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Myanmar: Vice President Says Country Needs National Land Law
Oct 8, 2018
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Pyae Thet Phyo, Myanmar Times
Second Vice President U Henry Van Thio said parliament needs to enact a National Land Law that can deal with the challenges facing the country…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Water Shortage Displaces Thousands in Badghis [Video]
Oct 8, 2018
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Al Jazeera
More than three million people are suffering from a devastating drought in Afghanistan. There’s been no rain for months and crops have all failed, forcing…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Update: Kurdistan and the Battle Over Oil
Oct 8, 2018
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New York Times
In an election that did not capture the attention of most of the world, residents of the semiautonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq voted in a…
Conflict Minerals: UN Truck Overturns Carrying Sacks of Illegal Minerals
Oct 8, 2018
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Taarifa
The United Nations truck which overturned this morning has been found to be carrying illegal minerals – this has attracted a lot of criticism. Some…
South Sudan: Project Manager Food Security and Livelihoods
Oct 6, 2018
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Delegates
Oct 6, 2018
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Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS) is a not for profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to helping Canadians, as well as the most vulnerable throughout the…
Livelihoods Knowledge Management and Capability Manager
Oct 6, 2018
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World Vision
World Vision International is a humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization.
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Provides expert advise and stewardship to the Livelihoods Sector Communities of Practice coordinators/CoP…
Syria: Food Security and Livelihood Project Manager
Oct 6, 2018
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Syria: Food Security and Livelihoods Technical Coordinator
Oct 6, 2018
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Iraq: Project Manager WASH
Oct 6, 2018
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ACTED
ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Mali: Project Manager- Global Program Sustainable Water Management for Food Security
Oct 6, 2018
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Caritas Switzerland
Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 165 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Collectively and individually their…
Myanmar: Conflict Sensitivity Expert
Oct 6, 2018
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…
Cambodia: Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Oct 6, 2018
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Landel Mills Limited
Landell Mills has recently been shortlisted for the Asian Development Bank project ‘Agricultural Value Chain Infrastructure Improvement’ Project in Cambodia and is looking to source…
Iraq: Food Security and Livelihoods Head of Department
Oct 5, 2018
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Contre la Faim is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children…
Somalia: Assessment Assistant in Gender Based Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis
Oct 5, 2018
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Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Minerals: A Looted Economic Hope for Stability
Oct 5, 2018
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Gul Maqsood Sabit, Diplomat
The insurgency in Afghanistan has gained strength and the government’s influence has shrunk despite significant international efforts since 2001 when the world intervened in Afghanistan.…
Afghanistan: CENTAR Announces Signing of Historic Afghan Gold and Copper Mining Agreements
Oct 5, 2018
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Business Wire
CENTAR Limited, the mining and exploration investment company, and its operating company Afghan Gold and Minerals Company (AGMC), today announced they will sign contracts with…
South Sudan: Peace via Oil – How Hydrocarbons Are Fueling Reconciliation
Oct 4, 2018
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Luris Mulla
Once again South Sudan’s warring parties, President Salva Kiir and his former Vice President Riek Machar and other opposition groups, have signed a new peace…
Nigeria: Environmental Cooperation as a Pathway to Resolve Nigeria’s Deadly Farmer-Herder Conflicts
Oct 4, 2018
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UN Environment
Nigeria’s central Middle Belt region is home to a diverse cultural population of semi-nomadic cattle herders and farming communities. For decades, the region has experienced…
Iraq: Iraq to Cut Winter Crop Area by 55 Percent on Water Shortages
Oct 4, 2018
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Reuters
Iraq’s agriculture ministry said on Thursday it would reduce its 2018-2019 winter crop planting area by 55 percent due to a water shortage. Iraq will…
Afghanistan: “If the Water Finishes, We Will Leave”: Drought Is Forcing Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans from Their Homes [Photos]
Oct 4, 2018
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Stefanie Glinski
The severe drought has dried up riverbeds and water sources, withered crops, and forced 250,000 people from their homes. Journalist Stefanie Glinski spent a week…
Nigeria/South Sudan: South Sudan Minister Focuses on New Oil & Gas Regulations in Nigeria Visit
Oct 4, 2018
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Africa Oil & Gas
South Sudan has reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of new local content regulations in oil & gas, during a meeting between Minister of Petroleum…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Inspect All 235 Dams after Spillway Collapse in August
Oct 4, 2018
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Leong Wai Kit, Channel News Asia
Myanmar has set up a special task force to inspect all 235 dams in the country, after a spillway collapse in August flooded as many…
Myanmar: Myanmar Torches Illegal Wildlife Stockpile Worth $1.3M to Deter Smugglers
Oct 4, 2018
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Reuters
Myanmar authorities destroyed hundreds of seized elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal parts, worth a total of $1.3 million on the black market, on…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Transboundary Water Cooperation: An Instrument for Peace
Oct 3, 2018
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Zia Hashmi and Amjad Masood, Daily Times
After the Pakistan General Elections 2018, the upcoming government has revealed the broad layout of its policies through the victory speech and the inaugural address…
Myanmar: Farmers, Activists Demand Overhaul of Land Laws
Oct 3, 2018
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Hein Ko Soe, Frontier Myanmar
More than 600 farmers, activists and lawyers called for comprehensive land law reform at a conference held in the hills near Pyin Oo Lwin in…
Colombia: Indigenous Communities Reject Land Reform
Oct 3, 2018
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teleSUR
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) demanded the Tribunal of Bogota to halt a proposed reform bill on the Law of Land and to…
Myanmar: Dolphin-Enabled Livelihood on the Ayeyarwady
Oct 2, 2018
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Maizura Ismail, Asean Post
On a stretch of the Ayeyarwady river, also known as the Irrawaddy river, near Myanmar’s Mandalay, fishermen from six villages work hand-in-fin with 26 Irrawaddy…
Food Security: UNGA Side Event Elicits Ways to Break Conflict-Hunger Cycle
Oct 2, 2018
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Ana Maria Lebada, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Officials from governments and international organizations discussed ways to address the link between conflict and hunger, in order to reduce both. They called for increased…
Is SAARC Prepared to Combat Climate Change and Its Security Risks?
Oct 1, 2018
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Florian Krampe and Ashok Swain
Though India is now pushing for BIMSTEC, geography dictates that it cannot ignore SAARC. South Asia is extremely vulnerable to a range of climate impacts,…