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Climate Change: Climate and Security on the Agenda at UNGA 81
Sep 28, 2026
European Union External Action Service
HR/VP Kaja Kallas co-hosted a ministerial dialogue on Climate and Security at the UN General Assembly in New York. Her message was clear: "It is…
Sudan: 40% of Sudan’s Population Faces Severe Food Crisis, FAO Warns
Sep 27, 2026
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Kenneth Mwenda
People Daily
At least 19.5 million people in Sudan were projected to face acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse, as the country’s prolonged conflict, drought…
Dr. Santino Ayuel Longar Dau: The Lawyer and Scholar Helping Reform South Sudan’s Oil Industry
Sep 26, 2026
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Ajong Mbapndah L
From war and refugee life to Canadian universities, the legal profession, academia and the leadership of South Sudan’s petroleum sector, Dr. Santino Ayuel Longar Dau…
Iraq: Iran War Squeezes Iraq’s Economy as Oil Revenues Fall and Prices Rise
Sep 26, 2026
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Waleed Ibrahim
Al Jazeera
Iraq is a state heavily dependent on imports, from food and medicines to appliances, as well as raw materials for its industries. Its one big…
Creating Asean’s Climate Security Architecture
Sep 26, 2026
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Glenn S. Banaguas
As one of the world’s most ecologically vulnerable regions, Southeast Asia faces unprecedented exposure to anthropogenically-driven climate disruptions. These environmental stressors do not exist in…
Five Things Climate Actors Need to Know about Conflict at COP31
Sep 25, 2026
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Ecosystem for Peace
War, militarism, and geopolitical rivalry are shaping the climate agenda, from energy markets to multilateral trust. Here’s what to know walking into COP31, and what…
Climate Change: UK Pledges £331 Million to Tackle Climate-Linked Security Risks
Sep 25, 2026
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Valerie Volcovici
Climate Watch
Britain’s new climate funding package highlights growing international concern over links between environmental disruption, resource pressures and global security planning.
Liberia: Liberia Launches Ambitious National Legal Reforms Targeting Land, Mining, and Family Law
Sep 24, 2026
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Amos Harris
GNNLiberia
The Government of Liberia is advancing a comprehensive series of legal reforms, including plans to establish a National Family Court, strengthen the resolution of land…
Climate Change Is Fuelling African Conflict – Governments Are Developing a Shared Response
Sep 22, 2026
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Katongo Seyuba and Gracsious Maviza
Many African countries face peace and security problems that go far beyond war. These include political instability, violent extremist groups, organised crime and armed militias.…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Durand Line Dispute Fuels Fresh Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions
Sep 22, 2026
FM Bharat
Pakistani jets have reportedly been repeatedly pounding its own territories, targeting people it calls its own to quell a movement for separate Balochistan, while sneaking…
Conflict Coltan, AI Demand and the Risk of Runaway Harm
Sep 21, 2026
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Emily Iona Stewart and Ashley Thomson
Conflict coltan from the DRC is already finding its way into our electronic devices, and rising AI and data centre demand could accelerate harms and…
DRC: M23 Fighters Abused Miners and Trafficked Gold and Coltan to Rwanda
Sep 21, 2026
Amnesty International
Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) fighters have committed horrific human rights abuses against artisanal miners in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while facilitating the…
Liberia: 9 Proposed Changes to the Forestry Law Explained
Sep 21, 2026
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Roberto T. Kollie
The Daylight
The Liberian government is considering one of the most significant overhauls of the National Forestry Reform Law since its enactment 20 years ago. In 2006,…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan Army Accused of Attacking South Sudan Oil Pipeline
Sep 21, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
The Sudan Founding Alliance, known as Tasis, has accused Sudan’s army of repeatedly attacking a pipeline carrying South Sudanese oil through Sudan. Tasis is a…
Afghanistan: When Pollution Becomes an Economy of Illness
Sep 20, 2026
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Kazim Homayoun
