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Conflict Minerals: Descending into Conflict: Tech Minerals Finance War
Jul 25, 2017
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Richard Brown, Raconteur
The next time you’re struck down with “power anxiety” over your mobile phone’s depleted battery, spare a thought for the mistreated children toiling away in…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China-Vietnam South China Sea Spat in the Spotlight
Jul 25, 2017
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Prashanth Parameswaran, Diplomat
On July 24, the BBC cited both a Southeast Asian oil industry source and a Vietnamese diplomatic source as confirming that Hanoi had terminated a…
Afghanistan: Trump Finds Reason for the US to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals
Jul 25, 2017
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Mark Landler and James Risen, New York TImes
President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that…
Afghanistan: Nangarhar Poultry Farm Industry Growing Despite Problems
Jul 25, 2017
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Yousuf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
The establishment of around 2,500 poultry farms in eastern Nangarhar provinces has met domestic need and generated thousands of jobs for people. However, the farm…
DRC Land Use Planning Coordinator
Jul 24, 2017
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Rainforest Foundation UK
The mission of the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is to support indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world's rainforest to secure and control the…
Guinea: Project Manager - Ziama Forest
Jul 24, 2017
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Fauna & Flora International
Working closely with local partners, FFI’s Africa Programme currently supports operations in 13 countries in West, Central, East and Southern Africa, and is implementing a…
Lebanon: WASH Informal Settlements Programme Manager
Jul 24, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization that works to transform the lives of the world's poorest people.WASH Informal Settlements Programme Manager
About the role: This is…
Reconceptualizing Women's Participation in Water Governance
Jul 24, 2017
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Priyam Das
There is growing emphasis on community-managed water supply and sanitation that embodies a new paradigm in water governance based on demand management. However, projects have…
Inside Conflict: What Does Research Reveal About Women's Rights and Changing Gender Roles in Yemen?
Jul 24, 2017
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Suzy Madigan
Until the acceleration of violence in 2015, women in Yemen were making some headway in challenging a system that largely excludes them from public life.…
Afghanistan: Studies Identify Significant Problems in the Mining, Good Governance and Migration Sectors in Afghanistan
Jul 24, 2017
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Ahmad Masoud, Khaama Press
The Governance Forum Afghanistan initiative was financed by the German government through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ. A consortium, spearheaded by…
Myanmar: How Jade, the Precious Stone, Is Funding Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar
Jul 24, 2017
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Angshuman Choudhury, WIONews
Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country with many names. Yet, ‘land of jade’ remains the most evocative of all, at least for the…
South Sudan: Locals Bring Clean Water to South Sudan
Jul 24, 2017
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Mike Donahey, Time Republican
Peace, freedom from hunger, and clean water do not come easy to South Sudan, the world’s newest country. South Sudanese desperately want all. Fortunately for…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Stops Drilling for Energy in South China Sea after Beijing Threatens to Attack Bases
Jul 24, 2017
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Nandini Krishnamoorthy, International Business Times
Chinese threat to attack Vietnamese military bases is reported to have forced Hanoi to halt drilling for oil and gas within the "nine-dash line" in…
Nigeria: Nigeria Crisis Inches Closer to Famine
Jul 24, 2017
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The food security crisis in north-east Nigeria is forecast to deteriorate between now and the end of August, moving the country even closer to famine.…
Myanmar: Flood Victims Rise to More Than 1,000 in Irrawaddy Region
Jul 24, 2017
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Salai Thant Zin, Irrawaddy
Heavy rains and floods have forced more than 1,000 people from their homes to relief camps in Danubyu, Myanaung, and Ingapu townships in Irrawaddy Region.…
Myanmar: Myanmar Floods Kill Two, Displace Tens of Thousands
Jul 24, 2017
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Wa Lone, Reuters
Flooding across large parts of Myanmar has displaced more than 100,000 people, causing two deaths, while dramatic riverbank erosion has washed away a Buddhist pagoda,…
Colombia: Conservationists Attempt to Save Colombia’s Magnolia Tree from Extinction
Jul 24, 2017
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Ann Bush, City Paper
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the Magnolia Guatapensis on their Red List as a “critically endangered. As the world’s authority on…
Timor-Leste: Time (and Oil) Running out for Timor-Leste
Jul 24, 2017
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Anthony Fensom, Diplomat
Elections in Timor-Leste have highlighted the challenges facing one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations, amid predictions that its key oil and gas resources could be…
Congo’s Next Big Crisis
Jul 23, 2017
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Ulrika Blom
DR Congo made headlines this year as it topped the charts for the world’s highest number of people fleeing conflict internally. This year could see…
Afghanistan: Mining Industry’s Incomes Decline Due to ‘Embezzlement’
Jul 22, 2017
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi has expressed his concerns over a descending incomes from the mining industry, urging the relevant government organizations to put in place…
Conflict Minerals: Decreased Enforcement Expected from SEC Regarding Conflict Minerals Regulations – For Now
Jul 22, 2017
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Joan Meyer, Reagan Demas, and Maria McMahon, Global Compliance News
In April 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporate Finance announced it will not recommend enforcement action for companies that disclose,…
Beware the Illusion of South China Sea Calm
Jul 21, 2017
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Prashanth Parameswaran
A year after the supposedly game-changing arbitral tribunal ruling on the Philippines’ South China Sea case against China, the region appears to have entered another…
Timor-Leste: Timorese Go to the Polls Unaware of 'Gas Shadow' over Their Nation's Future
Jul 21, 2017
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Lindsay Murdoch, Sydney Morning Herald
More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations that could deliver the poverty-stricken nation…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Neverland Tanker with Disputed Kurdish Oil Reappears off Malta
Jul 21, 2017
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Julia Payne and David Goodman, Reuters
The Neverland tanker has reappeared off the coast of Malta after going off radar near Canada on June 30, when it was chartered by Vitol…
Colombia: FAO and the Colombian Territory Renewal Agency Boost USD 8.8 Million to Support Peace Agreement
Jul 21, 2017
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
During a visit to Colombia, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva announced USD 8.8 million in new joint work initiatives with the Territory Renewal Agency…
Colombia: 6.5 Million Pounds (25 Billion-Pesos) to Kick-Start Colombian Bioeconomy
Jul 21, 2017
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Earlham Institute
Colombian innovation is to benefit from nearly £6.5 million (25 billion-pesos) of UK funding. The award is one of 37 announced by Research Councils UK…
Smugglers Take Sheen From Uganda’s Bright Gold Refinery
Jul 19, 2017
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Joseph Burite
African Gold Refinery, a Ugandan company, expects to process $1 billion worth of gold a year but is battling would-be smugglers turning to the precious…
Timber Imports from Conflict Countries to EU Increasing
Jul 19, 2017
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Jade Saunders and Marigold Norman
EU timber imports from conflict countries, which are at high risk of being illegal, have increased 14 percent, despite the European Union’s Timber Regulation (EUTR)…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: A Free Market of Racketeers
Jul 19, 2017
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Franz J. Marty, Diplomat
Opium has an analgesic effect and is the base for morphine, heroin, and other opioids that are used for medical purposes, but also for illegal…
Colombia: After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace
Jul 19, 2017
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Nicholas Casey, New York Times
The peace deal signed late last year between the government and the main rebel group — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia known as FARC…