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Libya: Libya’s 2025 Oil Revenues in Region of $22 Billion
Jan 3, 2026
African Press Agency
Libya’s oil revenues for 2025 reached $21.9 billion, marking a 15% increase compared to the preceding year, according to data released by the Libyan National…
Liberia: COP30 - a Turning Point Missed - and a Line Drawn for Frontline Women Defenders
Jan 2, 2026
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Radiatu H. S. Kahnplaye Gai
allAfrica
Monrovia — COP30 has come and gone in Belém, Brazil--another global climate summit marked by lofty promises and limited political courage.
The declarations were bold, the…
CAR: Directrice ou Directeur Pays
Jan 2, 2026
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Action contre la Faim France
Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes…
South Sudan: Oil Money without Consequences: Why the US Call Will Not Move South Sudan’s Regime
Jan 2, 2026
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Duop Chak Wuol
The US Embassy’s New Year statement on South Sudan’s oil revenues, as reported by Radio Tamazuj, is framed as a principled appeal for peace, accountability, and…
Weaponising Water: India’s Brazen Breach of the Indus Waters Treaty
Jan 2, 2026
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Majid Nabi Burfat
Weaponizing water is tantamount to an act of war— not because of rhetoric, but because water sustains life, food, energy and social stability. This stark…
Aggressive Wars Lead to Environmental Crimes
Jan 2, 2026
Khmer Times
Aggressive wars, using military force to violate the territorial integrity of another sovereign state, are not only violations of human rights and international law, but…
Afghanistan: Gold Plunder and the Suppression of Civilians: What Is Happening in Badakhshan?
Jan 2, 2026
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Amin Kawa
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Local sources in Badakhshan say the Taliban have intensified the illegal extraction and looting of gold mines across the province. Local and non-local commanders work…
Afghanistan: Residents Clash with Taliban Members over Gold Mining Operation in Takhar
Jan 2, 2026
Afghanistan International
Residents of a district in northern Afghanistan clashed with Taliban members on Friday after a Taliban-linked company moved into a residential area to begin gold…
Afghanistan: About 3,000 Acres of Land Allocated to Returning Refugees in Balkh
Jan 2, 2026
Ariana News
The Department of Refugees and Repatriates of Balkh province has allocated around 3,000 acres of land to returning Afghan refugees, officials said, as the distribution…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Launches New Phase of Riverbank Protection Project in Takhar Province
Jan 2, 2026
Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water has launched a new phase of the riverbank protection project worth 81.5 million afghanis (over 1.2 million US dollars),…
Liberia: Liberia Plans $39 Million Mining Investment to Target $3 Billion a Year in Revenue
Jan 2, 2026
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Emiliano Tossou
Ecofin Agency
Liberia plans to make mining and energy a key source of public revenue, seeking to generate more than $3 billion a year from natural resources under…
Afghanistan: Taliban Ministry Reports $137 Million Income from Amu Darya Oil Field in 2025
Jan 2, 2026
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Yasin Shayan
Amu TV
The Taliban-run Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Thursday that it has earned about $137 million in 2025 from crude oil extracted from the…
Israel/Palestine: UN Chief Condemns Israeli Law Blocking Electricity, Water for UNRWA Facilities
Jan 1, 2026
New Arab
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a move by Israel to ban electricity or water to facilities owned by the UN Palestinian…
Registration for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding Is Now Open
Dec 23, 2025
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and University of Ottawa
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and the University of Ottawa are delighted to announce that registration for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is…
Commentary: Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clash Could Turn into a Wider Water Crisis
Dec 22, 2025
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Amit Ranjan and Genevieve Donnellon-May
With India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and Afghanistan planning to build a dam on the Kunar River, Pakistan has reason to be anxious.
India: Environment Minister on Aravalli Illegal Mining: 'What Was Happening There Was Anomaly’
Dec 22, 2025
Asian News International
Union Environment Minister Bhupinder Yadav has rejected criticism of the government’s stance on the Aravalli hills, insisting that the Supreme Court’s recent definition of the…
Environment and Peace – International Call for Proposals (Deadline: February 16, 2026)
Dec 22, 2025
PeaceNexus
Environmental organisations play a critical role in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. In doing so, they navigate complex social dynamics and tensions.…
Afghanistan: UNICEF Installs Solar Water System at Nangarhar School
Dec 21, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that with Japan’s support, it has installed a solar-powered water supply system at a school in Kunar…
Escalating Tension: The Farmer Herder Clash in Nigeria
Dec 20, 2025
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Longbakwa Kevin Maiyaki
The farmer-herder conflict in Nigeria results in high fatality rates and the displacement of millions, with over 1.3 million people forced into IDP camps as…
South Sudan: Oil-Rich Unity State Drowns as Wealth Flows Elsewhere
Dec 19, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
For the sixth straight year, floodwaters have swallowed huge swaths of South Sudan, submerging villages and pastures and forcing tens of thousands of people onto…
Liberia: LLA Targets Nationwide Land Reforms with County Engagements
Dec 19, 2025
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Jacob Kermue
Observer
Major reforms to Liberia’s land administration system are set to take effect nationwide, as the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) intensifies efforts to streamline the management…
Iraq: Iraq at “Critical Turning Point” as Oil Dependence Deepens, Research Center Says
Dec 18, 2025
Shafaq News
Iraq needs a “realistic diagnosis” of its economic imbalances to implement effective reform policies, a step that cannot succeed without a strong private sector instead…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Hydropolitics in a Warming World: The GERD & the Future of Nile Basin Governance
Dec 18, 2025
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Abigail Stofer
Human Rights Research Center
As climate change accelerates, many political scientists and other thought leaders are increasingly asking whether resource scarcity will emerge as a primary driver of global…
Afghanistan: New Canal Inaugurated in Afghanistan to Boost Irrigation, Livelihood
Dec 18, 2025
Xinhua
A new canal has been inaugurated in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province, with the capacity to irrigate over 5,000 hectares of land, the official media Bakhtar…
Sudan: Drone Strike on Electricity Substation in Sudan's Nile River Sparks Widespread Power Outages [Video]
Dec 18, 2025
Al Jazeera
Authorities say at least two people were killed in the attack and members of the civil defense forces are fighting to extinguish the blaze.
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Tracks 1100+ Tankers in Russia’s Shadow Fleet — Most Already Sanctioned, Intelligence Reveals
Dec 18, 2025
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Yuri Zoria
Euromaidan Press
In the latest assessment of Russia’s oil exports, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service revealed that over 1100 tankers are part of the Kremlin’s shadow fleet as…
Underwater Cities: Climate Change Meets Governance Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan
Dec 17, 2025
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Farhad Mamshai
When floods struck the Kurdistan region of Iraq earlier this month, it was a deluge that demonstrated how fragmented governance and weak state capacity can…
How Climate Change Could Help Foster Peace in Yemen
Dec 17, 2025
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Tareq Hassan
Yemen’s tragedy is traditionally depicted through the limited perspective of humanitarian need and political divisiveness, but there is a greater existential crisis that is not…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Ease Oil Trade via Free Zone
Dec 17, 2025
BERNAMA and Anadolu Agency
Sudan and South Sudan agreed on Tuesday to establish a free zone at Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast to facilitate oil imports and…
Chad: UNSC Informal Expert Group Visits Chad to Address Climate, Peace and Security Challenges in Lake Chad Basin and Eastern Chad
Dec 17, 2025
UN Regional Office for Central Africa
The Informal Expert Group of members of the UN Security Council on Climate, Peace and Security (IEG CPS) conducted a six-day informal field mission to…