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Mary’s New Harvest: How Innovation Is Changing Farming in Embu
Sep 10, 2025
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Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas, and Victor Nyamolo
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
Mary, a smallholder farmer in Runyenjes, Embu, joined GTSTIB pilots to test new seeds, soil tools, and gender dialogues. Her yields and family nutrition improved, empowering her voice in…
We Are Missing the Peace in Climate Action
Sep 9, 2025
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Nazanine Moshiri
Despite the prevalence of climate diplomacy, its policy discussions often have a critical blind spot: The people who are worst affected rarely feature in summits,…
Afghanistan: 4 Water Supply Networks Launched in Afghanistan's Samangan Province
Sep 9, 2025
Xinhua
Afghan authorities have initiated construction on four new water supply networks in northern Samangan province, representing a key advancement in enhancing clean water access for…
Liberia: FDA, Firm Ask Court to Dismiss US$5M Lawsuit
Sep 9, 2025
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Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a logging company have asked the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice to dismiss a US$5 million lawsuit…
They Dug for Decades for Colombia’s Disappeared and Now They Are a National Symbol
Sep 9, 2025
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Astrid Suarez
AP News
Luz Elena Galeano intently watches as the earth is sifted for clothing, documents and bone fragments, hoping for a sign of her husband, who disappeared…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Halting Region's Oil Exports Has Caused $28 Billion in Losses to Iraq, Says KRG Official
Sep 8, 2025
Kurdistan24
The prolonged halt of the Kurdistan Region's oil exports has inflicted staggering financial damage on the Iraqi state, amounting to more than $28 billion in…
Risking It All to Feed the Children: Liberian Women Exercise Right to Trade Without Fear
Sep 8, 2025
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Front Page Africa
Front Page Africa
Eighteen years ago, Saybah Fomba left Liberia for Sierra Leone, braving the uncertainty of her first cross-border trading trip. Nearly two decades later, the once…
If Linked Mainly to Mineral and Business Deals, Peace Efforts in DRC Congo and Rwanda Will Not Go Far
Sep 7, 2025
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Bharat Dogra
Although a peace process involving Rwanda and DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) is supposed to be in place, this has not stopped eruption of violence,…
Afghanistan: Water Crisis and Water Mafia in Kabul: Situation Becomes More Critical Each Day
Sep 6, 2025
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Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Groundwater levels in Kabul have severely declined due to continued drought, excessive use of water resources, and weak management, bringing the water crisis in this…
Uganda: Regional Pact Brings Hope to Artisanal Miners 15 Years Later
Sep 6, 2025
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Philip Wafula
Monitor
A 15-year-old resolution by 12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has breathed life into Uganda’s Artisanal and Small-scale…
Poland/Ukraine: Polish Farmers Block Border with Ukraine
Sep 6, 2025
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Milena Bogdanova
Fakti.bg
Polish farmers have once again blocked the movement of Ukrainian trucks through the Medika-Shegyny checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, the State Border Service of…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: The EU–UNEP Partnership to Support Locally Led Climate Actions in Fergana Valley
Sep 5, 2025
European Union
The regional initiative for Central Asia, funded by the European Union, within the EU–UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment and Peace, was launched on 25 August…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan: Central Asia and Afghanistan Heading for “Confrontation” over Water-Thirsty Canal, Warns Analyst
Sep 5, 2025
bne IntelliNews
Water-stressed Central Asia and Afghanistan are heading for a “confrontation” over the Taliban’s building of the Qosh Tepa Canal, which will divert up to a…
Liberia: As Climate Change Drives More Farmers into the Forests, Ambitious Boakai Forestry Sector Reform Is Yet to Help Local Communities
Sep 5, 2025
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Eric Opa Duoe
New Narratives
Marthaline Gbar is among dozens of residents in the Garwin Authorized Community Forest who say they’ve been left impoverished by broken promises from Tetra Logging,…
Indus Waters Treaty: From Cooperative Vision to Calculated Confrontation
Sep 4, 2025
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Medha Bisht
Instead of believing that strategic patience would breed stability, the Modi government’s strategic escalation has made Indus water flows a tool of coercive diplomacy.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Mines under Taliban Contracts: Short-Term Revenues, Long-Term Costs
Sep 4, 2025
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Kazim Homayoun
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, the group’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed more than 205 mining contracts with domestic…
Afghanistan: UN Says Quake-Hit Areas in Afghanistan Contaminated by Explosive Ordnance
Sep 4, 2025
KabulNow
The United Nations has warned that parts of eastern Afghanistan hit by last week’s deadly earthquake remain contaminated with explosive ordnance, further complicating rescue and…
Syria: Severe Drought Threatens Food Security across the Middle East, Devastating Syria’s Fragile Recovery
Sep 4, 2025
Kurdistan24
A historic drought gripping Syria and the broader Eastern Mediterranean is decimating crops, draining rivers and reservoirs, and intensifying food insecurity, threatening millions in a…
China/Taiwan: Taiwan Accuses China of Breaching International Law over Drilling
Sep 4, 2025
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Helen Davidson
Guardian
Taiwan’s government has accused China of breaching international law by drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and immediately demanded it…
Iran: Iran's Water Crisis: A Nexus of Environmental, Political, and Security Challenges
Sep 4, 2025
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Fatemeh Aman
Future Center
Iran grapples with a water crisis that has evolved from an environmental challenge into a political emergency. The situation unfolds against a backdrop of mounting…
Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal Could Trigger a Central Asian Water Crisis
Sep 3, 2025
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Galiya Ibragimova
Water shortages have long been a serious problem in Central Asia. They will become even worse when Afghanistan completes a canal diverting significant volumes of…
Economic and Political Fragility and Insecurity: A Climate Triple Threat in South Sudan
Sep 3, 2025
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Rachel Stromsta
Among the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, South Sudan’s crisis is only expected to worsen, as the country lacks the requisite…
Transboundary Water Security in a Warming World: Conflict Risks, Cooperation Pathways, and Policy Imperatives
Sep 3, 2025
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Ashok Swain
Water security—the reliable availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems, and production—has emerged as one of the defining challenges…
Three Reasons Why the Climate Crisis Must Reshape How We Think about War
Sep 3, 2025
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Duncan Depledge
The relationship between war and climate change is complex. But here are three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war.
How Unexploded Bombs Cause Environmental Damage – and Why Climate Change Exacerbates the Problem
Sep 3, 2025
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Sarah Njeri
There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world – from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll,…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Fights Opium Poppy Cultivation [Video]
Sep 3, 2025
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Afghanistan's poppies account for an estimated 80 percent of the world's opium. The Taliban have banned cultivation, but its efforts to eradicate the crop face…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan: The Tajikistan–Afghanistan Border Clash Alarmed Regional Security
Sep 3, 2025
SpecialEurasia
A firefight broke out on August 24, 2025, between Tajik border troops and Taliban forces near the Panj River in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, across from…
Sherri Goodman named Distinguished Fellow at Atlantic Council
Sep 3, 2025
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council announced today that Sherri Goodman has been named a distinguished fellow with both the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security —through its…
Water: TRENDS Conference Focuses on Water as a Critical Component of Peace and Development
Sep 3, 2025
TRENDS
On the first day of TRENDS Research & Advisory’s Fifth Conference on Sustainable Water Security, three main sessions discussed the challenges and opportunities related to…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan, Egypt Reject Wider Nile Basin Role in Ethiopia Dam Dispute
Sep 3, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Sudan and Egypt on Wednesday rejected attempts to include other Nile Basin countries in their long-running dispute with Ethiopia over its massive dam on the…