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Climate Change: Asia Water, Energy Supplies at Risk as Climate Woes Mount
May 25, 2023
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David Stanway, Reuters
Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action…
Cameroon: Programme Policy Officer (Resilience and Livelihood), Yaounde, Cameroon
May 25, 2023
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United Nations World Food Programme
WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply…
South Sudan: Toxic Floods: Environmental Risks around Oil Infrastructure put South Sudan on Edge
May 25, 2023
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Madhumita Paul, DownToEarth
A recent report has flagged environmental risks associated with severe flooding near South Sudan’s national oil infrastructure. Oil infrastructure in the country lacks adequate protection and…
Liberia: ‘Kpokolo’ Explained: What We Know About the Illegal Trade
May 25, 2023
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James Harding Giahyue, The DayLight
Last week, the two Turkish nationals were arrested in Ganta, Nimba County for their alleged involvement in illegal logging activities in that region. Police finally picked up Hasan Uzan…
EU’s Flawed Reliance on Audits, Certifications for Raw Materials Rules
May 24, 2023
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Human Rights Watch
The European Union’s effort to secure a sustainable and secure supply of minerals, including through the draft Critical Raw Materials Act, is increasingly relying on flawed…
Myanmar: Northern Rakhine State Townships Face Water Shortage in Aftermath of Cyclone Mocha
May 24, 2023
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Myanmar Now
Locals in northern Rakhine State have been left with no choice but to drink boiled “dirty water,” as a shortage of freshwater continues to plague…
DRC: DR Congo Accuses Rebel Forces of Looting Its Natural Resources [Video]
May 24, 2023
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CGTN Africa
The Democratic Republic of Congo has again made a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court over what it claims is the systematic looting of…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt Criticises Ethiopia over Claim Gerd Dam Dispute Has become Arab-African Conflict
May 24, 2023
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Hamza Hendawi, National
Egypt rebuked Ethiopia on Wednesday for branding their dispute over a Nile dam being built by Addis Ababa as an Arab-African conflict, saying the Horn…
Afghanistan: How Miners Use War Weapons to Hunt Rare Jewels in Afghanistan [Video]
May 24, 2023
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Insider News
Miners in Afghanistan use dangerous methods to hunt for jewels many of them couldn’t afford to buy. Most gems leave the country illegally and Afghan…
Colombia: How Preserving a Colombian Forest Protects One City’s Water Supply [Video]
May 24, 2023
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CGTN America
Colombia’s western Andes Mountains are home to cloud forests and a special biodiverse ecosystem with about two million plant and animal species. It is also…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Says Taliban Must Adhere to Water Treaty to End Deepening Dispute
May 24, 2023
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Iran International
Tehran's water dispute with the Taliban must be solved through arbitration, says the country's vice president for legal issues who claimed the Afghan fundamentalists were…
Liberia’s Biological Diversity Is Its Economic Power Horse
May 23, 2023
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Stephen Rodriques
Liberia prides itself as a nation endowed with a substantial share of global biodiversity. The country is regarded as one of the biodiversity hotspots in…
Building Peace by Formalizing Gold Mining in the Central Sahel
May 23, 2023
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Jorden de Haan and Aly Diarra
The Central Sahel is increasingly deemed the new epicenter of terrorism, accounting for 35 percent of global terrorism deaths in 2021. Yet as the situation in…
China/DRC: China and the DRC Are Set to Sign a $6 Billion Infrastructure-for-Minerals Agreement
May 23, 2023
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Chinedu Okafor, Business Insider Africa
Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will go to China from May 24 to May 29 and is scheduled to…
Liberia: Logging Company Exports US$2.7M Logs, Ignoring Contract with Local Community
May 23, 2023
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Jacob S. Tweh Jr. and Paul M. Kanneh, Observer
A Liberia Forest Media Watch (LFMW) investigation has revealed that Horizon Logging Company Limited exported a whopping 10,355 cubic meters of logs via the Greenville…
Cambodia: Cambodian Land Activists Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Farmers to Hate the Rich
May 23, 2023
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Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck, Associated Press
