News
Afghanistan: Nutrition Field Manager
Sep 13, 2016
|
Action Contre la Faim
ACF’s mission consists of saving lives via the prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition, in particular during and following disasters and conflicts. The organisation focuses…
Central African Republic: Program Manager I – Community Assets Response and Recovery
Sep 13, 2016
|
Catholic Relief Services
CRS is seeking a Community Assets Response and Recovery (CARR) Program Manager to oversee the implementation of a 10-month OFDA-funded project, supporting internally displaced persons…
Turkey: Deputy Head of Programmes
Sep 13, 2016
|
GOAL
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2012, responding to the acute needs of conflict affected communities. GOAL is working in Idlib and Aleppo Governorates,…
Yemen: WASH/Shelter Assistant- Sa'ada
Sep 13, 2016
|
Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life…
Central African Republic: Coordinator of Food Security and Livelihoods
Sep 13, 2016
|
Action Contre la Faim
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 la stratégie et…
Haiti/Spain: Delegado/a de Agua y Saneamiento
Sep 13, 2016
|
Cruz Roja Española
Nuestra misión es ofrecer socorro a las víctimas de desastres, ayudar a la gente a prevenir emergencias, a prepararse para hacerles frente y a responder…
Iraq: WASH Program Manager
Sep 13, 2016
|
Mercy Corps
The WASH Program Manager is a member of Iraq’s humanitarian unit, working under the supervision of the Humanitarian Team Leader. S/he will be responsible for…
Syria: Food Security Project Manager
Sep 13, 2016
|
Norwegian Refugee Council
The purpose of the Food Security (FS) Project Manager position is to manage and provide technical guidance in the Agricultural livelihoods components of NRC’s programmes…
Uganda: Regional Coordinator GWP Eastern Africa
Sep 13, 2016
|
Nile Basin Initiative
Global water partnership East Africa (GWPEA) a Regional Water Partnership (RWP) within the GWP Network is hosted by the Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat (Nile-SEC) in…
DRC: Country Manager
Sep 13, 2016
|
International Alert
International Alert is one of the world’s leading peacebuilding organisations, with 30 years of experience laying the foundations for peace. It works with local people…
Trump’s ‘Take Iraq’s Oil’ Isn’t a New Idea. Here’s Why It Won’t Work.
Sep 13, 2016
|
Emily Meierding
During NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum last week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed an unusual policy for dealing with Iraq: “Take the oil.” When host Matt Lauer asked…
Myanmar: Ministry Mulls Dam Fisheries Proposal
Sep 13, 2016
|
Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation is weighing the merits of issuing fishing permits for over 500 dams across the country, in response to…
Myanmar: Ban on Logging to Be Lifted Next Year
Sep 13, 2016
|
Kyi Kyi Sway, Myanmar Times
The temporary suspension of logging in Myanmar’s forested areas is set to be lifted in April, with production next financial year to resume at reduced…
Myanmar: Tatmadaw Insists Landmine Use Kept within Reasonable Minimum
Sep 13, 2016
|
Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
The Tatmadaw continues to produce and use landmines, deputy defence minister Major General Myint Nwe told parliament yesterday, emphasising that this activity was kept to…
India: Why Water War Has Broken out in India's Silicon Valley
Sep 13, 2016
|
BBC
Violence has broken out in India's technology hub Bangalore in Karnataka state over a long-running dispute about water. Protesters are angry at a Supreme Court…
Afghanistan: Snow Leopards' Return Brings Hope to Remote Afghan Region
Sep 12, 2016
|
Associated Press
In a picturesque corner of Afghanistan, a unique conservation effort has helped bring the elusive snow leopard back from the brink and given hope to…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Wants You to Come See its Snow Leopards
Sep 12, 2016
|
Jess McHugh, Travel + Leisure
The return of snow leopards to one of the poorest and most isolated regions of Afghanistan has been hailed as a victory for tourist professionals…
Myanmar: Hungry for Power, Myanmar Bets on Hydro in New Energy Plan
Sep 11, 2016
|
Shwe Yee Saw Myint and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters
Electricity-starved Myanmar is looking to overhaul its long-term power strategy, aiming to hike the planned share of hydropower in its energy mix at the cost…
Libya: Libyan Rebels Loyal to Khalifa Haftar Seize Key Oil Facilities
Sep 11, 2016
|
Heba Saleh, Financial Times
Forces under the command of General Khalifa Haftar, a renegade general in eastern Libya, say they have seized control of key oil export facilities, dealing…
Iraq: Baghdad Wants Back All Oilfields that Fell to Kurds During ISIS War
Sep 10, 2016
|
Rudaw
Iraq's ministry of oil says that it intends to retake full control of all Kirkuk oil fields that fell to the Peshmerga during the war…
Water Wars: Series of Summits Highlights Persistent Divisions in the South China Sea
Sep 9, 2016
|
Chris Mirasola
Staircase snubs notwithstanding, world leaders traded familiar talking points at this year’s G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China. President Barack Obama stated that China should “abide by international law” and warned…
Intel Ad Campaign Highlights Importance of Supply Chain Responsibility
Sep 9, 2016
|
Lewis Golove
The past two decades in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been characterized by civil war and mass atrocity, the staging ground of “Africa’s…
Myanmar: Is Yearly Flooding the New Normal?
Sep 9, 2016
|
Hein Ko Soe, Fronteir
Environmentalists and activists told Frontier that they believed there were two factors driving more regular flooding. The first is man-made climate change. Myanmar’s National Adaptation…
Myanmar: Jade Companies Threaten to Sue Trespassing Prospectors
Sep 9, 2016
|
Kyaw Hsu Mon, Irrawaddy
Jade mining companies in upper Burma have threatened to sue jade prospectors taking small stones from dumping areas, in an announcement made by Sagaing Division…
Iraq: Trump’s Illegal, Impossible, and ‘Beyond Goofy’ Idea of Seizing Iraq’s Oil
Sep 9, 2016
|
Steven Mufson, Washington Post
The United States can’t just walk off with Iraq’s oil when it decides to get out. In 2015, Iraq produced about 4 million barrels a…
Nature Protection Mulled as Path for Peace
Sep 9, 2016
|
SciDev.Net
The United Nations and other peacekeeping bodies should include an element of environmental protection and research in their efforts to pacify warring nations, a conference…
Myanmar: Thanlwin Dams Only Benefit China: Activists
Sep 8, 2016
|
Eleven Myanmar
Chinese-sponsored dam projects on the Thanlwin River are unacceptable because of their environmental impact while the benefits will go to China and Thailand, activists from…
Colombia: Owner of Land Where FARC is Set to Demobilize Assassinated
Sep 8, 2016
|
Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
The owner of a plot of land in southwest Colombia that was designated to host a concentration camp for demobilizing and disarming FARC guerrillas has been assassinated, her…
Liberia: Low Income, Adaptive Capacity Makes Liberia Vulnerable to Climate Change
Sep 8, 2016
|
Henry Karmo, FrontPageAfrica
Recently, Liberia has experienced pest infestation in Bong County and rainstorms in several parts of the country as well as flood in Monrovia and its…
Myanmar: The Lost Forests of Myanmar [Photos]
Sep 7, 2016
|
Ledger Independent
These hills were once so thick with trees that condemned criminals were sent here to die. Today, illegal logging has left only a handful of…