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Congo’s Next Big Crisis
Jul 23, 2017
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Ulrika Blom
DR Congo made headlines this year as it topped the charts for the world’s highest number of people fleeing conflict internally. This year could see…
Afghanistan: Mining Industry’s Incomes Decline Due to ‘Embezzlement’
Jul 22, 2017
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Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews
Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi has expressed his concerns over a descending incomes from the mining industry, urging the relevant government organizations to put in place…
Conflict Minerals: Decreased Enforcement Expected from SEC Regarding Conflict Minerals Regulations – For Now
Jul 22, 2017
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Joan Meyer, Reagan Demas, and Maria McMahon, Global Compliance News
In April 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporate Finance announced it will not recommend enforcement action for companies that disclose,…
Beware the Illusion of South China Sea Calm
Jul 21, 2017
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Prashanth Parameswaran
A year after the supposedly game-changing arbitral tribunal ruling on the Philippines’ South China Sea case against China, the region appears to have entered another…
Timor-Leste: Timorese Go to the Polls Unaware of 'Gas Shadow' over Their Nation's Future
Jul 21, 2017
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Lindsay Murdoch, Sydney Morning Herald
More than 750,000 East Timorese will cast votes on Saturday to elect a government that will face tough negotiations that could deliver the poverty-stricken nation…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Neverland Tanker with Disputed Kurdish Oil Reappears off Malta
Jul 21, 2017
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Julia Payne and David Goodman, Reuters
The Neverland tanker has reappeared off the coast of Malta after going off radar near Canada on June 30, when it was chartered by Vitol…
Colombia: FAO and the Colombian Territory Renewal Agency Boost USD 8.8 Million to Support Peace Agreement
Jul 21, 2017
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
During a visit to Colombia, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva announced USD 8.8 million in new joint work initiatives with the Territory Renewal Agency…
Colombia: 6.5 Million Pounds (25 Billion-Pesos) to Kick-Start Colombian Bioeconomy
Jul 21, 2017
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Earlham Institute
Colombian innovation is to benefit from nearly £6.5 million (25 billion-pesos) of UK funding. The award is one of 37 announced by Research Councils UK…
Smugglers Take Sheen From Uganda’s Bright Gold Refinery
Jul 19, 2017
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Joseph Burite
African Gold Refinery, a Ugandan company, expects to process $1 billion worth of gold a year but is battling would-be smugglers turning to the precious…
Timber Imports from Conflict Countries to EU Increasing
Jul 19, 2017
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Jade Saunders and Marigold Norman
EU timber imports from conflict countries, which are at high risk of being illegal, have increased 14 percent, despite the European Union’s Timber Regulation (EUTR)…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Opium Trade: A Free Market of Racketeers
Jul 19, 2017
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Franz J. Marty, Diplomat
Opium has an analgesic effect and is the base for morphine, heroin, and other opioids that are used for medical purposes, but also for illegal…
Colombia: After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace
Jul 19, 2017
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Nicholas Casey, New York Times
The peace deal signed late last year between the government and the main rebel group — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia known as FARC…
Afghanistan: Fruit Traders Seek Access to World's Markets
Jul 19, 2017
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Fruit traders in capital Kabul on Tuesday attended a protest gathering against what they called 'lack of access' to international markets for their products. Dozens…
South Sudan: Crop-Eating Caterpillar to Worsen South Sudan's Hunger Woes - UN
Jul 19, 2017
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Umberto Bacchi, Reuters
An infestation of fall armyworm, a crop-eating caterpillar that has ravaged fields across Africa, will deepen hunger in famine-threatened South Sudan, a U.N. official said…
Afghanistan: Urban Governance Problems in Afghanistan Call for Immediate Action
Jul 19, 2017
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Rapid urbanization in Afghanistan has created grave challenges for Afghans, such as lack of access to safe drinking water, waste management resources and social services like…
How Armed Conflicts Impact the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Jul 18, 2017
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Doug Weir
Since 1989, the Basel Convention, and later the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, have played an important role in international efforts to minimise the health and…
This is Not the Time for Kurdish Independence
Jul 18, 2017
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Daniel Serwer
With the Islamic State near defeat in Syria and Iraq, the urgent and sanguinary is crowding out the merely important: the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence,…
Sudan: Sudan Gold Revenues Reach $1.6 Billion in First Half of 2017
Jul 18, 2017
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s Ministry of Minerals on Tuesday said revenues of gold exports during the first half of 2017 has amounted to $1,6 billion. According to the…
Myanmar: Reporter’s Notebook: Has China’s Pipeline Project Benefited Maday Island Locals?
Jul 18, 2017
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Moe Myint, Irrawaddy
It has been seven years since construction began on a China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) pipeline project that cuts 480 miles across Myanmar. The transmission…
Kenya: Regional Migration, Environment and Climate Change Specialist
Jul 17, 2017
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International Organization for Migration
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely…
Senegal: Regional Migration, Environment and Climate Change Specialist
Jul 17, 2017
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International Organization for Migration
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely…
Sudan: EU Climate Change Programme Manager
Jul 17, 2017
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Netherlands Red Cross
The International Assistance department is responsible for all Netherlands Red Cross international support for victims of disasters and conflicts and for vulnerable people exposed to…
DRC: Project Director, Okapi Faunal Reserve
Jul 17, 2017
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is seeking an experienced protected area manager to fill the position of Project Director of the Okapi Faunal Reserve (OFR)…
Jordan: Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator
Jul 17, 2017
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Action Contre la Faim France
Jordan mission is a dynamic mission rapidly growing; with large scale WaSH and Livelihoods projects being implemented in host communities and refugees’ camp, Mental Health…
How Climate Change Denial Threatens National Security
Jul 17, 2017
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Nick Stockton
In a cramped meeting room Wednesday on Capitol Hill, House Democrats hosted a roundtable to discuss climate change with several national security experts. In attendance were two former…
Afghanistan: New Water Resources Strategy Lands in Parliament
Jul 17, 2017
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The energy and water minister on Monday presented a new strategy on the country's water resources to the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the…
Water: Global Hotspots for Potential Water Conflict Identified
Jul 17, 2017
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Oregon State University
More than 1,400 new dams or water diversion projects are planned or already under construction and many of them are on rivers flowing through multiple…
Afghanistan/Iran: Water Talks with Kabul
Jul 16, 2017
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Financial Tribune
Iran and Afghanistan have held preliminary talks about the water rights of transboundary Hamoun Wetlands, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said. Speaking to ILNA,…
Syria: Islamic State Set Oil Fields in Raqqa Ablaze
Jul 16, 2017
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Loaa Adel, Syria News
The self-proclaimed Islamic State group, on Sunday, set several oil wells ablaze in the southern countryside of Raqqa, after being recaptured by the Syrian regime…
Colombia: Colombia Coca Cultivation Rises by 50% Says UN
Jul 15, 2017
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BBC
The United Nations says there was a 50% increase last year in the area of land being used to cultivate coca leaf in Colombia. The…