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Climate Change: NATO Secretary General: “Climate Change is Also a Security Threat”
Jun 9, 2016
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Shiloh Fetzek, The Center for Climate & Security
In advance of the NATO Summit Warsaw in July, the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg sat down for an interview with POLITICO Europe. When…
Myanmar: Team Investigating Missing Gem Funds Submits Report to Myanmar Government
Jun 9, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
A team investigating the disappearance of nearly U.S. $100 million in funds belonging to a gem association submitted its findings on Wednesday to Myanmar's minister…
Colombia: Colombia Rural Strike Stands Strong as Police Repression Mounts [Photos]
Jun 9, 2016
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teleSUR
Tens of thousands of peasants, rural workers, and Indigenous people in Colombia have been fighting against massive land inequality and privatization decrees, as well as…
Côte d’Ivoire: Ivory Coast Land Disputes Threaten New Violence as War Refugees Return
Jun 9, 2016
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Joe Bavier, Reuters
A post-war economic recovery has made Ivory Coast the darling of investors in Africa. But as refugees from the war trickle back - around 16,000…
India/Pakistan/Kashmir: Kashmir: A Water War in the Making?
Jun 9, 2016
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Baba Umar, The Diplomat
Today Pakistan and India are locked in a bitter water conflict. Though diplomatic exertions have prevented a major escalation, both countries are entangled in legal…
Nigeria: Nigeria Delta Avengers Say Oil Rich Region Could Break Away
Jun 9, 2016
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TV360Nigeria
A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed a string of attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta, said on Thursday the region might break…
China/Japan/East China Sea: A First: Chinese Naval Vessel Enters Senkaku Contiguous Zone in East China Sea
Jun 9, 2016
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Ankit Panda, Diplomat
Early on Thursday, a Chinese Navy frigate entered the contiguous zone adjacent to the 12 nautical mile Japanese territorial sea around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands…
Global Witness' Mistake on the Afghanistan Mining and Gem Trade: There's No $1 Trillion There
Jun 8, 2016
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Tim Worstall
There’s much to admire in the latest report from Global Witness into the mining of lapis lazuli and other semi-precious stones in Afghanistan. The level…
Can Securities Regulation Stymie Conflict in Africa?
Jun 8, 2016
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Katie Cramer
The “conflict minerals provision” contained in Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act instructed the SEC to develop reporting requirements for companies producing goods…
Nigeria: Using Non-Violence to Achieve Clean Up of Ogoniland
Jun 8, 2016
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Cornelius Essen
The recent flag-off ceremony of cleanup of Ogoniland has reawakened the hope of the people of the community that their environment could be liveable again.…
Fostering Sustainable, Resilient Food Security in Nigeria
Jun 8, 2016
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Nkechi Isaac
Speaking during a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) program development workshop with the theme “Fostering sustainability and resilience for food security…
DRC: Congo Mining Sector Sheds 3000 Direct Jobs since Last Year- Chamber
Jun 8, 2016
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Aaron Ross, Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector has lost at least 3,000 direct and 10,000 subcontractor jobs since commodity prices began to tumble last year, the…
Rwanda: "Feminine" Virtues Blamed for Unequal Land Rights in Rwanda, Research Shows
Jun 8, 2016
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Anna Pujol-Mazzini, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Female "silence and submissiveness" continue to be valued feminine traits in Rwanda, stopping women from taking advantage of equal land and property laws, researchers said.
Afghanistan: Afghan Security Forces Deploy to Prevent Illegal Mining
Jun 8, 2016
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Rahim Faiez, Associated Press
Afghan authorities are deploying security forces to ensure that insurgents fighting to overthrow the government do not benefit from illegal mining, an official said on…
Myanmar: Forest Dept Replants Trees in Shan State
Jun 7, 2016
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Maung Zaw, Myanmar Times
More than 100,000 trees will be planted in northern Shan State by mid-June to mark World Environment Day, forestry officials said. Kyaukme district forest department’s…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan, Turkish Company Sign MoU for Extension of Kajaki Hydropower Dam
Jun 7, 2016
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Khaama Press
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Energy and Water of Afghanistan and a Turkish company for the extension of Kajaki…
Myanmar: Kyaukphyu Farmers Refuse Pipeline Compensation
Jun 7, 2016
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times
Holdout farmers are threatening to sue the Southeast Asia Gas Pipeline Company unless they receive the compensation they demand for damage caused by a pipeline…
Iraq: Iraq is Pumping Oil at Record Pace Despite Chaos
Jun 7, 2016
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Matt Egan, CNN
Iraq is pumping more oil than ever before, even as ISIS-fueled chaos grips parts of the Middle Eastern country. Iraq, which relies on oil to…
Myanmar: Fragrant Oil, Rare Fungi, Big Bucks
Jun 7, 2016
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Ann Wang, Frontier
The remote northern town of Putao is poised to reap rich rewards from a project that capitalises on the production of a prized raw ingredient…
Colombia: In Colombia, Abundant Water Brings No Security
Jun 7, 2016
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Stratfor
The country is just as vulnerable as those that have much less water.
Myanmar: Myanmar Targets Closure of Notorious Wildlife Trade Hub on Chinese Border
Jun 7, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Myanmar authorities plan to shut down a notorious border town where exotic animal parts are sold openly, an official said on Tuesday, as Southeast Asia…
Authorities and Courts Complicit in Eroding Rule of Law in Kachin State
Jun 6, 2016
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Vani Sathisan and Sean Bain
Illegal large-scale land grabbing, harassment of landowners by government and business officials, and a lack of access to justice were the central complaints heard by…
Hunger in Shangri-La: Causes and Consequences of Food Insecurity in the World’s Mountains
Jun 6, 2016
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Andrew Taber
Over the past decade, the number of undernourished people around the world has declined by around 167 million, to just under 800 million people. However,…
Liberia: Campaign Leader
Jun 6, 2016
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Global Witness
This role will involve developing and leading campaign strategies and messages for Global Witness’s campaigns, organise and lead both desk and field based investigations on…
China: We Have No Fear of Trouble': China Talks Tough over South China Sea
Jun 6, 2016
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Tim Hume, CNN
A senior Chinese admiral strongly defended his country's activities in the South China Sea Sunday, restating Beijing's sovereignty in the region and warning it "had…
Afghanistan: Illegal Mining of Lapis Lazuli Fuels Taliban's Rise in Afghan Province
Jun 6, 2016
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Joe Boone, The Guardian
Struggle for control of mines producing blue stone is claiming lives in Afghanistan’s once peaceful province of Badakhshan.
Afghanistan: Blood Lapis: How Mining Funds Afghanistan’s Violence
Jun 6, 2016
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Megan Alpert, Foreign Policy
In northern Afghanistan, a man ties a 200-pound chunk of lapis lazuli to his back and hauls it down a mountain that is too steep…
Afghanistan: India Out to Damage Pakistan’s Water Interests on Kabul River
Jun 5, 2016
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Khalid Mustafa, The News
Afghanistan’s authorities with the help of Indian experts have completed the feasibilities and detailed engineering of 12 hydro-power projects with capacity to generate 1,177MW of…
Afghanistan: Greed, Corruption and Danger: A Tarnished Afghan Gem Trade
Jun 5, 2016
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Mujib Masal, New York Times
The local people called the militia’s takeover of the giant lapis mine in northeastern Badakhshan Province a white coup — easy and bloodless. Perhaps, but…
Afghanistan’s First-Ever Environmental Short Films Contest Held for World Environment Day
Jun 5, 2016
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UNDP
Filmmakers, actors and writers from across Afghanistan today received awards in the country’s first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest, organized by the United Nations Development Programme…