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Nuclear Fusion Is Coming, but Will It Power Peace or War?
Jan 12, 2018
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John Draper and Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
Last month, the European Union-hosted International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) announced it was halfway to completing initial operation, meaning it will begin testing of fusion…
Chocó at Epicenter of Colombia’s Social, Environmental Conflicts
Jan 12, 2018
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Maximo Anderson
One wet November morning deep within Colombia’s western rainforest of Chocó, rebel fighters of the National Liberation Army (ELN) scattered across a muddy football pitch in groups of eight to practice their…
Gas Wars: The First Energy Conflict in 2018
Jan 12, 2018
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ZeroHerge
The eastern Mediterranean is expected to witness the first conflict of 2018, as developments at the end of 2017 are signaling worsening relationships between Turkey…
Colombia: Extractivist Pax vs. Peace with Social and Environmental Justice
Jan 12, 2018
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Tatiana Roa Avendaño
During the last few years, arguments have been put forward to defend the aggressive territorial occupation by oil companies, even in places with no extraction…
Iraq: Inside Mosul Dam, Iraq's Biggest Potential Weapon of Mass Destruction
Jan 12, 2018
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Hollie McKay, Fox News
The Mosul Dam, the largest in the country with the capacity to hold 3 trillion gallons of water, controls the flow of the Tigris River…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Parliament Forms Committee to Investigate KRG Oil Sector
Jan 12, 2018
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Rudaw
The Iraqi parliament is going to form a committee to look into the matter of Kurdistan’s oil, said a Kurdish MP, adding it will start…
Egypt/Sudan: Egypt-Sudan Spat Muddies Prospects for Deal on Big Nile Dam
Jan 12, 2018
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Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy
A diplomatic spat between Egypt and Sudan is spilling over into the long-running dispute over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River, which…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan to Invest in Five Wheat Storage Facilities
Jan 12, 2018
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Eric Schroeder, World Grain
Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) plans to build at least five wheat storage facilities in five provinces across Afghanistan. Officials with MAIL said approximately $28…
Climate Change: Make Security Strategy Include Climate Again, Lawmakers Urge Trump
Jan 12, 2018
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Timothy Gardner, Reuters
A group of more than 100 bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. House urged President Donald Trump on Friday to reconsider the omission of climate change…
Afghanistan: MAIL Plans to Establish Five Wheat Storage Facilities
Jan 11, 2018
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Zarmina Mohammadi, TOLOnews
Officials from the Afghan Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Thursday said that the ministry plans to build at least five wheat storage…
Afghanistan: Country Director
Jan 10, 2018
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Solidarités International
The SI mission has been opened in February 2017, with emphasis on the Mosul response. The mission counts one coordination in Erbil (5 expatriates and…
Iraq: Livelihoods Programme Manager
Jan 10, 2018
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Mission East
Mission East, founded in Denmark in 1991, is an international humanitarian and development organisation undertaking disaster relief and development programmes in Asia. Mission East worked…
Global Roving WASH Specialist
Jan 10, 2018
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life…
Nigeria: Food Security Program Manager
Jan 10, 2018
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking…
Sudan: Country Representative
Jan 10, 2018
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Netherlands Red Cross
Netherlands Red Cross helps to strengthen resilience of vulnerable people exposed to hazards and crisis situations and we respond to disasters and conflicts to save lives and…
Analyst
Jan 10, 2018
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RCS Global
In its 10th year of operation, RCS Global is one of the world’s leading supply chain due diligence advisory and auditing firms. RCS Glocal advises…
Colombia: In Colombia, Marxist Rebels Hold the Oil Industry Hostage
Jan 10, 2018
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Maximo Anderson, Bloomberg
A three-month cease-fire—the first in three years of negotiations between the ELN and the government—expired on Jan. 9. While the group’s leadership, which claims around…
DRC: Congo May More Than Double Tax on Critical Cobalt Supply
Jan 10, 2018
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William Clowes and Thomas Wilson,
The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to more than double a tax on two-thirds of global cobalt supply, potentially increasing the cost of the…
Liberia: Forest Benefits for River Cess in Limbo
Jan 10, 2018
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
Projects that would have been the first tangible benefits for citizens of River Cess County accrued from commercial logging are now stalled because the money…
Colombia: Reintegrating 14,000 Ex-Combatants Remains a Challenge, Security Council Told
Jan 10, 2018
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UN
Colombia's peace efforts remain challenged by the task of reintegrating 14,000 former rebel combatants, the top United Nations official in the country said Wednesday as…
Africa: When Humans War, Animals Die
Jan 10, 2018
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Ed Yong, Atlantic
Together with Rob Pringle, from Princeton University, Joshua Daskin compiled 65 years’ worth of data on the abundance of large mammals across all of Africa.…
New Data Highlight Afro-Descendant Territories without Legal Recognition, and the Threats They Face
Jan 9, 2018
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Mary Alice Jackson
New data gathered from Afro-descendant community councils and state records reveal that the Colombian government has failed to address 271 claims for collective Afro-descendant land…
Myanmar: Illegal Burmese Wood Used in British Boats, Says Organization
Jan 9, 2018
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Lauren Crothers, Mongabay
Timber that is being illegally logged and smuggled out of Myanmar is ending up as decking on luxury yachts in the UK, according to one…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Destroying Hamoun Wetlands
Jan 9, 2018
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Financial Times
Over 70% of the southeastern Hamoun Wetlands (also known as Hamouns) in Sistan-Baluchestan Province are drying up, largely because of Afghanistan's injudicious dam construction on…
Myanmar: Timber Smuggling Still Thrives in Kachin and Northern Shan State
Jan 8, 2018
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Eleven
Timber smuggling is still thriving in Kachin and Northern Shan State, according to political leaders, people close to timber smugglers and locals who spoke with…
Egypt/Sudan: 'Water War' Escalates between Egypt, Sudan
Jan 8, 2018
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Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor
So far, 2018 has been a negative year for Egyptian-Sudanese relations. On Jan. 4, Sudan recalled its ambassador from Egypt. Without providing further details, Sudan’s…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Bans Kurdish Firm Kar Group from Operating Kirkuk Oilfields
Jan 8, 2018
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq’s parliament voted on Monday to ban Kurdish engineering firm Kar Group from operating Kirkuk’s oilfields, following Iraq’s recapture of the Kurdish-held oil region in…
Afghanistan: Illegal Extraction of Badakhshan Mines Goes on
Jan 7, 2018
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
All mines in northeastern Badakhshan province are illegally extracted by armed men and militants as the government collected no revenue this solar year from mining…
Afghanistan: UNICEF to Invest in Water, Hygiene in 27 Provinces
Jan 7, 2018
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Zabiullah Jhanmal, TOLOnews
Officials from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Sunday that it plans to launch a two-year water distribution program to the people in…
Afghanistan: Potable Water Soon in Rural Areas: MoRRD Signed Agreement to Provide Drinkable Water to 1.8 Million People
Jan 7, 2018
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Afghanistan Times
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) signed agreement with UNICEF to provide 1.8 million people drinkable water and hygiene services in rural areas across…