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Food Security: WFP Report Highlights Link between Food Insecurity and Migration
May 8, 2017
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Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey, Reuters
The World Food Programme (WFP) has indicated that food insecurity and hunger are major factors driving people away from their homes. In a new report…
Burundi: Consultant Agri-Business Incubation Programme
May 7, 2017
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Spark
The Agri-Business Incubation Program (ABIN) programme on business incubation and entrepreneurship development has been designed as a contribution to some of Burundi’s most pressing concerns:…
CAR: Capacity Building Officer
May 7, 2017
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Oxfam
Nous recherchons un/e Capacity Building Officer pour notre mission de RCA. Placé/e sous la supervision directe de la Manager du Programme Gouvernance basée à Bangui.Quelles…
DRC: Project Manager
May 7, 2017
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Pact
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural…
Program Manager, Natural Resources
May 7, 2017
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PAX
PAX is a Dutch peace and human rights organization. We take inspiration from our core value: solidarity with the victims of violence and with those…
DRC: IWRM Economic Recovery & Development Coordinator
May 7, 2017
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International Rescue Committee
The IRC has been working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 1996 and with headquarters in Kinshasa and field offices in the provinces…
Iraq: WASH Project Manager
May 7, 2017
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. The unfolding crisis in Iraq is one of the most complex…
Jordan: Regional Livelihood Advisor
May 7, 2017
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Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. NRC operations is in the Middle East have grown significantly in recent…
Liberia: Illegal Sand Mining Ruining Coastal Communities in Liberia
May 7, 2017
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPageAfrica
Several communities that once lined Liberia’s coast are now under the Atlantic Ocean and the country risks losing more communities, infrastructures and key landmarks to…
Sierra Leone: Bridge in Sierra Leone Sparks Row over Diamond Mining
May 6, 2017
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Cooper Inveen, Reuters
A dispute over a bridge in eastern Sierra Leone thought to span diamond deposits has divided a local community with a foreign mining company accused…
Africa: A New Dam on the Nile Reveals Threats from Warming
May 5, 2017
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Kavya Balaraman, ClimateWire
Climate change could play a role in exacerbating water conflict in Africa, likely worsening geopolitical wrangling over issues like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The…
Myanmar: Army Ready to Clear Kayin Land Mines
May 5, 2017
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Zarli Myint Oo and Chan Wai Soe, Eleven
The army will lead mine clearance operations in ethnic-minority areas if they have agreement from armed groups, with work set to start in Kayin State,…
Timor-Leste: Jose Ramos-Horta Warns Gas Dispute with Australia Risks Pushing East Timor Closer to China
May 5, 2017
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ABC News
East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta has issued a blunt warning to Australia that the gas dispute between the two countries risks pushing Timor closer…
Conflict Minerals: Rights Groups Refuse Participation In State Department Conflict Minerals Consultation
May 5, 2017
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ValueWalk
Global Witness and Amnesty International have today published an open letter, highlighting their objections to the US State Department’s recent consultation on responsible mineral sourcing. This…
India/Myanmar: Pangsha Landowners at Indo-Myanmar Border Irked by Survey Carried out without Consent
May 5, 2017
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Morung Express
After the construction of the Indo-Myanmar border fencing at pillar 146 of Pangsha area under Noklak division of Tuensang district was on put halt as…
Myanmar: No New Quarrying Licenses to Be Issued in Mon State Forest Reserve
May 5, 2017
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Zue Zue, Irrawaddy
No new quarrying licenses will be issued in Mt. Kalama Forest Reserve in Mon State’s Paung Township, according to the Mon State divisional government, where…
Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies
May 4, 2017
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International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies
Academic critiques of contemporary peacebuilding have shown a tendency in recent years to limit their analytical focus to the cultural, institutional, normative and political mismatches…
Afghanistan: Effort to Revive Afghan Pistachio Crop Hampered by Taliban
May 4, 2017
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Khalil Noorzai and Gulrahim Niazman
Farmers in some parts of Afghanistan are trying to revive pistachio crops as an alternative to the opium poppy crops, but they are running into…
Iraq: Iraq Reborn: The Slow Renaissance of Hammar Marshes
May 4, 2017
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Suadad al-Salhy, Middle East Eye
One of the world's most important wetlands, the marshlands used to be a source of fresh water, and home to wide range of fish, rare…
Sudan: Reaping the Benefits of Better Catchment Management in North Darfur
May 4, 2017
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UNEP
Resilience as a result of a better water management. When the project team surveyed 12 random village councils from across the project’s 34, it found…
Afghanistan/India/Pakistan: Pak to Work with India, Afghan on Water Management
May 3, 2017
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Sajjad Hussain, Press Trust of India
Pakistan is seeking a joint mechanism with India and Afghanistan for watershed management and trans-boundary aquifer sharing to minimise the negative impact of development projects.…
Myanmar: Gov’t Takes Steps to Protect People from Ravages of Climate Change
May 3, 2017
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Government of Myanmar
The Union Ministries have teamed up to manage all the water resources of Myanmar to fight flood and drought induced by climate change. At the…
Myanmar: Foreign NGOs Accused of Instigating Opposition against Myitsone Dam
May 3, 2017
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Myanmar Times
The One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR) – Beijing’s grand design to connect China and Eurasia with roads and railways and other transport infrastructures –…
Myanmar: Burma Army Seizes More Than 400 Tons of Sawn Logs
May 3, 2017
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Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint, Irrawaddy
The Burma Army seized 15 trucks and 402 tons of unattended teak and kino (gum) sawn logs in Nansang Township, southern Shan State, on April…
Yemen: Yemen Conflict Leaves 17m People at Risk of Malnutrition
May 3, 2017
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RJ Whitehead, Food Navigator Asia
As Yemen’s conflict continues, two thirds of the country’s population are now suffering from severe food insecurity.
Sierra Leone: How I Funded My Studies by Digging for Sierra Leone Diamonds
May 3, 2017
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Umaru Fofana, BBC Africa
In my teens, I worked as an artisanal miner, waist deep in water, sieving the gravel to find a diamond. Growing up in diamond-rich eastern…
Iraq: Iraq's Fuel Oil Exports Soar Despite OPEC Supply Cut
May 3, 2017
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Roslan Khasawneh, Reuters
Iraqi fuel oil exports have soared since January despite a reduction in the country's crude production in line with OPEC supply cuts, industry sources said,…
Climate Change: NATO Urges Global Fight against Climate Change as Trump Mulls Paris Accord
May 3, 2017
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Timothy Gardner, Reuters
Climate change poses a global security threat that all countries must fight together, a NATO general said on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump nears…
Sudan: Reversing the Cycle of Conflict over Resources in North Darfur
May 3, 2017
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UNEP
That conflict occurs over scarce natural resources, such as water, is an accepted fact. But in a region in North Darfur, after more than a…
GAO Issues Annual Report Showing Only Slight Progress in Disclosures on Conflict Minerals
May 2, 2017
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Cydney Posner
The GAO has recently issued its third annual report on conflict minerals. The GAO is required by Dodd-Frank to report annually on the effectiveness of the SEC’s…