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Liberia: RIA Land Dispute, Legal Team Issues Statement
Aug 1, 2017
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Global News Network
The residents of the Roberts International Airport(RIA) and its environs headed by Morris Boer, Isaac Boer and Nimely Bestman have on 25 July, 2016, filed…
Afghanistan: Project Manager
Jul 31, 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…
Chad: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Jul 31, 2017
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at…
Kenya: Project Development Manager
Jul 31, 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,…
Kenya: Consultant - The Effects of Gender, Age and Ability on Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in Kenya’s Eastern Marginal Farmer Zone
Jul 31, 2017
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Trócaire
Trócaire is an Irish development agency that was established in 1973 by the Catholic Bishops of Ireland. Trócaire works in over 20 countries in partnership…
Somalia: Operations Manager
Jul 31, 2017
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Polish Humanitarian Action - Polska Akcja Humanitarna
Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization employing people who want to make the world a better place. For over 20 years, we have been…
Pushing for Progress on Abyei
Jul 31, 2017
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Enough Project
The six years following the signing of the June 2011 Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area have proved…
Water Wars: Jockeying for Black Gold in the South China Sea - China Leverages Its Growing Military Presence, Threatening Vietnam and Building Ties with the Philippines
Jul 31, 2017
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Jimmy Chalk and Sarah Grant
This week China made waves in the South China Sea’s hydrocarbon space, hinting at joint venture opportunities with the Philippines and coercing Vietnam into shutting…
Joining the Global Transparency Revolution - How Can Environmental Transparency Help Make Mining More Sustainable?
Jul 31, 2017
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Inga Petersen
At first sight, ‘sustainable mining’ is the very definition of a contradiction in terms. How can an industry that digs holes in the ground, extracts…
London Conference Highlights Opportunities to Improve Environmental Response to Conflict Pollution in Iraq
Jul 31, 2017
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Doug Weir
As the dust settles from the battle to recapture Mosul, and the urgent humanitarian crisis reaches its peak with millions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
How the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Helped Expose Disarmament’s Weakness on the Environment
Jul 31, 2017
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Matthew Bolton
In this new report from Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute and the Toxic Remnants of War Project, Doug Weir, explores the implications of the new Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty for the…
Afghanistan: Khost Lakan Tribe Seeks End to Land Dispute with Kuchis
Jul 31, 2017
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Mohammad Haroon, Pajhwok Afghan News
Lakan tribesmen in southeastern Khost province have demanded of the government to intervene and resolve a fresh dispute between them and Kuchi tribe over a…
Sierra Leone: Calls for Urgent Land Audit
Jul 31, 2017
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Zainab Joaque, Awoko
A land audit is certainly a must for this country, and it must include assessments of land ownership, plot size, vacant lots and spaces that…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: Joint Oil Exploration with China is against Philippines' Interest, Says Security Expert
Jul 31, 2017
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Noel Tarrazona, International Business Times
A security expert in the Philippines contested that the government's move to have a joint oil exploration with China is against the country's security. Former…
Iran/Iraq: Iran, Iraq Talk 'Joint Delivery' of Kirkuk Oil
Jul 31, 2017
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Rudaw
Iran and Iraq have strengthened their energy-sector ties, including the possible construction of a pipeline to export Kirkuk’s crude oil to refineries in Iran. Kirkuk’s…
Iraq: Gunmen Steal IQD 400 Million Belonging to Oil Ministry
Jul 30, 2017
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Elwy Elmanzalawy, Iraqi News
Gunmen have stolen IQD 400 million belonging to the Iraqi ministry of oil, Alsumaria News reported on Sunday. Bombings and armed attacks are seen on…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds’ Ambitions Tied to Ability to Keep Energy Sector on Track
Jul 30, 2017
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Robin Mills, The National
This month a new version of Finding Neverland emerged. The star of this instalment was not Johnny Depp or Kate Winslet, but an Italian-registered crude…
Afghanistan: Taliban Militants Blow up Dam in Southern Afghanistan
Jul 30, 2017
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Trend
Member of the Taliban terrorist group, banned in Russia, have blown up a dam in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar leaving a swathe of…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Independence Will Bring Many Economic, Financial Tools to Kurdistan: KRG Representative
Jul 29, 2017
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Mewan Dolamari, Kurdistan 24
The Kurdistan Region has no control over monitoring policies, and independence will bring many economic and financial tools to the Region, said a Kurdish official…
Myanmar: MPs Back Calls for Deforestation Action
Jul 29, 2017
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Nyein Zaw Lin and Myo Min Htet, Eleven
The Lower House has unanimously approved a proposal to handle illegal logging and the timber trade in accord with a law submitted by MP Kyaw Aung Lwin for…
Afghanistan: MAIL Promotes Saffron, Soybean Farming in Bamiyan
Jul 29, 2017
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) is promoting the saffron and soybean farming in Bamiyan province in the center of Afghanistan, the agriculture…
Development Director, Policy Center for Environment and Peace
Jul 28, 2017
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Conservation International
The Policy Center for Environment and Peace focuses on building understanding of the value of natural capital to human well-being and promote and support the…
Jordan: Wash Consortium Coordinator - Amman
Jul 28, 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,…
Iraq: Project Officer Wash
Jul 28, 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,…
DRC: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Jul 28, 2017
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
South Sudan: Area Coordinator
Jul 28, 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,…
Liberia: “The Land Beneath Our Feet” Documentary to be Screened in Four Counties
Jul 28, 2017
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Eric Doue, Bush Chicken
A documentary on land issues in Liberia, titled “The Land Beneath Our Feet,” is expected to be launched locally over the next couple of days.…
Nigeria: Nigeria Looks for Oil on Boko Haram’s Home Turf—and Pays the Price
Jul 28, 2017
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Robbie Corey-Boulet, World Politics Review
Last week, AFP reported on Nigeria’s search for oil in the country’s northeast, the home base of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Nigerian National Petroleum…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Pipeline Comes with Major Environmental Costs
Jul 28, 2017
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Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor
On July 21, farmers complained about a gas pipeline dredging their farmlands. The pipeline carries gas from Iran to Baghdad through Bismayah, which is located…
Myanmar: Recurring Floods Displace over 130,000 in Myanmar
Jul 28, 2017
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Myint Kay thi, Htike Nandar Win, Nay Aung, and Ye Ywal Myint, Myanmar Times
Recurring floods in large part of the country have forced over 130,000 people to flee their homes as of July 25, relief officials said. Among…