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Burkina Faso/Kenya/Nigeria (TBD): Regional Emergency Manager -West Africa
Aug 19, 2017
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Christian Aid
Christian Aid is partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives of people who…
Iraq: Emergency WASH Project Manager
Aug 19, 2017
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Terre des hommes
Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency. Through our health and protection projects, we provide assistance to over three million children and…
DRC: Livelihoods Programme Manager
Aug 19, 2017
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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…
Liberia: Programme Advisor
Aug 19, 2017
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ZOA
ZOA is an international relief and recovery organization supporting vulnerable people affected by violent conflicts and natural disasters in fragile states, by helping them to…
Sudan: Country Program Manager
Aug 19, 2017
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American Refugee Committee International
American Refugee Committee is and always has been about amazing global citizens taking action to change our world. Today, we’re facing challenging global humanitarian crises…
Afghanistan: At Stake in US Military Efforts to Stabilize Afghanistan: At Least $3 Trillion in Natural Resources
Aug 19, 2017
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Mariam Amini, CNBC
Trump is seeking a military win in Afghanistan, but American efforts there may yet reap financial gains. Afghanistan possesses rare minerals crucial for industrial manufacturing,…
Iraq: ISIL's Smouldering Footprint in Qayyara
Aug 19, 2017
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Dorian Geiger, Al Jazeera
Qayyara had been a strategic stronghold for ISIL where oil was a crucial source of income. But torching the wells was also strategic. It offered…
Afghanistan: Improving Livelihoods for Afghan Women through Agricultural Credit
Aug 18, 2017
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
USAID's Regional Agricultural Development Program-North (RADP-N), in partnership with Agricultural Credit Enhancement Phase-II project (ACE-II), hosted the Women's Agricultural Credit Shura in Mazar-e-Sharif on Wednesday…
Colombia: Colombia Declares 166 Municipalities Free of Landmines
Aug 18, 2017
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teleSUR
Authorities in Colombia have declared that 166 of the country’s municipalities are free of anti-personnel landmines, adding that 14 other municipalities are free of suspicion…
Afghanistan: USAID Hosts Women’s Agricultural Credit Shura in Mazar-E-Sharif to Improve Livelihoods for Afghan Women
Aug 17, 2017
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USAID
When it comes to accessing credit for women farmers and women-owned agriculture-related businesses, challenges have often forced these operations to close because of a lack…
DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo Grappling with Heavily Networked Armed Groups Funded by Gold Smuggling, Security Council Hears, as Expert Body Mourns Slain Members
Aug 17, 2017
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UN Security Council
Tremendous challenges were facing the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the dynamics of the conflict ever-changing, an illicit trade in artisanal gold funding increasingly fragmented…
Conflict Minerals: Companies Remain Committed to US Conflict Minerals Reporting
Aug 17, 2017
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Chemical Watch
Companies remain committed to conflict minerals due diligence, despite promises of relaxed enforcement of US reporting requirements, a recent study has found. The report, by…
FAO Welcomes UN Security Council Recognition of Conflict-Famine Link
Aug 17, 2017
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) welcomes the UN Security Council's recognition of conflict as a major cause of famine, and the call to…
What Happens the Day after the Kurdish Referendum?
Aug 16, 2017
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Michael Rubin
On September 25, Iraqi Kurds will head to the polls not only in Iraqi Kurdistan, but also in territories disputed between Erbil and Baghdad to…
Afghanistan: Ticket to Rot for Fruit Stranded without Flights in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2017
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Sayed Sarwar and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters
Afghanistan's plans to fly shipments from southern fruit growers to India have gone awry, leaving tons of grapes and melons to rot as officials scramble…
South Sudan/Sudan: Khartoum Negotiating Teams Say Abyei is Sudanese Territory
Aug 16, 2017
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Sudan Tribune
Sudanese delegation for the talks on the Abyei area Monday said they will focus on the need for a peaceful coexistence between the communities there,…
Myanmar: Tatmadaw to Continue Clearing out Illegal Mines in Tanai and Hpakant
Aug 16, 2017
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Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
The Tatmadaw needs to continue military operations in Tanai and Hpakant in Kachin State to bring peace, order and stability in the area and put…
Afghanistan: Improved Irrigation Canal to Benefit over 7,500 People in Taloqan
Aug 16, 2017
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Middel East North Africa Financial Network
Afghan authorities and the Afghan-German Cooperation signed a contract for the reparation and rehabilitation of the Gurg irrigation canal in Taloqan, Takhar's provincial capital on…
Myanmar: Serenity Amid Conflict at Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake
Aug 16, 2017
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Hugh Scobie, Adelaide Review
Myanmar is a part of the world where poverty and wealth become very confusing — it suffers from the ‘resource curse’; abundant natural resources but…
Afghanistan: Indian Company Wins Tender to Construct CASA-1000 Power Project
Aug 15, 2017
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Haidarshah Omid, TOLOnews
Officials from the Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE) on Tuesday said construction of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and…
Myanmar: Sales at Myanmar’s Jade Expo Lower Than Last Year
Aug 15, 2017
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Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, Mining.com
Results from the 2017 Jade and Gems Emporium are 3 per cent lower than last year’s in terms of the amount of cash the event…
Colombia: Searching for an Alternative to Coca
Aug 14, 2017
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Camilo Mejia and Steven Cohen, BBC
In the remote region of Putumayo in southern Colombia, the economy depends almost entirely on one thing: coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine. Colombia's government…
Afghanistan: MAIL to Help Saffron Farmers with 500 Tons of Bulbs
Aug 14, 2017
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TOLOnews
According to MAIL officials, they will distribute 500 tons of saffron bulbs to farmers who will harvest up to eight tons of saffron this year.…
Afghanistan: Agriculture Safe Option to Strengthen Afghan Economy: FAO
Aug 14, 2017
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Pajhwok Afghan News
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says investment in Afghanistan’s agriculture ‘is the better and low risk option for strengthening the country’s economy…
DRC: Food Insecurity Soars in Conflict-Ridden Democratic Republic of Congo
Aug 14, 2017
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Amid rising violence and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 7.7 million people face acute hunger - a 30 percent increase over the…
Myanmar: Myanmar Elephant Killings Raise Fears of Extinction
Aug 14, 2017
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Coconuts Yangon
At least 30 elephants have been reported killed in Myanmar this year, according to a joint report by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Fauna and Flora…
Nigeria: Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator
Aug 13, 2017
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Première Urgence Internationale
Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion,…
Afghanistan: International Consultant for Corruption Vulnerability Analysis in the Afghan Mining sector
Aug 13, 2017
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Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee
In 2010, the Government of the Islamic Republic Afghanistan (GIRoA) invited the international community to form the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC),…
South Sudan: Field Monitor, Food for Peace (FPP) Third Party Monitoring
Aug 13, 2017
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Management Systems International
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) is a major humanitarian donor in South Sudan, providing an estimated $300…
Jordan: Area Coordinator
Aug 13, 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,…