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Burkina Faso/Kenya/Nigeria (TBD): Regional Emergency Manager -West Africa

Aug 19, 2017 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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,…