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UK/Remote: Peacebuilding Programme Intern

Feb 17, 2026 | Concordis International

UK-based peacebuilding charity seeks programme interns to become actively involved in programmes, providing meaningful assistance to the organisation as it carries out its mission. Concordis…

Syria: Deputy Director for Program and Operations

Feb 17, 2026 | Near East Foundation

NEF’s Syria programme is an integrated, enterprise centred, partnership-first model that combines finance, skills, markets, and systems to help communities recover and move towards dignified…

Ukraine: WASH Expert (For Nationals only)

Feb 17, 2026 | People in Need

People in Need (PIN) has been active in Ukraine since early August 2014. Currently, PIN is one of the major humanitarian actors in Ukraine responding…

Ukraine: Country Director

Feb 17, 2026 | Mines Advisory Group

Since the Russian invasion of 24th February 2022, Ukraine has been subjected to heavy artillery bombardment, missile, and air strikes, as well as the use…

Burkina Faso: Directrice ou Directeur Pays

Feb 17, 2026 | Action contre la Faim France

Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes…

Call for Expertise: EnPAx Gender Interest Group Interested in Behavioural Science Expertise for Collaboration

Feb 17, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We're seeking GIG members with expertise in behavioral science approaches—particularly using behavioral interventions—within environmental peacebuilding contexts to contribute to a workshop we're developing for the…

Pakistan: International Consultant, Technical Advisor, Trafficking in Persons Research and Capacity-Strengthening

Feb 17, 2026 | International Organization for Migration
ReliefWeb

Project Context and Scope:

IOM Pakistan is expanding its counter-trafficking (CT) and migrant smuggling prevention portfolio by generating new evidence and building local capacity. Recent initiatives,…

Myanmar: In the Shadow of Conflict, a Gold Rush Erupts on the Chindwin River

Feb 16, 2026
Frontier Myanmar

Riverside communities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region worry that gold mining, approved by forces aligned with the National Unity Government, will destroy their agricultural land, poison…

Climate Security Should Be a Bigger Priority at the Munich Security Conference

Feb 13, 2026 | Beatrice Mosello

At the Munich Security Conference (MSC) – long a barometer of global security priorities – climate change is of reduced importance this year. While it…

Water Wars: Are African ‘Water Wars’ on the Horizon as AU Puts the Issue on Its Agenda?

Feb 13, 2026 | Sumayya Ismail
Al Jazeera

From deadly Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar and surging waterborne disease risks across flood-affected Mozambique, to parched land and herds of dead livestock along the Kenya-Somalia…

Climate Change: From Climate Crisis to Lasting Peace: How Smart Climate Action Can Reduce Conflict Worldwide

Feb 13, 2026
CoE-EDP, VisionRI

Climate change is no longer just about rising temperatures or melting ice caps. In many parts of the world, it is becoming a driver of…

Water Wars: Are African ‘Water Wars’ on the Horizon as AU Puts the Issue on Its Agenda?

Feb 13, 2026 | Sumayya Ismail
Al Jazeera

From deadly Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar and surging waterborne disease risks across flood-affected Mozambique, to parched land and herds of dead livestock along the Kenya-Somalia…

The Munich Security Conference's Uncomfortable Truth: Fossil Fuels Are Now a Security Risk

Feb 12, 2026 | María Mendiluce

At Munich world leaders will talk about defence readiness, economic resilience and strategic autonomy, but energy and climate change should be understood as central to…

Reimagining Land, Justice, and Post-War Responsibility in Liberia

Feb 12, 2026 | Ysyndi Martin-Kpeyei

Nations emerging from conflict are not rebuilt by rigidity, but by vision anchored in humanity. In Liberia, it is unproductive and ultimately visionless to suggest…

DRC: Trump Aides Urged Sale of Congo Lithium Claim to a US Company

Feb 12, 2026 | Joe Deaux, Sheridan Prasso, William Clowes, and Michael J Kavanagh
Bloomberg

During a meeting at the White House last month, Trump administration officials urged an Australian mining executive to sell his firm’s interest in a major…