Suppose one day we are asked what the greatest hidden cost of poverty, war, weak governance, and “unregulated development” in Afghanistan is; the answer should…
Afghanistan: UNAMA: Environmental Pollution Has Become a Serious and Growing Challenge in Afghanistan
Sep 20, 2026
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Nazanin Mohseni
Kabul Now
The UN mission said preventing waste from being dumped on roads, in alleys and waterways, including the Kabul River, would help protect the environment, create…
Afghanistan: UNICEF-Funded Reconstruction of Four Water Supply Networks Begins in Parwan
Sep 20, 2026
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Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
With financial support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), work has begun on the reconstruction of four water supply networks in Parwan Province for…
DRC: DRC’s Mineral Wealth Meets an Infrastructure Bottleneck: Power, Transport and Processing Shape the Next Mining Boom
Sep 19, 2026
TrendsNafrica
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) possesses some of the world’s largest reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium, zinc, gold, tin and tantalum. Frequently cited estimates…
Afghanistan: Land Dispute Tensions: Taliban Fighter Kills Two Brothers in Kabul
Sep 19, 2026
Hasht-e Subh Daily
Sources in Kabul say two brothers were killed by a Taliban fighter following a dispute over land ownership. Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on…
Give Sustainable Recovery a Chance
Sep 18, 2026
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Anna Ackermann and Doug Weir
Where it exists, armed conflicts undermine environmental governance, and at a time where the environment is under intense pressure. The legacy of this can last…
Regenerative Adaptation: A Path for Future Environmental Peacebuilding?
Sep 18, 2026
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Richard Marcantonio
Violent conflicts are becoming more frequent and more intense in parallel with growing global environmental change, extreme weather events, and corresponding risks to human health…
Sudan/South Sudan: At Least 26 Killed in Clashes along Sudan-South Sudan Border Region
Sep 17, 2026
Al Jazeera, Agence France-Presse, and Reuters
At least 26 people have been killed and 82 others injured in days of intercommunal fighting in a disputed region on the border between South…
Afghanistan: OCHA: Humanitarian Funding Cuts Reduce Access to Essential Services in Afghanistan
Sep 17, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says cuts to humanitarian funding have made it more difficult for millions of people…
At Least 124 Land and Environmental Defenders Killed Globally in 2025
Sep 16, 2026
Global Witness
Of all killings documented in 2025, 85% took place in Latin America, which has ranked as the world’s deadliest region for environmental defenders every year…
People Protecting Nature and Land Set up Self-Defence Units amid Threat of Murder
Sep 16, 2026
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Jonathan Watts
Guardian
Nature and land defenders were murdered at the rate of one every three days last year, prompting many communities to set up self-defence units, according…
Sudan: Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills at Least 60 People
Sep 16, 2026
Agence France-Presse
A gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan, killing at least 60 small-scale miners, two survivors told AFP on Wednesday, while many more are missing.
Brazil/Colombia: Colombia and Brazil Deadliest Countries for Environmental Activists, Report Says
Sep 16, 2026
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Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC
Colombia has again topped the list of countries with the highest number of killings of land and environmental activists, according to an annual report by…
Technology: Opium Fields Uncovered from Space with 75% Accuracy Using Hyperspectral Imaging and AI
Sep 16, 2026
Imagine & Machine Vision Europe
“From orbit, an opium poppy field does not necessarily look very different from a field growing a legal crop,” said Kuva Space. “That makes illicit…
Liberia: Liberia Advances Efforts to Reaffirm Land Boundaries and Delimit Maritime Borders
Sep 15, 2026
GNNLiberia
The Government of Liberia hosted a high-level policy meeting dedicated to the reaffirmation of the country’s land boundaries and the formal delimitation of its maritime…
Beyond Chaos: Launching the Environmental Peacebuilding Glossary in Bogotá
Sep 15, 2026
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Héctor Camilo Morales Muñoz
In Bogotá, the Spanish language prelaunch of Essential Concepts of Environmental Peacebuilding: An A–Z Guide brought the field into conversation with Colombia’s territorial realities, from…