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Sierra Leone: Calls for Urgent Land Audit
Jul 31, 2017
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Zainab Joaque, Awoko
A land audit is certainly a must for this country, and it must include assessments of land ownership, plot size, vacant lots and spaces that…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: Joint Oil Exploration with China is against Philippines' Interest, Says Security Expert
Jul 31, 2017
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Noel Tarrazona, International Business Times
A security expert in the Philippines contested that the government's move to have a joint oil exploration with China is against the country's security. Former…
Iran/Iraq: Iran, Iraq Talk 'Joint Delivery' of Kirkuk Oil
Jul 31, 2017
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Rudaw
Iran and Iraq have strengthened their energy-sector ties, including the possible construction of a pipeline to export Kirkuk’s crude oil to refineries in Iran. Kirkuk’s…
Iraq: Gunmen Steal IQD 400 Million Belonging to Oil Ministry
Jul 30, 2017
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Elwy Elmanzalawy, Iraqi News
Gunmen have stolen IQD 400 million belonging to the Iraqi ministry of oil, Alsumaria News reported on Sunday. Bombings and armed attacks are seen on…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds’ Ambitions Tied to Ability to Keep Energy Sector on Track
Jul 30, 2017
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Robin Mills, The National
This month a new version of Finding Neverland emerged. The star of this instalment was not Johnny Depp or Kate Winslet, but an Italian-registered crude…
Afghanistan: Taliban Militants Blow up Dam in Southern Afghanistan
Jul 30, 2017
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Trend
Member of the Taliban terrorist group, banned in Russia, have blown up a dam in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar leaving a swathe of…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Independence Will Bring Many Economic, Financial Tools to Kurdistan: KRG Representative
Jul 29, 2017
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Mewan Dolamari, Kurdistan 24
The Kurdistan Region has no control over monitoring policies, and independence will bring many economic and financial tools to the Region, said a Kurdish official…
Myanmar: MPs Back Calls for Deforestation Action
Jul 29, 2017
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Nyein Zaw Lin and Myo Min Htet, Eleven
The Lower House has unanimously approved a proposal to handle illegal logging and the timber trade in accord with a law submitted by MP Kyaw Aung Lwin for…
Afghanistan: MAIL Promotes Saffron, Soybean Farming in Bamiyan
Jul 29, 2017
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) is promoting the saffron and soybean farming in Bamiyan province in the center of Afghanistan, the agriculture…
Development Director, Policy Center for Environment and Peace
Jul 28, 2017
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Conservation International
The Policy Center for Environment and Peace focuses on building understanding of the value of natural capital to human well-being and promote and support the…
Jordan: Wash Consortium Coordinator - Amman
Jul 28, 2017
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Iraq: Project Officer Wash
Jul 28, 2017
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
DRC: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Jul 28, 2017
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
South Sudan: Area Coordinator
Jul 28, 2017
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ACTED
Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity,…
Liberia: “The Land Beneath Our Feet” Documentary to be Screened in Four Counties
Jul 28, 2017
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Eric Doue, Bush Chicken
A documentary on land issues in Liberia, titled “The Land Beneath Our Feet,” is expected to be launched locally over the next couple of days.…
Nigeria: Nigeria Looks for Oil on Boko Haram’s Home Turf—and Pays the Price
Jul 28, 2017
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Robbie Corey-Boulet, World Politics Review
Last week, AFP reported on Nigeria’s search for oil in the country’s northeast, the home base of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Nigerian National Petroleum…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Pipeline Comes with Major Environmental Costs
Jul 28, 2017
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Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor
On July 21, farmers complained about a gas pipeline dredging their farmlands. The pipeline carries gas from Iran to Baghdad through Bismayah, which is located…
Myanmar: Recurring Floods Displace over 130,000 in Myanmar
Jul 28, 2017
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Myint Kay thi, Htike Nandar Win, Nay Aung, and Ye Ywal Myint, Myanmar Times
Recurring floods in large part of the country have forced over 130,000 people to flee their homes as of July 25, relief officials said. Among…
Myanmar: Fruit and Vegetable Exports to Be Prioritised
Jul 28, 2017
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Eleven
The Myanmar Trade Promotion Organisation at the Ministry of Commerce and Myanmar Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association are discussing the prioritisation of fruit and vegetables…
Myanmar: Objection to Farmland Law Changes Draft Bill
Jul 28, 2017
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar Times
Almost 50 Civil Society Groups strongly objected to the facts related to the Farmland Law amendment draft hearing session in the parliament held in June.…
Trump Wants to Dismantle Wall Street Reform. Here’s What That Could Mean for…Congo
Jul 27, 2017
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Carol Jean Gallo
The Trump administration’s hostility toward the 2010 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (aka the Dodd-Frank Act) should come as no surprise, given Trump’s campaign…
Colombia: Post-Conflict Colombia Seeks to Become Agricultural Powerhouse
Jul 27, 2017
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Oscar Medina, Bloomberg
Colombia is seeking to reinvent itself as a major agricultural powerhouse as the demobilization of thousands of guerrilla fighters opens up former war zones for…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Receive Revenues from China-Myanmar Crude Oil Pipeline
Jul 27, 2017
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Aung Shin, Myanmar Times
Myanmar will gain financially from the China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline, which began operations in early April after the two countries signed an agreement for the…
Security Links: An Emerging Congressional Common Ground on Climate Change?
Jul 26, 2017
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Lauren Herzer Risi
Earlier this month 46 House Republicans voted with Democrats to protect an amendment in the current National Defense Authorization Act that acknowledges that “climate change is…
Colombia: Guerrillas of War to Guerrillas of Conservation
Jul 26, 2017
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Tunicia Phillips, Daily Maverick
The mega diverse South American country of Colombia finds itself in a post-conflict era (albeit on very uncertain terms) that may or may not contribute…
Colombia: Proposed Colombia Dam Threatens to Wipe out Endangered Plants, Disrupt River
Jul 26, 2017
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Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
A Colombian conglomerate is moving ahead to build a nearly 400-foot-tall hydroelectric dam along the Samaná Norte River in northwestern Colombia, which threatens to extinguish…
DRC: Two Investigations into Corruption in Resource-Rich DR Congo Show Why It Stays So Poor
Jul 26, 2017
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Yomi Kazeem, Quartz
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) ranked 176 out of 187 on the latest United Nations Human Development Index and two new investigations have…
Afghanistan: Experts Urge Proper Management of Afghanistan’s Water Resources
Jul 26, 2017
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
Critics have called on government to create proper mechanisms to harness and use Afghanistan's water resources and prevent it from going to waste. Currently most…
Syria: Syrian Farm Production Grows, but Is Still Far from Pre-War Levels
Jul 26, 2017
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RJ Whitehead, Food Navigator-Asia
In their latest report, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme have estimated that 6.9m Syrians are still food insecure, and an…
To Fight Global Water Stress, U.S. Foreign Policy Will Need New Strategic Tools
Jul 25, 2017
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Anuj Krishnamurthy
Capable of upending rural livelihoods, compromising institutions of governance, and inducing new patterns of migration and crime, global water stress has emerged as one of…