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DRC Conflict: M23 Withdrawal Exposes Fight over Minerals and Accountability Gaps [Video]
Dec 17, 2025
Al Jazeera
The M23 armed group’s reported withdrawal from the eastern Congolese city of Uvira has raised questions about accountability, foreign influence and the true drivers of…
Winter in Afghanistan: Women and Girls in the Front Line as Hunger Deepens
Dec 16, 2025
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Peyvand Khorsandi
World Food Programme
As winter sets in across Afghanistan, so does dread. “There’s usually a peak in child mortality in December and January, even in a good year,…
India: The Green Burden: Women, Climate Action, and The Unfinished Revolution In India – Analysis
Dec 16, 2025
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Manasi Sinha and Ejjala Likitha Pavani
Eurasia Review
In India’s changing climate, where failed monsoons, raging rivers and searing heatwaves define daily life – women stand at the frontlines of survival and sustainability.…
Ukraine: Defense Ministry Sets Priorities for Developing Underwater Demining in Ukraine
Dec 16, 2025
Odessa Journal
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine held the conference “Depth of Security – 2025,” during which a framework concept for the development of underwater demining…
No dejar a nadie atrás: ¿Por qué la Protección Social Adaptativa debe ser sensible al género e inclusiva?
Dec 16, 2025
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Nohelia Palou y Charlotte Penel
Mientras el mundo enfrenta una convergencia de crisis, desde las amenazas urgentes de los extremos climáticos y las pandemias hasta los desafíos de largo plazo…
Leaving No One Behind: Why Adaptive Social Protection Must Be Gender-Responsive and Inclusive
Dec 16, 2025
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Nohelia Palou and Charlotte Penel
As the world grapples with a convergence of crises, from the urgent threats of climate extremes and pandemics to the long-term challenges of economic shocks…
The Real Reason behind US Resuming Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Imports
Dec 15, 2025
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Simon Watkins
An oil tanker carrying crude from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) unloaded its cargo at a US port at the very end of last…
Liberia: LEITI Releases 16th Country Report as Liberia Prepares for 2026 Extractive Sector Validation
Dec 15, 2025
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J. H. Webster Clayeh
FrontPage Africa
Members of the Multi Stakeholders Group of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative have unanimously approved and launched the 16th LEITI Country Report, reinforcing national…
Sudan: Salva Kiir’s Heglig Nightmare: Proxies, Pipelines, and Coming War
Dec 15, 2025
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Surafel Tesfaye
Horn Review
The civil war in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has continued without pause as of the end of 2025. It is now entering its…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukrainian Drones Have Struck Russian Oil Rigs in Caspian Sea for Third Time in a Week
Dec 15, 2025
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Iryna Balachuk and Valentyna Romanenko
Ukrayinska Pravda
Long-range drones operated by the Special Operations Centre Alpha of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have struck a facility belonging to Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft in the…
The Intersection of Transboundary Water Conflicts and Human Rights
Dec 14, 2025
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Sharmista Banik
When the United Nations General Assembly, in 2010, affirmed that 'the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation' (Resolution 64/292) is a human…
Afghanistan: Over 21 Million People in Afghanistan Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, EU Warns
Dec 14, 2025
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Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press
The European Union’s humanitarian arm in Asia and the Pacific has warned that more than 21 million people across Afghanistan do not have access to…
Afghanistan: FAO Rebuilds Key Irrigation Canal in Helmand, Restoring Water to Villages
Dec 14, 2025
Atlas Press
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced the reconstruction of 2.5 kilometers of the Lashkari Canal in Helmand province, with…
Venezuela: Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tanker Marks New US Pressure Tactic
Dec 13, 2025
Devdiscourse
The US has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, Skipper, believed to be heading for China, amid a strategy to pressure the Venezuelan economy. This move…
Ukraine/Russia: SSU Drones Set Fire to Russian Oil Platforms in the Caspian Sea
Dec 13, 2025
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Dmytro Shumlianskyi
