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Myanmar: Justice for Myanmar’s Farmers
Aug 2, 2018
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Eijas Ariffin, The Asean Post
When the National League of Defence won the general elections in 2015, paving the way for Myanmar’s first non-military president in over half a century,…
Colombia: For Afro-Colombians, a Slow March Toward Peace
Aug 2, 2018
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Kati Hinman, NACLA
On Colombia’s Pacific coast, paramilitary violence has engulfed Afro-communities and their leaders in the wake of the peace accords. But resistance at the grassroots level…
DRC: AVZ Establishes Manono as World’s Largest Hard Rock Spodumene Deposit
Aug 2, 2018
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Ewen Hosle, Australian Mining
AVZ Minerals has released a maiden mineral resource for the Manono project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), establishing the site as a major…
Handover of the Tabqa Dam a Sign of Hope for Syrian Food and Water Security
Aug 1, 2018
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Phoebe Sleet
During July, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ceded control of Tabqa Dam to the Syrian Government in Damascus. The SDF have acted, while forces loyal to…
Timor-Leste/Australia: Have Timor-Leste and Australia Turned the Page on Fractious Relations?
Aug 1, 2018
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Sophie Raynor, Southeast Asia Globe
When Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrived in Timor-Leste on her first official visit to the country in nearly five years, it marked a milestone…
Kenya: NLC Raises Alarm on Grabbing of 1,000 Acres of Kerio Valley Land
Aug 1, 2018
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Mathews Ndanyi, The Star
The National Land Commission (NLC) has raised the alarm about the grabbing of more than 1,000 acres of communal land in Kerio Valley. British firm Tullow…
South Sudan: Oil Firms Wary despite South Sudan's Peace Deal
Aug 1, 2018
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Ian Lewis, Petroleum Economist
A tentative peace agreement in South Sudan amid plans to repair infrastructure and beef-up security will go some way towards helping the country reach ambitious oil production…
Conflict Minerals: Companies Continue to Search Supply Chains for Conflict Minerals
Aug 1, 2018
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Eric Miller, Transport Topics
For the past five years, public firms across the United States have been searching out their supply chains for “conflict minerals” used to fund armed…
Senegal: 'Superfood' Craze Makes Big Business of Africa's Baobab
Aug 1, 2018
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Edward McAllister, Reuters
Taerou Dieuhiou has been shinning barefoot up baobab trees in Senegal’s southern Casamance region to collect the oblong fruit since he was 15. Business has…
Colombia: Criminal Mafias Take over Colombian Forests
Aug 1, 2018
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Maria Fernanda Lizcano, Mongabay
The region in southern Colombia is now facing an acceleration of what many have long feared: deforestation, land grabbing, expansion of the agricultural frontier, and…
Philippe Le Billon
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
University of British Columbia
Canada
Jul 31, 2018
Philippe Le Billon is a professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Geography and the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He…
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…