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South Sudan: Emergency and Preparedness Response (EPR) WASH Program Manager
Jul 29, 2016
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Solidarités International
South Sudan - Emergency and Preparedness Response (EPR) WASH Program Manager
Business Unit: Overseas missions
Functional area: Water and sanitation
Country: South Sudan
Posted on: 29/07/2016
Desired start date: ASAP
Duration…
Jordan: WASH Specialist (Social Mobilization)
Jul 29, 2016
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UNICEF
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like…
Food Security: Millions Worldwide Trapped in Vicious Cycle of Violence and Hunger – UN
Jul 29, 2016
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United Nations
Two United Nations agencies warned the UN Security Council today that ongoing conflicts around the world have pushed more than 56 million people into “crisis”…
Governance in Focus: Insights from the International Expert Forum on Climate Change and Conflict
Jul 28, 2016
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Austin Miles
The International Expert Forum (IEF) is a series of seminars meant to facilitate dialogue between experts and policymakers on peace and security. Meeting in Stockholm…
How the Paris Climate Agreement Can Drive Colombia’s Fledgling Peace – and Keep Liberia’s Peace Alive
Jul 28, 2016
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Steve Zwick
For as long as Pablo Vieira Samper can remember, his native Colombia has been in a state of civil war – sometimes raging and sometimes…
International: IWMI Board of Governors
Jul 28, 2016
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
The Board of Governors of IWMI is seeking to appoint two new members in 2016 and another two in 2017.
Role of the Board of Governors…
China: Research Fellows in Digital Peace
Jul 28, 2016
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United Nations University
United Nations University – Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) The United Nations University – Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) is a new research institute…
Conflict Minerals: Most Companies in the Dark on Conflict Minerals
Jul 28, 2016
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Emily Chasan, Bloomberg
Conflict minerals are difficult to dig out of U.S. supply chains. Three years after U.S. companies began filing reports about their efforts to find minerals…
Iraq: Islamic State's Oil Revenue Dives as it Loses Iraqi Territory
Jul 28, 2016
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Islamic State, pushed off more than half the Iraqi territory it seized in 2014, has suffered a near collapse in revenue from oil smuggling, officials…
Colombia: Colombia is Charting a New Path Forward after a Brutal Civil War
Jul 28, 2016
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Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, Bloomberg
In Latin America a critical experiment in land restitution is under way. On June 23 the government of Colombia agreed to a cease-fire with the…
Myanmar: Jade Mining Permit Extensions Suspended
Jul 27, 2016
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Ye Mon and Kyi Kyi Sway, Myanmar Times
The government will not renew mining permits for jade and gems when they expire and will only consider issuing new permits once by-laws to the…
Liberia: Liberia’s Rainforests in Danger
Jul 27, 2016
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William Q. Harmon, Daily Observer
The embarrassment that Liberia faced as a result of the infamous Private Use Permit (PUP) saga, which saw a substantial amount of the country’s precious…
Sudan: Sudan to Produce 100 Tonnes of Gold by End of 2016: Minister
Jul 27, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s Minister of Minerals Ahmed Sadiq al-Karouri said his country expects to produce 100 tonnes of gold in 2016, pointing it would become Africa’s second…
Countering Drug-Gun Nexus Vital
Jul 26, 2016
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S. M. Tanoli
Pakistan and Afghanistan have recently observed the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The day was established by the UN General Assembly, in…
Does Egypt Need Israel to Help Negotiate Nile Water Allocation from Ethiopian Dam?
Jul 26, 2016
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Dana Sanchez
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from a four-country trip to Africa, he got a visit from the Egyptian foreign minister, and those familiar with Israeli-Egyptian…
At the Eye of the Storm: Women and Climate Change
Jul 26, 2016
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Aimee Jakeman
Struggling to save their failing crops. Walking farther afield to fetch clean water. Protecting their families from devastating storms and violent conflicts. “Women are usually…
Human Conflict is Pushing Gorillas Into Extinction – What You Can Do to Save These Animals
Jul 26, 2016
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Jerald Pinson
The DRC contains two-thirds of the Congo rainforest, and the many years of governmental neglect and conflict has led to the near extinction of one…
Colombia: 5 Things to Know about Colombia's Land Restitution
Jul 26, 2016
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Elizabeth Dickinson, Devex
Rural land reform is at the center of the peace deal now under negotiation between the Colombian government and FARC rebels. The draft agreement calls for…
Climate Change: Recipe for War: Remove Water and Food, Add Ethnic Strife—Then Stir
Jul 26, 2016
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Eric Roston, Bloomberg
The question is no longer just whether climate change will kill us, but also whether climate change will make us kill each other. Almost 25 percent…
Myanmar: Shan State Farmers Summoned to Court for Using Land Claimed by Myanmar Army
Jul 26, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
One hundred farmers from a village in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state appeared in court on Monday after the national army filed a lawsuit against them…
Myanmar: Govt Compensate Victims Displaced by Shwegyin Hydropower Project
Jul 26, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
Union Minister for Electric Power and Energy Pe Zin Tun, said yesterday that the government will give compensation to people who were displaced to make…
DRC: World Bank Stops Funding World’s Biggest Power Plant Plan
Jul 26, 2016
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Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg
The World Bank has suspended funding to help develop a $14 billion hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a stage in what could…
Myanmar/Thailand: Myanmar to Submit Disputed Parkland for Heritage Designation
Jul 26, 2016
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Maung Zaw, Myanmar Times
Myanmar officials plan to submit land being claimed by Thailand for consideration as its own UNESCO World Heritage Site, U Than Zaw Oo, director of…
Climate Change: The Link Between Armed Conflict and Climate Change Just Got a Bit Stronger
Jul 26, 2016
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Alejandro Dávila Fragoso, ThinkProgress
Social scientists have for several decades tried to understand what makes a country experience conflict, with poverty, income inequality, weak governance, and ethnic animosity making…
How Infrastructure Helps Determine the Risk of Violence Following Drought
Jul 25, 2016
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Adrien Detges
One fear of climate change is that more variable weather conditions will lead to violence and chaos in some places. But looking at it methodically,…
Colombia: UN Praises Colombia and FARC's Agreement on Women
Jul 25, 2016
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BBC News
The UN has welcomed an agreement between the Colombian government and FARC rebels giving specific guarantees to women as part of a peace accord. Both…
Myanmar: Hundreds of Jade Mining Licenses Expire This Month
Jul 25, 2016
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Myat Pyae Phyo, The Irrawaddy
Burma’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has released a list of 310 jade mining companies in Kachin State who will be unable to…
Liberia: Lands and Mines Ministry Launches Artisanal Mining Roadmap
Jul 25, 2016
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Lewis S. Teh, New Dawn
The Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy has, for the first time, launched the Artisanal Mining Roadmap for the mining sector in Liberia. The launch of…
Climate Change: Disasters Linked to Climate Can Increase Risk of Armed Conflict
Jul 25, 2016
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Damian Carrington, Guardian
Climate-related disasters increase the risk of armed conflicts, according to research that shows a quarter of the violent struggles in ethnically divided countries were preceded…
Climate Change: Inter-Ethnic Conflict Linked to Climate Change
Jul 25, 2016
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Megan Darby, Climate Home
There is a growing awareness among security analysts that global warming can have a destabilising effect. For example, studies suggest a prolonged drought hit crop yields…