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Bridging Policy and Practice: Key Insights from the Water, Peace and Climate Conference in Kenya

Apr 14, 2025 | Daisy Kosgei

Have you heard the tale of a hummingbird saving a huge forest from a fire? While all other animals fled in fear and panic, the…

Critical Minerals Were Once for Renewables. Now They’re for War

Apr 14, 2025 | Cat Rainsford

Critical minerals have in recent years been central to global visions of a greener future. Finding enough lithium for batteries in electric vehicles, or rare…

Iraq: Economist

Apr 14, 2025 | Cowater International

With more than 35 years' experience, Cowater International is one of Canada's global leaders in management consulting services specializing in international development and has managed…

The Guardian View on Donald Trump’s Congo Deal: Mineral Riches for Protection

Apr 13, 2025 | Guardian

"The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies…

Sudan: Power Outages in Khartoum and Northern Sudan after Attack on Hydroelectric Dam

Apr 12, 2025 | Hamza Hendawi and Al Shafie Ahmed, The National

Parts of Khartoum and a region north of the Sudanese capital were without electricity on Saturday following a drone attack against a hydroelectric dam, according…

Colombia: Rural Communities Research and Conserve Native Potatoes in Boyacá

Apr 11, 2025 | Argenpapa

Through rural science laboratories, farmers in Boyacá share ancestral knowledge and systematize best practices to preserve some of the 850 native potato varieties found in…

Ukraine: Area Programme Manager

Apr 11, 2025 | Danish Refugee Council

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency with a mandate to protect, advocate and promote durable solutions for displacement affected populations. DRC has…

South Sudan: Field Coordinator (M/F), Upper Nile (Renk)

Apr 11, 2025 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) has been operating in South Sudan since 2006, conducting activities in emergency and post emergency context, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, including…

Colombia: Colombian Government Accelerates Land Transfer to Conflict Victims

Apr 10, 2025 | Prensa Latina

Since the arrival to power of President Gustavo Petro and until today, the Colombian government handed over 60 thousand hectares of fertile land to victims…

E T Consultant, Gender and Economic Inclusion, Brazil

Apr 10, 2025 | IFC — a member of the World Bank Group

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We…

Coordinator – Women in Leadership Programme

Apr 9, 2025 | Pacific Community

DescriptionThe Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and…

For Lasting Peace in Sudan, Women Must Lead Peace Efforts

Apr 9, 2025 | UN Women

More than half of the 12 million people displaced by the two-year conflict in Sudan are women. In 2024, there was a staggering 288 per cent increase in…

Fiji: Coordinator, Women in Leadership Program

Apr 9, 2025 | Pacific Community
ReliefWeb

The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and…

Colombia: Colombia’s Green Transition Should Be Inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, Former Environment Minister

Apr 8, 2025 | Mie Hoejris Dahl, Mongabay

Colombia’s first leftist government “has been successful in some aspects” of its environmental agenda, but needs more economic diversification and cohesion between economic actors and…

Climate, Conflict, and Extremism: Ghana’s Security Challenges in the Sahelian Spillover

Apr 8, 2025 | Chiara Avanzi

The central Sahel is one of the regions most affected by climate change. Temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average, rainfall patterns are…

Liberia: Access to Land Limits Women's Participation in Agriculture

Apr 7, 2025
New Dawn

Women's participation in agriculture is being severely hindered by limited access to land, according to Agnes Fred, Program Coordinator at Women in Agriculture and Sustainable…

Ukraine: In Ukraine, War Takes Poisonous Toll on Soil, Air and Water

Apr 6, 2025 | Deccan Herald

The war may end, but damage from artillery shells, mines, drones and missiles will endure for decades, experts say, degrading industries like farming and mining,…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Landmine Crisis: A Silent War Still Claiming Lives

Apr 6, 2025 | Amin Kawa, Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Afghanistan remains one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world when it comes to landmines and explosive remnants of war. Despite the severity…

DRC: Minerals, Militias, and Mass Displacement: Congo’s Invisible War

Apr 5, 2025 | Akshit Tyagi, Democracy In Africa

While the world remains fixated on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, another deadly conflict is raging in Central Africa, largely unnoticed. In the Democratic Republic of…

DRC: US Envoy Says He's Working on DR Congo Minerals Deal

Apr 4, 2025 | Chiamaka Enendu, BBC

The US and the Democratic Republic of Congo are in talks over a minerals deal in the resource-rich central African nation, according to a senior…

Feminist LHL Research and Advocacy Lead - MENA

Apr 4, 2025 | Oxfam

JOB PURPOSE: The primary focus of the role is to deliver a regional project aimed as promoting women leaders and local women led organisations’ influence over…

Minimising the Environmental Impact of Landmine Clearance While Maximising Its Benefits

Apr 4, 2025 | Linsey Cottrell

Globally, around 60 million people live in areas affected by landmines and other explosive ordnance. Clearing them is critical for safe access to land and…

Historic Border Agreements and Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Fergana Valley Give Hope for Long-Term Peace

Apr 4, 2025 | Ilya Jones

There has been a whirlwind of progress on building peace between the governments of Central Asia’s Fergana Valley region, where the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan…

West Africa: ‘Efforts to Address Root Causes of Conflict, Mitigate Impact of Climate Change’ in West Africa, Sahel Must Be Supported, Senior Official Tells Security Council

Apr 3, 2025 | UN Security Council

Preserving a regional framework for cooperation on peace and security remains critical in West Africa and the Sahel, where military takeovers, undemocratic governance, terrorism, poverty…