International
Somalia: German-backed Climate Action in Somalia Offers Lessons ahead of Berlin Climate and Security Conference
Oct 20, 2025
UN Environment Programme
In the plains of Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle State, limited grazing land and sparse water resources have long been a source of conflict among clans. That…
Nigeria: ‘Land Grabbing, Ethnic Tensions, Farmer-Herder Reprisals behind Recurring Violence in Plateau’ – Gen Nicholas
Oct 18, 2025
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Lekkyez Auta
Daily Post
Chairman of the Special Fact-Finding Committee set up to investigate the remote causes of persistent attacks, killings, and destruction in the state, General Rogers Ibe…
Conflict Minerals: First Supply Chain Due Diligence Scheme Recognised under Conflict Minerals Regulation to Facilitate Compliance
Oct 17, 2025
European Commission
On 16 October 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Decision recognising a supply chain due diligence scheme under the Conflict Minerals Regulation for the…
South Sudan: The Hidden Cost of South Sudan’s Oil Boom [Video]
Oct 16, 2025
Bloomberg
South Sudan relies on oil for almost all of its revenue. But some communities living near the oil fields allege polluted water is causing birth…
Climate Change: NATO War-Games Climate Collapse
Oct 15, 2025
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Lital Khaikin
Truthdig
It’s the 11th hour for countries to respond to irreversible climate change, experts agreed at the fourth annual Montréal Climate Security Summit — mere days…
Colombia: Putumayo’s Women Guardians Defend Land and Culture Amid Colombia’s Deforestation
Oct 15, 2025
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Natalia Arbelaez
Mongabay
In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to the rest…
Afghanistan: Russian Firms Show Interest in Panjshir-to-Kabul Water Transfer Project
Oct 15, 2025
Ariana News
During the meeting, the Russian side reportedly conveyed readiness to engage not only in the water transfer project but also in a broader range of…
The First Fergana Peace Forum Kicks off in Fergana: The Region Transforms into a Space for Goodneighborliness and Cooperation
Oct 15, 2025
Uzbekistan National News Agency
Fergana hosts the First Fergana Peace Forum, intended to become a new regional platform for dialogue, trust-building, and cooperation among Central Asian countries.
Kenya: Turkana’s Trailblazers: The Women Redefining Leadership on Oil-Rich Land
Oct 14, 2025
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Moraa Obiria
Daily Nation
What you need to know: Two Turkana women, Veronica Natesiro and Jane Atabo, are breaking barriers by leading their community’s land governance in Lokichar.Through the Community…
Afghanistan: Intra-Taliban Clashes over Gold Mine in Badakhshan Leave 10 Dead
Oct 13, 2025
Afghanistan International
At least 10 Taliban members were killed in heavy fighting between rival factions of the group in Badakhshan province over control of a gold mine,…
Afghanistan: Kabul Faces a Water Crisis: Warnings of Land Subsidence and Threats to People’s Livelihoods
Oct 13, 2025
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Avizha Khorshid
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Residents in Kabul have voiced complaints about severe water shortages in the city. They say that the scarcity of clean water and its unpleasant taste…
Colombia: IOM and EU Launch Initiative to Strengthen Inclusive Disaster Preparedness in Latin America
Oct 13, 2025
International Organization for Migration
Bogotá, Colombia, 13 October 2025 – As climate-related disasters intensify across Latin America, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union have launched Prepárate+,…
Liberia: Community Seizes Loggers’ Equipment in Bassa
Oct 13, 2025
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Esau J. Farr
The Daylight
Local leaders in a Grand Bassa community forest have seized a logging company’s equipment for failing to pay their benefits.
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt's President Al-Sisi Issues Stern Warning to Ethiopia over Nile Dam Dispute, Vows to Protect Water Security
Oct 13, 2025
Radio Dalsan
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a stark warning to Ethiopia, accusing it of causing "significant harm" to downstream nations through its management of…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Afghanistan, Pakistan Say Their Forces Killed Dozens in Border Clashes
Oct 12, 2025
Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday they killed dozens of each other’s troops during a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries. Afghanistan’s…
Iraq: Iraq’s Oil Revenues Fall Short of Covering State Spending
Oct 11, 2025
Shafaq News
Iraq’s oil income no longer covers the government’s monthly expenses, the economic observatory ECO Iraq warned on Saturday, forecasting that Brent crude could drop to…
Iraq: Iraq’s 2025 Gas Pivot: Can Baghdad Turn Flares into Fuel?
