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Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste’s Sun Will Rise at AOG 2015

Jan 14, 2015 | Gas Today

What is the future for the Sunrise gas field? What is the latest on maritime boundary discussions between Timor-Leste and Australia? What exploration and business…


South Sudan: South Sudan Provides Assurances for Safety of Chinese Oil Workers

Jan 14, 2015 | Sudan Tribune

JUBA – South Sudan’s foreign affairs minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, said he had provided assurances to his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, of the government’s commitment…


What Haiti Needs to Do Next

Jan 13, 2015 | Alex Fischer and Marc A. Levy

Within three months of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the initial shock and sadness of the tragedy had been replaced by an enormous ambition: Haiti…


Myanmar: PNA Responds to Accusations of Land Grabbing

Jan 13, 2015 | Burma News International

Following a march in Taunggyi City, Shan State on 8 January by farmers protesting the seizure of their land by the Paoh National Organization (PNO)…


Conflict Minerals: Groups Update Electronics Proposal

Jan 13, 2015 | Abby Patkin, The Justice

On Dec. 3, members from Students Taking Action Now in Darfur and Conflict-Free Campus Initiative met with the Faculty Senate to discuss and make edits…


Myanmar: Two More Myanmar Protesters Charged Over China Mine Demo

Jan 13, 2015 | Bangkok Post

YANGON - Two more protesters opposed to a China-backed copper mine venture in Myanmar have been charged with offences that could see them jailed for…


The Civil War’s Environmental Impact

Jan 12, 2015 | Ted Widmer

The Civil War was the most lethal conflict in American history, by a wide margin. But the conventional metric we use to measure a war’s…


A Tale of Two Shocks in Iraq

Jan 12, 2015 | Masood Ahmed

Iraq is facing a “double shock” from the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) insurgency and the global plunge in oil prices. While…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Bid to Raise Oil Exports from Kurdistan; British to Reconsider

Jan 12, 2015 | World Bulletin

The central government in Iraq began constructing a new oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Erbil to increase oil exports from region, an official from the…


Myanmar: Land Program Officer

Jan 11, 2015 | Namati

In a world where billions of people live outside the protection of the law, Namati is dedicated to putting the law in peoples' hands. We…


Liberia: Emergency WASH/Environmental Health Manager

Jan 11, 2015 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.…


South Sudan: Deputy Project Director

Jan 11, 2015 | Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity…


Jordan: WASH Program Manager

Jan 11, 2015 | Agency for Technical Development and Cooperation

Agency for Technical Development and Cooperation (ACTED) is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political…


Afghanistan: WASH Adviser

Jan 11, 2015 | Mission East

Location / department: Mission East (ME) Faizabad City, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, with frequent travels to provinces in Afghanistan with ME operations (Takhar, Badakhshan and Baghlan)…


South Sudan: Food Security Livelihoods Coordinator

Jan 11, 2015 | Danish Refugee Council

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private, independent, humanitarian organization working on all aspects of the refugee cause in more than twenty five countries…


Myanmar: Women’s Groups Call for Justice Over Slain Copper Mine Protester

Jan 11, 2015 | Min Min, Mizzima

Ten Myanmar women’s groups Friday called for justice for the woman who was killed in clashes between security forces and residents at the controversial copper…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Untangling The Threads of The Baghdad-Erbil Oil Deal

Jan 10, 2015 | Emmanuela Eposti, Middle East Monitor

The announcement of last month's breakthrough oil deal between Baghdad and Erbil was widely greeted with positive murmurings in the Western press. The deal, which…


Palestine: 'Storm Huda' Hits Palestine

Jan 10, 2015 | Middle East Monitor

'Storm Huda' first hit Palestine on Wednesday as severe snow storms hit Ramallah and the higher areas in Bethlehem, Hebron, Jerusalem and Nablus. Heavy rain…


Somalia/Somaliland: Berbera Residents against Habarjeclo's Land-Grabbing

Jan 10, 2015 | Waagacusub Media

Hundreds of families from President Siilaanyo's tribe of Habarjeclo take advantage of the sea-port of Berbera Somaliland, which have resulted anti-Habarjeclo sentiment, reliable sources told…


Myanmar: Opium Turns Hillside Town Into ‘Widow Village’

Jan 10, 2015 | Salai Thant Zin, The Irrawaddy

Kanzam, Chin State — New Year’s Eve passed quietly in Kanzam, a small village in northern Chin State. While other villages in remote Tonzang Township…


Green Star Awards: Nominations Extended to Feb. 15

Jan 9, 2015 | Green Cross, UNEP, and OCHA

The biennial Green Star Awards recognize individuals, organizations, governments and companies who have demonstrated achievements in prevention, preparedness and response to environmental emergencies.

Environmental emergencies result…


Future Wars on Water

Jan 9, 2015 | Dr. Muhammad Yaqoob Bhatti

It has been said that all future wars would be on water disputes. Egypt has already issued an ultimatum of war to Ethiopia in the…


Rebuilding Gaza and the Need to Assess TRW Risks

Jan 9, 2015 | Andrew Garrity

The people of Gaza are facing the colossal task of rebuilding homes, roads and schools following the hostilities between Hamas and the Israeli Defence Forces…


Face-Off: China vs. ASEAN in the South China Sea and Beyond

Jan 9, 2015 | Richard Javad Heydarian, National Interest

By all possible measures, 2014 was a roller-coaster year for East Asia, particularly for the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which…


Liberia: Corruption in Liberia’s Emerging Oil Industry: Role of Timis & AP

Jan 9, 2015 | Front Page Africa

Monrovia - Liberia’s oil industry is being contaminated by the corrupting influences of Frank Timis and his company African Petroleum, an investigation by FrontPage Africa…


Palestine: Storm Adds to Misery of Gaza’s Most Vulnerable

Jan 9, 2015 | Majd al Waheidi and Jode Rudoren, New York Times

As a winter storm continued to pound the Middle East, thousands of Gaza residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged in last summer’s war with…


International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley

Jan 8, 2015 | EcoPeace Middle East

The SIWI / EcoPeace / GNF November 10-12, 2014 "International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley" brought together over one hundred government officials…


Will China Change its South China Sea Approach in 2015?

Jan 8, 2015 | Prashanth Parameswaran

Given the litany of surprises we have witnessed in the South China Sea over the past few years, it would be a fool’s errand to…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Deal Evokes Churchill in Islamic State Battle

Jan 8, 2015 | Selcan Hacaoglu and Zaid Sabah, Bloomberg

Winston Churchill understood the significance of the black stuff seeping to the surface in the Kurdish plains of Mesopotamia when he included the region within…


Iraq: Budget Debates Focus on Revenue Worries

Jan 8, 2015 | Patrick Osgood, Rawaz Tahir, and Ben Van Heuvelen, Iraq Oil Report

Iraq's 2015 draft budget received a second reading in Parliament Wednesday, although concerns over the falling price of oil threaten to delay legislative progress."The most…