Afghanistan: Clashes over Land Seizure in Baghlan Leave Two Injured

Feb 12, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Local sources say that on Tuesday, residents of the “Dahan Piyazqol” area in Doshi district of Baghlan province clashed with “Gujar and Kuchi settlers” over…

Afghanistan: Experts Urge Better Management of Ghazni Solar-Powered Groundwater

Feb 12, 2026 | Wahidullah Jumazada
Pajhwok Afghan News

Some residents and environmental experts in southern Ghazni province have raised concerns over the excessive extraction of groundwater for agricultural purposes using solar power, warning…

DRC: Scrutiny Grows over DRC-US Minerals Deal, Even as Other African Nations Sign up

Feb 12, 2026 | Elodie Toto
Mongabay

On Feb 4, the US hosted the Critical Minerals Ministerial, a summit bringing together delegations from more than 50 countries, including seven African countries, with…

Peru: In Peru’s Andes, Quechua Women Turn Human-Wildcat Conflict Into Coexistence

Feb 11, 2026 | Mongabay
Mongabay

A new film, Women Secure a Future with Pumas in the Andes, examines how the fear of predators like the puma (Puma concolor), pampas cat…

Venezuela’s Democratic Transition Needs Women, Including Machado

Feb 11, 2026 | Caroline Hubbard
Council on Foreign Relations

Women have been on the frontlines fighting Maduro’s dictatorship, and other countries’ transitions show that women’s participation is vital for democracy to succeed. 

Power Shift: Can Syria's Oil Fields Reshape Its Energy Future?

Feb 11, 2026 | Cian Ward

Following the government’s takeover of much of northeast Syria from the Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in recent weeks, Syria’s vast oil fields now have…

Water, Power, and the Future of Conflict

Feb 11, 2026 | Nick Kraft and J. Carl Ganter

In 2026, water is emerging as one of the world’s most contested shared resources. Water is becoming the protagonist in a story of global disruption and…

DRC: Congo Says It Would Seek Other Partners if US Minerals Framework Fails

Feb 11, 2026 | Clara Denina and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila
Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo will look for other partners if its minerals cooperation framework with the US does not lead to concrete projects, the…

Climate & Policing

Feb 10, 2026 | Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Climate change is changing policing roles. Besides crime, police are now also expected to handle disaster management, help with evacuation, rescue, control traffic, secure relief…

Afghanistan: Taliban Factions Clash over Gold Mine in Northern Afghanistan

Feb 10, 2026 | Siyar Sirat
Amu TV

Armed clashes broke out between rival Taliban factions in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province over control of a gold mine, local sources said on Monday, underscoring…

Afghanistan: Herat Livestock Herders Say Climate Change, Aid Cuts Push Livelihoods to Brink

Feb 10, 2026 | Maiwand Haidari
Amu TV

Livestock herders in Afghanistan’s western Herat province say climate change and a sharp reduction in humanitarian assistance have pushed traditional animal husbandry to the brink of collapse,…

Local Resilience Can Mitigate Climate Conflicts in the Pacific

Feb 9, 2026 | Tobias Ide

The Pacific Island countries are at the frontline of climate change. Their territories mostly consist of small, low-lying islands, with long coastlines and vast ocean…

Afghanistan: Taliban Officials Claim Opium Poppy Cultivation Has Ceased in Afghanistan

Feb 9, 2026
Atlas Press

The Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior has claimed that in the current solar year, opium poppy cultivation across Afghanistan has…

Pakistan: Govt Decides to Redesign ‘Security Architecture’ to Guard Mineral-Rich Balochistan

Feb 8, 2026
Pakistan Today

The government has decided to raise a special force and strengthen its intelligence network to safeguard mineral-rich Balochistan and its borders with Iran and Afghanistan,…

Iran/USA: US Imposes Sanctions on ‘Shadow Fleet’ Accused of Transporting Iranian Oil

Feb 6, 2026
Al Jazeera

The United States has sanctioned 14 nautical vessels as part of what it calls a “shadow fleet” circumventing restrictions on the transport of Iranian oil…