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Keeping Myanmar's Lights On

Mar 25, 2017 | Tony Nash

Myanmar is one of the world's fastest growing economies, with projected annual growth of 7.8% in gross domestic product for the financial year to March…

Sierra Leone: Miners Found a 706-Carat Diamond in Sierra Leone. Who Should Get the Profit?

Mar 25, 2017 | Jaime Yaya Barry, New York Times

Fist-size and lumpy, the rock that a team of miners came upon recently in the diamond fields of Sierra Leone was orange with red speckles…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Relentless Opium Woes Have a 'New Seed in Town,' and It Comes from China

Mar 25, 2017 | Mariam Amini, CNBC

A problem that Afghanistan and international governments have tried to eradicate for decades is only getting worse, and China is a big reason why. Last…

Ken Conca on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Water Conflict and Cooperation

Mar 24, 2017 | Lauren Herzer Risi

In international development, conflict is often used as shorthand for violent conflict, and avoiding conflict is considered a priority. But “it’s important to recognize that…

Why Our Human Rights Depend on Turning Conflict into Conservation

Mar 24, 2017 | Alex Reid

Biodiversity hotspots cover just 1.4% of the planet’s surface, yet 80% of major armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000 occurred in these areas. This figure should…

Afghanistan: Ministry to Deliver 10,000 Tons of Seed to Farmers

Mar 24, 2017 | Zarmina Mohammadi, TOLOnews

Officials from the ministry of agriculture and irrigation on Thursday said that it will distribute 10,000 tons of improved seed to Afghan farmers this year…

Myanmar: As Many as 10 Myanmar Villagers Injured in Shooting at Letpadaung Copper Mine

Mar 24, 2017 | Radio Free Asia

As many as 10 villagers have been injured by police who fired rubber bullets at them on Friday for blocking a roadway to a controversial…

China: Will Central Asia Water Wars Derail China's Silk Road?

Mar 24, 2017 | Nishtha Chugh, Diplomat

A brewing crisis is threatening to derail Beijing’s mega project, now a major foreign policy priority, in the very region that’s most critical to its…

China/Philippines/South China Sea: Duterte Says Philippines Can’t Afford Oil Rigs, Open to Sharing Resources with China in Disputed Sea

Mar 24, 2017 | Agence France-Presse

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to sharing resources with Beijing in flashpoint South China Sea waters over which Manila has been given…

DRC: Program Director Land Access and Food Security

Mar 23, 2017 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since August 2007, with a staff of around 250 people working in…

DRC: WASH & Infrastructure Advisor

Mar 23, 2017 | 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. We bring…

Ethiopia: Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihood Coordinator

Mar 23, 2017 | Oxfam

Oxfam has been working in Ethiopia since 1974, devoted to empowering people against poverty. In 2015-16, the organisation consolidated its efforts to meet the needs…

Chad: Consultant International - Elaboration d'un Programme Pays

Mar 23, 2017 | Centre de Suivi Ecologique

Dans le cadre du partenariat qui le lie au Fonds Vert Climat, (FVC), le Tchad a choisi le Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Pêche…

Colombia: Senior Volunteer in Livelihoods

Mar 23, 2017 | EU Aid Volunteers

The initiative focuses on strengthening the European Union's capacity to deliver needs-based humanitarian aid by providing professional support through the deployment of trained volunteers to…

Sudan: Project Managers

Mar 23, 2017 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated…

Colombia: Senior Volunteer Climate Change Adaptation and Ecosystem-based Management

Mar 23, 2017 | EU Aid Volunteers

In the context of this vacancy, the EU Aid Volunteers initiative provides opportunities to European citizens and long-term residents, from a wide range of backgrounds…

Turkey: Chief of Party, Syria Sustainable Opportunities for Livelihoods Agricultural Recovery

Mar 23, 2017 | Global Communities

Global Communities is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of…

Gaza/Palestine: In War-Scarred Gaza, Water Pollution behind Health Woes

Mar 23, 2017 | Sakher Abou El Oun, Agence France-Presse

More and more Gazans are falling ill from their drinking water, highlighting the humanitarian issues facing the Palestinian enclave that the UN says could become…

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Precious Minerals – Public Trust and Government Openness

Mar 23, 2017 | Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph

The recent finding of Sierra Leone’s second largest diamond in the Kono district by pastor Emmanuel Momoh and the involvement of the Koroma government,…

Conflict Minerals: EU Parliament Gives Green Light to Conflict Mineral Regulation

Mar 23, 2017 | International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

The European Parliament signed off last week on a proposal aimed at tackling conflict minerals trade, bringing the proposed measure closer to becoming law. The…

China/South China Sea: How a Chinese Fishing Fleet Creates Facts on the Water

Mar 23, 2017 | Economist

On a past visit to the little fishing port of Tanmen, on the island-province of Hainan in southern China, pigs were being driven onto the…

Colombia: UN Environment Will Support Environmental Recovery and Peacebuilding for Post-Conflict Development in Colombia

Mar 23, 2017 | UNEP

UN Environment will assist Colombia with overcoming the environmental degradation legacy of the internal conflict which lasted for more than 50 years, especially in remote…

Call for Abstracts: A Special Issue of Journal of Hydrology

Mar 22, 2017 | UNESCO International Centre for Water Conservation

Approximately 2 billion people depend on groundwater, sourced from over 300 transboundary aquifer systems. Furthermore about 286 river basins cross the political boundaries of two…

Call for Nominations/Expressions of Interest for Chair(s) of the Theme on Environmental Peacebuilding, Security and Conflict Resolution

Mar 22, 2017 | IUCN Commission on Environment, Economics, and Social Policy

The Chair of CEESP seeks nominations/expressions of interest for the position of Chair(s) on the Theme on Environmental Peacebuilding, Security and Conflict Resolution, if two…