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Peace Consciousness and Food Security
Oct 6, 2017
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Louie Divinagracia
As the country celebrates national peace consciousness month, we are reminded about the role of peace in food security. Sometime last year, the Food and…
DRC: WASH & Infrastructure Advisor
Oct 6, 2017
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Medair
Medair helps people who are suffering in remote and devastated communities around the world survive crisis, recover with dignity, and develop skills to build a…
South Sudan: Food Security & Livelihood Project Manager - Yei
Oct 6, 2017
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Terre des Hommes
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss NGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and…
Jordan: Consortium Coordinator
Oct 6, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger was founded in 1979 by a group of French intellectuals in response to the emergency in Afghanistan. While the fight against hunger had…
Tunisia: Livelihoods Feasibility Study Consultant
Oct 6, 2017
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Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people…
Overlooked and Misunderstood: Stories about Climate, Conflict, and Migration
Oct 6, 2017
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Bethany N. Bella
Barbuda—an island once full of people—has been rendered completely uninhabitable by Hurricane Irma. Every single resident was evacuated from the island, and some are not planning to return.…
Unraveling the Oil Geopolitics Intertwined in the Kurdish Independence Referendum
Oct 6, 2017
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Amy Myers Jaffe
For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities. The recent independence referendum in the…
DRC: Livelihood Officer
Oct 6, 2017
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Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council has been operatingin the Middle East and North Africa for over a decade, running a combination of livelihood, protection, advocacy and relief…
Gender in Conflicts - Interview with Saferworld on Building Peace [Video]
Oct 6, 2017
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Climate Diplomacy
Saferworld is an international conflict prevention organization. The Head of Policy, Larry Attree, in this video, shares the lessons learned over the years to end…
Myanmar: Value of Seized Illegal Timber Rising Yearly
Oct 6, 2017
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar TImes
The value of illegal timber seized by the government over the past five years have grown exponentially, according to latest government data, raising fears of…
Myanmar: Kachin Residents Attack Chinese Banana Farms
Oct 6, 2017
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Htun Lin Aung, Eleven
The residents of Tarlawgyi in Kachin state have sent a complaint to the state minister against Chinese tissue-culture banana farms, sources said. The complaint filed…
Iraq/Kurdistan: How a Russian Oil Giant Bankrolled the Kurdish Split from Iraq
Oct 6, 2017
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Greg Walters, VICE News
Virtually no one in the international community wanted Kurdistan to vote for independence. Yet Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani appeared unfazed. He pushed forward on his…
Myanmar: Myanmar Taps Israeli Expertise in Agriculture
Oct 6, 2017
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar TImes
Israeli expertise and technologies in agriculture are supporting Myanmar’s efforts in reforming its vast agriculture sector, while the recently enforced investment protection agreement is expected…
Colombia: The Future of Colombian Fruits Lies in Exports
Oct 6, 2017
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Fresh Plaza
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Colombia is the Latin American country with the third highest number of hectares…
Kurdish Independence: It’s All About the Oil
Oct 5, 2017
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Amy Myers Jaffe
For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities. The recent independence referendum in the…
Iraq/Kurdistan/Turkey: Erdogan Says Turkey Will Close Iraq Border and Air Space Soon
Oct 5, 2017
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Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to last…
Colombia: 'There Is No Peace Here': Afro-Indigenous on Colombia
Oct 5, 2017
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teleSUR
Ensuring lasting peace means “protecting Afro-Colombian and Indigenous peoples' territorial and other collective rights,” said Charo Mina-Rojas. A slew of international human rights organizations, acting…
Sudan/South Sudan: War-Torn South Sudan Sees River Route Boosting Trade with Sudan
Oct 4, 2017
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan said it’s in talks with Sudan to restart river transport and boost trade between the two former foes, potentially easing the war-torn country’s…
Afghanistan: Farah Selenite Mine: Illegal Extraction Continues Unabated
Oct 4, 2017
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Benyamin Bariz, Pajhwok Afghan News
Selenite, a newly discovered mine in western Farah province, is being illegally extracted by powerful individuals and the stone smuggled to Herat and Iran. A…
Iraq: Iraq Hopes to Resume Production from Nineveh Oil Fields in Coming Months
Oct 3, 2017
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Reuters
Iraq hopes to resume production from the Nineveh oil fields in the “next few months” after they were torched by Islamic State during a U.S.-backed…
New Study: Clear Land Rights in Developing World Could Avoid Costly Disputes
Oct 3, 2017
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Astrid Zweynert, Christian Science Monitor
More than half of land rights conflicts in the developing world have not been resolved, pitting companies, governments, and businesses against indigenous communities, researchers said…
Myanmar: Ex-Ministers, Armed Groups Operate Farms in Kachin’s Conflict Areas
Oct 3, 2017
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Moe Myint, Irrawaddy
When clashes erupted along the Waingmaw-Laiza highway in 2011 and 2012, villagers fled their homes and farms and have still not returned as the two…
Everyone Wants Cobalt, but Few Want to Get Tangled up in the World’s Largest Producing Nation
Oct 2, 2017
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Lynsey Chutel
For too long, the Democratic Republic of Congo has known no competition in the cobalt market, to its detriment. The metal, which used to be…
Cordaid Confronts the Challenges of Conflict and Climate Change
Oct 2, 2017
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Marcelin Ridja
Cordaid’s technical teams (Food Security, Water, and Sanitation, Community Mobilization and Protection) are working together in order to provide assistance to the displaced populations who…
Iran/Iraq/Kurdistan: Iran Bans Fuel Trade with Kurds after 'Yes' Vote in Independence Referendum
Oct 2, 2017
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France 24
International pressure mounted on Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday after its controversial independence "yes" vote, with neighbouring Iran announcing joint border drills with Iraq and banning fuel…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Islamic State Torches Oil Wells in Northern Iraq: Officials
Oct 2, 2017
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Reuters
Islamic State militants set fire to three oil wells near Hawija, west of the oil city of Kirkuk, one of two areas of Iraq still…
Myanmar: Myanmar Timber Smugglers Adapt to Tightening Regulations
Oct 2, 2017
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Coconuts Yangon
In the face of government efforts to stem the flow of illegally felled timber from Myanmar, smugglers have learned new tricks to avoid the eyes…
All in a Generation: Stopping Conflict, Building Peace, and Saving the Environment
Oct 1, 2017
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Anuj Krishnamurthy
Today, world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly will celebrate the International Day of Peace, observed annually since 1981. This year’s…
The FARC, Land Reform, and the Future of Colombia’s Security
Oct 1, 2017
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Nicola Bilotta
The historical ceasefire, signed in La Habana on June 23th 2016, was the first step to bring peace in Colombia after fifty-two years of conflict.…
Afghanistan: Greenhouse Farming Paying off for Local Farmers
Oct 1, 2017
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Zabihullah Jehanmal, TOLOnews
An Afghan businessman is harvesting up to 1,400kg of cucumbers every two days after building a massive greenhouse that covers five acres of land in…