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Iraq: Iraq Offers Nine Oil and Gas Blocks for Exploration Near Iran, Kuwait Borders
Nov 26, 2017
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Reuters
Iraq will invite foreign energy firms to bid for the exploration and development of nine new oil and gas blocks bordering Iran and Kuwait, the…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: A Defiant Map-Hunter Stakes Vietnam’s Claims in the South China Sea
Nov 25, 2017
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Mike Ives, New York Times
Eight years ago, officials in Danang asked Tran Duc Anh Son to travel the world in search of documents and maps that support Vietnam’s territorial…
Iraq/Kurdistan/Turkey: Report: Turkey's PM Praises Iraqi Court Ruling on Kurdistan Referendum
Nov 25, 2017
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Rudaw
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has praised the cancellation of Kurdistan's independence vote by Iraq's Federal Court. The Turkish premier spoke by phone with his…
Afghanistan: Aino Mina Project Was Built Legally: Karzai
Nov 25, 2017
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Karim Amini, TOLOnews
A day after a presidential decree on assessment of Aino Mina Township in Kandahar was leaked to media, founder of the township, Mahmoud Karzai, said…
Uganda: Naked Force Meets Naked Resistance in Northern Uganda Land Conflict
Nov 24, 2017
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Liam Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
When a government minister visited a remote part of northern Uganda earlier this year, she was greeted with a sit-down protest, indignant politicians and topless…
Colombia: Celsia Makes Pact with Indigenous Peoples over 100MW Colombia Solar Project
Nov 24, 2017
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Tom Kenning, PV-Tech
Celsia, the energy arm of Colombian conglomerate Grupo Argos, has moved forward with its development of a 100MW solar farm in Colombia by reaching an…
Saudi Arabia/Qatar: OPEC Chatroom Dead as Qatar Crisis Hurts Gulf Oil Cooperation
Nov 23, 2017
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Rania El Gamal and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
As a six-month-old spat between Saudi Arabia and Qatar deepens, the organization’s Gulf ministers will have to scrap their tradition of meeting behind closed doors…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Oil Exports on Rise, but Below Original Output Levels: Source
Nov 23, 2017
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Karzan Sulaivany, Kurdistan 24
Oil flows in Kurdistan are on the rise despite sanctions imposed by Baghdad after the Region’s vote for secession, but still remain below their original…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Manual to Help Resolve Issues between Pakistan, Afghanistan Proposed
Nov 23, 2017
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Mushtaq Ghumman, Business Recorder
Participants of a panel discussion on Wednesday proposed that a manual should be developed to resolve issues including water sharing between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Giving…
Myanmar: MIC Suspends New Investments in Timber Businesses
Nov 23, 2017
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Htin Lynn Aung, Myanmar Times
Permission for to start new timber-based businesses will be temporarily suspended in Myanmar, the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) said in a November 16 statement, which…
Afghanistan: US Strikes on Taliban Opium Labs Won't Work, say Afghan Farmers
Nov 23, 2017
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Mohammad Stanekza and Girish Gupta, Reuters
As U.S. and Afghan forces pound Taliban drug factories this week, farmers in the country’s largest opium producing-province and narcotics experts say the strategy just…
Liberia: Environmental Protection Agency Conducts Validation Training on Fuel Efficiency
Nov 22, 2017
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPageAfrica
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia with support from the United Nations Environment Program has ended a two day validation workshop on fuel efficiency…
US Government Releases First US Global Water Strategy
Nov 22, 2017
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WaterWorld
The U.S. Government recently released its U.S. Global Water Strategy to address the challenges of the global water crisis that may increase disease, undermine economic…
Colombia: In Post-Conflict Colombia, Land-Rights and Funding for Peacebuilding Face off
Nov 22, 2017
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Taran Volckhausen, Christian Science Monitor
In 2016 – and in a series of similar rulings since – Colombia’s highest court struck down a 2001 mining law that granted the national…
Iraq/Kuwait: Iraq Looks to Kuwait Gas Pipeline to Pay off Reparations
Nov 22, 2017
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Rania El Gamal, Osamu Tsukimori and Dmitry Zhdannikov, Reuters
Kuwait’s oil ministry did not respond to a request for immediate comment. Oil minister Issam Al-Marzouq said last month that talks between Kuwait and Iraq…
Over 2300 Registered for MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace so Far!
Nov 21, 2017
Since launching the trailer and official registration on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (November 6),…
Afghanistan: Province Programme Manager
Nov 21, 2017
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Mission East
Mission East, founded in Denmark in 1991, is an international humanitarian and development organisation, working in South and Central Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Position…
DRC: Program Director - Land Access and Food Security
Nov 21, 2017
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps has been operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since August 2007, with a staff of around 250 people working in…
South Sudan: ERT NFI Manager
Nov 21, 2017
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Medair
Medair helps people who are suffering in remote and devastated communities around the world survive crisis, recover with dignity, and develop skills to build a…
Iraq: Livelihoods/Economic Development Technical Specialist
Nov 21, 2017
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World Vision
The World Vision Partnership is a global community of people passionately committed to improving the lives and futures of the world’s most vulnerable children.
We are…
Nigeria: Food Security Programme Manaage
Nov 21, 2017
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Secours Islamique France
SECOURS ISLAMIQUE FRANCE (SIF) is a Non-Governmental Organization of international solidarity based in France. Founded in 1991, SIF is a non-profit and non-political organization that intents to help,…
Syria: Livelihood and Resilience Program Manager
Nov 21, 2017
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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…
Colombia: Colombia's Coffee Output, Exports to Hit 25-Year High
Nov 21, 2017
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Mike Verdin, Agrimoney
Colombia’s recovery in coffee output, and exports, will progress faster than had been thought this season, US officials said – but on an assumption of…
Iraq/Kurdistan/Turkey: Iraq Reviews Kirkuk Oil Exports with Turkey
Nov 21, 2017
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Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International
Getting oil flowing again from the fields in Kirkuk in northern Iraq to a Turkish sea port is the first order of business, the Iraqi…
Iraq/Kuwait: Iraq to Resume Oil Reparations to Kuwait for Gulf War Devastation, Says UN
Nov 21, 2017
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Lewis Sanders IV, Deutsche Welle
The UN Security Council's compensation agency has announced Baghdad's desire to settle war reparations by 2021. Iraq had suspended compensation payments following the rise of…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Economy Slowly on Rise, to Grow 2.6 Percent This Year - World Bank
Nov 21, 2017
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Girish Gupta, Reuters
Afghanistan’s economy is expected to grow 2.6 percent this year, up slightly from the previous year despite deteriorating security, the World Bank said in a…
From Coca to Cacao: Colombia Pushes Farmers to Exit Cocaine Trade
Nov 20, 2017
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Michelle Begue
Colombia says it sees an opening to end its infamous cocaine trade. The government is enticing farmers to change their crops from coca to cacao.…
Afghanistan: The US Begins Bombing Taliban Drug Labs as Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy Takes Hold
Nov 20, 2017
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Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post
US and Afghan forces have launched a series of attacks on narcotics laboratories in southern Afghanistan, marking the start of what could become a long,…
Save the Date: Fifth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko
Nov 19, 2017
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American University, ELI, and UN Environment
On January 30th 2018, Professor Ken Conca and Professor Geoff Dabelko will be recognized with the prestigious Al-Moumin Award for their outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding. The…
Aghanistan: Ghani Warns Regarding Looming Water Crisis Threatening Kabul City
Nov 19, 2017
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Khaama Press
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani warned regarding the looming water crisis threatening capital Kabul and other key cities of the country. Speaking during the 4th round…