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Cameroon: Protection and Rule of Law Coordinator
Apr 18, 2018
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the…
Kenya: Ecosec Coordinator
Apr 18, 2018
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International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action…
Egypt/Sudan: Sudan Protests to UN over Egypt Voting in Disputed Area
Apr 18, 2018
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eNews Channel Africa
Sudan has protested to the United Nations Security Council against Egypt, accusing Cairo of organising voting in a disputed border area during March's Egyptian presidential election.…
South Sudan: 600,000 People in South Sudan Said to Be at Risk from Contaminated Drinking Water
Apr 18, 2018
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Daniel Pelz, Deutsche Welle
Oil is South Sudan's biggest export earner. It is also a much needed lifeline for the government of the war-torn nation. German development organization Sign…
Colombia: Colombia Could Use Drones to Fight Cocaine Production
Apr 18, 2018
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Associated Press
Colombia’s police could start using drones to tackle a five-year surge in cocaine production that has jeopardized relations with the United States. State contracting documents…
Nigeria: Chief of Party, Rural Resilience Program
Apr 17, 2018
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Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons…
Food Security Analysis Specialist
Apr 17, 2018
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Food and Agriculture Organization of UN
The Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) conducts economic research and policy analysis related to all five of the Organization’s strategic objectives (food security, sustainable agriculture,…
Iraq: Consultancy for ECHO Project Evaluation
Apr 17, 2018
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity…
Pakistan: Protests Break out as Karachi Runs out of Water
Apr 17, 2018
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Syed Khursheed Alam, Samaa
Protests are taking place in many parts of Karachi due to water shortage. The city is facing shortage of water as it is not getting…
Liberia: Catholic Church: Land Rights Bill Crucial in Keeping the Peace
Apr 17, 2018
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Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo, FrontPage Africa
Catholic Bishops Conference of Liberia (CABICOL) has said that the Land Rights Bill is crucial and should properly be reviewed before it is passed into…
India/Sudan: India's ONGC Files Arbitration Claim against Sudan over Unpaid Oil Dues
Apr 17, 2018
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Nidhi Verma and Promit Mukherjee, Reuters
The foreign acquisition unit of India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) has filed an arbitration claim against the government of Sudan in a London…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Has Capacity of Producing 11,000 Tons Honey a Year
Apr 17, 2018
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Pajhwok Afghan News
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MALI) on Tuesday stressed on improving the honey business, quality and quantity, saying Afghanistan had the capacity of…
Colombia: End of the Colombian ‘Marginal’ Gives Amazon New Lease on Biodiversity
Apr 17, 2018
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Paul Hill, City Paper
The Colombian Amazon got a new lease on its biodiversity after President Juan Manuel Santos scrapped plans last month for the planned construction of the…
Liberia: NaFAA to Decentralize Fisheries
Apr 17, 2018
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New Dawn
Making her debut appearance at the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing in Monrovia, the Director General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA)…
Here’s How the United States Can Help Colombia Thrive
Apr 16, 2018
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Daniel Runde
Vice President Mike Pence set off for Lima, Peru, on Friday, to stand in for President Donald Trump — who stayed home to focus on Syria —…
From Kevlar to Kale: Armed to Farm Gives Veterans Seeds of Opportunity
Apr 15, 2018
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William Holt, Sentinal Source
Armed to Farm, a national initiative that provides training in sustainable agriculture to military veterans free of charge, is coming to Troy this summer. The…
Afghanistan: No Power, Running Water in Kabul after Militants Blow up Electricity Pylon
Apr 15, 2018
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Agence France-Presse
A massive power outage in Kabul has left many residents of the Afghan capital with no lights or running water, officials said Sunday, after militants…
Colombia: Colombia Grants ‘Historic’ Protections to Rainforest, Indigenous Groups
Apr 13, 2018
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Morgan Erickson-Davis, Mongabay
In a move described as “unprecedented,” Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that the country intends to add 8 million hectares (80,000 square kilometers…
Myanmar: Indigenous Environmental Campaigner Killed by Myanmar Government
Apr 13, 2018
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Jonathan Watts, Guardian
Indigenous activists in Myanmar’s Karen state are mourning the killing of a community leader who campaigned for a peace park to protect a local forest…
Iraq: Iraq Delays Oil Auction after Late Contract Tweaks
Apr 12, 2018
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Mohammed Sergie, Khalid Al Ansary, Anthony Dipaola, and Kadhim Ajrash, Bloomberg
Iraq delayed an international auction of rights to 11 of its oil and natural gas deposits, pushing back the bidding date after introducing changes to…
Iraq: Podcast: What Happened to Iraq’s Oil Wealth? [Audio]
Apr 12, 2018
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Mark Leon Goldberg, UN Dispatch
What happened to Iraq’s oil wealth? That is the central question of the book: Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq’s Oil Wealth by guest Erin…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi MPs: Hashd al-Shaabi Smuggling Oil to Iran, Government Cannot Intervene
Apr 12, 2018
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Baxtiyar Goran, Kurdistan 24
The Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi has been smuggling crude oil from Kirkuk and using the revenue to strengthen itself amid silence from the Iraqi government, a…
Conflict Minerals: GRI and RMI Partner for Better Reporting on Conflict Minerals
Apr 11, 2018
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Global Reporting Initiative
GRI and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) announced a project to help improve companies’ minerals sourcing due diligence and impact reporting by providing reporting resources and…
Colombia: 8 Police Killed in Attack on Land Restitution Commission in Northwest Colombia
Apr 11, 2018
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
At least eight policemen were killed in an alleged paramilitary attack on a judicial commission investigating land theft in northwest Colombia. A bombs exploded when…
Colombia: Colombia Takes 'Unprecedented' Step to Stop Farms Gobbling Forests
Apr 11, 2018
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Anastasia Moloney, Reuters
Indigenous communities that depend on Colombia’s Amazon rainforest for their survival will have more say over their ancestral lands, as Colombia adds 8 million hectares…
Norway: Nazi Legacy Found in Norwegian Trees
Apr 11, 2018
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Jonathan Amos, BBC
The relentless campaign to find and sink Germany's WWII battleship, the Tirpitz, left its mark on the landscape that is evident even today. The German…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Temperature up by 2°C against Average
Apr 11, 2018
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Tamim Hamid, TOLOnews
Afghanistan Meteorological Department on Tuesday said this year the average temperature around the country has increased by about two degrees. According to the department, last week…
Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Women and Climate Change Adaptation
Apr 10, 2018
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Ellie Anderson
According to a 2015 Georgetown University report on women and climate change, “the impacts of climate change – droughts, floods, extreme weather, increased incidence of…
DRC: Six Virunga Park Rangers Killed in DRC Wildlife Sanctuary
Apr 10, 2018
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Jason Burke, Guardian
Five rangers and a driver have been killed in an ambush in Virunga national park in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A sixth ranger…
Afghanistan: Paktika Police Cutting down Pine Nut Trees, Say Residents
Apr 10, 2018
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Some residents in several districts of southeastern Paktika province have accused police of cutting down pine nuts trees, a charge the force denies. Speaking to…