International
Liberia: GROW-Liberia Launches Innovative Agriculture Programme
May 4, 2015
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Front Page Africa
GROW Liberia officially launches its landmark “Making Markets Work for the Poor” (M4P) agricultural market development programmed on the seventh of May.
The GROW-led M4P…
Timor-Leste: George Brandis Hands Over to East Timor Docs Seized by ASIO
May 3, 2015
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Tom Allard, Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian government has agreed to return legal documents and data seized by ASIO to the East Timorese government. It is the latest twist in a…
Iraq: Source: Islamic State Attacks Iraq’s Biggest Oil Refinery with Suicide Bombers and Car Bombs
May 3, 2015
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Benjamin Gilbert , Vice
Fierce fighting has erupted at Iraq's largest oil refinery after militant fighters with the so-called Islamic State (IS) used suicide bombers, car bombs, rockets, and mortars…
South Sudan: South Sudan Seeks to Generate Non-Oil Revenues through Economic Diversification
May 3, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudanese government said its economy needed urgent diversification to wean it from depending on oil in long term response to the economic crisis, urging…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Welcomes Australia's Return of Spying Documents Seized by Asio
May 3, 2015
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Daniel Hurst, The Guardian
The Timor-Leste government has praised a decision by the Australian government to return documents about past spying that were at the centre of raids by…
Myanmar: Moving the Earth: Women Take On Land Aggressors
May 3, 2015
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Sonya Carassik Ratty, Democratic Voice of Burma
From the platinum reserves in eastern Shan State to the Shwe gas pipeline in south-western Arakan, much of Burma’s wealth lies in the earth. As…
China/South China Sea: Making Waves
May 2, 2015
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The Economist
In November, after months of frantic land reclamation in the South China Sea aimed at boosting its vast territorial claim there, China tried a subtler…
China/South China Sea: China is Building Mobile Islands in the East Sea
May 2, 2015
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VietNamNet Bridge
In relation to warnings about American experts on China’s manufacturing of a series of "mobile islands" in the East Sea, marine expert Phan Vinh Tri,…
Cote d’Ivoire/Liberia: Trouble at Liberia/Ivorian Border, Land Encroachment by Ivorians Gives Rise to Serious Conflict between Both Countries
May 1, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
Report from Liberia/Ivorians border speaks of serious conflict between citizens of both Countries following report that the citizens of Ivory Coast have resolved to encroach…
Liberia: Senator Proposes Oil Benefit Bill
Apr 30, 2015
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Necus M. Andrews, The NEWS
A bill seeking for the allocation of five percent of the rights and interest in each petroleum block has been introduced at the Liberian Senate.…
Land Grabbing: Banks and Pension Funds Continue to Bankroll Deforestation and Land Grabs
Apr 30, 2015
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Andrew Simms, The Guardian
Whether its food you’re putting in your mouth, or products you’re putting on your body, the probability is that half of them contain palm oil.…
Iraq: IS Expands in Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery
Apr 30, 2015
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Xinhua News Agency
The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Thursday captured more ground in the vast oil refinery of Baiji in Iraq's Salahudin province, while battles with…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Buys Submarine-Launched Land Attack Missiles to Deter China
Apr 30, 2015
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Greg Torode, Reuters
Vietnam is arming its expanding submarine fleet with land attack missiles that could be capable of reaching Chinese coastal cities, a choice of weapon likely…
Myanmar: Blood Teak: How Myanmar's Natural Resources Fuel Ethnic Conflicts
Apr 30, 2015
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Jay Benson, The Diplomat
On March 30, the government of Myanmar and an umbrella group of 16 ethnic minority groups agreed to a draft agreement for a “nationwide ceasefire”…
Liberia: Liberia's Postwar Constitution Review - a Tale of Mistrust and Uncertainty
Apr 30, 2015
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Richard Akum and Mainlehwon Vonhm, African Arguments
