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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone News: Rutile Falls but Sierra Rutile Tops 2014 Production
Mar 13, 2015
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Awoko
Of the five (iron ore, diamonds, rutile ilmenite, zircon and bauxite) heavily mined minerals in Sierra Leone only two (ilmenite and zircon) were able to…
Iraq’s Continuing Struggle with Conflict Pollution
Mar 12, 2015
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Wim Zwijnenburg
While Iraq is still recovering from the environmental impact of both Gulf wars, it now faces new environmental problems caused by the current conflict against…
2015 Peacebuilders Fellowship
Mar 12, 2015
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Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey: Center for Conflict Studies
The Center's slogan "Knowledge as Action; Action as Change" drives the 2015 Peacebuilders Fellowship. The goal is learn first-hand from the people who are experiencing…
South Sudan/Sudan/Abyei: Warrap Government Urges UNISFA To Block Bashir's Plan To Visit Abyei Region
Mar 12, 2015
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Ariik Atekdit, Gurtong
Omer Al-Bashir is believed to be planning a visit to the area for his April elections campaign.
Paul Dhel Gum, the State Minister of Information…
Nile River: On the River Nile, a Move to Avert a Conflict over Water
Mar 12, 2015
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Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
For thousands of years, Egyptians have depended on the waters of the Nile flowing out of the Ethiopian highlands and central Africa. It is the…
Iraq: Oil Companies Offer to Cut 2015 Spending in Iraq
Mar 12, 2015
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Reuters
Oil companies have proposed millions of dollars of cuts in development spending in Iraq, a senior oil ministry official said, after Baghdad told them low…
Myanmar: ‘Unprecedented Rate’ of Agriculture-Driven Deforestation: Report
Mar 12, 2015
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David Hopkins, The Irrawaddy
The conversion of forestlands for agricultural development is occurring at an “unprecedented rate,” aided by a weak legal framework governing forest management and land use,…
Liberia: Liberia Locals May Lose Land Rights To Palm Oil Industry
Mar 12, 2015
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John C. Cannon, Mongabay.com
The rights of local and indigenous peoples aren’t being adequately protected in the drive for economic development, according to a report published in February by…
South Sudan/Sudan: Abyei is Sudanese Territory and Will Remain So: President Bashir
Mar 12, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
During a visit to the West Kordofan state on Wednesday, Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir asserted that the contested Abyei area belongs to Sudan and…
Iraq: Iraq’s Continuing Struggle with Conflict Pollution
Mar 12, 2015
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Wim Zwijnenburg, Insight on Conflict
While Iraq is still recovering from the environmental impact of both Gulf wars, it now faces new environmental problems caused by the current conflict against…
China/Japan/South China Sea: Testing Beijing, Japan Eyes Growing Role in South China Sea Security
Mar 11, 2015
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Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo, Reuters
Seventy years after its imperial forces were kicked out of the South China Sea, Japan is quietly moving back into the region, forging security ties…
Exclusive: Iraq Builds Up Arrears to Majors as Oil Price Drops - Sources
Mar 11, 2015
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Dmitry Zhdannikov and Alex Lawler, Reuters
Iraq is building up debts to the oil companies developing its giant fields, industry sources said, a further sign of how the oil-price drop is…
Canada: Associate Faculty Member
Mar 10, 2015
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Royal Roads University
The School of Humanitarian Studies is seeking applications for associate faculty to both develop and teach in the Master of Arts in Conflict Analysis and…
Liberia: GVL, Citizens Reach Agreement
Mar 10, 2015
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N. Dweh Nimley, The NEWS (Monrovia)
Citizens of Butaw Administrative District in Sinoe County have reportedly reached an agreement with Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) for the expansion and development of land…
Sierra Leone: Ebola Crisis Could Force Sierra Leone to Diversify away from Mining
Mar 10, 2015
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The Guardian
