International
Liberia: Judge Warns against Rising Land Disputes
Sep 16, 2025
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Abednego Davis
Observer
Judge Boima Kontoe of the Civil Law Court raised concerns about the increasing conflicts over land in Liberia and called for the urgent need to…
Sudan: Anchors of Hope: Women Driving Recovery and Resilience
Sep 15, 2025
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UN Sudan
UN Sudan
The Sudan’s conflict, which erupted in April 2023, has created one of the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crises. Today, an estimated 30.4 million people need assistance…
Conflict Minerals: Critical Minerals Contribute to Instability in Africa
Sep 15, 2025
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Jean-Michel Bos and Ana Munoz Padros
Deutsche Welle
Coveted for their use in environmentally oriented infrastructure and other emerging technologies, critical minerals are mined in 31 of the 54 countries on the African…
Sudan: Sudan Bans Private Gold Exports, Central Bank to Be Sole Buyer
Sep 15, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s central bank on Monday banned all private gold exports, announcing it would become the sole legal buyer and exporter of the precious metal in…
Iran: Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Faces Irreversible Collapse as Hamoun Wetlands Dry up
Sep 15, 2025
Iran International
Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province is grappling with a worsening environmental crisis as drought and intensifying dust storms devastate the Hamoun wetlands, with experts warning of farmland…
Syria: Syria's Silent War: How a Devastating Drought Threatens Post-Conflict Recovery
Sep 14, 2025
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Deepika Matange
The Week
Water scarcity, crop failure, and food insecurity, the three persistent pressures that were once a salient contributing factor to Syria’s social unrest-turned-civil war, are now…
Climate Change: Greenpeace: Climate Change Driving Migration, Hunger, and Global Conflict
Sep 14, 2025
ShiaWaves
Greenpeace has warned in a new report that climate change is now a leading driver of migration, food insecurity, and conflict in some of the…
DRC/Rwanda: DRC-Rwanda Draft Deal Outlines Role of US, Others in Revamp of Minerals Sector
Sep 14, 2025
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Sonia Rolley and Daphne Psaledakis
Reuters
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the US, to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Is Losing More Than $11 Million Every Day as Baghdad Blocks Kurdistan Oil Exports
Sep 13, 2025
Kurdistan24
Iraq is losing more than $11 million every single day due to the continued suspension of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region, according to the…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Who Owns the Nile? Water, Power and Politics in a Warming World
Sep 13, 2025
Radio France Internationale
As climate change intensifies competition over water resources, the River Nile has become a symbol of both development and dispute. RFI speaks to a climate…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal and the Paradox of Central Asian Water Politics
Sep 11, 2025
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Kamila Fayzieva
Diplomat
As climate change accelerates and water resources in Central Asia continue to shrink, the construction of the massive Qosh Tepa Canal in northern Afghanistan is…
Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Authorities Disseminate Land Act Ahead of Demarcation
Sep 11, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
The Ministry of Information and Communication in Abyei Administrative Area over the weekend launched a two-day program to disseminate the South Sudan Land Act 2009…
Women, Peace and Security Champion Profile: Network of Civic Women for Peace, Thailand
Sep 11, 2025
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Based in Pattani, in Thailand’s Deep South, the Network of Civic Women for Peace (Civic Women) is an inspiring community-based women’s empowerment organization that has…
Liberia: EU Envoy Warns of Sahel Crises Consequences in Liberia
Sep 10, 2025
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William Q. Harmon
Observer
The European Union’s Special Representative for the Sahel has warned that the ongoing crises in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger pose far-reaching security and migration…
Liberia: EU Envoy Warns Liberia's Cocoa, Timber Exports at Risk over Deforestation, Burkinabè Influx
Sep 10, 2025
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Lennart Dodoo
Liberian Investigator
The European Union's head of delegation to Liberia has warned that the country's credibility as a cocoa exporter could be undermined if production continues to…
Kenya/South Sudan/Uganda: How Kenya, Uganda Profit from South Sudan’s Illegal Gold and Charcoal Trade
