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Afghanistan/Pakistan: Tensions Rise as Taliban Moves to Curb Kunar River Flow [Video]

Oct 24, 2025
WION

In a move escalating regional tensions, Taliban Supreme Leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada has directed the immediate building of a dam on the Kunar River, which…

Climate Safety & Security Centre Website Launched

Oct 23, 2025
Delft University of Technology

The Climate Safety & Security Centre (CaSS) at TU Delft Campus The Hague is growing rapidly. With an interdisciplinary team of researchers focusing on climate…

DRC: M23 Rebels Loot $70 Million Worth of Gold from Congo Mine Since May, Company Says

Oct 23, 2025
Reuters

Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining's gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion since May, the company…

Climate Change: New IRC Report Warns: Aid Cuts and Unequal Climate Finance Are Leaving Conflict-Affected Communities behind

Oct 22, 2025
International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released a new policy brief, “Navigating the Climate Crisis in a New Era of Aid,” ahead of the Berlin Climate…

UAE: UAE Advances Water Diplomacy, Peacebuilding in Geneva ahead of 2026 UN Water Conference

Oct 22, 2025
Emirates News Agency

Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, led the UAE's participation in a series of high-level engagements in Geneva aimed at…

Somalia: Land Grabbing Crisis Deepens in Mogadishu as Women and Children Bear the Brunt

Oct 21, 2025 | Dahir Alasow
Suna Times

A new wave of forced evictions and illegal land grabbing is devastating communities across Mogadishu, displacing thousands of residents — many of them women and…

Liberia: UN Women, Rural Women Leaders Rally in Harper - Push for Climate Action, Peace, and Economic Empowerment

Oct 21, 2025 | Peter P. Toe, Jr.
Front Page Africa

Harper, Maryland County — In a country where women's voices are often overshadowed, UN Women continues to stand out as one of Liberia's strongest allies…

DRC: Congo Rebels Loot $70M in Gold from Twangiza Mine

Oct 21, 2025
Mining.com

Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining’s gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reportedly looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion, worth about $70…

Colombia: Colombian Farmers Trade Coca for Dignity, Coffee, and a Future That Lasts

Oct 21, 2025
Latin American Post

In the green hills of Naranjal, a small farming community in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca, the sound of chainsaws cutting down coca bushes has been…

Global: Indigenous Women and the Path to a Just Energy Transition: Voices from the Land

Oct 20, 2025 | Galina Angarova and Daniela De León
Mongabay

Key Ideas:

The implementation of the energy transition is unfolding at the expense of biodiversity and communities — particularly Indigenous women, says Galina Angarova and Daniela…

Conflict Minerals: How 'Conflict-Free' Minerals Are Used in the Waging of Modern Wars

Oct 20, 2025 | Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy
The Conversation

Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life.…

Somalia: German-backed Climate Action in Somalia Offers Lessons ahead of Berlin Climate and Security Conference

Oct 20, 2025
UN Environment Programme

In the plains of Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle State, limited grazing land and sparse water resources have long been a source of conflict among clans. That…

Nigeria: ‘Land Grabbing, Ethnic Tensions, Farmer-Herder Reprisals behind Recurring Violence in Plateau’ – Gen Nicholas

Oct 18, 2025 | Lekkyez Auta
Daily Post

Chairman of the Special Fact-Finding Committee set up to investigate the remote causes of persistent attacks, killings, and destruction in the state, General Rogers Ibe…

Russia Abandons a Treaty: Environmental Protection during Armed Conflict

Oct 17, 2025 | Kelvin S-H Peh

While it may be surprising to hear that wetland ecosystems have become a casualty of war, is it not inevitable when their care is politicised?…

How ‘Conflict-Free’ Minerals Are Used in the Waging of Modern Wars

Oct 17, 2025 | Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy

Minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, tantalum, tin and tungsten, which are all abundant in central Africa, are essential to the comforts of everyday life.…

Conflict Minerals: First Supply Chain Due Diligence Scheme Recognised under Conflict Minerals Regulation to Facilitate Compliance

Oct 17, 2025
European Commission

On 16 October 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Decision recognising a supply chain due diligence scheme under the Conflict Minerals Regulation for the…

South Sudan: The Hidden Cost of South Sudan’s Oil Boom [Video]

Oct 16, 2025
Bloomberg

South Sudan relies on oil for almost all of its revenue. But some communities living near the oil fields allege polluted water is causing birth…

Including Peace in Conservation – Conflict Sensitivity at The World Conservation Congress and Lessons from South Sudan

Oct 15, 2025 | Natalia Chan

The world’s top nature conservation experts, leaders, and decision makers have been gathering in Abu Dhabi for the World Conservation Congress, bringing together the membership…

Climate Change: NATO War-Games Climate Collapse

Oct 15, 2025 | Lital Khaikin
Truthdig

It’s the 11th hour for countries to respond to irreversible climate change, experts agreed at the fourth annual Montréal Climate Security Summit — mere days…

Colombia: Putumayo’s Women Guardians Defend Land and Culture Amid Colombia’s Deforestation

Oct 15, 2025 | Natalia Arbelaez
Mongabay

In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to the rest…

Afghanistan: Russian Firms Show Interest in Panjshir-to-Kabul Water Transfer Project

Oct 15, 2025
Ariana News

During the meeting, the Russian side reportedly conveyed readiness to engage not only in the water transfer project but also in a broader range of…

The First Fergana Peace Forum Kicks off in Fergana: The Region Transforms into a Space for Goodneighborliness and Cooperation

Oct 15, 2025
Uzbekistan National News Agency

Fergana hosts the First Fergana Peace Forum, intended to become a new regional platform for dialogue, trust-building, and cooperation among Central Asian countries.