As Sierra Leone looks to rebuild after the Ebola epidemic, it may be forced to diversify from a mining-heavy economic base. Falling iron ore prices…
Protecting & Empowering Women & Girls in Situations of Crisis & Conflict
Mar 9, 2015
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Annabelle Timsit
Since the mid-1990s, there have been significant increases in the recorded number of all disasters and in deaths resulting from those disasters, especially in low-income…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Say Keeping Their Side of Baghdad Oil Deal
Mar 9, 2015
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Isabel Coles, Reuters
Iraqi Kurdistan said Monday it is on course to keep its side of an oil export deal reached with Baghdad in December, as loadings from…
Iraq/Syria/Libya: Oil Could Lead to the Downfall of ISIS
Mar 9, 2015
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Rob Nikolewski, Watchdog
One of the key factors to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be as simple as disrupting oil production at facilities in northern…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Coast Guards Chase Chinese Vessel off Vietnam Waters
Mar 9, 2015
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Nguyen Tu and Ba Vinh, Thanh Nien News
Coast guards in central Vietnam last week chased a Chinese poacher vessel from Vietnamese waters thanks to local fishermen's tip-off. Truong Van Phuong, a fisherman from…
Chad: Project Leader
Mar 8, 2015
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Scimitar-horned Oryx Reintroduction Project
JOB TITLE
Project Leader, Scimitar-horned Oryx Reintroduction Project, Chad
[Voir en bas de la page pour la traduction française]
MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB Job duties…
China/South China Sea: China Defends Island Building in South China Sea, Says Not Seeking New World Order
Mar 8, 2015
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Michael Martina, Reuters
China's foreign minister on Sunday defended his government's controversial policy of reclamation on disputed isles in the South China Sea which has sparked regional concern,…
Myanmar: Many Buried in Jade Mine Landslide
Mar 8, 2015
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Eleven
Many raw jade miners are feared dead after a 1,000-foot-high heap of soil collapsed in Hpakant, Kachin State. “I ran as soon as I heard…
Syria: Air Strike on Islamic State-Run Refinery in Syria Kills 30-Monitor
Mar 8, 2015
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Reuters
A U.S.-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the border with Turkey on Sunday,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: ISIS Blows up Mekhmour Oil Fields to Thwart Airstrikes
Mar 7, 2015
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Rudaw
Fighters with the Islamic State have responded to a wave of crippling coalition airstrikes targeting the Mekhmour front by exploding
two oil fields in the…
Iraq/Syria: UN Condemns 'Destruction' of Ancient Iraq City of Hatra
Mar 7, 2015
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I24News
The United Nations cultural body on Saturday condemned what it said was the destruction of the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq by the Islamic…
Blog: Will Congress Revisit the Conflict Minerals Rule?
Mar 6, 2015
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Cydney Posner
According to a Bloomberg BNA report, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, one of the plaintiffs in National Association of Manufacturers, Inc. v. SEC, the conflict minerals case currently…
How A Fight Over Natural Resources Is Quietly Driving The World’s Response To Ukraine
Mar 6, 2015
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Igor Volsky and Kiley Kroh
On Thursday, the fast-moving crisis in Ukraine took another surprising turn as the de facto authorities of Crimea, the semi-autonomous Ukrainian republic that is currently…
Water Wars: Why Water Shortages Are the Greatest Threat to Global Security
Mar 6, 2015
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Zeeshan Aleem, Policy Mic
If you were to ask the average American to list what the cause of the next global conflict would be, they'd likely list the threats…
Myanmar: Banking on the Farm Vote
Mar 6, 2015
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Thurein Htway, Nikkei
The Myanmar Farmer Development Party is proposing to set up a bank that will provide financial support to farmers to improve their productivity -- and…
Palestine: Gaza's Farmers on Front Lines of Perpetual War
Mar 6, 2015
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Dylan Collins, Al Jazeera
Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip are struggling to recover from the 51-day war between Israel and Palestinian armed groups that ended with a ceasefire…