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DRC: Resilience and Peacebuilding Landscape Assessment Consultant
Mar 9, 2017
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Search for Common Ground
Summary of the FARM Project
Pending funding approval, this assessment will be part of the inception phase of a new project, Food Security and Inclusive Access…
Head of Natural Resource Management and Climate Change
Mar 9, 2017
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for a dynamic leader for the post of Head of Natural Resource Management and Climate Change. This area of work is…
Afghanistan: Project Manager - Energy and Local Economic Development
Mar 9, 2017
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GERES
The Project Manager (PM) would work under the general guidance of the Country Director and direct supervision of the CHP Programme Coordinator, and will work…
Sudan: Project Manager
Mar 9, 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 years we have been dedicated…
Afghanistan: SFNS/NRM Expert for Partner Advisory
Mar 9, 2017
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Welthungerhilfe
Welthungerhilfe is one of the large and respected private organisations in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. It carries out projects…
Chad: Directeur(trice) Adjoint(e) - Soutien aux Programmes
Mar 9, 2017
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CARE
CARE has been present in Chad since 1974 where over time it has developed humanitarian and development programs, serving the poorest communities on the margin…
CAR: Co-Facilitateur du Cluster Eau
Mar 9, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim France
Objectif général du poste
Sous la supervision du Directeur Pays, votre rôle sera de dynamiser les relations de travail avec les institutions gouvernementales, l'agence chef de…
CAR: Responsable de Département Sécurité Alimentaire et Moyens d'Existence
Mar 9, 2017
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Action contre la Faim France
Objectif général du poste
Sous la supervision de l’Adjoint(e) Directeur Pays, vous aurez pour mission principale de garantir la qualité, la pertinence et l’innovation technique de…
Afghanistan: Expert for Partner Advisory Disaster Risk Reduction
Mar 9, 2017
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Welthungerhilfe
The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of 12 months. The place of work will be Kabul,…
South Sudan: ERT WASH Manager
Mar 9, 2017
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Medair
Provide leadership for Emergency Response Team (ERT) field sites and staff, including planning and conducting WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) assessments and interventions, creating work…
South Sudan: WASH Program Manager
Mar 9, 2017
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Mercy Corps
General Position Summary
Mercy Corps has been working in Rubkona County since 2005 and in the Bentiu PoC since April 2014. As one of the leading…
South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihoods Manager
Mar 9, 2017
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Mercy Corps
GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
DFID awarded Mercy Corps to implement a Resilient Communities through Viable Economic Recovery (RECOVER) program in South Sudan. This program has been designed…
What the Potential Repeal of Dodd-Frank Means for Conflict Minerals
Mar 9, 2017
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Jabil
The Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law in 2010 as a response to the 2008 financial crisis. As the most far-reaching Wall Street reform in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes on Hold until Mosul Liberation
Mar 9, 2017
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Al-Monitor
Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi, speaking to Al-Monitor during a visit to the United States to meet with US government officials and energy executives, addressed…
Myanmar: Conservationists: Myanmar Wildlife Sanctuary under Threat from China-Backed Dam
Mar 9, 2017
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Ron Corben, Voice of America
Conservationists are calling for support to protect a major wildlife sanctuary in Myanmar’s northern Karen state they say is threatened by a China-financed dam on…
DRC: Dispute over DRC Mining Licence Goes to Court
Mar 8, 2017
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BizCommunity
In a modern-day version of claim jumping a Mauritius-registered private resources investment firm is seeking legal redress against an Australian-listed junior resources company over contested…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Pledges to Treat Congolese Cobalt as a Conflict Mineral amid Reports of Child Labor
Mar 8, 2017
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Jennier McKevitt, Supply Chain Dive
Apple's supply chain woes continue as its attempts to abide by ethical sourcing standards falter in the wake of ongoing abuses in the cobalt mineral…
Seeking Applicants: Peace and Biodiversity Dialogue Initiative Intern
Mar 7, 2017
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Peace and Biodiversity Dialogue Initiative
The Peace and Biodiversity Dialogue Initiative (PBDI) promotes transboundary cooperation in protected areas globally. Through the PBDI, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity can…
Future of DR Congo Mining Could Be on Rocky Ground if US Dodd Frank 1502 Rolled Back
Mar 7, 2017
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Laura Angela Bagnetto
The future of mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be changed forever as watchdog agencies, Congolese non-governmental organizations, and American businesses are watching…
Myanmar: Government to Return Land to Farmers
Mar 7, 2017
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Min Thant and Htay Hla Aung, Eleven
Dr Soe Than, regional minister for agriculture, livestock and irrigation, said: “We’re assessing the land. It shouldn’t take long. Within this year we will be…
Afghanistan: Enhancing the Success of Afghanistan’s Women Farmers
Mar 7, 2017
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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
Against the odds, a new agricultural outreach model targeting rural women is taking shape in Afghanistan – and delivering on its promise of empowerment, greater…
Myanmar: 134 Mining Blocks to Expire this Month
Mar 7, 2017
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
The Myanma Gems Enterprise under the Ministry of Resources and Environmental Conservation announced that a total of 134 authorised mining blocks in the country’s gemstone…
Here's Why Nations Go to War Over Water
Mar 6, 2017
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George Friedman and Allison Fedirka
Access to and control over water is a strategic imperative for all countries. As such, it has been a source of conflict throughout history.
Water access…
Afghanistan/Iran: Afghanistan Refuses to Supply Iran with Water Share of Hirmand
Mar 6, 2017
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Tasnim News Agency
In a move in violation of a 1973 treaty with Iran, Afghanistan has refused to supply its neighbor with share of water from the Hirmand…
South Sudan: South Sudan Grants Oranto Permit to Explore `Vast' Oil Block
Mar 6, 2017
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan’s government said it granted Oranto Petroleum International Ltd. a license to explore for oil in a block covering three states in the East…
South Sudan: UNEP Warns of Increasing Floods, Droughts in Parts of South Sudan
Mar 6, 2017
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Radio Tamazuj
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that natural disasters such as floods and droughts have increased in recent days in parts of Jonglei,…
Iran/Iraq: Iraq and Iran Agree to Resolve Dispute on Joint Oil Fields
Mar 5, 2017
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Sara al-Qaher, Al-Monitor
On Feb. 20, the Iraqi Oil Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian Oil Ministry to settle disputes over the joint oil fields and…
Liberia: FDA, Communities Sign Community Forest Management Agreement
Mar 3, 2017
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Gloria T. Tamba, Daily Observer
The Peoples Rules and Organizations Supporting the Protection of Ecosystem Resources (USAID/PROSPER), in partnership with the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), recently signed a community forest…
Colombia: Another Indigenous Human Rights Activist Killed in Colombia
Mar 3, 2017
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teleSUR
Colombian Indigenous and campesino leader Alicia Lopez Guisao was killed in Medellin on Thursday, adding to the growing list of recently murdered human rights activists in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kirkuk Oil Flows in Jeopardy again as Kurdish Tensions Grow
Mar 3, 2017
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Reuters
Iraq's Kurdistan is facing growing tensions between its government and the key opposition faction, which briefly disrupted oil flows from the semi-autonomous region this week…