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Multiple Countries: Food Security and Livelihood Advisor

Aug 15, 2025 | ForAfrika

The Food Security and Livelihood Advisor serves as technical leader for Forafrika's comprehensive food security and livelihood programming portfolio across multiple country operations in Africa.…

Greening the Military: Why Defence Spending Must Align with Climate Action

Aug 14, 2025 | Hema Nadarajah

In preparing for conflicts, we may be compromising our ability to confront the climate emergency. Sustainability must be part of our defence strategy.

Nigeria: Plateau State Trains Officials in Peacebuilding through Land Dispute Mediation

Aug 14, 2025 | Roger A. Agana
News Ghana

Government workers from four key Plateau State agencies transformed into certified peace mediators this week after intensive training in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques.

Climate Change: Why Women, Peace and Security Plans in the Mediterranean Must Confront Climate Risks

Aug 14, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR

Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) National Action Plans are a powerful but underused tool for tackling the interconnected challenges of gender, climate, and conflict. Across…

Afghanistan: Kabul Is Running Dry and Solutions Might Come Too Late

Aug 13, 2025 | Elian Peltier
New York Times

The six million people living in the Afghan capital could be out of water by 2030. The government is scrambling for solutions, but financial reserves…

Yemen: Research Analyst, Environment and Gender (Service Provider)

Aug 13, 2025 | European Institute of Peace
European Institute of Peace

Based in Brussels and active in over a dozen countries, the European Institute of Peace (www.eip.org) is an independent organisation working collaboratively with the parties to the…

Call for Proposals: Path To Ottawa

Aug 13, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association & University of Ottawa

In the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding–taking place in June 2026 in Ottawa, Canada–the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and Conference partners…

Mali: Grant and Project Manager (Shea and Renewable Energy)/ Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)

Aug 13, 2025 | ActionAid
ReliefWeb

ActionAid est une fédération internationale œuvrant pour un monde juste, équitable et durable, libéré de la pauvreté et de l’oppression.
Notre stratégie consiste à créer une…

DRC: Inside the Mine that Feeds the Tech World – and Funds Congo’s Rebels

Aug 13, 2025 | Giulia Paravicini and David Lewis
Reuters

Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. Control of this mine…

Iraq: ‘It’s Destruction Disguised as Progress’: How the Oil Industry Is Sucking Iraq’s Ancient Wetlands Dry

Aug 13, 2025 | Azhar Al-Rubaie, Sara Manisera, and Daniela Sala
Guardian

Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water.

Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG, Baghdad Agree Deal to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports

Aug 13, 2025
Rudaw

The Kurdistan Region’s natural resources ministry said on Wednesday that Erbil and Baghdad have reached an agreement on the mechanism of resuming the Region’s long-delayed…

DRC: US Imposes Sanctions over DR Congo Minerals Sales

Aug 13, 2025 | Yinka Adegoke
Semafor

The Trump administration sanctioned four entities over their role in the critical minerals trade in eastern DR Congo as it seeks to implement a peace…

Climate Security Is National Security. Africa Is Our First Line of Defense

Aug 12, 2025 | Patrick Verkooijen

NATO’s decision to increase defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product by 2035, including 1.5% for resilience and critical infrastructure, marks the most significant shift…

China: Is China Moving into Position to Take over Iraq’s Key Oil Project from the West?

Aug 12, 2025 | Simon Watkins
Oilprice.com

The Common Seawater Supply Project (CSSP) is the key to unlock massive gains in oil output from Iraq. Consequently, control over the project is pivotal…

DRC: US Announces Sanctions against Armed Group and Companies Profiting from Conflict Minerals in Congo

Aug 12, 2025 | Marck Banchereau, Jean-Yves Kamale, and Justin Kabumba
Associated Press

The US government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there…

Iraq/Syria: Syria and Iraq to Discuss Revival of Decades-Old Cross-Border Oil Pipeline

Aug 12, 2025 | Daniel Onyango
Pipeline Technology Journal

Syria’s energy minister, Mohammed Al-Bashir, has hinted at plans to visit Iraq to discuss reviving a defunct oil pipeline that previously transported crude from northern…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Somalia: Somalia Caught in Crossfire of Ethiopia-Egypt Nile Dispute

Aug 11, 2025
The Weekly Vision

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has accused Ethiopia of violating international law by filling the GERD with Nile waters, warning that Egypt reserves the right…

Food Security: FAO Launches the Risk Monitor: A New Early Warning System to Tackle Food Security Risks

Aug 11, 2025
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

On the sidelines of the 44th Session of the FAO Conference, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched the first Food…

Liberia: House Speaker Koon Pledges Action on Rural Women’s Land Rights

Aug 11, 2025 | Francis G. Boayue
Front Page Africa

MONROVIA – House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has vowed to champion legislative reforms aimed at empowering rural women and strengthening land rights across Liberia. His…

Afghanistan: Environmental Impacts of Nearly 20 Year War in Afghanistan Linger after US Withdrawal

Aug 9, 2025
Bastille Post

Twenty years after the US military operations in Afghanistan, the toxic legacy still lives on in the drying water and contaminated soil across the country.

Minerals over Peace? Rethinking the DRC-Rwanda Accord

Aug 8, 2025 | Batseba Seifu

On June 27, 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda signed what has been touted as a significant peace agreement in Washington, DC—a…

Colombia/Peru: Colombian President Stirs up Border Tension over Santa Rosa Island: ‘The Treaty Has Not Been Complied with, Peru Violated It’

Aug 8, 2025 | Santiago Torrado
EL PAÍS

Tensions are escalating. Colombian President Gustavo Petro doubled down on Thursday on his territorial claim to an island in the Amazon River that has emerged…