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Women Farmers Enhance Agricultural Production in Conflict-torn Sudan

Apr 30, 2024 | Shakir Babiker

In conflict-torn Sudan, women farmers are equipped with new skills and sustainable techniques to cultivate hope and abundance—doubling yields and empowering communities toward self-sufficiency.The ongoing…

Ukraine: Distributed Electricity Generation in Ukraine: The Risks and Opportunities

Apr 30, 2024 | Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

The decentralization of Ukraine’s energy sector, which has gained new impetus in 2024 as a result of Russian missile attacks, is currently the subject of…

Climate Change: New Report Finds Major Social Cohesion Losses in Climate Vulnerable Areas and Assesses Existing Programming and Next Steps

Apr 30, 2024 | Lily Salloum Lindegaard and Francis Jarawura, Danish Institute for International Studies

Climate impacts are intensifying, but knowledge of social impacts is limited. This DIIS Report documents novel findings of considerable social cohesion losses in highly vulnerable…

Afghanistan: National Museum Welcomes 400 Ancient Finds from Logar’s Mes Aynak Mine

Apr 30, 2024 | TOLOnews

The Ministry of Information and Culture reports that since the excavation of the Mes Aynak copper mine in Logar province began, over ten thousand ancient…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Groundbreaking Study Reveals Way to Resolve Nile Water Dispute

Apr 30, 2024 | Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Jerusalem Post

Scientists at the University of Manchester in the UK in collaboration with regional organizations have now shed light on a new, groundbreaking approach that could…

Spontaneous Recovery in Wartime: How Ukraine Can become a Testing Ground for Unique Environmental Projects

Apr 30, 2024 | Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Viktoria Hubareva

Most of Ukraine’s protected natural areas have been damaged by the war and have now been deprived of their environmental value, although nature is showing…

DENR, UN Women Partner for Environmental Protection, Climate Resilience

Apr 29, 2024 | Jing Villamente

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga on Monday said she and United Nations Women Philippines Country Programme Coordinator Ma.…

War, Natural Disasters, Security Concerns and Tourism

Apr 29, 2024 | Bendegul Okumus

Some regions of the world are experiencing wars and conflict, which have caused serious problems in supply chain management. For example, countries that import significant…

The Double Costs of Conflict-Driven Climate Change in MENA and Beyond

Apr 29, 2024 | Ariel Ezrahi

While much of the world’s attention was on the ongoing Gaza war, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was also dealing with unprecedented…

Various Locations: Social Protection Specialist (Resilience and Registries)

Apr 29, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FAO contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its global mandate and goals and though its Strategic Framework…

Yemen: Livelihoods and Food Security Specialist

Apr 29, 2024 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing…

Colombia: Court Decision to Uphold Mining Ban in Colombian Town Impacts AngloGold Project

Apr 28, 2024 | Mining.com

The Tenth Administrative Court of Ibagué, the capital city of Colombia’s western Tolima department, ratified a mining ban in the Cajamarca municipality, thus upholding the…

Turkiye: WASH Specialist Cluster Coordinator, P4, FT, Gaziantep

Apr 28, 2024 | United Nations Children's Fund

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Drone Attack on Iraqi Kurdistan’s Khor Mor Gas Field Kills Four, Halts Production

Apr 27, 2024 | Arab Weekly

Four expatriate workers were killed in a drone attack targeting the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Friday, an advisor to the…

In Ethiopia's Somali Region, Women Build Businesses and Resilience to Climate Change

Apr 25, 2024 | Elshaday Gebeyehu

Sadiya starts her day early by letting out her goats from her backyard barn at Bokolmayo refugee camp, a collection of makeshift houses in Ethiopia’s…

Liberia: FDA Approves Export of Illegal Timber Valued Nearly US$1M

Apr 25, 2024 | James Harding Giahyue, The Daylight

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) approved the export of 797 logs, valued at an estimated US$923,441, despite being aware that over half of the timber…

DRC: DRC Accuses Apple of Using Illegally Exploited Minerals from Conflict-Torn East

Apr 25, 2024 | Agence France-Presse

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products,…

Liberia: Liberia Puts a Wartime Logger in Charge of Its Forests

Apr 25, 2024 | Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay

Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, has appointed a timber trader linked to illegal logging to head the agency responsible for the country’s forests. Rudolph Merab,…

Colombia: Only 10% of Land Stolen during Armed Conflict Restituted Since 2011

Apr 25, 2024 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Colombia’s authorities have over the past 13 years restituted only 10% of the land that were stolen during the armed conflict. According to NGO Forjando…

DRC: Congo Questions Apple on Concerns About Use of Conflict Minerals

Apr 25, 2024 | Paul Richardson, Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government notified Apple Inc. of concerns that the company’s supply chain may be tainted by conflict minerals sourced from the…

Remote: Humanitarian Support Personnel - Food and Economic Security

Apr 25, 2024 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon…

South Sudan: National Consultant for Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC), Juba, South Sudan (For South Sudan Nationals Only)

Apr 25, 2024 | United Nations Children's Fund

For more than 70 years, UNICEF has been working in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. As the world's largest…