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Peru: Los Servicios Profesionales de Consultoría para “Propuesta de Instrumentos Complementarios para la Comisión Binacional para la Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos de las Cuencas Transfronterizas entre la República del Ecuador y la República d

May 2, 2021 | International Union for the Conservation of Nature

La UICN, Unión International para la Conservación de la Naturaleza y los Recursos Naturales, ayuda al mundo a encontrar soluciones pragmáticas para nuestros desafíos más…


Rights Watch: Turkey's Cutting off Euphrates Waters Is War Crime

May 1, 2021 | Olfa Haj Mansour

The Turkish occupation state wages a water war on the regions of north and east Syria, and resorts to locking up the Euphrates water, which…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Agree New Ceasefire after Border Clashes

May 1, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed what they called a complete ceasefire after reports of fresh shooting and troop build-ups in the aftermath of border clashes…


China/India/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Press Review: What Sparked the Tajik-Kyrgyz Conflict and China Beating India in S. Asia

Apr 30, 2021 | TASS

A conflict over a disputed water distribution facility on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which broke out on the morning of April 29, quickly…


Afghanistan: La Niña Looms Large over One-Third of Afghan Population Acutely Food Insecure Today

Apr 30, 2021 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

One in three Afghans are acutely food insecure, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released by the Government of the…


Climate Change: Climate Crisis: Our Children Face Wars over Food and Water, EU Deputy Warns

Apr 30, 2021 | Fiona Harvey, Guardian

Older people will have to make sacrifices in the fight against climate change or today’s children will face a future of fighting wars for water…


Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…


Somalia: Somalia Is Facing Another Food Crisis: Here’s Why – and What Can Be Done to Stop the Cycle

Apr 29, 2021 | Conversation

Since the fall of Siad Barre’s regime in 1991, which led to a prolonged period of civil unrest, Somalia has been in a near-constant state…


Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam

Apr 29, 2021 | Vietnam Plus

Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…


Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border

Apr 29, 2021 | Associated Press

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…


Call for Proposals: Establishing Research Chairs on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa

Apr 28, 2021 | International Development Research Centre

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is pleased to announce a call for proposals to establish research chairs working on issues of forced displacement in two regions,…


Iraq: ‘There’s No Rain’: Climate Change Threatens Iraq’s Bedouins

Apr 28, 2021 | Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera

During a two-day trip across Muthanna’s deserts, nomadic herders painted a grim picture of an increasingly uninhabitable environment, where temperature increases and erratic rains have…


UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers

Apr 28, 2021 | National

The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women,…


Afghanistan: How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a US Contractor

Apr 28, 2021 | Margaux Benn and Zack Kopplin, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

With the stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a tarnished U.S. defense contractor.


DRC: NBA Hall of Famer and Global Philanthropist, Dikembe Mutombo and Partners, to Invest US$1 Billion in Ethical Mining Projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo to Support Electric Vehicles and Other Technologies

Apr 27, 2021 | PR Newswire

Dikembe Mutombo, Chairman of Bluetech Investments, and  international groups of investors from the United States, Hong Kong, and Germany, have announced over a US$1 Billion…


Algeria/France: France-Algeria Relations: The Lingering Fallout from Nuclear Tests in the Sahara

Apr 27, 2021 | Maher Mezahi, BBC

The continued fallout from the nuclear tests carried out by France in the desert of its former colony, Algeria, continues to pollute relations between the…


Colombia: Colombia Land Restitution: Uphill Battle for Returning Families [Video]

Apr 27, 2021 | Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera visits a remote area in Colombia, where the government is failing to meet promises to return families caught up in the conflict to…


Iran/Syria: Iran-Syria Oil Line: An Impending Environmental Disaster in the Mediterranean?

Apr 27, 2021 | Lyse Mauvais, Syria Direct

A fire spotted aboard a loaded oil tanker stationed off the Syrian coast sparked fears of environmental disaster last Saturday, weeks after a large oil…


Afghanistan: Gypsum in Baghlan Illegally Extracted Since Last 7 Years

Apr 27, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Gypsum from Sheikh Jalal Mine in Baghlan-i-Markzai district of northern Baghlan province is illegally extracted by local irresponsible armed men and gypsum processing factories since…


Kuwait: UN Gulf War Reparations Body Pays out $380 mln

Apr 27, 2021 | Reuters

The United Nations Gulf War reparations body said on Tuesday it paid out a further $380 million for losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion and…


USA: Manager, Conflict Resolution and Peace

Apr 26, 2021 | Conservation International

Conservation International (CI) has been protecting nature for the benefit of all for over 30 years. Through science, policy, and partnerships, CI is helping build…


Mozambique: Gas Fields and Jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Becomes a Resource-Rich War Zone

Apr 26, 2021 | Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay

On Monday, French energy giant Total declared force majeure on its multibillion-dollar light natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, formally withdrawing all of its…


Myanmar: Illegal Rare Earth Mines on China Border Multiply Since Myanmar’s Coup

Apr 26, 2021 | Irawaddy

Illegal rare earth mining has surged in northern Kachin State on the Chinese border following Myanmar’s Feb. 1 coup in areas controlled by a junta-sponsored…


Bangladesh/India: Dhaka Seeks Indian Hydropower in Exchange of Transmission Facility

Apr 25, 2021 | Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh currently imports 1,000MW of power from West Bengal’s Baharampur through Bheramara and 140MW from Tripura through Akhaura Dhaka has re-floated the idea of getting…


IDRC Call for Applications | Women, Peace and Security Research Award 2021 Theme: ‘Women Peacebuilders’

Apr 23, 2021 | International Development Research Center (IRDC)

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Canadian Crown corporation funding research in developing countries to advance knowledge and solve practical development problems. IDRC…


World Water Day: Can Water Scarcity Bring Countries Together?

Apr 23, 2021 | Tara Kavaler

March 22 marks World Water Day, celebrating a precious resource in the Middle East North Africa region. In a locale seemingly prone to conflict, water can…


Appel à demandes du CRDI | Bourse de recherche sur les femmes, la paix et la sécurité 2021 Thème : « Les femmes artisanes de la paix »

Apr 23, 2021 | Le Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI)

À propos du CRDI

Le Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI) est une société d’État canadienne qui finance la recherche dans des pays…


How Climate Insecurity Could Trigger More Conflict in Somalia

Apr 23, 2021 | Andrew E. Yaw Tchie

Climate change effects such as droughts, flash floods, erratic rainfall, disruption to the monsoon seasons, strong winds, cyclones, sandstorms, dust storms and increased temperature are…


Cobalt and the Congo: A Sustainable Green Energy Transition Cannot Be Built on Human Exploitation

Apr 23, 2021 | Prince De Makele Mounguembou

General Motors, one of the United State’s most important automakers, announced in January 2021 that it would phase out petroleum-powered cars and trucks and sell only zero-emission…


A Land Like No Other: Afghanistan’s Post-Conflict Ecotourism Potential

Apr 23, 2021 | Elizabeth B. Hessami

Stunning cobalt-blue lakes with natural travertine dams in Band-e-Amir, the pristine, soaring Pamir Mountains, through which some of the world’s last snow leopards prowl—far from…