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Call for Proposals: Path To Ottawa
Jul 7, 2025
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association & University of Ottawa
In the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding–taking place in June 2026 in Ottawa, Canada–the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and Conference partners…
Austria: Generic Internship
Jul 7, 2025
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
With 57 participating States in North America, Europe and Asia, the OSCE – the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe – is the world’s…
Myanmar: Farmers in Kyaikmaraw Forced to Grow Monsoon Rice amid Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance
Jul 7, 2025
Independent Mon News Agency
Despite the presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance left behind by the military junta, farmers along the Gyaing River in Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State, continue…
Extreme Weather and War: How Climate Change Fuels Global Tensions
Jul 5, 2025
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Shah Fahad
When we think of climate change, melting glaciers and rising sea levels may come to mind. But climate change does more than just affect the…
Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Centre Local Voices in the Climate Change, Conflict and Peacebuilding Nexus
Jul 5, 2025
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Kgomotso Komane
The rise of conflicts in societies has been attributed to a multitude of factors ranging from political, socio-economic grievances to ethnic and religious hostilities. Poverty,…
Minerals for Peace? How to Make the Rwanda-DRC Deal Stick.
Jul 4, 2025
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Lewis Mudge
A US-brokered peace deal, signed on June 27 between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, will link economic integration and respect for territorial…
DRC/Rwanda: UN Report Reveals Involvement of Russian-Linked firm in DRC's Illicit Mineral Trade
Jul 4, 2025
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Solomon Ekanem
Business Insider Africa
A new United Nations report has for the first time publicly identified a Russian-linked company operating in Rwanda as being complicit in the illicit trade…
Israel/Ukraine: Israel Expands Ukraine Aid with Lifesaving Water Infrastructure for Frontline Regions
Jul 4, 2025
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Vlad Litnarovych
UNITED24 Media
Israel will provide Ukraine with an additional humanitarian aid package that includes advanced water supply systems for hundreds of thousands of civilians in areas where…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Completes Controversial Nile Dam, Escalating Dispute with Egypt
Jul 4, 2025
France 24
Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Thursday the contested Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile is complete, a key step in a dispute with Egypt…
Liberia: Community to Protest over Forest Benefits
Jul 4, 2025
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Emmanuel Sherman
FrontPage Africa
A community forest in Grand Bassa County bordering Nimba has threatened to stop a logging company’s operation for failing to deliver on development projects, barely…
Legal Pluralism in Practice: Colombia’s New Framework for Indigenous Territorial Self-Government
Jul 3, 2025
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Marzia Genovese
In May 2025, the Colombian government took a historic step toward realising a long-delayed constitutional promise: by means of a decree, it recognised the right…
Afghanistan: Building Homes, Losing Harvests: Ghazni’s Farmland Crisis Threatens Food Security
Jul 2, 2025
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Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Several residents in Ghazni province have expressed concern over the increasing sale of agricultural lands for residential construction, warning that this trend could seriously threaten…
Iraq: Iraq Reports 34 Percent Revenue Decrease in Four Months
Jul 2, 2025
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Hastyar Qadir
Rudaw
Iraq’s finance ministry on Wednesday reported revenues of 28 trillion dinars (about $21.3 billion) in the first four months of 2025, a 34 percent increase…
DRC/Rwanda: Mineral Smuggling from Congo to Rwanda at ‘Unprecedented Levels’, UN Says
Jul 2, 2025
Bloomberg
Mineral smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into neighboring Rwanda has reached “unprecedented levels” amid the occupation of a large swath of the region…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Turns Water into Weapon in Ukraine, Expert Explains
Jul 1, 2025
RBC-Ukraine
The number of conflicts caused by water resources is growing globally, and this issue could become a new challenge for global security, including Ukraine. Amid…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad-Erbil Oil Talks Stall over Federal Refusal to Sign Written Deal
Jul 1, 2025
Rudaw
Negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on resuming Kurdish oil exports have stalled, as the two sides have failed to reach consensus on a formal, written…
DRC: Solar Minigrid Brings Light and Hope to a Goma Neighborhood, Offering Blueprint for Rest of Congo
Jun 30, 2025
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Tammy Webber, Justin Kabumba, and Moses Sawasawa
Associated Press
In several Goma neighborhoods where almost nobody had electricity just five years ago, a small solar network is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread…
Colombia: Women in Colombia Pioneer Coca Leaf Ink, Turning Stigma into Opportunity
Jun 30, 2025
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Darvin Salamanca
Colombia One
Colombian designers Mónica Suárez and Daniela Rubio run Ginger Blonde, a graphic design and visual communication studio pioneering the use of coca leaves as a…
Who’s Blowing up Oil Tankers That Carried Russian Oil?
Jun 30, 2025
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Jim Geraghty
Limpet mines are explosives placed on the side of ships, usually attached with magnets. At least four, and perhaps five oil tankers getting damaged by…
Climate Change: The Climate-Space-Security Nexus
Jun 30, 2025
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Christine Nam
Open Access Government
At first glance, the words climate, space, and security appear disconnected. Yet, as we will show, they are intrinsically intertwined in modern society’s peace and…
DRC/Rwanda: Congo Gold Miners Forced to Work without Pay by M23 Rebels
Jun 30, 2025
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John Zadeh
Discovery Alert
In a significant escalation of eastern Congo's ongoing conflict, Chinese-owned Twangiza Mining SA has reported that M23 rebels have completely seized control of its gold…
Call for Abstracts and Papers: Seminar on Protection of Environment during War and Armed Conflict
Jun 30, 2025
Indian Society of International Law
The Centre for Advanced Studies in International Humanitarian Law and Military Law at the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) is pleased to announce a…
Afghanistan: UN Food Organization Establishes over 2,000 Cold Storage Units for Farmers in Afghanistan
Jun 29, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced the establishment of over two thousand simple and smart cold storage units for…
Afghanistan: Abundant Crops, Empty Pockets: Afghanistan’s Farmers Struggle to Sell
Jun 28, 2025
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Avizha Khorshid
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Amid a surge in watermelon and melon production, several farmers and vendors in Afghanistan are voicing concerns over the lack of a viable market for…
Afghanistan: From Drought to Greenery: Some Nimroz Farmers Turn to Drip Irrigation
Jun 28, 2025
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Shaima Sediqi
Pajhwok Afghan News
While consecutive droughts in Nimroz province have severely impacted agriculture, recently some farmers have revived their cracked and dried lands by adopting the modern method…
India/Pakistan: The Hague Court Delivers Major Blow to India’s IWT Suspension
Jun 28, 2025
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Nasir Iqbal
Dawn
In a major boon for Pakistan in its dispute over the ‘one-sided’ suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the Permanent Court of Arbitration in…
Red Lines of the Indus
Jun 27, 2025
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Alexander Limansky
India’s decision to impose a water blockade on Pakistan threatens to destabilise the region once again. What are the reasons behind this latest hostile move…
Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda Mineral Deals Actually Save Lives?
Jun 27, 2025
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Dan M. Ford and Kenya Sanchez
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel as representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are hoping to end…
Critical Minerals, Fragile Peace: The DRC-Rwanda Deal and the Cost of Ignoring Root Causes
Jun 27, 2025
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Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
On Friday, June 27, in Washington, DC, the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are set to sign the…
Experts React: The DRC and Rwanda Agreed to a US-backed Peace Deal. Can Critical Minerals Help End This Conflict?
Jun 27, 2025
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Atlantic Council
On Friday, the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a US-brokered peace deal aimed at ending a brutal…