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Video Contest: 2017 Environment and Emergencies Forum
Jun 20, 2017
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UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit
Want a chance to attend a unique event that discusses innovations in environmental emergencies? The The UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit (JEU) is looking for volunteers to…
South Sudan: South Sudan to Push Ahead with Petroleum Audit
Jun 20, 2017
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African Review
The South Sudanese Ministry of Petroleum has launched a public tender to perform an audit and produce a report on the country's petroleum sector. Despite…
Australia: Australia Warned It Has Radically Underestimated Climate Change Security Threat
Jun 20, 2017
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Ben Doherty, Guardian
As the Senate launches an inquiry into the national security ramifications of climate change, a new report has warned global warming will cause increasingly regular…
Liberia: Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Land Concession Management Underway in Liberia
Jun 20, 2017
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FrontPageAfrica
As part of improving citizens’ engagement in concessions management and managing concession-related conflicts, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is organizing a two-day national multi-stakeholders…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Who Controls the Oil as Kurdish Independence Looms?
Jun 20, 2017
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Gregory Brew, OilPrice.com
Kurdistan, the autonomous region of northern Iraq that is rich in oil resources and has proven an effective force against the spread of the Islamic…
Africa: Crop Failure and Conflict Affecting Food Security in Africa
Jun 19, 2017
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Sabrina Dean, Farmer's Weekly
According to the latest quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Shortages report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) this month, people across 29 countries…
Myanmar: Jade Mining in Hpakant, Lone Khin on Hold Due to Monsoon
Jun 19, 2017
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Jade mining operations in Hpakant and Lone Khin of Kachin State have slowly begun to wind down from last week, due to the approaching monsoon…
Myanmar: Kyaukphyu Farmers Propose Compensation Rates for Land Lost to SEZ
Jun 19, 2017
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Moe Myint, Irrawaddy
Farmers from four village tracts in southern Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township have demanded that the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) committee compensate seized paddy field…
Global Campaign Coordinator
Jun 18, 2017
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for an experienced, dynamic and motivated individual to plan, shape and fundraise for a global multi-year campaign to foster greater political…
Sudan: Project Manager
Jun 18, 2017
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Cooperazione Internazionale
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 yearswe have been dedicated to breaking the…
DRC: WASH Programme Manager
Jun 18, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
The WASH Consortium M&E manager will ensure that Concern’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes are timely, complete and reliable data, by coordinating M&E across the…
Jordan: USPSC Food for Peace Officer
Jun 18, 2017
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USAID
The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) in the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) is the largest…
Central African Republic: Programme Manager - Livelihoods
Jun 18, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide works with the world's poorest people to transform their lives. It is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in…
South Sudan: WASH Project Manager - Emergency Response Team
Jun 18, 2017
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Medair
Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. It brings…
Afganistan: Advisor - Watershed Management
Jun 18, 2017
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Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide works with the world's poorest people to transform their lives. It is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Abadi: Holding Independence Referendum in Kurdistan Region is ‘Illegal’
Jun 18, 2017
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NRT
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said holding an independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region is “illegal” and that such a referendum requires a specified law…
South Sudan: South Sudan's Displaced See Little Chance of Peace
Jun 18, 2017
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David Lewis, Reuters
When South Sudan's civil war erupted in 2013, Nyayath Uluak was caught in crossfire in the northern town of Malakal and a bullet tore her…
Myanmar: Chin Oppose Ecotourism project
Jun 18, 2017
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Thet Htain Win, Eleven
Residents of Kanpatlat in Chin State are signing a petition to object to the Mone River Company, which is applying to take 1,700 acres from residents for an ecotourism project.…
Iran/Turkey: Ebtekar Calls for Water Diplomacy with Turkey
Jun 18, 2017
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Financial Tribune
Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of Environment, has called on the Foreign Ministry to help convince Turkey to abandon its obsession with dam…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan Start Talks in Five Strategic Fields
Jun 17, 2017
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Mehdi Sepahvand, Trend
A large delegation of Afghan officials is visiting Tehran today to start a previously arranged series of talks in five strategic fields, Mehr news agency…
Colombia: Why Colombia’s Economic Growth Slowed in 1Q17
Jun 16, 2017
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Mary Sadler, Market Realist
The third-largest economy in Latin America (ILF), Colombia (GXG) is growing at a slower pace in 2017 amid its external and domestic shocks. The Colombian…
Myanmar: MTE to Resume Timber Extraction from Taninthayi Mountains
Jun 16, 2017
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Zaw Moe Oo, Eleven
Myanma Timber Enterprise will resume its activities to extract 17,000 tonnes of timber from Taninthayi mountain range. The timber will be taken from a protected…
Myanmar: Deadly Dengue Fever on the Rise
Jun 16, 2017
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May Thet Hnin, Global New Light of Myanmar
The number of cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) has dramatically increased over the last five months due to climate change, increased breeding rates of…
South Sudan: South Sudan Ministry of Petroleum Launches Open Tender for Petroleum Audit
Jun 16, 2017
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Globe Newswire
South Sudan’s government will commission an audit of national oil production and petroleum industry activities, the Ministry of Petroleum announced today. The Ministry invites companies…
Coming Kurdish Vote Could Change the Mid East & Oil Markets as We Know It
Jun 15, 2017
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Ellen R. Wald
The Kurds are a distinct ethnic group of people living in parts of Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. Over the past thirty-five years they have…
Food Security: UN Agencies Appeal for Support to Stop Acute Food Crises Driven by Conflict and Drought
Jun 15, 2017
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Stefan Jungcurt, International Institute for Sustainable Development
UN agencies have released updated reporting on acute and imminent famine and set forth additional measures addressing food security and hunger in countries facing crises…
Liberia: MOA, Partners Begin Agriculture Land Use and Suitability Mapping
Jun 15, 2017
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Judoemue Kollie, Liberian Observer
Liberia is endowed with natural resources and is home to two-thirds of West Africa’s remaining rainforest. However, due to the lack of state-of-the art technology…
Iraq/Kurdistan: UN Won’t Play Any Role in Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Vote
Jun 15, 2017
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Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
The United Nations said it will not be “engaged in any way or form” in the process surrounding the independence referendum in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous…
South Sudan: South Sudan to Regulate Gold Production amid Illegal Siphoning
Jun 15, 2017
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Denis Elamu, Xinhua
South Sudan seeks to regulate the hitherto chaotic gold production from illegal miners after having signed new exploration agreements with two foreign companies to boost…
Water and Conflict: Fighting Wars over a Precious Resource
Jun 14, 2017
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Peter Neill
We have been fighting wars over the most valuable resource on the planet since thousands of years B.C. We speak today of water wars as…