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South Sudan: ERT NFI Manager

Nov 21, 2017 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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,…


EnPAx Icon Save the Date: Fifth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding: Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko

Nov 19, 2017 | 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 | 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…


Afghanistan: US-Funded 32 Irrigation Networks to Benefit 44,000 Afghans

Nov 19, 2017 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Thirty-two modern irrigation networks are being established in eight provinces to cover about 7,000 hectares of land, officials said on Saturday. Eng. Nasir Ahmad Durani,…


Bahrain: The "Oil War" in the Persian Gulf

Nov 19, 2017 | Dr. Shaul Shay, Israel Defense

An explosion ripped through the oil pipeline near the village of Buri some 15 kilometers from the capital of Bahrain, Manama, on November 10, 2017.…


Lebanon: Project Manager

Nov 18, 2017 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization on the first line that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural…


Chad: Livelihoods Manager

Nov 18, 2017 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries. Concern works in partnership with the very poorest people…


Nigeria: Emergency Food and Security and Livelihoods Advisor

Nov 18, 2017 | Save the Children

Save the Children is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries Save the Children employs…


Jordan: MEAL Manager

Nov 18, 2017 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization on the first line that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural…


Afghanistan: Ghani Pledges to Resolve Land-Grabbing Issue

Nov 18, 2017 | TOLOnews

Addressing the 4th Urban Conference in Kabul on Saturday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Afghanistan’s urban areas were facing numerous challenges but that these issues…


Myanmar: New Aquaculture Economy Emerged on Rising Fish Demand

Nov 17, 2017 | Kang Wan Chern, Myanmar Times

Domestic demand for farmed fish in Myanmar has risen substantially over the past 10 years, with many small-scale fish farms emerging across the Ayeyarwady region.…


Using Science Diplomacy in the South China Sea

Nov 16, 2017 | James Borton

Despite White House efforts to deny well-established climate change reports and U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, most might question the wisdom of…


Climate Change, Food Security and Sustaining Peace

Nov 16, 2017 | Florian Krampe

‘We have succeeded at keeping famine at bay, we have not kept suffering at bay’, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while briefing members of the…


Conflict Minerals: Robin Wright’s Mission to End Conflict Minerals

Nov 16, 2017 | Carl Shih, The Lily

Robin Wright has never been the type of woman to sit still. As an activist and now entrepreneur, Wright began channeling her Hollywood fame as…


Iraq: Exclusive: Iraq Adds 400MW of Power as Flared Gas Recovery Kicks in

Nov 16, 2017 | Jennifer Gnana, The National

Iraq has added around 400 megawatts (MW) to its power grid from the first wave of flared gas recovery this year, according to the US…


Conflict Minerals: Apple Ranked as 'Clear Leader' in its Efforts to Source Conflict-Free Minerals from Supply Chain

Nov 16, 2017 | Mitchel Broussard, MacRumours

Apple has been designated the "clear leader" in its methods of supporting a conflict-free minerals trade throughout its supply chain. The title was awarded to…


Iraq/Kurdistan/Turkey: Iraq, Turkey Discuss Resuming Kirkuk Oil Exports

Nov 16, 2017 | Rudaw

Top Iraqi oil officials met with a Turkish energy delegation in Baghdad to discuss resuming Kirkuk's oil exports through the Turkish port of Ceyhan which…


Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Land Challenges to Be Addressed by Reforms

Nov 16, 2017 | UN Economic Commission for Africa

The problems surrounding access and ownership of land in Sierra Leone will be solved by the implementation of the National Land Policy, said country representatives…


Liberia/Sierra Leone: International Project Manager - Community Landscape Management

Nov 15, 2017 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The RSPB was formed to counter the barbarous trade in plumes for women's hats, a fashion responsible for the destruction of many thousands of egrets,…


Sudan/South Sudan: Security Council Extends Mandates of United Nations Interim Force for Abyei, Joint Border Monitoring Entity, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2386 (2017)

Nov 15, 2017 | UN

The Security Council decided this morning to extend until 15 April 2018 the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA), and to limit support…


Iraq: Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq

Nov 14, 2017 | Peter Schwartzstein, National Geographic

Around Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s northern Iraqi hometown, ISIS appears to have attracted much more support from water-deprived communities than from their better-resourced peers. In Tharthar…