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South Korea: LG Chem Vows to Refrain from Using ‘Conflict Minerals’
Jul 30, 2018
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Kim Da-sol, The Korea Herald
South Korea’s leading chemicals company LG Chem said Monday it would refrain from using four “conflict materials” as part of the company’s strengthened corporate social…
Afghanistan: Less Rain and Snowfall in Afghanistan: High Level of Food Assistance Needed until Early 2019
Jul 30, 2018
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Jelena Bjelica, Afghanistan Analysts Network
The Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) has reported that in 22 of Afghanistan’s provinces, cumulative rain and snowfall during the ‘wet season’ – October 2017…
Laos: Laos Dam Failure Exposes Cracks in a Secretive Government’s Agenda
Jul 29, 2018
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Mike Ives, The New York Times
As heavy rains lashed southern Laos over the weekend, volunteers from many countries were continuing to help victims of earlier flooding caused by the failure of…
Nigerian: Oyo State Will Enforce Legislation on Land Grabbing ― AG
Jul 29, 2018
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Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare, Nigerian Tribune
The Oyo State Government has stated that it will enforce all legislation in its bid to curb the menace of land grabbing in the state,…
Syria: Livelihood and Resilience Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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People in Need
People in Need (PIN) is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance in over 20 countries worldwide. Formed in 1992 in the Czech…
CAR: Emergency WASH Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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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…
DRC: Emergency WASH Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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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…
DRC: Consultant - Urban WASH Programme - Review of Gender Status Index
Jul 28, 2018
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Mercy Corps
Goma and Bukavu have seen rapid urban growth over the past fifteen years as a consequence of conflict in rural areas driving people towards perceived…
DRC: Conflict and Governance Program Manager
Jul 28, 2018
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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 countries…
Afghanistan: Afghan Province Begins Push to Discourage Poppy Cultivation
Jul 28, 2018
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Sayed Salahuddin, Arab News
Helmand has long been the major narcotics-producing province in Afghanistan due to protracted war and chronic poverty. Most of the income from the multi-billion-dollar trade ends…
Iraq: Project Manager - WASH
Jul 27, 2018
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ACTED - Iraq
Since 2003, ACTED has been working in Iraq to provide humanitarian support to vulnerable populations through a multi-sectoral response to the Syrian refugee crisis and…
Iraq: Project Manager - Food Security and Livelihood
Jul 27, 2018
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ACTED - Iraq
Since 2003, ACTED has been working in Iraq to provide humanitarian support to vulnerable populations through a multi-sectoral response to the Syrian refugee crisis and…
DRC: Livelihood Officer
Jul 27, 2018
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Danish Refugee Council
Purpose of the post
Reporting to the Head of Programmes, the Livelihoods Coordinator will provide strategic vision and sectorial technical support to DRC technical Livelihoods Teams…
Jordan: Food Security and Livelihoods - Head of Department
Jul 27, 2018
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Action Contre la Faim
The Action Contre la Faim Jordan mission is dynamic and rapidly growing, with large-scale WaSH and Livelihoods programmes being implemented in host communities and the…
Syria/Jordan: Food Security and Livelihood Technical Coordinator
Jul 27, 2018
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ACTED - Syria
Since 2012, ACTED has been implementing projects with vulnerable communities in Syria with a two-fold approach: ACTED provides life-saving support to vulnerable displaced persons, returnees,…
Climate Change: UN Issues Warning of Climate Instability across Arab Region
Jul 27, 2018
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Climate Home News
Climate change threatens conflict and poverty in the Arab region, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP). In a report, published on Wednesday, the agency suggested climate…
Colombia: Elites Unleash Wave of Killings to Protect Illegal Land Grabs
Jul 27, 2018
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Adriaan Alsema and Stephen Gill, Green Left Weekly
Business owners in northwest Colombia are conspiring with death squads to assassinate social leaders and prevent the restitution of land that was stolen during Colombia’s…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Untapped Water Potential
Jul 27, 2018
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Gauri Noolkar-Oak and Aditya Manubarwala, Modern Diplomacy
Squeezed between the erstwhile USSR and the United States’ strategic backyard Pakistan, Afghanistan has been used as tool employed by all of these powers to…
Syria/Iraq/Turkey: War for Water? Syria, Iraq and Turkey Will Next Fight for Rivers, Report Says
Jul 27, 2018
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Tom O'Connor, Newsweek
The next war in the Middle East could be fought over water as Iraq, Syria and Turkey scramble to assert claims to two vital rivers that…
Bangladesh: Bapa Protests against Illegal Land Grabbing in Dhaleshwari River
Jul 27, 2018
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Motiur Rahman, Dhaka Tribune
Bapa has claimed that the Northern Power Generation Company, owned by an Awami League MP has been illegally grabbing land on the river banks and…
Nigeria: Nigeria Grazing Violence Kills Many More than Boko Haram, Poses Serious Stability Threat: Think-Tank
Jul 26, 2018
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Alexis Akwagyiram, Reuters
Violence in Nigeria between semi-nomadic cattle herders and settled farmers has killed around six times more people than deaths related to the Boko Haram insurgency…
Myanmar: Armed Conflict Harming Efforts to Save Myanmar’s Tigers, Group Says
Jul 26, 2018
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Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy
Ending armed conflict is crucial to Myanmar’s efforts to save the tiger populations in its wildlife reserves, said a wildlife conservation NGO on Thursday, warning…
Mapping Climate Security: New Dashboard Tool Visualizes Complex Vulnerability in Asia
Jul 25, 2018
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Olivia Smith
In many parts of South and Southeast Asia, high population density and vulnerability to climate change combine with low levels of household resilience and poor…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Donbas Bears the Brunt of Toxic Armed Conflict
Jul 25, 2018
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UN Environment
For years Donbas has been one of the country’s most polluted regions – as toxic waste from nearly two centuries of intensive coal mining, and…
Access to Water Continues to be Jeopardized for Millions of Children in War-Torn Yemen
Jul 24, 2018
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UNICEF
UNICEF deplores in the strongest terms yet another attack on vital and lifesaving water systems in Yemen. A large water facility in Sa’ada, northwest of the…
Iraq: Iraqi Oil Exports Increase Despite Protests
Jul 24, 2018
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Daniel J. Graeber, UPI
Iraqi oil exports for June, the last full month for which data are available, were slightly higher than the month before on average, the government…
Afghanistan: Guns and Roses: Farmers in War-Torn Afghanistan Enjoy Sweet Smell of Success
Jul 24, 2018
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The Asian Age
Standing in a field of roses in eastern Afghanistan, former poppy grower Mohammad Din Sapai quickly but carefully plucks the delicate petals that will be…
Natural Resources and Conflict: SDC Brief Calls for International Process on Environment-Climate Change-Fragility-Conflict Nexus
Jul 24, 2018
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Leila Mead, IISD
Destruction and overexploitation of natural resources and ecosystems can increase the risk of violent conflict, according to a brief titled, ‘Fragility and Conflict,’ published by…
Protecting the Amazon Means Protecting Local Communities
Jul 23, 2018
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Aditi Sen
A recent report released by the government of Colombia highlights a 23% surge in deforestation in the country from 2016 to 2017, most notably in the Amazon…
Meet the Women Protecting Vanuatu's Resources for Future Generations
Jul 23, 2018
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Julia Woods
Located in the South Pacific, the small, low-lying islands of Vanuatu are home to immense cultural and ecological diversity. However, these beautiful islands and the…