International
Myanmar: Thanlwin Dams Only Benefit China: Activists
Sep 8, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Chinese-sponsored dam projects on the Thanlwin River are unacceptable because of their environmental impact while the benefits will go to China and Thailand, activists from…
Colombia: Owner of Land Where FARC is Set to Demobilize Assassinated
Sep 8, 2016
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
The owner of a plot of land in southwest Colombia that was designated to host a concentration camp for demobilizing and disarming FARC guerrillas has been assassinated, her…
Liberia: Low Income, Adaptive Capacity Makes Liberia Vulnerable to Climate Change
Sep 8, 2016
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Henry Karmo, FrontPageAfrica
Recently, Liberia has experienced pest infestation in Bong County and rainstorms in several parts of the country as well as flood in Monrovia and its…
Myanmar: The Lost Forests of Myanmar [Photos]
Sep 7, 2016
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Ledger Independent
These hills were once so thick with trees that condemned criminals were sent here to die. Today, illegal logging has left only a handful of…
Liberia: Liberian Speaker's Resignation Enhances Land Bill Approval, Reducing Land Rights Protests but 2017 Electoral Unrest Risk Remains
Sep 7, 2016
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Corinne Archer, IHS Jane's Intelligence Weekly
Liberia's speaker of the house, Alex Tyler, formerly of the ruling Unity Party, stepped down on 1 September over his alleged role in a corruption…
Myanmar: More Timber Found on Military Research Compound
Sep 7, 2016
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Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times
Another 11 tonnes of illegal timber was confiscated from a former wood factory within a forest area cordoned off for military research on September 1,…
Myanmar: Collapsed Dam Destroys Homes in Mon State
Sep 7, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
A dam collapsed in Aung Thukha Ward, Kyaikkhami, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, on September 2, causing several homes to flood.
Iraq: Iraq Puts out More Oil Fires at Northern Field, Some Still Burning
Sep 6, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but…
Liberia: New US$4M Slaughter House Revamps Meat Value Chain
Sep 5, 2016
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Omari Jackson, Liberian Observer
The proprietors of the newly established Careysburg Slaughter House envision a revamped meat industry marked by the highest safety quality standards and an enhanced value…
Colombia: Colombia’s War Has Displaced 7 Million. With Peace, Will They Go Home?
Sep 5, 2016
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Nick Miroff, Washington Post
In the nation with more internal refugees than any other, you won’t find the uprooted and the dispossessed huddled in tent camps or fleeing in…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Backing Oil Development before Hague Ruling
Sep 3, 2016
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Hamish McDonald, Saturday Paper
Timor-Leste’s government has insisted that gas and oil from the discovery called Greater Sunrise be brought for processing to Timor’s coast. Timor-Leste has stepped up…
Iraq: Oil Fires in Iraq Seen from above [Photos]
Sep 3, 2016
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Nathan Yau, Flowing Data
On August 17, 2016, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired an image of dense smoke plumes roughly 50 kilometers (30 miles) south…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Zebari: Erbil-Baghdad Will Equally Share Oil Export Revenues
Sep 3, 2016
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Rudaw
Iraqi Finance Minister Hosyar Zebari said Saturday that revenues from a recent oil accord between Baghdad and Erbil are to be shared equally, adding that “a very…
Myanmar: Myanmar Forest-Cutting Continues Despite Government Efforts
Sep 2, 2016
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Esther Htusane, Associated Press
The hills of northern Myanmar's Sagaing region were so legendarily thick with forests that in the days of kings, condemned criminals were ordered into the…
Conflict Minerals: Can Blockchain Help Curb the Flow of Blood Diamonds?
Sep 2, 2016
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Prableen Bajpai, Nasdaq
The more precious the asset, the higher the probability of people committing crime to gain a share in it. Diamonds are no exception. The $80…
Iraq: This Oil Fire in Iraq Has Been Burning for 3 Months
Sep 2, 2016
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Marisa Gertz, Time
NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite first captured images of the black smoke plumes south of Mosul in early June. Since then, the fire has steadily continued…
Myanmar: Over 300 Jade Mining Permits to Expire This Month
Sep 1, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Permits for 321 jade and gems blocks will expire in September, the government has said, and will not be renewed, under an industry-wide freeze on…
DRC: The Population of Shabunda Deserve to Benefit from Their Own Country’s Mineral Wealth
Sep 1, 2016
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Mining Journal
The demands from the minister, Martin Kabwelulu, came after a Global Witness investigation showed up to US$17 million of gold produced by privately held Kun…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq, Kurdistan Jointly Export Kirkuk Oil Again: Trading Sources
Sep 1, 2016
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Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
Iraqi state oil firm SOMO and Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have begun jointly exporting crude from the giant Kirkuk oilfield again after cutting a…
Somalia: UN Worried La Nina Will Worsen 'Dire' Drought in Somalia
Sep 1, 2016
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Katy Migiro, Reuters
The La Nina weather phenomenon is likely to worsen drought and hunger in Somalia, especially in the north where many people and their animals are…
Myanmar: Tanintharyi Govt Eyes Unused Farmland
Aug 31, 2016
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times
The Tanintharyi Region government has announced it will take back undeveloped land from companies that have failed to implement proposed agriculture projects, but will need…
Liberia: Ellen Signs Criminal Conveyance Act
Aug 31, 2016
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New Dawn
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has signed into law an “Act against Criminal Conveyance of Land” following its passage by both Houses of the Legislature. According to…
Colombia: Colombia Asks FAO to Collaborate in Implementation of Peace Agreements
Aug 31, 2016
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EIN News
The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, have asked FAO to collaborate in the implementation of the first point of…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Says All Will Lose in Any South China Sea War
Aug 31, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang warned on Tuesday there would be no winners in any armed conflict sparked by territorial disputes in the South China…
Afghanistan: In Afghanistan’s Farm Belt, Women Lead Unions and Find New Status
Aug 31, 2016
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Mujib Mashal, New York Times
In this lush farm belt deep in central Afghanistan, women have been the organizing force behind a new wave of small village farm unions. That…
China/South China Sea: China, ASEAN Eye Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea —Sources
Aug 31, 2016
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Michaela del Callar, GMA News
Amid mounting worries over territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, Chinese and Southeast Asian leaders plan to establish an emergency diplomatic hotline and adopt…
Iran/Iraq: Iran, Iraq in Talks for Crude Oil Swap, amid Baghdad's Revenue Dispute with KRG
Aug 31, 2016
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Platts
Iran may allow neighboring rival Iraq to export crude oil through its territory, though any plan to do so would have to overcome several hurdles,…
DRC: 'Clean up' Artisanal Mining Sector in South Kivu, DRC Minister Warns after Gold Rush Exposé
Aug 31, 2016
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Romil Patel, International Business Times
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) mines minister has called for a "genuine clean up" of South Kivu's mining sector. Martin Kabwelulu issued the call…
Liberia: Extractive Revenue Drops from US$135M in 2014 to US$100M in 2015 LEITI's 8th Report Revealed
Aug 31, 2016
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Global News Network
The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) his disclosed that direct government revenue from the extractive industries dropped from US$135.3m in the Fiscal Year 2013/2014…
Iraq: Iraq Blacklists Three Oil Tankers for Shipping Kurdish Crude
Aug 30, 2016
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Zainab Calcuttawala, OilPrice.com
Three tankers that shipped crude from Kurdistan have been blacklisted by the Iraqi State Organization for the Marketing of Oil (SOMO) in a move designed…