Militarnyi
Long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Alpha Special Operations Center have successfully attacked Russian oil platforms in the Caspian Sea for the…
Liberia: UNDP Hosts Gender Workshop for Inclusive Forest Governance
Dec 12, 2025
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The New Dawn
The New Dawn
Monrovia, Liberia; December 11, 2025: To promote inclusive forest governance and ensure equitable participation in natural resource management, the European Union funded Leh Go Green…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudanese Armed Forces Attack Oil Field with Drones, Killing Dozens
Dec 12, 2025
World Politics Review
The Sudanese Armed Forces used drones to attack an oil processing facility near the country’s border with South Sudan that had been captured by the…
India: Towards Coexistence: Expanding Project Cheetah and Tackling Human-Wildlife Conflict
Dec 12, 2025
Devdiscourse
The National Tiger Conservation Authority, chaired by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, reviewed efforts to expand Project Cheetah and manage human-wildlife conflict. Discussions focused on…
Liberia: ECOWAS Renewable Energy Center Identifies 30 Rural Communities In Liberia for Solar Mini-Grid Development
Dec 11, 2025
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J. H. Webster Clayeh
FrontPage Africa
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has begun a two-day validation workshop…
Wildlife: Managing Conflict between Baboons and People: What's Worked, and What Hasn't
Dec 11, 2025
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Shirley C. Strum
The Conversation
Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years.
How RSF’s Seizure of Heglig Oil Field Threatens the Two Sudans
Dec 10, 2025
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John Bith Aliap
The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) capture of the Heglig oil field represents one of the most consequential moments in the Sudanese conflict since the fall…
Sudan: Military Drone Attack on Sudan Oil Field Kills Dozens
Dec 10, 2025
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Joseph Falzetta
Associated Press
Dozens of people were killed Tuesday evening in a drone strike near Sudan’s largest oil processing facility carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces, according…
Global: Women Human Rights Defenders Powering Climate Justice
Dec 9, 2025
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UNDP
UNDP
Across the globe, women environmental defenders lead the fight for a just and sustainable future. They steward resources, protect and restore forests and other landscapes,…
Environmental Peacebuilding 31Years Strong
Dec 9, 2025
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Gidon Bromberg
This week, thirty-one years ago, Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists came together on the Red Sea in Taba, Egypt, to create EcoPeace Middle East.
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt’s Withdrawal from Nile Talks Deepens Rift with Ethiopia
Dec 9, 2025
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Kevin Cheruiyot
East African
Egypt’s withdrawal from negotiations with Ethiopia over the use of the Nile River is expected to further escalate tensions and deepen the already strained diplomatic…
Sudan: RSF Seizes Key Heglig Oilfield as It Pushes to Expand Control in Sudan
Dec 8, 2025
Al Jazeera
Heglig is Sudan’s largest oil field and also the main processing facility for neighbouring South Sudan’s oil exports.
Water Wars: Violence over Water Resources Reaches Record Levels
Dec 8, 2025
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Peter Gleick
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Violence over water has been reported around the world, in every region, including events where access to or control of water resources triggers conflict and…
Afghanistan: UN Sounds Alarm over Afghanistan’s Land Degradation amid Climate Change Crisis
Dec 6, 2025
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Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that prolonged droughts and increasing dust storms are causing severe land degradation across Afghanistan, making it one…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Accuses Egypt of Driving up Tensions in Nile Dam Standoff after International Law Accusations
Dec 6, 2025
Jerusalem Post
Ethiopia accused Egypt of driving up tensions in their long-running dispute over the Nile River by rejecting dialogue and clinging to what it calls outdated…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Charts Its Post-Oil Future
Dec 5, 2025
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Jaime Nogueira Pinto
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
Timor-Leste, a small nation heavily reliant on oil, finds itself in a delicate position, grappling with economic downturns and dwindling resources.