Three Cambodian land rights activists who were arrested on charges of plotting against the government planned to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about…
Afghanistan: Helmand Residents Say Crops Dying as Musa Qala River is Dry
May 23, 2023
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Najibullah Sahil, TOLOnews
The residents of Musa Qala district in southeastern Helmand province are facing a dire situation as the only river in the district has recently dried…
Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha and Return of El Niño: A Crisis of Climate-Conflict-Humanitarian Triple Nexus in Myanmar
May 22, 2023
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ISP-Myanmar
Cyclone Mocha, one of the strongest storms ever to hit the Bay of Bengal, made landfall near Sittwe on May 14, 2023. It wreaked havoc…
Colombia: Sustainable Agriculture Is Building Peace in Colombia
May 21, 2023
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Eurasia Review
In areas of Colombia once controlled by guerillas, conflicts over land continue and deforestation has risen considerably. But it’s in these same areas that researchers…
Nigeria: Envoy Says Modern Ranching Will Curb Farmer-Herder Conflict in Nigeria
May 21, 2023
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Matthew Bruce, Freedom Online
The Denmark Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Sune Krogstrup, has called for modern ranching as a way of curbing the perennial farmer-herder conflict and empowering local…
Liberia: Horizon Logging Company Exports US$2.7 Million Worth of Logs In Flagrant Disregard to Logging Contract
May 21, 2023
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Jacob S. Tweh, Jr and Paul M. Kanneh, Global News Network
On 4th May 2021, Horizon Logging Company Limited signed a Commercial Use Contract (CUC) with residents of Konobo Community Forest in Grand Gedeh County to…
Afganistan/Iran: Iran Gives Afghanistan One Month to Resolve Iran's Water Rights Issue
May 20, 2023
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Mohammad Farshad Daryosh, TOLOnews
Following the rise of tension over Iran's water rights from the Helmand River in recent days, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's ambassador to Afghanistan, said the…
Afghanistan: Taliban Restarts War-Postponed Dam Construction, Sparking Tension with Iran over Water Rights [Video]
May 20, 2023
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Edmond Ng, South China Morning Post
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban has restarted construction of the Bakhsh Abad Dam in the Farah province, which neighbours Iran. Tehran has warned that it reserves the…
Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and Migration in Central America
May 19, 2023
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Claire Doyle
The idea of climate change as a “threat multiplier” has been gaining steam since it was first proposed roughly 15 years ago. This framing acknowledges…
DRC: East DR Congo Gold Venture Aims to Stamp out Illicit Trade
May 19, 2023
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Agence France-Presse
Experts say illicit trade in gold and other minerals in eastern DRC has long fuelled the dozens of armed groups that have plagued the region…
Water Scarcity and Environmental Peacebuilding: A Lens on Southern Iraq
May 18, 2023
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Ali Al-Bayaa and Mostafa Mashhad
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are Iraq’s primary sources of water. However, both rivers originate in Turkey and flow through Syria before passing through Iraq.…
Syria: 17 Iranian ‘Ghost Tankers’ Bring Oil Worth $1 Billion to Syria
May 18, 2023
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Avi Scharf, Haaretz
Defying Iran sanctions with dangerous ship-to-ship transfers and transceivers turned off, eight tankers made 17 deliveries of oil to Syria in the last six months.…
Climate Change: Climate Change amid Armed Conflict Exacerbating Humanitarian Needs across Middle East
May 18, 2023
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Jennifer Bell, Al Arabiya
Armed conflict in the Middle East is exacerbating the effects of climate change across parts of the region, with the most vulnerable places are almost…
Climate Change, (In)security, and Violence against Women and Girls
May 17, 2023
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Marisa O. Ensor
Climate change and environmental degradation are recognized as serious aggravators of violence against women and girls across the world. Intensifying environmental pressures intersect with socio-political…
Colombia: Sustainable Agriculture Is Building Peace in Colombia, Finds Research
May 17, 2023
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Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
In areas of Colombia once controlled by guerillas, conflicts over land continue and deforestation has risen considerably. But it's in these same areas that researchers…