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Iraq: ‘It’s Destruction Disguised as Progress’: How the Oil Industry Is Sucking Iraq’s Ancient Wetlands Dry
Aug 13, 2025
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Azhar Al-Rubaie, Sara Manisera, and Daniela Sala
Guardian
Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water.
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG, Baghdad Agree Deal to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports
Aug 13, 2025
Rudaw
The Kurdistan Region’s natural resources ministry said on Wednesday that Erbil and Baghdad have reached an agreement on the mechanism of resuming the Region’s long-delayed…
DRC: US Imposes Sanctions over DR Congo Minerals Sales
Aug 13, 2025
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Yinka Adegoke
Semafor
The Trump administration sanctioned four entities over their role in the critical minerals trade in eastern DR Congo as it seeks to implement a peace…
Climate Security Is National Security. Africa Is Our First Line of Defense
Aug 12, 2025
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Patrick Verkooijen
NATO’s decision to increase defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product by 2035, including 1.5% for resilience and critical infrastructure, marks the most significant shift…
China: Is China Moving into Position to Take over Iraq’s Key Oil Project from the West?
Aug 12, 2025
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Simon Watkins
Oilprice.com
The Common Seawater Supply Project (CSSP) is the key to unlock massive gains in oil output from Iraq. Consequently, control over the project is pivotal…
DRC: US Announces Sanctions against Armed Group and Companies Profiting from Conflict Minerals in Congo
Aug 12, 2025
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Marck Banchereau, Jean-Yves Kamale, and Justin Kabumba
Associated Press
The US government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there…
Iraq/Syria: Syria and Iraq to Discuss Revival of Decades-Old Cross-Border Oil Pipeline
Aug 12, 2025
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Daniel Onyango
Pipeline Technology Journal
Syria’s energy minister, Mohammed Al-Bashir, has hinted at plans to visit Iraq to discuss reviving a defunct oil pipeline that previously transported crude from northern…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Somalia: Somalia Caught in Crossfire of Ethiopia-Egypt Nile Dispute
Aug 11, 2025
The Weekly Vision
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has accused Ethiopia of violating international law by filling the GERD with Nile waters, warning that Egypt reserves the right…
Food Security: FAO Launches the Risk Monitor: A New Early Warning System to Tackle Food Security Risks
Aug 11, 2025
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
On the sidelines of the 44th Session of the FAO Conference, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched the first Food…
Liberia: House Speaker Koon Pledges Action on Rural Women’s Land Rights
Aug 11, 2025
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Francis G. Boayue
Front Page Africa
MONROVIA – House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has vowed to champion legislative reforms aimed at empowering rural women and strengthening land rights across Liberia. His…
Afghanistan: Environmental Impacts of Nearly 20 Year War in Afghanistan Linger after US Withdrawal
Aug 9, 2025
Bastille Post
Twenty years after the US military operations in Afghanistan, the toxic legacy still lives on in the drying water and contaminated soil across the country.
Minerals over Peace? Rethinking the DRC-Rwanda Accord
Aug 8, 2025
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Batseba Seifu
On June 27, 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda signed what has been touted as a significant peace agreement in Washington, DC—a…
Colombia/Peru: Colombian President Stirs up Border Tension over Santa Rosa Island: ‘The Treaty Has Not Been Complied with, Peru Violated It’
Aug 8, 2025
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Santiago Torrado
EL PAÍS
Tensions are escalating. Colombian President Gustavo Petro doubled down on Thursday on his territorial claim to an island in the Amazon River that has emerged…
Tanzania: Protecting Women’s Land Tenure Rights Begins with Women
Aug 8, 2025
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Deodatus Mfugale
IPP Media
At the age of 70 years, Rehema Mfaume has to face economic and social hardships after her land was taken away by her late husband’s…
Remembering the Journey: The GERD Dispute and the Promise of Diplomacy
Aug 7, 2025
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Seble Getachew
It is important to remember those early days of the GERD dispute, when there was genuine hope that dialogue and diplomacy would prevail. Back in…
Executive Order No. 151: Liberia’s Rubber Sector – Intention, Reality & Predicted Outcomes
Aug 7, 2025
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Clarence R. Pearson
Liberia’s entanglement with the rubber industry began formally in 1926, when the government of President Charles D.B. King signed a 99-year lease agreement with Firestone…
Afghanistan: UN: 16 Solar Systems Installed to Provide Clean Water in Three Provinces of Afghanistan
Aug 7, 2025
Hasht-E Subh
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the UN Special Trust Fund, has installed 16 solar systems to provide electricity for urban water…
Hallucinating Climate Security: A Cautionary Tale about Generative AI
Aug 6, 2025
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Tobias Ide
Recent studies indicate that over 90% of all students – and an increasing number of policy makers – are using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to…
Liberia: Liberians Launch Global Alliance to “End Resource Curse” amid Discovery of 47 Strategic Minerals
Aug 6, 2025
FrontPage Africa
A new transnational coalition of Liberian citizens, diaspora leaders, activists, and scholars has officially launched the Resource Equity Alliance of Liberia (REAL) in a bold…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG to Resume Oil Exports after New Agreement with Iraq
Aug 6, 2025
Rudaw
Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani on Wednesday announced a new agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan Region…
Pakistan: Pakistani Musicians Use Folk Songs and Rap to Raise Climate Change Awareness
Aug 6, 2025
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Riazat Butt
AP News
UMERKOT, Pakistan (AP) — Villagers hush when Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai starts singing about climate change, her clear voice rising above the simple squat dwellings.
“We…
Colombia/Peru: Colombia’s President Petro Accuses Peru of Annexing Disputed Amazon Island
Aug 5, 2025
Al Jazeera
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the neighbouring country of Peru of annexing a disputed island on the Amazon River, resuscitating a longstanding disagreement between…
Liberia: EU-Funded Project Begins Distribution of Cocoa and Native Tree Seedlings
Aug 5, 2025
Global News Network Liberia
The European Union-funded Leh Go Green project, managed by UNDP in collaboration with the Forest Development Authority has officially launched its seedling distribution initiative, marking…
Afghanistan: Dispute over Land Ownership Claims 1 Life, Injures 2 in Eastern Afghanistan
Aug 5, 2025
Xinhua
A dispute over a piece of land left one dead and injured two others in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province on Monday night, the provincial police…
Register for Conservation Conflict Transformation Workshops
Aug 5, 2025
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Center for Conservation Peacebuilding
Feeling stuck in a tough, high-stakes conflict around wildlife or conservation? Do you feel like you are taking all the right actions, but still feel…
DRC: Mid-Level Researchers for Evaluation of 3 Resilience Food Security Activities
Aug 5, 2025
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NORC
NORC at the University of Chicago is an objective, non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmatic, business, and…
RCA: Responsable Programme Nutrition et Santé
Aug 5, 2025
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Action contre la Faim
Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes…
Syria: Project Officer - Damascus
Aug 5, 2025
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Welthungerhilfe
Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest and most respected private organizations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. Welthungerhilfe is a politically independent and…
Afghanistan: Consortium Coordinator
Aug 5, 2025
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People in Need
People in Need implements humanitarian relief and long term development projects, educational programmes, and human rights programmes in crisis affected regions internationally.
The Consortium Coordinator (CC),…
Rwanda: Expert in Wildlife and Landscape Management to Deliver Training of Trainers Sessions
Aug 5, 2025
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Expertise France
The Government of Rwanda and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed 5 years grant/loan agreements on 8th March 2023 to implement AFTER II Project (Appui…