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The Next “Day Zero”: Water Scarcity and Political Instability beyond Cape Town
Mar 24, 2018
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Nazia Hussain
Cape Town is running dry. But thanks to its sophisticated water management efforts, the city may ride out the crisis. However, other cities that lack these capacities are…
Iraq: A War for Oil #2: Iraq's New Deals Make Case for Invasion
Mar 23, 2018
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Inam Ahmed and Shakhawat Liton, Daily Star
Planning for the Iraq invasion started much before the real attack, as soon as Iraq signed oil contracts with Russia, China and France. The US…
Colombia: Colombia Scraps Amazon Highway Plans Due to Deforestation Concerns
Mar 23, 2018
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos declared earlier this month that a controversial highway project that would cut through the Amazon will not be completed. Santos…
Africa: No More Tax-Evasions: Mineral-Rich African Countries Demand More from Mining
Mar 23, 2018
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Thomas Collins, African Business
In the past few months a number of mineral-rich African nations have sought to re-balance relations with international mining firms to secure a greater share…
Water Wars: River-Sharing Deals Mean Water War 'Is a Myth', Says Global Water Body
Mar 23, 2018
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Karla Mendes, Reuters
Agreements between countries that share the same river have helped to avoid about 1,800 conflicts in the past 50 years, the World Water Council (WWC)…
DRC: Cobalt Blockchain Inc. Announces Definitive Joint Venture Agreements on Cobalt Projects in the DRC and Filing of Cobalt Trading and Export License
Mar 22, 2018
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PR Newswire
Cobalt Blockchain Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into two definitive joint venture agreements for cobalt/copper concessions in the Democratic Republic of…
Chad/Niger/Nigeria: Better Governance of Underfunded, Poorly Managed Lake Chad Basin Key to Resolving Conflict, Suffering across Region, Speakers Tell Security Council
Mar 22, 2018
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UN Security Council
The environmental monitoring network in the Lake Chad Basin was inadequate, sparse, poorly funded and badly operated, a representative of the commission overseeing its management…
Myanmar: Hundreds in Myanmar Protest Lack of Payment for Land Confiscated for Pipeline Project
Mar 22, 2018
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Radio Free Asia
About 600 Myanmar protesters on Thursday demanded compensation from the Sino-Myanmar operators of dual pipelines in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state for land they confiscated for…
Liberia: Historical Injustices Should Be Addressed by Land Authority
Mar 22, 2018
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Abednego Davis, Liberian Observer
Dr. Yahannees Gebremedhin, Chief of Party of USAID- funded Land Governance Support Activities on Wednesday said that for Liberians to feel the relevance of the…
Colombia: Colombia Is Trying to Root out the Cocaine Trade, but Farmers Are Relying on It as an 'Insurance Policy'
Mar 22, 2018
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Christopher Woody, Business Insider
Colombia has faced pressure from the US to clamp down on the cocaine surge, but there were a variety of factors that drove it through…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene: First Response in Conflicts & Natural Disasters
Mar 21, 2018
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Sanjay Wijesekera
When disaster strikes, or conflict rages, families soon discover their most urgent need – water. In such precarious situations, access is usually limited or non-existent,…
Emergency Management Specialist
Mar 21, 2018
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is committed to supporting Member Countries and Partners in preparing for and responding to disasters…
Kenya: Regional Emergency Response & Disaster Risk Reduction Program Coordinator
Mar 21, 2018
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Church World Service
Church World Service (CWS) is an International Non-Governmental Organization founded in 1946. The mission of CWS is to transform communities around the globe through just…
Myanmar: Village Link Launches Cutting-Edge Digital Communication Platform for Farmers
Mar 21, 2018
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Mizzima
Village Link, a leading digital service company in Myanmar, officially introduces Htwet Toe, an innovative agri-mobile application for the farmers of Myanmar that aims to…
Liberia: ArcelorMittal Liberia under House Probe
Mar 21, 2018
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Leroy M. Sonpon III, Liberian Observer
