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Water and Peace in Middle East
Apr 2, 2018
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M. Reza Behnam
The Middle East, oil rich but water poor, with about 6 percent of the world’s population, has only 1 percent of the Earth’s renewable water…
Sun Setting on Timor-Leste’s Greater Sunrise Plan
Apr 2, 2018
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Clive Schofield and Bec Strating
On 6 March 2018, Australia and Timor-Leste signed a landmark treaty that draws permanent maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea. The treaty is the result of the…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China and Vietnam Call for Maritime Disputes to Be Settled
Apr 2, 2018
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Straits Times
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday said Beijing and Hanoi should settle their disputes in the South China Sea through talks and move to jointly…
Afghanistan: Water Ministry Warns of Drop in Water Levels
Apr 1, 2018
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
Officials from the Ministry of Energy and Water on Sunday raised concern over water resources in the country and said the total amount of running and underground…
Yemen: Houthi Militias Accused of Looting 500,000 Oil Barrels
Mar 31, 2018
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Asharq Al-Awsat
The Yemeni legitimate government accused Houti militias of starting Friday to implement a plot aiming to loot around 500,000 oil barrels from oilfields in Marib…
Iraq: Iraq Announces 11 Tender Offers for Southern Oil Exploration
Mar 31, 2018
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Rudaw
As Iraq’s 2018 budget became law this week, the Iraqi oil Ministry has announced 11 tender offers for 11 blocs bordering Iran, Kuwait, and one…
Burkina Faso: Hunger and Conflict Push Northern Burkina Faso into Crisis
Mar 31, 2018
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Nellie Peyton, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Food shortages and a jihadist uprising in northern Burkina Faso risk plunging the region into a humanitarian crisis if urgent action is not taken, aid…
Colombia: Oil Spill Kills More Than 2,400 Animals
Mar 30, 2018
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Elaina Zachos, National Geographic
At the beginning of March, an oil well in northern Colombia burst, spewing an unclear amount of oil into the Magdalena River, a principal waterway…
Liberia: Rex Tillerson's Exxon Mobil Involved in Corrupt Oil Deals in Liberia, Investigation Reveals
Mar 29, 2018
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Cristina Maza, Newsweek
Under the leadership of former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, oil giant Exxon Mobil signed a $120 million deal for an oil block in Liberia that…
Iraq: Iraq to Exclude Oil By-Products from Companies' Profit in New Contracts
Mar 29, 2018
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Reuters
Iraq will exclude oil by-products such as liquefied petroleum gas and dry gas from foreign oil companies’ revenues in new contracts expected to be awarded…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Cobalt Supplier Seeking Ethical Supply with Industry Pilot
Mar 28, 2018
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Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg
A supplier of cobalt to Apple Inc. is joining with others in the industry to try to ensure the metal used in rechargeable batteries is…
Colombia: Colombia to Formalize Land Rights of 2.5 Million Peasants
Mar 28, 2018
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Jarrod Demir, Colombia Reports
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday signed a landmark decree that would formalize the land ownership of 2.5 million Colombian farmers. The new mandate…
Liberia: Illicit Miners Raise Fears in Bong
Mar 28, 2018
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New Dawn
Some residents who spoke to this paper via mobile phone from the district say the alleged illicit miners are believed to come from Ghana, Nigeria…
Somalia: UN Security Council Makes ‘Historic’ Warning on Climate Threat to Somalia
Mar 28, 2018
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Zak Derler, Climate Change News
The United Nations Security Council has formally recognised climate change as a destabilising factor in Somalia. In a resolution adopted on Tuesday as part of a renewed mandate for assistance…
Liberia: Appointment at LEITI Draws More Ire – Partners Threaten Pullout
Mar 28, 2018
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Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, FrontPage Africa
The situation at the Liberia Extractive Industries Initiatives following the appointment of Gabriel Nyenka is degenerating into chaos as several stakeholder organizations are now threatening…
Afghanistan: As Kabul Grows, Clean Water a Step Toward State Legitimacy in Afghanistan
Mar 28, 2018
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Mohammad Shoaib Haidary, Asia Foundation
In 2050, Kabul’s population is expected to reach 9 million, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the world. People are flocking to…
How War Games Can Help South Asia Respond to Climate Change
Mar 27, 2018
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Tariq Waseem Ghazi and Rachel Fleishman
Over the past few weeks, this year’s iteration of a major U.S.-led multinational military exercise, the Pacific Partnership, has been playing out, and it will continue…
Student Video Contest for Environmental Peacebuilding MOOC Participants
Mar 27, 2018
The Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace has launched a “student spotlight” video contest to highlight the diverse work and interests…
Afghaistan: Sesame Oil Production in Balkh
Mar 27, 2018
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Economic Times
Roughly 300,000 litres of sesame oil are produced using the traditional method each year in Balkh, according to Zabihullah Zubin, a director at the provincial…
Iraq: Iraq May Build Oil Storage in Japan, South Korea to Drive Asian Sales
Mar 27, 2018
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq is studying the possibility of building crude oil storage facilities in South Korea and Japan as part of a plan to increase sales to…
Nigeria: Area Coordinator
Mar 26, 2018
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale has been working in Sierra Leone since 1971. COOPI is currently implementing several projects in Sierra Leone mainly in the areas of…
Myanmar: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist - Community Strengthening Project
Mar 26, 2018
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering,…
Jordan: Shelter & WASH Project Manager- Syria
Mar 26, 2018
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. NRC works in crises across 31 countries, where it helps save…
Burkina Faso: Technical Component Lead – Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) II, Niger and Burkina Faso
Mar 26, 2018
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Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering,…
Afghanistan: Insurgents Profit from Afghan Pistachio
Mar 26, 2018
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Benafsha Benish, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Residents of the northwestern province of Baghdis, home to Afghanistan’s highest concentration of pistachio forests, warn that armed gangs and Taleban fighters have taken over…
Afghanistan: Nut Jihad: Taliban Makes Millions from Pistachio Farms
Mar 26, 2018
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David Brennan, Newsweek
Heroin production, arms smuggling, kidnappings; the Taliban funds its ongoing war in Afghanistan with a wide range of illegal activities, putting its war-footing fund-raising ahead…
DRC Mining Industry Is a Prime Example of How Corporate Power Threatens Women’s Rights
Mar 25, 2018
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Valerie Bah
On a research trip to the Kamituga gold mine in her home province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), activist Marie-Rose…
Myanmar: More Than 160 Villages in Ayeyarwady May Face Water Scarcity This Summer
Mar 25, 2018
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Nilar Soe, Eleven
A total of 168 villages in 56 village-tract of Ayeyarwady region may face a shortage of water during this summer, according to Rural Development Department.…
DRC: Miners Launch Bid to Avert Punishing New Taxes in DRC
Mar 25, 2018
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Jon Yeomans, Telegraph
Some of the world’s biggest mining companies are set to open negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday over a new mining code that…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Faces Severe Clean Water Shortage
Mar 25, 2018
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Tony Birtly, Al Jazeera
Afghanistan’s water crisis is one of the acutest in Asia. Less than a third of the country's population has access to clean drinking water. Thousands…