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Water: Drought: Five Years of Water Stress Reshaping Regional Stability

Jul 9, 2026
Africa News Agency

The report Drought in East Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, published by the Joint Research Centre on 20 May 2026, confirms that the period…


Conflict, Climate, No Cash: Why Poverty Persists

Jul 7, 2026 | Sarah Steffen

With just under five years left to complete the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, a new report shows what's hampering progress. And what the solutions are.


Climate Change: adelphi's Janani Vivekananda Joins UK Taskforce to Strengthen Climate Security

Jul 7, 2026
Climate Diplomacy

UK Climate Minister Katie White announces the launch of a first-of-its-kind expert taskforce to strengthen climate security during panel discussion.


China/Japan: Japan, China Coast Guards Face off Near Disputed Islands

Jul 7, 2026
Asharq Al-Awsat

Ships from Japan's and China's coast guards faced off near disputed islands Tuesday, with each claiming they drove out the other's vessels that had intruded…


Kenya: IWPG, NCIC Partner to Strengthen Women-Led Peacebuilding and Community Cohesion

Jul 7, 2026 | Harry Ivan Mboto
MSN

Peace is often built through everyday conversations, and a new initiative is placing Kenyan women at the heart of that effort.The International Women's Peace Group…


A Difficult, but Hopeful Moment for Justice and Environmental Peacebuilding

Jul 6, 2026
International Center for Transitional Justice

The relationship between violent conflict and the environment has been increasingly recognized in the past few decades. Practitioners, advocates, and scholars have underscored both the…


DRC: How Conflict Minerals Fuel War in Eastern DR Congo amid US Sanctions

Jul 6, 2026
Al Jazeera

The United States has imposed sanctions on Rwandan businessmen and companies it says are helping finance the M23 rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of…


Syria: WASH Programme Manager - Idleb

Jul 6, 2026 | GOAL

Established in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian and development agency, committed to working with communities to achieve sustainable and innovative early response in crises,…


South Sudan: WASH Officer

Jul 6, 2026 | Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany

Vétérinaires Sans Frontières - Germany (VSF Germany) is a non-governmental, non-profit making international Organization, engaged in the field of veterinary relief and development work providing…


DRC: WASH Project Manager Bunia

Jul 6, 2026 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Le Conseil Norvégien pour les Réfugiés (NRC) est une Organisation Internationale Non Gouvernementale d’origine norvégienne, présente dans plus de 25 pays du monde. Il œuvre…


Sudan: Disaster Risk Management Programme Delegate

Jul 6, 2026 | Danish Red Cross

Sudan is at the heart of an evolving humanitarian crisis. Danish Red Cross (DRC) is looking for someone with vision, resilience, and passion for humanitarian…


Syria: Call for Proposals - Innovative Climate-Smart Irrigation Solutions for Wheat Farmers in Northwest Syria

Jul 6, 2026 | Field Ready for Humanitarian Innovation

Field Ready for Humanitarian Innovation – Syria, in partnership with Engineers Without Borders Norway (EWB-N), World Vision Syria Response (WVSR), and the Response Innovation Lab…


Colombia/Guyana: Colombia and Guyana Prepare a Pact on Security and Energy with Gas as a Central Pillar

Jul 5, 2026
DEMÓCRATA

Abelardo de la Espriella and Irfaan Ali explore a strategic alliance in security, energy, and gas to reinforce cooperation between Colombia and Guyana. 


