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DRC: Congo Strikes Diamond Deal with Swiss Firm to Boost Local Diamond Processing

Jul 1, 2026 | Adekunle Agbetiloye
Business Insider Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Africa's second-largest diamond producer, is taking another step toward capturing more value from its vast mineral wealth by shifting…

Colombia: Colombia’s Land Agency Claims Elections Triggered Surge in Land Theft

Jul 1, 2026 | Adriaan Alsema
Colombia Reports

The director of Colombia’s land agency ANT filed criminal complaints about at least eight attempts to steal land from beneficiaries of President Gustavo Petro’s land…

Climate Change: African Union Convenes Roundtable Dialogue on Climate, Peace and Security

Jul 1, 2026
African Union

The African Union Commission, with support from the United Nations Office to the African Union, and Australia as incoming COP31 Presidency of Negotiations, today convened…

Kenya: Ahero Women Take Up Rice Paddies in Kano Plains

Jun 30, 2026 | Mabel Keya and Tonny Brian
Kenya News Agency

When you look at the Kano Plains from the window of a speeding matatu on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway, you see an economic miracle draped in…

Kenya: Women at the Center of the Future of Sustainable Food Systems

Jun 30, 2026 | Rachel Kibui
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT

Women-led seed conservation in Kenya is reshaping food security. See how the Kabudi Agoro Community Seedbank turns indigenous seeds into climate resilience and income.

Food systems…

Afghanistan: UN Says Women and Children Bear Heaviest Burden of Water Crisis in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026 | Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press

Women and children are bearing the heaviest burden of Afghanistan’s worsening water crisis, spending hours each day collecting water for their families, the United Nations…

Afghanistan: OCHA: Women and Children Bear the Burden of Water Shortages in Afghanistan

Jun 30, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that women and children are shouldering the heavy burden of water shortages.

Climate Change: Experts Join Forces for Security Impacts of Climate Change

Jun 30, 2026 | James Evison
Transport + Energy

Leading security, military and academic experts have joined forces with the UK Government on preparedness for the security impacts of climate change and nature loss.

DRC/Rwanda: Tshisekedi to Push UN Resolution on Mineral Rights

Jun 30, 2026 | Julian Pecquet
Africa Report

Kinshasa will use its July UN Security Council presidency to advocate for an international legal framework as Kigali stands accused of pilfering its neighbours’ natural…

Fiji: Gender, Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) Officer (Regional Tuna Programme – Programme Management Unit)

Jun 29, 2026 | Pacific Community
ReliefWeb

The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and…

Preventing and Managing Climate-Related Insecurity: Lessons from the Lake Chad Basin Regional Strategy

Jun 29, 2026 | Cedric de Coning, Andrew E. Yaw Tchie, Saibou Issa, Thor Olav Iversen, and Freedom Onuoha

The lives and livelihoods of local communities in the borderlands of the Lake Chad Basin are disrupted by both climate change and conflict, which are mutually…

Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan: How Land Swaps Are Reshaping Border Politics between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Jun 29, 2026 | Burak Çalışkan
Diplomat

A region once associated with security crises, mined frontiers, and closed border crossings is increasingly characterized by negotiation, pragmatic compromise, and regional connectivity.

Liberia: LLA Introduces Mandatory Nat’l Land Use Permit System

Jun 29, 2026 | David A. Yates
Liberian Observer

The Government of Liberia, through the Liberia Land Authority (LLA), has introduced a sweeping nationwide land governance reform requiring mandatory permits for all land use,…

India/Pakistan: ‘Track 2’ That Wasn’t: India-Pak back Channels, Water Wars, and a Hardening Red Line

Jun 29, 2026
Hindustan Times

In a recent edition of Hindustan Times’ Point Blank, Executive Editor Shishir Gupta sat down with anchor Aayesha Varma to dissect reports of fresh back-channel…

DRC: Why Washington Is Chasing the Money behind M23 Rebels

Jun 29, 2026 | Ronald Musoke
Independent

For years, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s wars have been fought with rifles, rockets and militias. Increasingly, however, Washington believes the conflict is being sustained…

Beyond the ‘Art of the Deal’: Why the Levant Needs Climate Realism

Jun 28, 2026 | Carmit Lubanov

For decades, international diplomacy in the Middle East has followed two equally flawed tracks. On one side are the utopian dreamers, proposing grand, multi-lateral “environmental…

Cambodia: From Conflict to Cultivation: Demining Drives Global Food Security

Jun 28, 2026 | Mom Kunthea
Khmer Times

Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) Senior Minister Ly Thuch called for mine action to be recognised as a core pillar of global…

Myanmar: 43 Solar Water-Pumping Projects Underway in 9 Regions/States in 2026-2027

Jun 28, 2026
Global New Light of Myanmar

Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Dr Ye Tint Tun stated that 43 solar-powered water pumping projects are currently under implementation across nine regions…

Afghanistan: UN Reports Afghanistan’s Water Resources Hit Record Low amid Prolonged Drought

Jun 28, 2026
Atlas Press

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that despite this year’s rainfall, water resources across Afghanistan remain at alarming…

Colombia’s Next President: A Reckoning for Peace, Climate and Human Rights

Jun 26, 2026 | Inés M. Pousadela

On 21 June Colombians made their choice. By the narrowest of margins, Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right criminal lawyer who’s never held elected office,…

Food Security Is National Security: A New Imperative for Sustainable Development

Jun 26, 2026 | Michael Werz

The global sustainability agenda is under pressure from many directions simultaneously. Yet one dimension of this crisis remains dramatically underrated: the deliberate weaponization of food,…

Beyond Blue Water: Gray Zone Lessons from Small Island Nations

Jun 26, 2026 | Ahmed Rasheed and Thomas A. Crowson

While conventional wisdom suggests small states facing gray zone maritime pressure require external protection or significant force expansion, systematic examination of Seychelles, Mauritius, and the…

United Kingdom: UK Launches First Ever Taskforce to Strengthen Climate Security

Jun 26, 2026
GOV.UK

Leading security, military and academic experts have joined forces with the government to boost the UK’s preparedness for the security impacts of climate change and…

Liberia/Sweden: Liberia, Sweden Celebrate Landmark Land Governance Gains

Jun 26, 2026 | David A. Yates
Liberian Observer

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) on Thursday celebrated the successful completion of the Sustainable Land Services in Liberia (SLSL) Project, a Swedish-funded initiative credited with…

Liberia: 'Land Reform Is a Nation-Building Agenda' - Lla Hails Swedish Partnership as Landmark Project Transforms Liberia's Land Sector

Jun 26, 2026 | Jaheim Tumu
FrontPage Africa

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has described land reform as a critical nation-building agenda as officials celebrated the successful completion of the Swedish-funded Sustainable Land…