The Plenary of the House of Representatives has mandated the committees on Lands, Mines and Energy; the Judiciary, Investment, and Labor to investigate Arcelor Mittal…
Iraq: The Savior of Iraq’s Garden of Eden Says He Knows How to Stop the Next Big War
Mar 21, 2018
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Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffington Post
Azzam Alwash, the man credited with restoring the Iraqi marshlands believed to be the biblical garden of Eden, is ready to say something controversial: He…
South Sudan: US Targets South Sudan Oil Firms with Sanctions to Choke off War Funds
Mar 21, 2018
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Lesley Wroughton and Timothy Gardner, Reuters
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 15 South Sudanese oil operators that it said were important sources of cash for the government, an…
Liberia: Consultancy to Conduct a Legal Review of Carbon Rights in Liberia
Mar 20, 2018
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Conservation International
Conservation International's goal is to protect nature as a source of food, fresh water, livelihoods and a stable climate. CI's work focuses on science, policy,…
A Paradigm for Peace: Celebrating “Environmental Peacemaking”
Mar 20, 2018
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Wilson Center
“Most fundamentally, we turned the ‘resource scarcity drives conflict’ argument on its head and asked, ‘Can environmental interdependence drive cooperation in ways that can be…
DRC: What Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mining Reform Means for Africa
Mar 20, 2018
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Stephen Yeboah, BBN Times
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has undertaken a bold reform in its mining sector. This month, DRC’s its president Joseph Kabila signed into law…
Myanmar: Protest against Myanma Gems Bill-2017 Held in Hpakant
Mar 20, 2018
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Aung Hein Min, Eleven
A protest against the Myanma Gems Bill-2017 yesterday was held in Hpakant Township, Kachin State jointly organized by Kachin National Congress-KNC, Kachin Democratic Party-KDP and…
How Oil Drives the South China Sea Conflict
Mar 19, 2018
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Tim Daiss
While it’s no secret that China has been intensifying its building frenzy, including military installations on islands, reefs and inlets in the heavily disputed South…
Q&A: Getting Women's Land Rights Recognized
Mar 19, 2018
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Philippine Sutz
Philippine Sutz describes work under way to help secure land rights for women in Senegal and Tanzania, and explains how accessing land gives them greater…
Iraq: The Explosive Battle to Build an Iraqi National Park [Photos]
Mar 19, 2018
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Peter Schwartzstein, National Geographic
If a determined band of local environmentalists get their way, all this might soon form part of Iraq’s first international standard national park. Undeterred by…
Liberia: Forest Dependents Hold Consultation on Community Resources Management
Mar 19, 2018
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FrontPage Africa
Under the auspices of the Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP), a team from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headed by the LFSP Focal Person, Z.…
Myanmar: ‘Excessive Mining’ Blamed for Kachin Water Shortage
Mar 19, 2018
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Aung Hein Min, Eleven
Residents of Kachin State have said “excessive jade mining” is a reason for a water shortage in the hot season. The Lonekhin village-tract where the…
South Sudan: Cows in the Classroom: Inside South Sudan's Cattle Camp Schools
Mar 19, 2018
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Aid agencies are starting to provide mobile education in the remote cattle camps amid fears that South's Sudan's latest civil war is creating another "lost…
Iraq: Iraq Weighs Building an Island to Boost Oil-Exporting Capacity
Mar 19, 2018
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
OPEC’s second-biggest producer is ramping up efforts to expand capacity to pump and export oil, with plans that include the injection of seawater into crude…
Iraq: Oil Was Supposed to Rebuild Iraq
Mar 19, 2018
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Krishnadev Calamur, Atlantic
In the lead-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq 15 years ago, one factor in the debate was the notion that the the war would…
New DRC Mining Code Will Not Alter Positive Outlook
Mar 18, 2018
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BMI Research
The executive decision was made following the passing of the new mining code by the DRC parliament and Senate in December/January 2018 and in the…