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Libya: East Libya FM Demands 'Fair Distribution' to End Oil Closure
Feb 22, 2020
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Asharq Al-Awsat
Foreign Minister of the interim government in eastern Libya, Abdelhadi Lahouij, said Saturday the shutdown of vital oil facilities in the country would come to…
Afghanistan: The Nature and Pace of Afghanistan’s Economic Growth in Last Two Decades
Feb 22, 2020
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Mohammad Zahir Akbari, Outlook Afghanistan
Despite notable progress since 2001, Afghanistan still faces many challenges and considered as one of the poorest countries in the world. More than half of…
In Myanmar, a Land Rights Program Is Accelerating Gender Equality, Growing Rural Incomes, and Preserving Forests
Feb 21, 2020
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Beth Roberts
Ma Phyu, who lives in one such village, recently received a land certificate guaranteeing her right to land she had been farming for two decades.…
DRC: Programme Coordinator Small Grants Programme
Feb 21, 2020
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UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to…
Nigeria: Outreach and Hygiene Promotion Officer (nationals only)
Feb 21, 2020
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INTERSOS
INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of…
Cameroon: Water and Sanitation Specialist
Feb 21, 2020
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World Bank Group
Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group…
Liberia: Accountability Issues at FDA as Levy Collected Are Paid into Mobile Money Account; Workers Alarm Corruption
Feb 21, 2020
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Lennart Dodoo
The Forestry Development Authority has been collecting hundreds of thousands in Liberian dollars as levy on non-timber products at various checkpoints across the country but…
Iraq: Ex-Unaoil Exec Says Payments Went for Security, Not Bribes
Feb 21, 2020
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Law360
A former Unaoil executive accused of conspiring to bribe an official at an Iraq- state-owned oil company believe that the money was for security to…
Myanmar: Photos Reveal Impact of Illegal Banana Plantations on Workers, Land in Myanmar’s Kachin State
Feb 21, 2020
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Lwin Mar Htun, Irrawaddy
An ongoing exhibition of photographs by young local documentary photographer Hkun Li spotlights the negative impact of illegal banana plantations in Kachin State on the…
Educating Girls Is More Effective in the Climate Emergency than Many Green Technologies
Feb 21, 2020
Hydrogen powered superyachts and donations from billionaires often grab headlines in the fight against climate change. Whilst more simple and potentially more effective ways to…
Afghanistan: US-Taliban Truce Begins, Feeding Hope of a Peaceful, More Prosperous Afghanistan
Feb 21, 2020
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Elizabeth B. Hessami, The Conversation
If a seven-day truce between the United States and the Taliban holds until Feb. 28, 2020, Afghanistan’s decades-long conflict may finally end. A peace deal…
South Sudan: Clouds of Black Smoke Darken South Sudan’s Growing Oil Profits
Feb 20, 2020
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Crude oil, key to boosting South Sudan’s economy, is destroying crucial pasture land, polluting water, and increasing birth defects. Now it’s finally bad enough for…
Marriage of Survival: Will Climate Change Mean More Child Brides?
Feb 19, 2020
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Abigail Higgins
After Cyclone Idai battered southern Malawi last year, the hotline Weston Msowoya manages was flooded with calls. They were reporting cases of young girls being married off…
Water: Water Insecurity as a Driver of Global Instability
Feb 19, 2020
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OOSKAnews
A new report, compiled and written by international military and security experts, provides a global overview of security risks specifically as they relate to changing…
Kenya: Locusts Threaten to Trigger Conflicts in Samburu
Feb 19, 2020
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Geoffrey Ondieki, Nation
The invasion of desert locusts in Samburu is now threatening to trigger conflicts over grazing fields among pastoralist communities. Statistics from the Samburu County Special…
Syria: Turkish Media Claim Kurds, US Smuggle Syrian Oil
Feb 19, 2020
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Tsvetana Paraskova, Oilprice.com
According to the accounts of the surrendered Kurds, reported by Turkish media, oil from Syria’s oil-rich Deir Ezzor region is being smuggled out of the…
Climate Change More Prominent Than Ever at Munich Security Conference with “World Climate Security Report 2020” Release
Feb 19, 2020
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Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia
Climate change has never been very prominent at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), a leading forum for senior military, security and foreign policy leaders. That…
Programme Officer - Strategic Partnerships
Feb 19, 2020
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Women's Fund Asia
Women’s Fund Asia (WFA) is a regional women’s fund, committed to supporting women and trans*2 people led interventions, to enhance and strengthen their access to…
Meet Five Newly Empowered Women Farmers from Zambia and Mozambique
Feb 19, 2020
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Patricia Malasha
Nine traditional chiefs have partnered with USAID and DFID over the last five years to demarcate and document the land rights of 30,000 women farmers across Zambia…
Australia Needs to Walk the Talk on Women, Peace and Security
Feb 19, 2020
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Louise Allen
In October 2000, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325, which formally established the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. The agenda has become the central…
"Women, Peace, and Security" Initiatives Are National Security Initiatives
Feb 19, 2020
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Alexandra A.K. Melse
Welcome to today’s symposium, “National Security as a Feminist Issue: Twenty Years of Women, Peace, and Security Initiatives.” In recognition of UN Security Council Resolution…
Sharing the Nile Beats War over It
Feb 19, 2020
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Christian Science Monitor
Hot wars often get more attention than efforts to cool the passions that ignite them. This is not the case, however, in a dispute between…
Gender Inequality, Health and Safety of Women in Small-Scale Mining
Feb 18, 2020
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Gibson Mhaka
Narrating her life as a female miner, Ms Joyce Mpofu (54), a single mother from Bubi District of Matabeleland North province, shared incidents that threaten…
South Sudan: Locusts Swarm into South Sudan as Plague Spreads
Feb 18, 2020
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Denis Dumo, Reuters
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war,…
Liberia/Sierra Leone: Liberia, Sierra Leone to Jointly Manage Gola Forest
Feb 18, 2020
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Hannah N. Geterminah, Observer
The Gola National Park, which is home to several endangered species, is expected to be jointly managed by the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone…
Myanmar: Gender Consultant on Sustainable Forest Management and ICCAs/Protected Areas
Feb 17, 2020
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WWF
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of wilderness preservation, and the reduction of…
Bangladesh: Gender Based Violence Programme Coordinator (M/F)
Feb 17, 2020
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Médecins du Monde
For almost 40 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home…
Iraq: Consultancy for Women and Girls - Women and Governance Project
Feb 17, 2020
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Oxfam UK
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation of…
Climate Change: Full House for Latest Conflict-Climate Round Table in New York
Feb 17, 2020
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Climate Centre
There was a full house on Friday at the Belgian mission to the UN for the latest round of international discussion on the humanitarian impacts…
Myanmar: Myanmar Govt to Compensate Villagers for Loss of Land over Kyaukphyu SEZ
Feb 16, 2020
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Mizzima
A Myanmar government official says the government will pay compensation to local residents for more than 1,800 acres they have had to forfeit for the…