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The Strategic Execution Gap: Why America Can Find Critical Minerals - and Still Lose Them
Sep 6, 2026
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Rare Earth Exchanges
Critical minerals are turning foreign ministries into business-development organizations. Embassies, development banks, export-credit agencies, and political leaders will increasingly compete to secure mining concessions, infrastructure,…
Afghanistan: Taliban Close around 100 Shops in Herat’s Jebrail over Land Ownership Dispute
Sep 6, 2026
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Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow
Sources in Jebrail district of Herat province say Taliban authorities have closed around 100 shops following a land ownership dispute involving an individual who has…
Climate Change: The Next Wars May Not Be about Oil or Borders: Climate Change Is Turning Food, Water and Farmland into New Sources of Conflict across the World
Sep 6, 2026
Economic Times
Climate change is reshaping global agriculture and resource availability. This shift could increasingly drive future conflicts and instability worldwide. Droughts and extreme weather are reducing…
Afghanistan: Nimroz Farmers Suffer Heavy Losses Due to Drought
Sep 6, 2026
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Abdul Ghafar Azizi
TOLOnews
Liberia: LLA Urges Youth to Turn Land Rights into Action
Sep 6, 2026
Observer
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) Assistant Director for Communications and Outreach, Emmanuel Chedeh Davis, has challenged young Liberians to move beyond discussions on land rights…
Afghanistan: Experts: Traditional Irrigation Is Draining Afghanistan’s Water Resources
Sep 6, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Agricultural experts have voiced concern over the widespread use of traditional irrigation methods in Afghanistan. They warn that as drought intensifies and water resources shrink,…
Climate Change: When Climate Risk becomes a Security Crisis
Sep 5, 2026
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Ludwig Federigan
Manila Times
Food Security: El Niño, Regional Wars Fuel Global Food Crisis [Video]
Sep 5, 2026
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Hannah Hummel
Deutsche Welle
Global food prices are climbing as the effects of climate change and conflict collide. Supply disruptions caused by wars in Ukraine and Iran are combining…
Liberia: Liberia Takes First Step toward Carbon Markets as President Boakai Receives National Carbon Policy
Sep 5, 2026
ZAWYA
The policy emerged from an extensive national consultation and consensus-building process involving forest-dependent communities, civil society organizations, government institutions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and…
Taliban Mining Economy, an Insurgent Way of Doing Business
Sep 3, 2026
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Shahzaib Khan
Afghanistan has long been described as a poor country sitting on extraordinary wealth. Under Taliban rule, that contradiction has acquired a harder political edge. A…
Conflict Minerals: Tesla, Volkswagen and Amazon Filings Flag Blacklisted African Gold Refiners as Possible Suppliers
Sep 3, 2026
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Ayodeji Adegboyega
Business Insider
Supply-chain disclosures by Tesla, Amazon and Volkswagen have identified sanctioned gold refineries in Uganda and Rwanda among facilities that may have processed minerals used somewhere…
South Sudan: Civil Society Urges Twic-Ngok Land Dispute Probe
Sep 3, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
The National Civil Society Coalition has called on the governments of Warrap State and the Abyei Administrative Area to investigate the root causes of a…
Jordan: Teaser: “Voices of the Red Sea” Documentary – Aqaba Tells Its Story [Video]
Sep 2, 2026
EcoPeace Middle East
The “Voices of the Red Sea” documentary was developed by participants of the Red Sea Keepers Program as part of their learning journey with EcoPeace…
New Cluster Munition Action Plan Would Include More Environment and Climate
Sep 2, 2026
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Anna McKean and Jonathan Walsh
The process of environmental mainstreaming in mine action has been underway for several years. Anna McKean and Jonathan Walsh explain how a new action plan…
Badakhshan Gold and the Taliban’s Politics of Extraction
Sep 2, 2026
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Sahibzada Muhammad Usman
August protests in Arghanj Khwaj—after July and Nasi—saw local gold panners push contracted firms and machines off traditional sites; they say Taliban “regulation” (Hibatullah’s panning…
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Israel Halted Supply of Water to Gaza amid Ongoing Desalination Crisis
Sep 2, 2026
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Nir Hasson
Haaretz
Israel's national water company Mekorot halted the flow of water to Gaza on Tuesday, amid a crisis affecting Israel's desalination facilities, leading to nearly one…
Israel: ShaRed Sea - EcoPeace Teacher Training in Eilat [Video]
Sep 1, 2026
EcoPeace Middle East
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Afghanistan: UNICEF Announces Solar-Powered Water Systems in Vulnerable Areas of Ghor
Sep 1, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it will provide solar-powered water supply systems to improve access to clean water in vulnerable areas of Ghor.
Liberia: Cocoa Exports at Risk as Lacra Admits EU Deforestation Gaps
Sep 1, 2026
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Blamo N. Toe
Liberian Investigator
Liberia's cocoa and coffee farmers risk losing the market that buys about 65% of their crop, because the country still has no farm mapping, geolocation…
Israel/Palestine/Gaza: Destroyed Desalination Plant Worsens Gaza’s Drinking Water Crisis
Sep 1, 2026
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Maram Humaid
Al Jazeera
On August 24, Israel bombed the desalination plant, as it continues to flout the October ceasefire deal it agreed to. The strike destroyed the plant…
Indus Waters Treaty and the New Fault Line in South Asian Security
Sep 1, 2026
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Amina Jabbar
It is well known that water is the next potential source of conflict in the world where climate change, population increase and the shortage of…
Taliban’s Hydropolitics and the International Engagement Dilemma
Aug 31, 2026
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Mohd H. Faizee
Five years ago, the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, inheriting the country water infrastructure agenda but lacking a coherent policy and technical capacity. This left…
Conflict and Climate: Double Threat Driving Great Lakes Displacement
Aug 31, 2026
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Institute for Security Studies
Climate hazards are compounding decades of conflict-driven displacement, while fragmented responses expose vulnerable communities to repeated crises.
Gas and Peace: Can Energy Trade Contain Egypt-Israel Conflict?
Aug 31, 2026
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Nourhan Hefzy
Can economic ties help contain conflict between Egypt and Israel, or do they simply postpone confrontation? Drawing on the German-Russian experience, the article examines how…
India/Pakistan: India Must Uphold Water-Sharing Treaty with Pakistan, International Court Says
Aug 31, 2026
Reuters
India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on an hydroelectric plant it is building in…
South Sudan: Kiir Fires Deputy Justice Minister amid Abyei Map Controversy
Aug 31, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Joseph Malek Arop, without giving a reason for his removal.
Afghanistan: Sanctions vs Resources: Taliban Seeks Legitimacy through Mining Deals
Aug 31, 2026
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Amy Rotman
Mining.com.au
Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi says the country welcomes US involvement in mining, infrastructure, agriculture, and…
Afghanistan: Taliban Minister Says Mineral-Rich Afghanistan Open to US Investments in New Pitch for Bilateral Ties
Aug 31, 2026
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Arpan Rai
Independent
Relations between Afghanistan and US should not be assessed through the lens of the past 20 years of war, but rather on the basis of…
Syria: National WASH Sector Co-Coordinator - Damascus
Aug 31, 2026
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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,…
DRC: Environmental Health/WASH Coordinator
Aug 31, 2026
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated…