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Afghanistan: Herat: Saffron Price Goes 90pc up in Recent Years
Oct 12, 2017
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Pajhwok Afghan News
“Fifteen years back, I exported five kilograms of saffron to Iran but no one bought it there, so I brought it back to Herat, I…
Food Security: Relief Aid is Saving Lives, but World Must Tackle Root Cause of Famine: Conflict – UN Chief
Oct 12, 2017
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UN
Until fighting stops and development takes root, communities and entire regions will continue to face hunger, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council…
Afghanistan: 85pc of Drinking Water in 10 Provinces Contains E. Coli
Oct 11, 2017
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Zarghona Salehai, Pajhwok Afghan News
Drinking water in 10 provinces of the country is 85 percent polluted with the E. coli bacteria, according to a survey calling for serious steps,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Plan to Fix Oil Pipeline to Turkey Bypasses, Isolates Kurds
Oct 11, 2017
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Khalid Al Ansary and Mohammed Sergie, Bloomberg
Iraq’s oil minister ordered urgent repairs to a disused pipeline from northern fields to a Turkish port, a step that could eliminate the central government’s need…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Conference Fails to Draw Biggest Energy Firms
Oct 11, 2017
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Maggie Fick, Reuters
South Sudan’s president was a no-show for the nation’s first international oil conference, a gathering that also failed to attract prospective investors from the biggest…
Myanmar: DVB Documentary Sheds Light on High Profile Land Dispute, Corruption
Oct 11, 2017
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Nyo Me, Myanmar Times
A new documentary produced by the Democratic Voice of Burma(DVB), looks at the lasting legacy military land grabs have on business and bureaucracy in Myanmar.…
DRC: Congolese Block Export of Raw Metals to China
Oct 11, 2017
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William Clowes, Business Live
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has ordered Sinohydro and China Railway Construction’s local mining venture to stop exporting unprocessed copper and cobalt and to…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Open to Investment in Oil, Gas, Tourism, Agriculture and Fisheries, Says Ambassador
Oct 11, 2017
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Business Advantage PNG
With its longstanding dispute with Australia over the Timor Sea resolved, neighbouring Timor-Leste looks set to expand its petroleum and mineral industries. Meanwhile, its government…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq to Reopen Oil Pipeline to Turkey, Bypassing One in Kurdistan
Oct 11, 2017
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Reuters
Iraq will reopen an old crude oil pipeline to Turkey which bypasses one operated by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the oil ministry said in…
Post-Production Underway for MOOC on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace
Oct 10, 2017
Post-production is underway for our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace. Since filming all but three of the lectures this past…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi VP Warns of 'Civil War' over Kurdish-Held Kirkuk
Oct 9, 2017
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Associated Press
Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi warned on Monday there could be a "civil war" over the Kurdish-administered city of Kirkuk if talks over Kurdish independence…
Colombia: Colombia, an Example to World, Balances Conservation and Development
Oct 9, 2017
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Justin Catanoso, Mongabay
While the now-ended 50-year civil war claimed eight million victims, it had the paradoxical effect of protecting a variety of Colombian ecosystems. That’s because FARC…
Yemen: Head of Department, Food Security and Livelihoods
Oct 8, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children whilst…
Kenya: Emergency Project Administrator Kenya | Somalia
Oct 8, 2017
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Cooperazione e Sviluppo Onlus
CESVI works around the world with the belief that helping people who are most in need and affected by wars, natural disasters and environmental disasters…
Iraq: Rehabilitation Technical Coordinator
Oct 8, 2017
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Handicap International
Handicap International is an independent and impartial aid and development organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. It works alongside disabled…
Yemen: Field Manager RRM/WASH/FSL
Oct 8, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim
Action against Hunger was founded in 1979 by a group of French intellectuals in response to the emergency in Afghanistan. These included Françoise Giroud, Bernard Henri…
Somalia: Final Project Evaluation
Oct 8, 2017
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CARE
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty and providing lifesaving assistance in emergencies. Its programmes go beyond meeting basic needs at the onset…
The Arctic: In the Face of Change, an Ocean of Cooperation
Oct 6, 2017
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Wilson Center Staff
“The United States and Russia… have found ways to continue to cooperate in the Arctic—particularly, but not only—through the Arctic Council, despite the difficulties on other issues relating…
China’s Water Grab in Tibet Risks Regional Devastation and Conflict
Oct 6, 2017
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Nithin Coca
China’s unchecked mining expansion and dam construction across the Tibetan plateau, compounded by climate change melting glaciers, are threatening the Yellow, Yangtze, Ganges and other…
Peace Consciousness and Food Security
Oct 6, 2017
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Louie Divinagracia
As the country celebrates national peace consciousness month, we are reminded about the role of peace in food security. Sometime last year, the Food and…
DRC: WASH & Infrastructure Advisor
Oct 6, 2017
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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…
South Sudan: Food Security & Livelihood Project Manager - Yei
Oct 6, 2017
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Terre des Hommes
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss NGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and…
Jordan: Consortium Coordinator
Oct 6, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim
Action Against Hunger was founded in 1979 by a group of French intellectuals in response to the emergency in Afghanistan. While the fight against hunger had…
Tunisia: Livelihoods Feasibility Study Consultant
Oct 6, 2017
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Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people…
Overlooked and Misunderstood: Stories about Climate, Conflict, and Migration
Oct 6, 2017
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Bethany N. Bella
Barbuda—an island once full of people—has been rendered completely uninhabitable by Hurricane Irma. Every single resident was evacuated from the island, and some are not planning to return.…
Unraveling the Oil Geopolitics Intertwined in the Kurdish Independence Referendum
Oct 6, 2017
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Amy Myers Jaffe
For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities. The recent independence referendum in the…
DRC: Livelihood Officer
Oct 6, 2017
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Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council has been operatingin the Middle East and North Africa for over a decade, running a combination of livelihood, protection, advocacy and relief…
Gender in Conflicts - Interview with Saferworld on Building Peace [Video]
Oct 6, 2017
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Climate Diplomacy
Saferworld is an international conflict prevention organization. The Head of Policy, Larry Attree, in this video, shares the lessons learned over the years to end…
Myanmar: Value of Seized Illegal Timber Rising Yearly
Oct 6, 2017
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Su Phyo Win, Myanmar TImes
The value of illegal timber seized by the government over the past five years have grown exponentially, according to latest government data, raising fears of…
Myanmar: Kachin Residents Attack Chinese Banana Farms
Oct 6, 2017
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Htun Lin Aung, Eleven
The residents of Tarlawgyi in Kachin state have sent a complaint to the state minister against Chinese tissue-culture banana farms, sources said. The complaint filed…