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Iraq: Livelihoods Programme Manager
Jan 10, 2018
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Mission East
Mission East, founded in Denmark in 1991, is an international humanitarian and development organisation undertaking disaster relief and development programmes in Asia. Mission East worked…
Global Roving WASH Specialist
Jan 10, 2018
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life…
Nigeria: Food Security Program Manager
Jan 10, 2018
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking…
Sudan: Country Representative
Jan 10, 2018
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Netherlands Red Cross
Netherlands Red Cross helps to strengthen resilience of vulnerable people exposed to hazards and crisis situations and we respond to disasters and conflicts to save lives and…
Analyst
Jan 10, 2018
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RCS Global
In its 10th year of operation, RCS Global is one of the world’s leading supply chain due diligence advisory and auditing firms. RCS Glocal advises…
Colombia: In Colombia, Marxist Rebels Hold the Oil Industry Hostage
Jan 10, 2018
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Maximo Anderson, Bloomberg
A three-month cease-fire—the first in three years of negotiations between the ELN and the government—expired on Jan. 9. While the group’s leadership, which claims around…
DRC: Congo May More Than Double Tax on Critical Cobalt Supply
Jan 10, 2018
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William Clowes and Thomas Wilson,
The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to more than double a tax on two-thirds of global cobalt supply, potentially increasing the cost of the…
Liberia: Forest Benefits for River Cess in Limbo
Jan 10, 2018
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Observer
Projects that would have been the first tangible benefits for citizens of River Cess County accrued from commercial logging are now stalled because the money…
Colombia: Reintegrating 14,000 Ex-Combatants Remains a Challenge, Security Council Told
Jan 10, 2018
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UN
Colombia's peace efforts remain challenged by the task of reintegrating 14,000 former rebel combatants, the top United Nations official in the country said Wednesday as…
Africa: When Humans War, Animals Die
Jan 10, 2018
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Ed Yong, Atlantic
Together with Rob Pringle, from Princeton University, Joshua Daskin compiled 65 years’ worth of data on the abundance of large mammals across all of Africa.…
New Data Highlight Afro-Descendant Territories without Legal Recognition, and the Threats They Face
Jan 9, 2018
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Mary Alice Jackson
New data gathered from Afro-descendant community councils and state records reveal that the Colombian government has failed to address 271 claims for collective Afro-descendant land…
Myanmar: Illegal Burmese Wood Used in British Boats, Says Organization
Jan 9, 2018
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Lauren Crothers, Mongabay
Timber that is being illegally logged and smuggled out of Myanmar is ending up as decking on luxury yachts in the UK, according to one…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Destroying Hamoun Wetlands
Jan 9, 2018
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Financial Times
Over 70% of the southeastern Hamoun Wetlands (also known as Hamouns) in Sistan-Baluchestan Province are drying up, largely because of Afghanistan's injudicious dam construction on…
Myanmar: Timber Smuggling Still Thrives in Kachin and Northern Shan State
Jan 8, 2018
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Eleven
Timber smuggling is still thriving in Kachin and Northern Shan State, according to political leaders, people close to timber smugglers and locals who spoke with…
Egypt/Sudan: 'Water War' Escalates between Egypt, Sudan
Jan 8, 2018
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Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor
So far, 2018 has been a negative year for Egyptian-Sudanese relations. On Jan. 4, Sudan recalled its ambassador from Egypt. Without providing further details, Sudan’s…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Bans Kurdish Firm Kar Group from Operating Kirkuk Oilfields
Jan 8, 2018
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Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraq’s parliament voted on Monday to ban Kurdish engineering firm Kar Group from operating Kirkuk’s oilfields, following Iraq’s recapture of the Kurdish-held oil region in…
Afghanistan: Illegal Extraction of Badakhshan Mines Goes on
Jan 7, 2018
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
All mines in northeastern Badakhshan province are illegally extracted by armed men and militants as the government collected no revenue this solar year from mining…
Afghanistan: UNICEF to Invest in Water, Hygiene in 27 Provinces
Jan 7, 2018
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Zabiullah Jhanmal, TOLOnews
Officials from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Sunday that it plans to launch a two-year water distribution program to the people in…
Afghanistan: Potable Water Soon in Rural Areas: MoRRD Signed Agreement to Provide Drinkable Water to 1.8 Million People
Jan 7, 2018
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Afghanistan Times
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) signed agreement with UNICEF to provide 1.8 million people drinkable water and hygiene services in rural areas across…
Afghanistan: Parliament Mocks Environment Protection Committee
Jan 6, 2018
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Afghanistan Times
The Environment Protection Committee on Saturday failed to satisfy Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament during impeachment that was strongly criticized by the lawmakers. Even…
New Year, New Challenges—and New Questions for our Audience
Jan 5, 2018
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Lauren Herzer Risi
The new year promises some big changes for the field of environmental security—and some big moves for the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP). As…
Oil and the Constitution: Kurdistan vs. Baghdad
Jan 5, 2018
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Biner Aziz
There is an argument that natural resource abundance is associated with slow growth, greater inequality, and poverty for a majority of a country’s population. Therefore,…
The More Things Change: Resilience, Complexity, and Diplomacy Are Still Top Priorities in 2018
Jan 5, 2018
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Roger-Mark De Souza
This new year brings new projects—and some sad goodbyes. Today, I’m excited to begin my leadership of Sister Cities International, the world’s largest and oldest…
A New Approach to Agricultural Development Under the CDC Government
Jan 5, 2018
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Gabriel W. Coleman
Introduction I learned in secondary school many years ago, that agriculture is the mainstay of West African economies as well as other African countries that are…
As Afghanistan’s Mining Race Stalls, the Taliban and ISIS Tap into Illegal Mines
Jan 5, 2018
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Matthew C. DuPée
Afghanistan has some of the richest mineral deposits in the world, but extracting them has proven difficult amid years of instability and war. There were…
Myanmar: Timber Auctions Temporarily Suspended as Illegal Trading Rises
Jan 5, 2018
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Time
Auctions for timber rejected by the Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE), which are conducted by the Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental…
Myanmar: Mandalay Region Increases Water Charges and Scales up Access
Jan 5, 2018
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Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times
Eight thousand water meters will be installed free of charge in Pyigyitagun township with a total of US$20 million funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency…
Sudan: Sudan Recalls Egyptian Ambassador as Relations Sour
Jan 5, 2018
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Middle East Eye
Sudan has recalled its ambassador from neighbouring Egypt for consultations, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, without giving details on why or how long he…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Abadi Asked Oil Minister to Prepare for Talks with Kurdistan
Jan 5, 2018
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Rudaw
Iraqi’s prime minister requested the oil minister to prepare for talks with the Kurdistan Region about oil, the minister revealed, adding he expected a visit…
Afghanistan: ‘No Progress’ on Expansion of Key Mines in Afghanistan
Jan 5, 2018
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TOLOnews
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said the government is currently assessing Karkar, Dodkash mines and the Ghori cement factory to establish how it…