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A View from Myanmar: Exploring System-Scale Hydropower Planning
May 17, 2016
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Jeff Opperman
Myanmar’s rivers provide a reliable source of water for navigation and irrigation, and support food production and livelihoods. In fact, Myanmar’s freshwater fisheries produce more…
DRC: Robin Wright Targets Congo's 'Conflict Minerals' Violence with New Campaign
May 17, 2016
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Ed Pilkington, Guardian
House of Cards star Robin Wright has launched a campaign with Congolese and American activists to end the pillage of Congo’s vast mineral resources and…
Partitioning Iraq: Make a Detailed Case, or Cease and Desist
May 16, 2016
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Ben Connable
Iraq is once again in political turmoil, and once again we are hearing calls to partition the country into three ethno-sectarian cantonments: Shi’a, Sunni, and Kurd. The…
Colombia: Colombia's War-Weary Farmers Head Home amid Hopes and Fears
May 16, 2016
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Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
More than five decades of conflict have forced 6.7 million Colombians to flee their homes, many of them poor farmers like Portillo, making the country…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: UNSC Extends Mandate of Peacekeepers in Abyei
May 16, 2016
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Agence Africaine de Presse
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission of the contested rich-oil region between Sudan and South Sudan for…
Sudan/South Sudan: Peace Heralds Oil Fortune for South Sudan - Envoy
May 16, 2016
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Taddeo Bwambale, New Vision
A little more than two years of fighting in South Sudan had threatened to destroy the country’s oil production, a critical resource the country now…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China's Fishing Ban Adds an Entanglement for Vietnam in the South China Sea
May 16, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
Beijing injected an extra irritant into its long-running dispute with its neighbors with the South China Sea as it announced its annual ban on fishing…
Afghanistan/China: Afghanistan Backs Beijing Stance on South China Sea
May 16, 2016
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Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press
China on Monday said landlocked Afghanistan has expressed support for Beijing's stance on the South China Sea dispute, the latest country from outside the region…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Surge Seen Losing Steam Just as Markets Need More
May 16, 2016
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Anthony Dipaola, Bloomberg
Iraq’s oil industry is on a roll. Production has jumped more than 40 percent since mid-2014 and exports are at near-record levels. It probably won’t…
DRC: Illicit Wildlife, Gold, Timber Trade Funds DRC Conflict
May 16, 2016
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Environment News Service
Organized crime funded by illegal trade in natural resources is fueling the 20-year-long conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, that has…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Shares of International Loans to Iraq
May 15, 2016
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Lana Sardar Qader, NRT
For the past decade the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) had established what ended up being a false sense of financial security. The KRG economy has…
Food Security: Countries Stress Peace is Needed to Fight Hunger
May 14, 2016
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infoZine
In a declaration adopted by the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East that ended in Rome today, country representatives stressed "the need for stability…
Mozambique: Mozambique Wrestles with Drought, Debt, Conflict
May 14, 2016
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Anita Powell, Voice of America
Two years ago, the nation of Mozambique was riding high after a peaceful presidential election, the promise of offshore natural gas wealth, and what looked…
Water Wars: Known Unknowns in the South China Sea
May 13, 2016
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Chris Mirasola
The USS William Lawrence conducted a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) within 12 nautical miles of Fiery Cross Reef on Tuesday, May 10th. Chinese-controlled Fiery…
How Climate Change is Driving Nigeria's Herdsmen Conflict
May 13, 2016
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Chidi Oguamanam
Forging national unity has been a perennial challenge to Nigeria’s evolution as a country. Since independence from Britain 56 years ago, the country continues to…
When Climate Change Exacerbates Conflict, Women Pay the Price Says Mayesha Alam
May 13, 2016
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Sean Peoples, New Security Beat
Climate change has the potential to exacerbate conflict and political instability, and women will pay a steeper price than their male counterparts when it does,…
Colombia: To Fight Deforestation, Replanting Eco-Awareness in Colombia
May 13, 2016
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Eden Krsmanovic, City Paper Bogota
A recent report released by the Convention on Biological Diversity takes a critical look at the extent of the damage to Colombia’s native forests, and…
Iraq: Exclusive: Iraq Oil Projects Face Delays as Companies Resist Spending Cuts
May 13, 2016
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
International oil firms have warned Iraq that projects to increase its crude output will be delayed if the government insists on drastic spending cuts this…
Iraq/Syria: How Sykes-Picot Is the Root of Syria, Iraq Sectarian Conflicts
May 13, 2016
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teleSUR
Days after taking over the second largest city in Iraq Mosul, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said “this blessed advance will not stop…
Armed Clashes Drive Growing Displacement in Western Colombia
May 13, 2016
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Nora Sturm, UNHCR
Armed clashes between illegal groups fighting for territory in western Colombia are driving a growing number of mostly Afro-Caribbean and indigenous peoples from their homes…
Iraq: Iraq to Stop Sunflower Seed Imports as Domestic Production Rises
May 12, 2016
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Bloomberg, Khalid Al Ansary
Iraq will stop importing sunflower oil next year as domestic production is rising under a government plan to boost supplies of food staples. The government…
Iraq: ISIS Sabotage Continues to Cause Outages in Iraqi Oil Fields
May 12, 2016
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James Burgess, Oilprice.com
Two wells at the Khabaz oilfield near Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, sabotaged by ISIS last week are still on fire, with production suspended and losses…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Border Fencing Escalates Pakistan-Afghanistan Tension
May 12, 2016
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Al Jazeera
Tension at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has escalated over the fencing of a 2km area at the Torkham crossing which was stopped by the Afghan forces.…
Cambodia: Project Coordinator
May 11, 2016
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Fauna & Flora International
Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest-established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the…
Republic of the Congo: Park Director
May 11, 2016
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Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. WCS's goal is to conserve the world's largest…
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic: Integrated Conservation Resource Management
May 11, 2016
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
The Hin Nam No National Protected Area (HNN NPA) has a unique karst landscape of outstanding importance for regional biodiversity. It is located in Bualapha…
Lebanon: Emergency Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Coordinator
May 11, 2016
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GVC
He or she will be providing technical assistance and supervision, day to day coordination, capacity building to national/international staff and donor compliance.
This position reports to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Politics: Iraqi Kurdish Official Calls for Country’s Split
May 11, 2016
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Paul McLeary, Foreign Policy
Just hours after the Islamic State hit multiple sites in Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad, killing over 90 civilians, the governor of Kirkuk province in the…
Food Security: Hunger, a Matter of Global Security
May 11, 2016
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Enrique Yeves, Inter Press Service
Desperate, frustrated, and with little hope for the future, on 17h December 2010, the Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi doused himself in petrol and set himself alight.…
Daesh (IS) and Criminal Syndicates after the Gold of Central Asia
May 10, 2016
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Douglas Green
Recent reports from various sides concerning the increasing lack of cash flow for Daesh (IS) in the Near East due to difficulties in its Turkish…