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Colombia: Land Claimant Assassinated, Presumably by Forces Wanting to Keep War Trophies

Jan 30, 2017 | Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports

Deadly attacks against displaced war victims trying to have their land returned cost yet another life on Sunday in an ongoing wave of violence against community leaders in…


Afghanistan: Badakhshan Mining Revenue Goes to Illegal Gunmen

Jan 30, 2017 | Gul Mohammad Tanha, Pajhwok

Illegal gunmen and insurgents have been digging up gold and lapis lazuli mines in northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said on Monday. Mohammad Akbar Anwari,…


South Sudan: South Sudan Plans to Double Oil Production

Jan 29, 2017 | Sudan Tribune

South Sudan aims to double its oil production to 290,000 barrels per day in fiscal year 2017/2018, up from current output of around 130,000 barrels…


Afghanistan: Taliban, Collecting Bills for Afghan Utilities, Tap New Revenue Sources

Jan 28, 2017 | Mujib Mashal and Najim Rahim, New York Times

The Afghan government faces a peculiar problem in at least two major provinces: It provides precious electricity, some of it imported at costly rates from…


Timor-Leste: Under the Radar: East Timor’s $40 Billion Oil Conundrum

Jan 28, 2017 | Global Risk Insights

With the host of maritime disputes in the Pacific, it is encouraging to see efforts at reconciliation and compromise, as Australia and East Timor have…


Syria: WASH and MEAL Field Assistant

Jan 27, 2017 | International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is working to relieve the suffering of those impacted by war, natural disaster and disease by delivering vital health care services that…


Somalia: Consultant Civil Engineer

Jan 27, 2017 | Adventist Development and Relief Agency International

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Somalia is an International Non-Governmental Organization registered in Kenya and operating in Somalia. ADRA Somalia is seeking a…


Central African Republic: Director of Programs

Jan 27, 2017 | 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…


Afghanistan: Chief of Party

Jan 27, 2017 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a chief of party for the anticipated five year USAID Energy and Natural Resources Development Support program in Kabul, Afghanistan. The program will support…


Jordan: MENA Regional WASH Advisor

Jan 27, 2017 | Oxfam GB

In MENA Region, Oxfam works in development, humanitarian, and campaigning, with a large part of the current transformation focused on a more joined-up approach by…


Iraq: WASH Project Manager

Jan 27, 2017 | Croix-Rouge Française

FRC is about to launch a project which aims at addressing the sanitation and hygiene needs of the communities on Sinjar mountain by:

increasing the latrine…


DRC: Resilience and Peacebuilding Landscape Assessment

Jan 27, 2017 | Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful transformation of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and in Brussels, Belgium,…


South Sudan: Technical Expert/Agricultural Advisor

Jan 27, 2017 | International Organization for Migration

IOM is responsible for Camp Coordination and Camp Management in the Bentiu Protection of Civilian (PoC) site. IOM requires a technical expert to conduct research…


DRC: Project Manager

Jan 27, 2017 | Cooperazione internazionale

COOPI intervenes in contexts of emergency, reconstruction and development in order to facilitate a better equilibrium between developed and developing areas of the world.

Responsabilités…


Israel: Program Manager I - Program Quality Manager

Jan 27, 2017 | Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is…


Trump, Iraqi Oil and International Law

Jan 27, 2017 | Sarah Saadoun

In an interview with ABC News anchor David Muir on January 25, 2017, President Donald Trump repeated his position that the United States “should have taken the oil” from Iraq during…


Trump, ISIS and Iraqi Oil

Jan 27, 2017 | Eugene Kiely

President Donald Trump claimed that the Islamic State, or ISIS, would not exist if the U.S. “kept the oil when we got out” of Iraq.…


Conflict Minerals: European Parliamentary Committee Backs Conflict Minerals Regulation

Jan 27, 2017 | Tammy Lovell, Chemical Watch

European parliamentary committee backs conflict minerals Regulation. The European Parliament's international trade committee (Inta) has backed an agreement to adopt an EU Regulation on conflict…


Food Security: How Drought and Rising Prices Led to Conflict in Syria

Jan 26, 2017 | Aled Jones

But what [Charlotte Church] said was correct – and there will be an increasing convergence of climate, food, economic and political crises in the coming…


Myanmar: Kachin Park Handed Back to Original Owners

Jan 26, 2017 | Eleven

Some parts of the Kareinnaw recreation gardens, one of the most prominent parks in Myitkyina, has been transferred to the family of the original owner,…


Myanmar: Dozens Facing Trespass Charge for Cutting Bamboo in Delta

Jan 26, 2017 | Mratt Kyaw Thu, Frontier

Thirty-seven farmers in Ayeyarwady Region are facing the possibility of prison time after the son of a retired military officer accused them of cutting bamboo…


Does Myanmar Need a Gemstone Law?

Jan 25, 2017 | Paul Shortell

In July 2016, Myanmar’s government took the positive step of suspending jade and gemstone licensing until relevant laws could be reviewed and an environmental management plan for…


Conflict Minerals in 2017 – What’s New?

Jan 25, 2017 | Dynda A. Thomas

It’s January 2017, and some believe it will be the last year for the SECs conflict minerals rule.

President Trump’s inclination to roll back regulation reduces or…


Famine Isn't Just a Result of Conflict—It's a Cause

Jan 25, 2017 | Justa Hopma

The relationship between food insecurity and conflict is almost so logical that it appears to state the obvious: Conditions of food insecurity contribute to the…


Why Iraq Needs the Oil

Jan 25, 2017 | Jack Watling

Baghdad’s control of Iraq’s provinces is, in part, based on its custodianship of the country’s petrodollars, with the oil sector contributing up to 99 percent…


Myanmar: Mandalay Govt to Confiscate Unused Farmland

Jan 25, 2017 | Eleven

The Mandalay Region government announced Tuesday that it will confiscate unused farmland from its current owners. The announcement stated the government plans to confiscate 40,895…


Iraq: PM Abadi Says Iraq's Oil is for Iraqis, in Reaction to Trump

Jan 24, 2017 | Reuters

Iraq's oil is the property of Iraqis, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday, in reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump who argued that the…


Afghanistan/Pakistan: Pakistan Aims for Water Treaty with Afghanistan

Jan 23, 2017 | Maqbool Malikm, The Nation

Pakistan is about to start talks with Afghanistan to secure a bilateral treaty for the use of water related to Kabul River. The move apparently…


Iraq: The Minister of Oil Declares the Accomplishment of the Draft of the Oil and Gas Law

Jan 23, 2017 | Rebuilding Iraq

Mr. Jabbar A. Allibi, the Minister of Oil, declared for the accomplishment of the laws of the national petroleum company and the national gas company…


Liberia: Chinese Firm to Make $2.6bn Investment in Liberian Iron Ore Mining

Jan 23, 2017 | Tech Featured

China Union intends to spend US$2.6bn to bring the Bong iron ore deposit to production within two years, and will also recondition the capital’s port…