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Nigeria: Elephant Herd Sighted in Nigeria’s Boko Haram Warzone
Dec 25, 2019
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Rosie Collyer, Radio France Internationale
A herd of some 250 elephants has been spotted in Nigeria’s far northeast, close to the borders with Cameroon and Chad. It is the first…
Conflict Minerals: Civil Society Exasperated at Inflexible Kimberley Process
Dec 24, 2019
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Africa Intelligence
The coalition of civil society members given the status of Kimberley Process (KP) observers came away disappointed from the international diamond certification institution's latest plenary…
Liberia: NaFAA Establishes Women in Maritime Liberia Chapter
Dec 24, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Liberia has joined others countries in Africa in the establishment of a chapter of Women in Maritime in Africa (WIMAFRICA) in partnership with the International…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Iran Militias Revive Islamic State Oil Trade into Syria from Iraq: Sources
Dec 24, 2019
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Herman Wang and Brian Scheid, S&P Global Platts
Iranian proxy militias are thought to be smuggling crude oil from western Iraq to Syria, picking up a lucrative business left behind by the Islamic…
Iraq/Islamic State: At Kirkuk Oil Plant, ISIS Targets Iraq Energy Police Second Time in 5 days
Dec 24, 2019
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Kurdistan 24
Members of the so-called Islamic State on Tuesday clashed with local security forces near an oil plant located in the western part of Iraq’s disputed…
Nigeria: Nigeria Plans to End Herder-Farmer Conflicts
Dec 24, 2019
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Oluwatosin Adeshokan, Africa Report
Nigeria is breathing new life into its Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) project by relaunching it with a new name. The government has rebranded RUGA as…
Liberia: Two Communities Sign Logging Contracts, but Sector Woes Loom
Dec 23, 2019
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
There are huge expectations throughout Korninga after this remote chiefdom in Gbarpolu’s Bopolu District signed a logging contract with Coveiyalah Investment Enterprises. Like in all…
Afghanistan: For Women in Kabul, ‘It Is Just Me and the Water’
Dec 22, 2019
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Fatima Faizi and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times
Though the city has become markedly more politically progressive in the nearly two decades it has been governed by a Western-backed democracy, Kabul is still…
Brazil: ‘The Forest is Shedding Tears’: The Women Defending Their Amazon Homeland
Dec 21, 2019
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Jonathan Watts, The Guardian
It is midnight at an almost deserted bus station and one of the Amazon’s most courageous warriors is sitting on a plastic chair and breastfeeding…
What If Nazi Germany Won by Seizing the Middle East (And Its Oil)?
Dec 21, 2019
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Warfare History Network
Key point: Nazi Germany didn't have enough oil, but that may not have single-handedly cost them the war. With Rommel driving on Egypt and the British…
Geoengineering's Gender Problem Could Put the Planet at Risk
Dec 21, 2019
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Sarah Sax
A group of British scientists had a plan for a groundbreaking geoengineering test. Working from a disused military airstrip in Norfolk, U.K., they would attach a 3,000-foot…
Editorial: Strengthen Water Diplomacy!
Dec 20, 2019
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Afghanistan Times
Afghanistan has many natural resources, especially in terms of water and mines, but they haven't been tapped effectively so far. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran have…
CFFP Volunteer Lea Börgerding Speaks with Dorothy Nalubega, a Ugandan Minority Rights Activist, Feminist and Environmentalist
Dec 19, 2019
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Lea Börgerding and Leonie Schmid
Lea Börgerding (LB): Dorothy, you are a minority rights activist and environmentalist. Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your work?
Dorothy…
How Women Can Lift Malawi Out of Poverty
Dec 18, 2019
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Sarah Chabane
More than half of the agricultural labour force in Malawi are women. However, they rarely get their fair share for the hard work they do…
Liberia: Ethnic Tension Thwarts Court’s Ruling in Ganta Land Case
Dec 18, 2019
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
The Eighth Judicial Circuit in Sanniquellie, Nimba County passed its ruling in a land case in 2018, giving right of possession to Fred Suah of…
Kenya: Kenya Places Climate Disorder at Centre of UN Security Council Bid
Dec 18, 2019
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Leopold Obi, Climate Home News
Kenya has made climate change a core part of its bid to obtain a seat on the UN security council, making an effort to “seek…
Colombia: 2018 Delegation of Parliamentarians in Conversation with Rural Women in Villavicenco
Dec 18, 2019
Members of the British Parliament participating in the August 2018 Delegation were: Chris Bryant MP and Patrick Grady MP. MP’s Conversation in Villavicencio with rural women: Diana,…
Gender Matters in Coastal Livelihood Programs in Indonesia
Dec 18, 2019
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Emily Gibson and Natasha Stacey
Significant investments have been made in improving the well-being of Indonesian coastal communities in recent decades. However, most of these programs have not tackled gender…
The Role of Women and Gender in the Fight Against Climate Change
Dec 18, 2019
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Chiara Soletti
It’s now an established fact that climate change is a risk factor for the life and fundamental rights of millions of people in ways that reflect social and…
Women From the Xingu Territory Unite Against Threats from Bolsonaro Administration
Dec 18, 2019
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Maria Fernanda Ribeiro
“We don’t think about selling wood or any part of the Earth to get money. We have so many ways to support ourselves that we…
Dominican Republic: Team Leader, Gender Based Violence Evaluation
Dec 18, 2019
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Panagora Group
Panagora Group, a woman-owned small business specializing in global health and international development, seeks a Team Leader for an upcoming evaluation of USAID programming in…
Gender Program Manager
Dec 18, 2019
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Oxfam
Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development…
Nigeria: GBV Manager
Dec 18, 2019
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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is one of the largest aid organisations in the Nordic region. We are there in disasters and emergencies to provide water and…
Calling All Professors, Trainers, and Teachers!
Dec 17, 2019
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
On Monday, September 23, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association -- in partnership with UNEP, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and the SDG Academy…
Benefits of Gender Equality in Sustainable Ecosystem Management
Dec 17, 2019
Over the last several decades, principles of gender equality and women’s empowerment have permeated into numerous internationally agreed-upon goals. Ranging from commitments on human rights, peace and security, climate…
Afghanistan: Over 600,000 Afghan Women to Attain Self-Sufficiency in Next Four Years through Agriculture
Dec 17, 2019
Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Nasir Ahmad Durrani announced Tuesday that over 600,000 women would become self-reliant through an economic empowerment program in…
Call for Proposals: PEER Focus Area on Afghanistan/ Urban WASH and Transboundary Water
Dec 17, 2019
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USAID
Water is critical to peace, reconciliation, and stability in Afghanistan, one of the most water-stressed countries in the world.1 In a 2018 national survey of…
Environmental Peacebuilding Association Takes Measures to Diversify Its Board of Directors
Dec 17, 2019
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
At its quarterly meeting on December 13, the Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association unanimously approved amendments to the Association Bylaws designed to…
China/Vietnam: Vietnam Fights China's 'Nine-Dash Line' amid Old Enmities
Dec 17, 2019
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Sen Nguyen, Al Jazeera
It came as no surprise to Vietnamese student Doan Thanh Hai that China's infamous nine-dash line has been causing trouble in his country. China has…
Protecting the Protectors: Environmental Defenders and the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding
Dec 16, 2019
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Erika Weinthal
Early scholarship on environmental peacemaking recognized the important role that local civil-society can play in promoting regional cooperation while, at the same time, pressuring governments to protect…