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Afghanistan: Livelihoods Coordinator
Dec 12, 2018
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…
Myanmar: Livelihoods and Food Security Specialist
Dec 12, 2018
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UN Office for Project Services
UNOPS Myanmar is one of UNOPS’ leading offices in Asia, acting as fund manager for three of the largest development programmes in the country, namely…
Kenya: Chief of Party- Multiyear Assistance (Food for Peace)
Dec 12, 2018
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Academic Officer for Migration and Environmental Programme
Dec 12, 2018
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United Nations University
The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars, engaged in research, postgraduate teaching and capacity development and dissemination of knowledge in furthering…
Cameroon: Environmental Health Coordinator
Dec 12, 2018
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC…
Yemen: WASH Coordinator - Integrated Humanitarian Assistance to Yemen
Dec 12, 2018
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FHI 360
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization based in North Carolina. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.…
Timor-Leste: President of Timor-Leste Vetoes Changes to the Oil Operations Law
Dec 12, 2018
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Macauhub
The President of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has vetoed a set of amendments to the oil operations law focused on financing the purchase of two holdings…
Conflict Minerals: Responsible Minerals Initiative Releases Blockchain Guidelines to Drive Alignment in Mineral Supply Chain Due Diligence
Dec 12, 2018
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Responsible Business Alliance
The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), a coalition of leading companies dedicated to improving the security and human rights conditions in their mineral supply chains, today…
Afghanistan: Red Gold: Afghanistan Saffron Production Grows
Dec 12, 2018
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Phys.org
Authorities struggling to wean farmers off the highly profitable opium poppy trade are hoping to use saffron as an attractive alternative. And the results are…
Myanmar: Log Exports to Be Permitted to Lure Timber Plantations
Dec 11, 2018
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Thiha Ko Ko, Myanmar Times
The Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has been planning to permit the export of logs harvested from private timber…
Liberia: Five Counties ‘Red Zones’ for Land Conflicts in Liberia
Dec 11, 2018
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has said Liberia continues to experience huge land conflicts in Montserrado, Margibi, Nimba, Bong, and Grand Bassa counties as these…
Syria: Syrian Civilians Seize Oil Wells from Rebel Group
Dec 11, 2018
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Irina Slav, OilPrice
A large group of Syrian civilians took control over several oil wells in eastern Syria after clashes with rebel group Syrian Democratic Forces, Iranian Fars…
South Sudan: South Sudan's Oil Suitors Still Skeptical over Security
Dec 11, 2018
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Ian Lewis, Petroleum Economist
An agreement under which South African state-controlled companies could invest as much as $1bn in South Sudanese energy projects, including a refinery, is welcome news…
Myanmar: Renewed Calls to Stop Dam Construction in Shan
Dec 11, 2018
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Naw Betty Han, Washington Post
Shan communities and local members of parliaments have renewed their opposition to two dams being built in Namtu and Nam Teng rivers in Shan State…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Hopeful about Replacing Opium Crops with Saffron
Dec 11, 2018
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Mohammad Sadiq Rashtinai and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
At a sprawling government agricultural research farm in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, workers are now picking tiny purple flowers. Officials in the region…
Governments Reflect on Key Elements of Peacebuilding, Sustaining Peace
Dec 11, 2018
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Catherine Benson Wahlén, International Institute for Sustainable Development
The UN Security Council discussed peacebuilding and sustaining peace in the context of post-conflict reconstruction, security and stability, in a debate on 5 December 2018.…
DRC: This Congo Project Could Supply the World with Lithium
Dec 10, 2018
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Frik Els, Mining.com
Manono project became the world’s largest non-brine lithium resource after the Perth-based company released the maiden estimate for its 60%-owned project in the southern Congo…
Liberia: “Data Is a Serious Problem for Agriculture Sector”
Dec 10, 2018
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David A. Yates, Observer
Agriculture Minister Dr. Mogana Flomo says the lack of agriculture data remains a serious challenge to the sector, “because data collection is a serious problem…
Nigeria: The Ordinary People Keeping the Peace in Nigeria’s Deadly Land Feuds
Dec 10, 2018
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Max Bearak, Washington Post
Nigeria’s population has grown exponentially and is projected to surpass the United States’ by 2050, although Nigeria is 11 times smaller in area than the…
Afghanistan: Afghan Villagers Face Hunger as Fighting Cuts Northern Roads
Dec 10, 2018
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Matin Sahak, Reuters
Villagers in the northern Afghan province of Faryab have appealed to the government for help after being cut off from food supplies for weeks by…
Afghanistan: Armed Groups, MPs, Officials Involved in Illegal Mining: MEC
Dec 10, 2018
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Anisa Shaheed, TOLOnews
The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) on Monday released its first report on extraction of mines in the country, in which it…
Colombia: Miners Operating in Colombia Accused of Forcing People off Their Land
Dec 9, 2018
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Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, Mining.com
Colombian Forjando Futuros foundation issued a report accusing 33 companies and 150 individuals, both foreign and Colombian, of forcing people living in rural communities off…
Opinion: Connecting The Dots- Land Rights And Inclusive Economic Growth in Colombia
Dec 8, 2018
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Jolene Sanjak
With no shortage of development dollars flowing to Colombia, how can that investment translate into an inclusive model of private sector-led economic growth? And how…
Afghanistan: 'Worst Drought I Have Seen': Afghan Farmers Forced to Flee
Dec 7, 2018
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Phys.org
Wheat and opium farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai, 80, has never seen a drought as bad as the one ravaging western Afghanistan where more than 250,000…
Colombia: 'Forgiveness Is to Remember Without Pain': FARC Ex-Combatants Live Fragile Peace in Colombia
Dec 7, 2018
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Albin Hillert, SOJO
Following the 2016 peace treaty between FARC and the Colombian government, Rubén and a group of ex-combatant families purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of…
At What Cost to Develop Timor-Leste’s Oil Resources?
Dec 6, 2018
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Vijayalakshmi Menon
In March, Timor-Leste and Australia signed a treaty resolving the issue of the long-disputed maritime boundaries between the two countries. This treaty recognised Australia’s and…
New Zealand: Food Scarcity, Land Disputes: New Zealand Defence Force Issues Alarming Climate Forecast
Dec 6, 2018
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Zane Small, NewsHub
The New Zealand Defence force has issued a stark warning about the effects of climate change and how it will be forced to adapt to…
Yemen: Almost Four Years of Conflict Leads to Declaration of Catastrophic Food Security Conditions in Yemen
Dec 6, 2018
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CARE
As pockets of famine-like conditions are announced in parts of Yemen and the majority of the population are shown to be suffering from emergency or…
Colombia: Their Waters Wrested Away, Colombia's Island Fishermen Lament - and Learn
Dec 6, 2018
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
“But we can’t fish there. I’m afraid to go there,” fisherman Oreste Howard laments, as his small one-engine motor boat bobs in the breeze. The…
The New Rebels of Colombia's Forests
Dec 5, 2018
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Lucy Sherriff
Colombian forests had protected Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fighters from attacks and surveillance. In turn, FARC’s presence in the Magdalena River Valley, nestled…