Iran: Inaction to Environmental Devastation Resulting from Conflicts Exacerbates War Impacts

Jul 3, 2026
Tehran Times

Shina Ansari, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), has highlighted that remaining silent in the face of environmental destruction caused by warmongers is…


Guatemala: Indigenous Women Build Climate Resilience with Old and New Farming Methods

Jul 2, 2026 | Adam Wentworth
Climate Home News

Lake Atitlán is one of Central America’s most critical local sources of drinking water, and is surrounded by volcanoes, a thriving tourism industry and an…


The Limits of Green Defence: NATO, Climate Security, and Modern Warfare

Jul 2, 2026 | Lou Didelot

Modern military power depends on mobility. NATO’s fighter aircraft, naval fleets, transport systems, and surveillance infrastructure all require enormous amounts of fuel to sustain readiness…


DRC: Congo Set to Take Advantage of Critical Mineral Boom with Its First-Ever Stock Exchange

Jul 2, 2026 | Chinedu Okafor
Business Insider Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in the process of initiating its inaugural stock exchange, as the emergence of AI is driving demand for…


Liberia: House Opens Sweeping Review of Mining Law as Officials Push Tougher Crackdown on Illegal Mining

Jul 2, 2026 | Gibson Gee
Liberian Investigator

The House of Representatives has begun a major review of the country's Minerals and Mining Law, with lawmakers, government regulators and industry stakeholders calling for…


Afghanistan: Narcotics Cultivation Reduced to Near Zero in Afghanistan: Qane

Jul 2, 2026 | Veda Qalandari
Pajhwok Afghan News

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says that with the implementation of a long-term counter-narcotics strategy, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has reduced the cultivation…


Syria: Water as a Weapon: A Fourteen-Year Pattern in Syria

Jul 2, 2026
Centre for Information Resilience

Access to water is a basic requirement for life and a right protected under international human rights law. It is also, throughout the history of…


Afghanistan: The Afghan Women Farmers Keeping Their Village Alive

Jul 1, 2026
Agence France-Presse

In a remote province of northeastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community's survival among the snow-capped mountains. 


DRC: Congo Strikes Diamond Deal with Swiss Firm to Boost Local Diamond Processing

Jul 1, 2026 | Adekunle Agbetiloye
Business Insider Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Africa's second-largest diamond producer, is taking another step toward capturing more value from its vast mineral wealth by shifting…


Colombia: Colombia’s Land Agency Claims Elections Triggered Surge in Land Theft

Jul 1, 2026 | Adriaan Alsema
Colombia Reports

The director of Colombia’s land agency ANT filed criminal complaints about at least eight attempts to steal land from beneficiaries of President Gustavo Petro’s land…


Climate Change: African Union Convenes Roundtable Dialogue on Climate, Peace and Security

Jul 1, 2026
African Union

The African Union Commission, with support from the United Nations Office to the African Union, and Australia as incoming COP31 Presidency of Negotiations, today convened…


Kenya: Ahero Women Take Up Rice Paddies in Kano Plains

Jun 30, 2026 | Mabel Keya and Tonny Brian
Kenya News Agency

When you look at the Kano Plains from the window of a speeding matatu on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway, you see an economic miracle draped in…


Kenya: Women at the Center of the Future of Sustainable Food Systems

Jun 30, 2026 | Rachel Kibui
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

Women-led seed conservation in Kenya is reshaping food security. See how the Kabudi Agoro Community Seedbank turns indigenous seeds into climate resilience and income.

Food systems…


Afghanistan: UN Says Women and Children Bear Heaviest Burden of Water Crisis in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

Women and children are bearing the heaviest burden of Afghanistan’s worsening water crisis, spending hours each day collecting water for their families, the United Nations…


Afghanistan: OCHA: Women and Children Bear the Burden of Water Shortages in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that women and children are shouldering the heavy burden of water shortages.


Climate Change: Experts Join Forces for Security Impacts of Climate Change

Jun 30, 2026 | James Evison
Transport + Energy

Leading security, military and academic experts have joined forces with the UK Government on preparedness for the security impacts of climate change and nature loss. 


DRC/Rwanda: Tshisekedi to Push UN Resolution on Mineral Rights

Jun 30, 2026 | Julian Pecquet
Africa Report

Kinshasa will use its July UN Security Council presidency to advocate for an international legal framework as Kigali stands accused of pilfering its neighbours’ natural…