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Colombia: Colombia to Formalize Land Rights of 2.5 Million Peasants

Mar 28, 2018 | Jarrod Demir, Colombia Reports

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday signed a landmark decree that would formalize the land ownership of 2.5 million Colombian farmers. The new mandate…

Liberia: Illicit Miners Raise Fears in Bong

Mar 28, 2018 | New Dawn

Some residents who spoke to this paper via mobile phone from the district say the alleged illicit miners are believed to come from Ghana, Nigeria…

Somalia: UN Security Council Makes ‘Historic’ Warning on Climate Threat to Somalia

Mar 28, 2018 | Zak Derler, Climate Change News

The United Nations Security Council has formally recognised climate change as a destabilising factor in Somalia. In a resolution adopted on Tuesday as part of a renewed mandate for assistance…

Liberia: Appointment at LEITI Draws More Ire – Partners Threaten Pullout

Mar 28, 2018 | Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, FrontPage Africa

The situation at the Liberia Extractive Industries Initiatives following the appointment of Gabriel Nyenka is degenerating into chaos as several stakeholder organizations are now threatening…

Afghanistan: As Kabul Grows, Clean Water a Step Toward State Legitimacy in Afghanistan

Mar 28, 2018 | Mohammad Shoaib Haidary, Asia Foundation

In 2050, Kabul’s population is expected to reach 9 million, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the world. People are flocking to…

How War Games Can Help South Asia Respond to Climate Change

Mar 27, 2018 | Tariq Waseem Ghazi and Rachel Fleishman

Over the past few weeks, this year’s iteration of a major U.S.-led multinational military exercise, the Pacific Partnership, has been playing out, and it will continue…

Student Video Contest for Environmental Peacebuilding MOOC Participants

Mar 27, 2018

The Massive Open Online Course on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace has launched a “student spotlight” video contest to highlight the diverse work and interests…

Afghaistan: Sesame Oil Production in Balkh

Mar 27, 2018 | Economic Times

Roughly 300,000 litres of sesame oil are produced using the traditional method each year in Balkh, according to Zabihullah Zubin, a director at the provincial…

Iraq: Iraq May Build Oil Storage in Japan, South Korea to Drive Asian Sales

Mar 27, 2018 | Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters

Iraq is studying the possibility of building crude oil storage facilities in South Korea and Japan as part of a plan to increase sales to…

Nigeria: Area Coordinator

Mar 26, 2018 | Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale has been working in Sierra Leone since 1971. COOPI is currently implementing several projects in Sierra Leone mainly in the areas of…

Myanmar: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist - Community Strengthening Project

Mar 26, 2018 | Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering,…

Jordan: Shelter & WASH Project Manager- Syria

Mar 26, 2018 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. NRC works in crises across 31 countries, where it helps save…

Burkina Faso: Technical Component Lead – Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) II, Niger and Burkina Faso

Mar 26, 2018 | Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering,…

Afghanistan: Insurgents Profit from Afghan Pistachio

Mar 26, 2018 | Benafsha Benish, Institute for War & Peace Reporting

Residents of the northwestern province of Baghdis, home to Afghanistan’s highest concentration of pistachio forests, warn that armed gangs and Taleban fighters have taken over…

Afghanistan: Nut Jihad: Taliban Makes Millions from Pistachio Farms

Mar 26, 2018 | David Brennan, Newsweek

Heroin production, arms smuggling, kidnappings; the Taliban funds its ongoing war in Afghanistan with a wide range of illegal activities, putting its war-footing fund-raising ahead…

DRC Mining Industry Is a Prime Example of How Corporate Power Threatens Women’s Rights

Mar 25, 2018 | Valerie Bah

On a research trip to the Kamituga gold mine in her home province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), activist Marie-Rose…

Myanmar: More Than 160 Villages in Ayeyarwady May Face Water Scarcity This Summer

Mar 25, 2018 | Nilar Soe, Eleven

A total of 168 villages in 56 village-tract of Ayeyarwady region may face a shortage of water during this summer, according to Rural Development Department.…

DRC: Miners Launch Bid to Avert Punishing New Taxes in DRC

Mar 25, 2018 | Jon Yeomans, Telegraph

Some of the world’s biggest mining companies are set to open negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday over a new mining code that…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Faces Severe Clean Water Shortage

Mar 25, 2018 | Tony Birtly, Al Jazeera

Afghanistan’s water crisis is one of the acutest in Asia. Less than a third of the country's population has access to clean drinking water. Thousands…

The Next “Day Zero”: Water Scarcity and Political Instability beyond Cape Town

Mar 24, 2018 | Nazia Hussain

Cape Town is running dry. But thanks to its sophisticated water management efforts, the city may ride out the crisis. However, other cities that lack these capacities are…

Iraq: A War for Oil #2: Iraq's New Deals Make Case for Invasion

Mar 23, 2018 | Inam Ahmed and Shakhawat Liton, Daily Star

Planning for the Iraq invasion started much before the real attack, as soon as Iraq signed oil contracts with Russia, China and France. The US…

Colombia: Colombia Scraps Amazon Highway Plans Due to Deforestation Concerns

Mar 23, 2018 | Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos declared earlier this month that a controversial highway project that would cut through the Amazon will not be completed. Santos…

Africa: No More Tax-Evasions: Mineral-Rich African Countries Demand More from Mining

Mar 23, 2018 | Thomas Collins, African Business

In the past few months a number of mineral-rich African nations have sought to re-balance relations with international mining firms to secure a greater share…

Water Wars: River-Sharing Deals Mean Water War 'Is a Myth', Says Global Water Body

Mar 23, 2018 | Karla Mendes, Reuters

Agreements between countries that share the same river have helped to avoid about 1,800 conflicts in the past 50 years, the World Water Council (WWC)…

DRC: Cobalt Blockchain Inc. Announces Definitive Joint Venture Agreements on Cobalt Projects in the DRC and Filing of Cobalt Trading and Export License

Mar 22, 2018 | PR Newswire

Cobalt Blockchain Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into two definitive joint venture agreements for cobalt/copper concessions in the Democratic Republic of…

Chad/Niger/Nigeria: Better Governance of Underfunded, Poorly Managed Lake Chad Basin Key to Resolving Conflict, Suffering across Region, Speakers Tell Security Council

Mar 22, 2018 | UN Security Council

The environmental monitoring network in the Lake Chad Basin was inadequate, sparse, poorly funded and badly operated, a representative of the commission overseeing its management…