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Myanmar: Kyaukphyu Farmers Propose Compensation Rates for Land Lost to SEZ
Jun 19, 2017
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Moe Myint, Irrawaddy
Farmers from four village tracts in southern Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township have demanded that the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) committee compensate seized paddy field…
Global Campaign Coordinator
Jun 18, 2017
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for an experienced, dynamic and motivated individual to plan, shape and fundraise for a global multi-year campaign to foster greater political…
Sudan: Project Manager
Jun 18, 2017
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 yearswe have been dedicated to breaking the…
DRC: WASH Programme Manager
Jun 18, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
The WASH Consortium M&E manager will ensure that Concern’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes are timely, complete and reliable data, by coordinating M&E across the…
Jordan: USPSC Food for Peace Officer
Jun 18, 2017
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USAID
The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) in the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) is the largest…
Central African Republic: Programme Manager - Livelihoods
Jun 18, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide works with the world's poorest people to transform their lives. It is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in…
South Sudan: WASH Project Manager - Emergency Response Team
Jun 18, 2017
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Medair
Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. It brings…
Afganistan: Advisor - Watershed Management
Jun 18, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide works with the world's poorest people to transform their lives. It is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Abadi: Holding Independence Referendum in Kurdistan Region is ‘Illegal’
Jun 18, 2017
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NRT
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said holding an independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region is “illegal” and that such a referendum requires a specified law…
South Sudan: South Sudan's Displaced See Little Chance of Peace
Jun 18, 2017
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David Lewis, Reuters
When South Sudan's civil war erupted in 2013, Nyayath Uluak was caught in crossfire in the northern town of Malakal and a bullet tore her…
Myanmar: Chin Oppose Ecotourism project
Jun 18, 2017
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Thet Htain Win, Eleven
Residents of Kanpatlat in Chin State are signing a petition to object to the Mone River Company, which is applying to take 1,700 acres from residents for an ecotourism project.…
Iran/Turkey: Ebtekar Calls for Water Diplomacy with Turkey
Jun 18, 2017
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Financial Tribune
Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of Environment, has called on the Foreign Ministry to help convince Turkey to abandon its obsession with dam…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan Start Talks in Five Strategic Fields
Jun 17, 2017
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Mehdi Sepahvand, Trend
A large delegation of Afghan officials is visiting Tehran today to start a previously arranged series of talks in five strategic fields, Mehr news agency…
Colombia: Why Colombia’s Economic Growth Slowed in 1Q17
Jun 16, 2017
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Mary Sadler, Market Realist
The third-largest economy in Latin America (ILF), Colombia (GXG) is growing at a slower pace in 2017 amid its external and domestic shocks. The Colombian…
Myanmar: MTE to Resume Timber Extraction from Taninthayi Mountains
Jun 16, 2017
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Zaw Moe Oo, Eleven
Myanma Timber Enterprise will resume its activities to extract 17,000 tonnes of timber from Taninthayi mountain range. The timber will be taken from a protected…
Myanmar: Deadly Dengue Fever on the Rise
Jun 16, 2017
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May Thet Hnin, Global New Light of Myanmar
The number of cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) has dramatically increased over the last five months due to climate change, increased breeding rates of…
South Sudan: South Sudan Ministry of Petroleum Launches Open Tender for Petroleum Audit
Jun 16, 2017
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Globe Newswire
South Sudan’s government will commission an audit of national oil production and petroleum industry activities, the Ministry of Petroleum announced today. The Ministry invites companies…
Coming Kurdish Vote Could Change the Mid East & Oil Markets as We Know It
Jun 15, 2017
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Ellen R. Wald
The Kurds are a distinct ethnic group of people living in parts of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. Over the past thirty-five years they have…
Food Security: UN Agencies Appeal for Support to Stop Acute Food Crises Driven by Conflict and Drought
Jun 15, 2017
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Stefan Jungcurt, International Institute for Sustainable Development
UN agencies have released updated reporting on acute and imminent famine and set forth additional measures addressing food security and hunger in countries facing crises…
Liberia: MOA, Partners Begin Agriculture Land Use and Suitability Mapping
Jun 15, 2017
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Judoemue Kollie, Liberian Observer
Liberia is endowed with natural resources and is home to two-thirds of West Africa’s remaining rainforest. However, due to the lack of state-of-the art technology…
Iraq/Kurdistan: UN Won’t Play Any Role in Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Vote
Jun 15, 2017
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Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
The United Nations said it will not be “engaged in any way or form” in the process surrounding the independence referendum in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous…
South Sudan: South Sudan to Regulate Gold Production amid Illegal Siphoning
Jun 15, 2017
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Denis Elamu, Xinhua
South Sudan seeks to regulate the hitherto chaotic gold production from illegal miners after having signed new exploration agreements with two foreign companies to boost…
Water and Conflict: Fighting Wars over a Precious Resource
Jun 14, 2017
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Peter Neill
We have been fighting wars over the most valuable resource on the planet since thousands of years B.C. We speak today of water wars as…
Myanmar: Irrawaddy Farmers Demand Return of Confiscated Land
Jun 14, 2017
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Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy
Farmers in Irrawaddy Division’s Myaungmya Township demanded the divisional government return more than 200 acres of land confiscated, and subsequently abandoned, by Myanmar’s military to…
Myanmar: Q-and-A on Seized Land ‘Irritates’ Hluttaw Speaker
Jun 14, 2017
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Myanmar Times
Questions and answers pertaining to confiscated land are irritating, Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint told the Hluttaw session yesterday. His remarks came when the…
Liberia: 23 Sent to Court in Maryland
Jun 14, 2017
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New Dawn
Police in Maryland County have arrested and forwarded to the Harper Magisterial court 23 suspects in connection with a recent violence land dispute in the…
Food Insecurity Strains Deepen amid Civil Conflict and Drought
Jun 13, 2017
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UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
8 June 2017, Rome--Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but protracted fighting and unrest are increasing…
Afghanistan: Afghan Wetlands Become UN-Protected Bird Sanctuary
Jun 13, 2017
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Sky News
Hundreds of migratory bird species that flock to an Afghan marsh on the outskirts of war-torn Kabul are to receive UN protection. Once a royal…
Myanmar: Land Compensation Issue Remains Unresolved
Jun 13, 2017
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Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times
Although a verbal promise had been made for compensation to be paid for lands which were seized from a subsidiary of a Chinese firm Wanbao…
Iraq/Kurdistan/Russia: Iraqi Kurdistan-Russia Oil Deal Could Have Major Implications for Region
Jun 12, 2017
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Al-Monitor, Mahmut Bozarslan
Iraq's central government for years has opposed the sale of Iraqi oil by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq. The KRG’s biggest oil…