Oct 10, 2025
Shafaq News
Iraq has moved aggressively in 2025 to overhaul its gas sector—pushing capture projects, sealing multi-billion-dollar partnerships, and tying the effort to electricity security and an…
Liberia: A Cacao Rush Drives ‘Alarming’ Deforestation in Liberia
Oct 10, 2025
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Ashoka Mukpo
Mongabay
A rush to plant cacao in southeastern Liberia is destroying large tracts of rainforest. According to satellite data as well as interviews with local environmental…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Battle Drought amid Fragile Peace
Oct 8, 2025
Xinhua
In the sturdy stillness of Wardak Province, just 35 km west of Kabul, an unrelenting specter has replaced the echoes of two decades of war.…
Liberia: Unmasking Waste and Abuse of Forest Resources in Liberia: The Case of Abandoned Logs
Oct 6, 2025
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Junior B. Kesselee
FrontPage Africa
In the deep rainforests of Liberia, thousands of felled logs lie rotting in company’s yards, swamps, and roadside fields—harvested but never exported, valued but never…
Iraq: Iraq’s Vote Pits Oil Wealth against Superpower Rivalry
Oct 6, 2025
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Simon Watkins
Oilprice.com
Iraq’s 11 November parliamentary elections could mark the key turning point in the country’s history since the ousting of former president Saddam Hussein in April…
Sudan/South Sudan: Juba, Port Sudan Agree to Protect Oil Facilities, Pipeline Stations
Oct 6, 2025
Xinhua
Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to protect oil facilities and the central stations of the pipelines transporting Juba's oil to Port Sudan on the…
Liberia: Supreme Court Revives Liberia’s $11.5 Million Diamond Scandal, Sending Ex-Weah Officials back to Civil Court
Oct 6, 2025
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Amos Harris
Global News Network Liberia
The mystery surrounding Liberia’s controversial 53.34-carat diamond, valued at over $11.5 million, has dramatically resurfaced at the Temple of Justice. The Supreme Court has instructed…
Colombia: Petro’s Agrarian Reform Drives Surge in Colombia’s Food Production
Oct 6, 2025
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Josep Freixes
Colombia One
The agrarian reform implemented by the government of President Gustavo Petro has boosted food production in Colombia, where agriculture remains an important part of the…
Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban Express Readiness to Settle Water Dispute with Iran
Oct 5, 2025
Afghanistan International
Iranian media reported that Taliban officials have expressed readiness to resolve the long-standing water rights dispute with Iran during a meeting with the acting head…
Afghanistan: Energy Conservation: The Key to Lifting Afghanistan out of Darkness and Poverty
Oct 5, 2025
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Kazim Homayoun
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
In today’s Afghanistan, energy conservation is not merely an environmental slogan; it is an economic, social, and security necessity. A country that imports most of…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Egypt Trade Accusations over GERD’s Role in Nile Floods
Oct 4, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Ethiopia and Egypt have exchanged sharp accusations over the management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with each country blaming the other for recent…
DRC: The Resource War: How Minerals Fuel the Conflict in Congo
Oct 4, 2025
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Dragos Alexandru Ionita
Modern Diplomacy
In Central Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo is once again facing an escalating conflict between the government forces and the March 23 rebel movement.…
Land/Food Security: Experts Warn: Land Rights Disputes Hurt Food Security
Oct 4, 2025
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Patricia Tembo
Food For Mzansi
The Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems (CoRE-SFS), hosted by the University of Pretoria, recently held a webinar series tackling key themes…
DRC: Beans that Break the Cycle: Food, Freedom and Female Power in DRC
Oct 3, 2025
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Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntawinja, Yohane Chideya, Hosny Dunia, Richard Kataliko, Lucky Kalisya, and Jean Claude Rubyogo
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
In eastern DRC, women are reclaiming land through the B4WE project, using biofortified beans to fight malnutrition, gain economic independence, and foster peace. Farming is…