Sep 10, 2025
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James Anyanzwa
Nation
As South Sudan grapples with a deepening economic collapse driven by years of civil war and plummeting oil revenues, a shadow economy is thriving—one that…
Afghanistan: Dispute over Land Ownership Claims 2 Lives in E. Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2025
Xinhua
A Dispute over a piece of land between two brothers in the eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has claimed two lives, provincial police spokesman Sayed Tayeb…
Colombia: Mennonites in Colombia to Repair Environmental Damage
Sep 10, 2025
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Josep Freixes
ColombiaOne
The Mennonite community that has lived for nine years in the Meta region of Colombia expressed its willingness to repair the environmental damage caused by…
Mary’s New Harvest: How Innovation Is Changing Farming in Embu
Sep 10, 2025
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Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas, and Victor Nyamolo
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
Mary, a smallholder farmer in Runyenjes, Embu, joined GTSTIB pilots to test new seeds, soil tools, and gender dialogues. Her yields and family nutrition improved, empowering her voice in…
Afghanistan: 4 Water Supply Networks Launched in Afghanistan's Samangan Province
Sep 9, 2025
Xinhua
Afghan authorities have initiated construction on four new water supply networks in northern Samangan province, representing a key advancement in enhancing clean water access for…
Liberia: FDA, Firm Ask Court to Dismiss US$5M Lawsuit
Sep 9, 2025
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Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a logging company have asked the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice to dismiss a US$5 million lawsuit…
They Dug for Decades for Colombia’s Disappeared and Now They Are a National Symbol
Sep 9, 2025
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Astrid Suarez
AP News
Luz Elena Galeano intently watches as the earth is sifted for clothing, documents and bone fragments, hoping for a sign of her husband, who disappeared…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Halting Region's Oil Exports Has Caused $28 Billion in Losses to Iraq, Says KRG Official
Sep 8, 2025
Kurdistan24
The prolonged halt of the Kurdistan Region's oil exports has inflicted staggering financial damage on the Iraqi state, amounting to more than $28 billion in…
Risking It All to Feed the Children: Liberian Women Exercise Right to Trade Without Fear
Sep 8, 2025
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Front Page Africa
Front Page Africa
Eighteen years ago, Saybah Fomba left Liberia for Sierra Leone, braving the uncertainty of her first cross-border trading trip. Nearly two decades later, the once…
Afghanistan: Water Crisis and Water Mafia in Kabul: Situation Becomes More Critical Each Day
Sep 6, 2025
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Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Groundwater levels in Kabul have severely declined due to continued drought, excessive use of water resources, and weak management, bringing the water crisis in this…
Uganda: Regional Pact Brings Hope to Artisanal Miners 15 Years Later
Sep 6, 2025
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Philip Wafula
Monitor
A 15-year-old resolution by 12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has breathed life into Uganda’s Artisanal and Small-scale…
Poland/Ukraine: Polish Farmers Block Border with Ukraine
Sep 6, 2025
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Milena Bogdanova
Fakti.bg
Polish farmers have once again blocked the movement of Ukrainian trucks through the Medika-Shegyny checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, the State Border Service of…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: The EU–UNEP Partnership to Support Locally Led Climate Actions in Fergana Valley
Sep 5, 2025
European Union
The regional initiative for Central Asia, funded by the European Union, within the EU–UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment and Peace, was launched on 25 August…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan: Central Asia and Afghanistan Heading for “Confrontation” over Water-Thirsty Canal, Warns Analyst
Sep 5, 2025
bne IntelliNews
Water-stressed Central Asia and Afghanistan are heading for a “confrontation” over the Taliban’s building of the Qosh Tepa Canal, which will divert up to a…
Liberia: As Climate Change Drives More Farmers into the Forests, Ambitious Boakai Forestry Sector Reform Is Yet to Help Local Communities
Sep 5, 2025
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Eric Opa Duoe
New Narratives
Marthaline Gbar is among dozens of residents in the Garwin Authorized Community Forest who say they’ve been left impoverished by broken promises from Tetra Logging,…