When under review, a constitution (the supreme law of the land) reveals issues of collective angst within the land. In Liberia, the process to review…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Regional Gov’t to Raise Oil Exports to Turkey
Apr 29, 2015
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Andalou Agency
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq will increase its oil exports to Turkey and deliver up to 625,000 barrels per day starting from…
China/Philippines/Vietnam/South China Sea: China Fires Back at South China Sea Claimants with Reclamation Accusations
Apr 29, 2015
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Reuters
After facing weeks of criticism about its reclamation work on disputed islands in the South China Sea, China on Wednesday turned the tables on Vietnam,…
Ghana/Cote d’Ivoire: Tribunal Tells Ghana to Suspend Oil Drilling
Apr 28, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, Global News Network
An international tribunal on Saturday ordered Ghana not to carry out any new oil drilling activities in waters disputed with Ivory Coast, pending a final…
Iraq: ISIS Executes Oil Workers in Mosul
Apr 28, 2015
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Middle East Monitor
ISIS fighters have executed ten oil workers in the city of Mosul, a Kurdish information official reported on Monday. According to Said Momzini, the ten…
Colombia: A Lesson in Booms and Busts for Latin America’s Newest Oil Power
Apr 28, 2015
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Andrea Jaramillo and Andrew Willis, Bloomberg
In a remote corner of Bogota’s sprawling airport complex, just a few miles before the city gives way to wind-swept savanna, a gleaming-white hangar stands…
Colombia: Officials Urge End to Herbicide’s Use on Coca
Apr 28, 2015
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William Neuman, New York Times
Colombia’s Health Ministry has recommended halting the spraying of an herbicide widely used in an American-funded campaign to eradicate crops of coca, the plant used…
Africa: African Diamond Producers Refuse to Support Beneficiation With Mining Revenue
Apr 27, 2015
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Ronen Shnidman, Rapaport
Africa’s major diamond producing nations expressed unwillingness to compromise government revenue from rough diamond sales to support local manufacturers in the current weak market. "We…
Mali: Drought, Expanding Deserts and 'Food for Jihad' Drive Mali's Conflict
Apr 27, 2015
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Chris Arsenault, Reuters
Life has never been easy in Moussa Majga's corner of northern Mali, a desert region of leafless trees, mud huts and roaming gunmen. For years,…
Liberia: 'Pay Our Land Rental Fees'
Apr 27, 2015
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The NEWS
The National Union of Community Forest Development Committees (NUCFDC) is calling on the Liberian Government to disburse its share of the Land Rental Fees. The…
Nepal: Nepal Villages Cut Off by Earthquake Wait for Aid as Death Toll Passes 4,000
Apr 27, 2015
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Thomas Fuller and Ellen Barry, New York Times
Five hours by car from Katmandu, then by foot for several miles past the spot where the road is blocked by boulders and mud, people…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Falling Prices, Rising Threats Cool Interest in Kurdish Oil
Apr 26, 2015
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Bram Janssen and Paul Schemm, Associated Press
The hall for the Irbil Oil and Gas Exhibition this week was crowded with company displays, executives and investors. But conspicuously absent were international oil…
South Sudan: Sudd Institute Reports Cover-Up of South Sudan Oil Spills
Apr 26, 2015
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Radio Tamazuj
An independent South Sudanese research organization has found that none of the environmental transparency provisions of the Petroleum Act 2012 are being enforced, in particular…
South Sudan: South Sudan Capital Hit by Drinking Water Shortages
Apr 26, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
Residents in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, say there is no clean drinking water in the city which serves as the seat of the government,…
Palestine: How Israel’s War Has Left Gaza Dry
Apr 25, 2015
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Kate Shuttleworth, The National
A tanker pulls up on a dirt road outside a two-level house where five families live. Three men jump out and unwind a plastic hose…
Iraq: Low Oil Prices Limit Iraq’s Output Growth
Apr 23, 2015
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Andy Tully, OilPrice.com
Iraq, still reeling from the US invasion and now fighting ISIS, has been trying to increase its oil output, but two energy giants, Britain’s BP…