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South Sudan: Consultancy – Final Evaluation of the Pro-Resilience Project

Apr 15, 2019 | Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid (Cordaid) is an international organization, which is a proud and active member of Caritas Internationalis, a global confederation…


Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Livelihood Programme Manager

Apr 15, 2019 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is Ireland's largest aid and humanitarian agency. Since its foundation 50 years ago it has worked in 50 countries and currently employs 3,200…


Angola: Gender Program Manager

Apr 15, 2019 | People in Need

People in Need is a Czech nonprofit, non-governmental organization based in Prague, Czech Republic, that implements humanitarian relief and long term development projects, educational programs,…


South Sudan: Reach Assessment Officer - Food Security and Livelihoods

Apr 15, 2019 | IMPACT Initiative

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme…


Yemen: Economic Recovery & Development Coordinator

Apr 15, 2019 | International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at…


The Essential Triad: Water, Gender and Integrity

Apr 15, 2019 | Anga Timilsina

Water is critical for socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems, and human survival. Although 2.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Opens New Mining Areas to International Investment

Apr 15, 2019 | TOLOnews

In a keynote address at the Afghanistan Mining Investment Forum convened by INVEST, a global initiative of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to…


Afghanistan: Conservation May Offer Common Ground in Afghan Conflict

Apr 15, 2019 | Rhett A. Butler, Mongabay

War, drugs, corruption, and terrorism are terms Westerners are more likely to associate with Afghanistan than biodiversity conservation. But Alex Dehgan, a conservation technologist who…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Seeks Foreign Investments in Minerals to Develop $3 Trillion Industry

Apr 15, 2019 | Deena Kamel, National

Afghanistan offered 43 commodities projects for bidding on Monday as the country pushes to attract international investment, crack down on corruption and address security risks…


Iran: Living Fossil Resurfaces in Hamoun Wetland after Recent Floods

Apr 15, 2019 | Iran Front Page

After nearly two decades of drought in Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran, with the beginning of rainy season in neighbouring Afghanistan, flood waters…


Afghanistan: Bird Hunters of Afghanistan [Photos]

Apr 15, 2019 | Reuters

Bird hunting is an ancient sport in Afghanistan, where local and migrating species have flocked for thousands of years and where even amid the chaos…


Timor-Leste: Australia Accused of 'Siphoning' Millions in Timor-Leste Oil Revenue

Apr 15, 2019 | Helen Davidson, Guardian

Australia has been accused of “siphoning” millions of dollars a month in oil revenue that should belong to Timor-Leste, because the government is yet to…


Iraq/Kurdistan: What Did Russia Get from Its KRG Gamble?

Apr 15, 2019 | Mariya Petkova, Al Jazeera

While the KRG has been reaping the benefit of these deals, Russia and Rosneft's gains from this high-risk investment are yet to materialise in full.…


Afghanistan: Women to Join Taliban Delegation for First Time in Afghan Peace Talks

Apr 15, 2019 | Reuters

Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation for talks this month with US officials and Afghan representatives in Qatar on…


Ethiopia: Agriculture Growth Program II- Gender Review to Enhance Impact on Women

Apr 14, 2019 | World University Service of Canada

About FSSP Ethiopia, WUSC

The Field Support Services Project (FSSP) Ethiopia is established to provide timely and cost effective, efficient logistical, financial and administrative support services…


Bangladesh: Senior WPE Manager

Apr 14, 2019 | International Rescue Committee

The IRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2017 and obtained registration with the NGOAB in March 2018. Since the IRC obtained registration in March…


Philippines: Gender and Social Inclusion Lead

Apr 14, 2019 | ACDI/VOCA

Since 1963 and in 147 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C.,…


Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion

Apr 14, 2019 | ACDI/VOCA

As part of the Gender and Social Inclusion Team in the Technical Learning and Application Division, provide technical support to the ACDI/VOCA Family of Companies…


Colombia: In Colombia's Coca Heartland, Photos and Drawings Show Life between War and Peace [Photos]

Apr 13, 2019 | Laura Beltrán Villamizar, NPR

When Venezuelan photographer Fabiola Ferrero first traveled to the city of Florencia in Colombia, she took two instant cameras with her. Her goal: to portray…


Myanmar: Putting Elephants before Tourists

Apr 13, 2019 | Thomas Kean, Frontier

There are no rides or performances for visitors at an award-winning elephant care camp in the Shan hills where the animals’ health is the top…


Afghanistan: 9 Hydropower Dams to Be Completed over Next 3 Years

Apr 13, 2019 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

The Ministry of Water and Energy said more than 250 water management projects were executed last solar year and nine hydropower dams would be constructed…


Why Women Led the Uprising in Sudan

Apr 12, 2019 | Nasredeen Abdulbari

The protests that led to the ouster of Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, have been dominated by women. Day after day on the streets of Khartoum,…


Colombia: Police Attacked in Northern Colombia Trying to Enforce Land Restitution – Four Injured

Apr 12, 2019 | Jake Kincaid

Four police were injured in an attack while trying to enforce the restitution of land in Mutata, Uraba Antioquia Thursday, the latest chapter in onogoing…


Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Never-Ending Search for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights

Apr 12, 2019 | Mamoun Kiwan, Asharq Al-Awsat

Backed by Washington, Israel is spending an arm and a leg on oil drilling in the contested Golan Heights, Syria. Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported…


DRC: Agriculture Program Manager

Apr 11, 2019 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…


Yemen: Monitoring and Reporting Officer (WASH Cluster)

Apr 11, 2019 | UN Children's Fund

In cooperation with governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UNICEF saves and protects the world's most vulnerable children, working to ensure child rights and providing health…


Afghanistan's Transformation into a Narco-State

Apr 11, 2019 | Gareth Rice

As though Afghanistan’s problems couldn’t get any worse, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s most recent Afghanistan opium survey (released in November last year) was a…


Craft and the Council: Will Kelly Knight Craft End Climate Action at the UN Security Council?

Apr 11, 2019 | Oli Brown

In late February, Donald Trump announced Kelly Knight Craft, a 57-year-old Kentucky native, as his pick to succeed Nikki Haley as US Ambassador to the United…


Myanmar: Myanmar Pipe in Land Row

Apr 11, 2019 | Upstream

Burmese farmers banned for five years from planting crops along the gas and oil export pipelines from Myanmar to China are up in arms over…


Somalia: 137,000 People Forced to Flee Their Homes This Year in Somalia

Apr 11, 2019 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Over 137,000 people fled their homes in the first quarter of 2019, according to the UNHCR led Protection Returns Monitoring Network. The number of people…