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Women in Ukraine's Military: An Opportunity for Change
Apr 28, 2020
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Hannah Hrytsenko
While UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security urges countries to increase the participation of women in the military through a top-down approach, in…
DRC: DR Congo Locks Down Mining City and Zambia Border Town
Apr 28, 2020
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Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo imposed a 24-hour lockdown on the mining hub of Lubumbashi on Tuesday and was set to shut down Kasumbalesa, a border…
DRC: 12 Rangers from Virunga Park Killed While Trying to Save Civilians from FDLR Ambush
Apr 28, 2020
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Angus Begg, Independent Online
Twelve rangers and four civilians were killed late last week in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, home to the highly endangered…
South Sudan: South Sudan Security Targets Stall as Oil Funds Diverted to Fight Covid-19
Apr 28, 2020
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Fred Oluoch, East African
Implementation of key aspects of the South Sudan peace agreement are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Key among them is the implementation of security…
Guatemala: Tejiendo Paz Addresses Environmental Issues, Conflict and the Pandemic
Apr 28, 2020
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Janey Fugate
TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala — Wearing the brightly colored skirt typical of Maya women in the Western Highlands, Nicolasa Grasiela Checlan held up a baton with a…
Myanmar: Campaigners Call for Transparency in Myanmar Timber Trade after 850 Tons of Wood Seized
Apr 28, 2020
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Michael Tatarski, Mongabay
Earlier this month, Myanmar’s Information Ministry announced that the country’s Forest Department had seized nearly 850 tons of illegal timber between March 30 and April…
Myanmar: Communities Clash with Conservation Efforts in Northern Myanmar's Hkakaborazi Region
Apr 28, 2020
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Emily Fishbein, Mongabay
In late 2018, following a series of demonstrations and confrontations, indigenous communities primarily from the Rawang ethnic minority expelled the Myanmar Forest Department and its…
Can We Make Peace with the Coronavirus?
Apr 27, 2020
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Erica Sheeran and Jeremy Moore
The field of environmental peacebuilding understands the degradation of our planet’s environment as a common human foe against which groups divided by conflict can be mobilized. “Nature…
There Have Been Repeated Warnings About the Environmental Risks Posed by Flooded Coal Mines in Eastern Ukraine, Are We Now Seeing Evidence That It Is Happening?
Apr 27, 2020
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Eoghan Darbyshire
On the 12th March reports emerged on social media of contamination and discoloration at a reservoir in the town of Yenakiyevo, northwest of Donetsk. A follow up article by Free…
Sudan: Sudanese Parties Agree to Share Resources with Darfur Region
Apr 27, 2020
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Ahmed Younis, Asharq Al-Awsat
The Sudanese negotiating parties have reached an agreement to share national resources between the central government and Darfur region. The agreement stipulates allocating 40 percent…
Indonesia: Conflict between Indonesian Villagers, Pulpwood Firm Flares up over Crop-Killing Drone
Apr 27, 2020
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Hans Nicholas Jong, Mongabay
Villagers in Sumatra accuse a pulpwood plantation company of using a drone to spray herbicide to kill their crops, calling it the latest in a…
Yemen: On the Frontline of War, Yemeni Women Are Building Peace
Apr 27, 2020
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Kira Walker
It was the third year of the war when Muna Luqman heard of a conflict over water in Al-Haymatain, a remote area of Yemen’s Taiz…
Iraq: How the Oil Crash Affects Oil-Dependent Countries Like Iraq
Apr 27, 2020
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Smya Kullab and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press
Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia will likely have to delay mega-projects. Egypt and…
India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot
Apr 27, 2020
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Bansari Kamdar
The second most populous country in the world, India, has been under a nationwide lockdown since March 24, 2020 – one it intends to continue…
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
Apr 26, 2020
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Nontobeko Mlambo
The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt, South Africa,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil-for-Budget War Reignites between Erbil and Baghdad
