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New Research Reveals Climate-Food-Conflict Connection via Nighttime Temperatures

Jan 11, 2016 | Raul Caruso and Roberto Ricciuti

The effect of climate change on the emergence of violent conflict has become one of the more lively academic debates and is even bleeding over…

Libya/Islamic State: Islamic State Targeting Libyan Oil to Make Trouble, Not a Profit

Jan 11, 2016 | Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor

When the Islamic State first set its eyes on Libya, it no doubt saw fertile soil for conquest in a lawless land being fought over by myriad political and military factions.…

DRC: The True Cost of Mineral Smuggling in the DRC

Jan 11, 2016 | Institute for Security Studies

Africa loses far more money through illicit financial flows every year than it receives in aid and foreign direct investment. Global Financial Integrity (GFI) estimated…

DRC: Intel Plans to Remove All Conflict Materials from Supply Chains

Jan 11, 2016 | The Strategic Sourceror

When talking on an iPhone, putting on a piece of jewelry or driving in a car, most people don't consider where the materials used to…

Liberia: As Chevron Contract Expires, Liberia Oil Firm Board Chair Quits

Jan 11, 2016 | Rodney D. Sieh, FrontPageAfrica

The Chairman of the Board of the National Oil Company of Liberia has reportedly stepped down, FrontPageAfrica has learned. But it is unclear whether Cllr.…

Myanmar: 20 Villages in Mrauk U Face Drinking Water Shortage

Jan 11, 2016 | Eleven Myanmar

Around 20 flood-affected villages in Mrauk U Township, Rakhine State, are facing a shortage of drinking water, according to civic organisations and local residents.

Afghanistan: Apiculture, Honey Production Significantly Grow in Kandahar

Jan 11, 2016 | Bashir Ahmad Naadem, Pajhwok Afghan News

Beekeeping has significantly increased in southern Kandahar provinceduring the current solar year,when farmers collected 8,000 kilograms of honey. In the past, beekeeping in Kandahar had…

Côte d’Ivoire: U.S. Top Court Rejects Nestle Bid to Throw out Child Slavery Suit

Jan 11, 2016 | Lawrence Hurley, Reuters

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Nestle SA, the world's largest food maker, and two other companies to throw out a…

Udall Scholarship in Excellence in National Environmental Foundation

Jan 10, 2016 | Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation

The Udall Foundation fosters leaders who embrace—and practices that exemplify—its core values of integrity, civility, consensus, public service, and non-partisanship. The U.S. Congress established the…

Gold Mining, Conflict Threaten Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake

Jan 10, 2016 | Htet Khaung Linn

Khaung Tong Creek was a 1.5 meter deep, pristine creek some 10 years ago, but these days this important tributary of Kachin State’s famed Indawgyi…

South Sudan/Sudan: S. Sudan Asks Khartoum to Reduce Oil Transportation Fee

Jan 10, 2016 | Sudan Tribune

The Government of South Sudan has asked Khartoum to cut the lease of Sudanese oil transportation facilities. Juba said its request was prompted by the…

Iraq: Neglect May Do What ISIS Didn’t: Breach Iraqi Dam

Jan 10, 2016 | Michael R. Gordon, New York Times

More than 16 months after Iraqi and Kurdish forces reclaimed Mosul Dam from Islamic State fighters, the structure faces a new threat: the danger that…

Vietnam/China/South China Sea: Vietnam Warns China over Air Safety Threat

Jan 9, 2016 | Agence France-Presse

Vietnam's civil aviation authority has accused Beijing of threatening regional air safety by conducting unannounced flights through its airspace to a disputed reef in the…

Myanmar: YCDC Moves to Avoid Hot-Season Water Shortages

Jan 9, 2016 | Eleven Myanmar

Yangon City Development Committee Water and Sanitation Department said it had taken measures to avoid water shortages during the hot season as a result of…

Watching the World Burn: Islamic State Attacks against Libya's Oil Industry

Jan 8, 2016 | Wim Zwijnenburg

Contrary to other armed groups in Libya, the strategy behind the Islamic State’s attacks on oil facilities this week is not purely military. It is…

Liberia: Liberia Vulnerable to Climate Change’ - Says Dr. Slawon

Jan 8, 2016 | Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPageAfrica

Climate change remains an environmental cancer which has been covertly eating up the green of every nation including Liberia and the world at large. It…

Iraq/Syria/Islamic State: Airstrikes Reduce Islamic State Oil Revenue

Jan 8, 2016 | Jim Michaels, USA Today

An air campaign aimed at crippling the Islamic State’s lucrative oil smuggling business has reduced the terror group's revenue from a peak of about $1.3 million…

Myanmar: New Permits for Gem Mining to Go Ahead Despite Objections

Jan 7, 2016 | Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times

The Ministry of Mining invited applications for new permits in August 2015, with a deadline of November 16 that year. It has extended the deadline…

Myanmar: Why Can't Myanmar Clear its Landmines?

Jan 7, 2016 | Ann Wang, IRIN

Children are among thousands of people in Myanmar who have been killed or injured by landmines planted by the military or ethnic armed groups during…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Pumping Resumes on Iraq Oil Pipeline to Turkey's Ceyhan

Jan 7, 2016 | Reuters

Oil exports from northern Iraq through a pipeline to the Turkish port city of Ceyhan resumed after a 10-hour stoppage caused by a technical fault…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Minefields: Citizens Urged Not to Flee as Shifts in Territorial Control Leave Earth 'Paved with Landmines'

Jan 6, 2016 | Catherine James, ABC News

Afghanistan tops the list for civilian casualties by victim-activated landmines out of the 58 states recorded as having anti-personnel mines in their territory, according to…