Myanmar has retained much of its original forest cover but much of the intact forest is unprotected…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Deploys Anti-Diver Rocket Launchers to Man-Made Island in South China Sea: Report
May 17, 2017
|
Jesse Johnson, Japan Times
China has deployed anti-frogmen rocket launchers intended to fend off Vietnamese intrusions on one of its man-made islands in the contested South China Sea, Chinese…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi official: Kurdish Black Forces at North Oil Company Seek ‘Political’ Gains
May 17, 2017
|
Rudaw
Iraq’s oil ministry has stated that the Black Force units deployed to the Kirkuk’s state-run oil company in early March are seeking “political” gains and…
Nigeria: The Water Wars in Northeast Nigeria
May 17, 2017
|
Ahmad Salkida, Sahara Reporters
In northern parts of Borno and Yobe, the raging water scarcity has led to the creation of new "water culture." The Lake Chad region is…