Apr 26, 2020
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Lawk Ghafuri, Rudaw
Having spent a year shirking its end of the oil-for-budget agreement with Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said it is ready to hand…
Liberia: Gender Ministry’s Exempt During COVID-19 Lockdown, Increases Sex & Domestic Violence, Says Child Rights Activist
Apr 26, 2020
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Obediah Johnson, FPA
Monrovia – Liberian child rights activist, Satta Fatumata Sheriff has frowned on the decision by the George Weah—led government to close the Ministry of Gender, Children…
Africa: Triple Threat - Conflict, Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
Apr 26, 2020
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Nontobeko Mlambo, AllAfrica
Johannesburg — The new coronavirus, officially called SARS-CoV-2, has infected more than three million people worldwide – 31,000 in Africa by 26 April – with Egypt,…
Myanmar: Jade Scavengers Killed Due to Landslide in Northern Myanmar
Apr 25, 2020
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Star
Three jade scavengers were killed with one other injured in a landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state, according to a release from the Home Affairs Ministry…
Improve Gender Equality to Better our Island
Apr 25, 2020
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Lauren Swaddell
The Guam Green Growth Initiative was launched earlier this year, and dozens of leaders from the government, business, nonprofit and academic community came together to…
Taxes, COVID-19 and Nuclear Weapons Funding -- Our Nation's Priorities
Apr 25, 2020
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Robert Dodge
This is the time in April we traditionally fund our nation’s priorities. There is nothing traditional this year. In the midst of the international COVID-19…
Syria: Dying to Keep Warm: Oil Trade and Makeshift Refining in North-West Syria
Apr 24, 2020
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Wim Zwijnenburg, Bellingcat
Entering into their 9th year of the war, access to basic humanitarian needs for Syrian civilians, both displaced and local communities continues to be a…
Syria: Makeshift Oil Refineries a Necessary Evil for Locals in North-West Syria
Apr 24, 2020
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Kaamil Ahmed, Guardian
Black pools, long trenches and charred earth have become common sights in the fields of north-west Syria, signs of an informal oil economy that has…
Afghanistan: Precious Stones Illegally Mined In Afghan Province
Apr 24, 2020
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Rohullah Anwari and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Illegal mining of precious stones in an eastern Afghan province is depriving its impoverished residents of resources and their country of much-needed revenue. Residents of…
Russia's Arctic Development Poses Risks for Combating Climate Change in the Baltics
Apr 24, 2020
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Viktorija Rusinaite
The EU is hoping to curb effects of climate change by implementing the European Green Deal — a policy package aimed at reaching a carbon-neutral economy by…
Burkina Faso: Consultant for the framing of humanitarian coordination on the theme of housing, land, goods, and natural resources
Apr 24, 2020
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Norwegian Refugee Council
Recruitment of a consultant for the framing of humanitarian coordination on the theme of housing, land, goods and natural resources in Burkina Faso.
Required skills and…
Colombia: Spike in Big Cat Poaching During Coronavirus Lockdown in Colombia, Conservation Group Says
Apr 23, 2020
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Aristos Georgiou, Newsweek
Conservation non-profit Panthera is reporting an increase in the poaching of wild cats—such as jaguars and pumas—during Colombia's COVID-19 lockdown, the organization has told Newsweek.…
The Limits of Energy Independence
Apr 23, 2020
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Economist
Even when American policy in the Middle East has been about more than oil, it has been about oil. That has sometimes been jarringly obvious, as…
Colombia: Colombia Wants to Plant 180 Million Trees: Is It a Realistic Goal?
Apr 23, 2020
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Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay
At the end of January this year, Colombian President Iván Duque announced at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, that the country’s goal…
Girls are COVID-19 Victims in Developing Countries
Apr 23, 2020
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Jackie Abramian, Grit Daily
COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and girls in developing countries and refugee camps have become its frontline victims. Along with other countless international…