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DRC: Program Manager II - Health/Nutrition/WASH Lead

Dec 5, 2016 | Catholic Relief Services

The Health/Nutrition/WASH Purpose Lead will lead implementation of health and nutrition activities, strategic planning and coordination and will oversee a team of corresponding technical staff.…


Africa Peacebuilding Advisor

Dec 5, 2016 | 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…


Nigeria: Program Manager II - Food for Peace

Dec 5, 2016 | Catholic Relief Services

Under the direction of the Emergency Coordinator the PM I Food-For-Peace Program Manager will ensure high quality implementation of CRS FFP emergency program in Borno…


DRC: Responsable de programme WASH et infrastructure

Dec 5, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) demeure ébranlée par les conséquences de décennies de guerre civile. En situation précaire, les déplacés souffrent d’insécurité alimentaire chronique…


DRC: Responsable de programme WASH et Agriculture

Dec 5, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) demeure ébranlée par les conséquences de décennies de guerre civile. En situation précaire, les déplacés souffrent d’insécurité alimentaire chronique…


South Sudan: Food Assistance Cash for Assets/Food for Assets (CFA/FFA) Specialist

Dec 5, 2016 | World Vision

World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 45,000+…


South Sudan: Food Security & Livelihood Advisor

Dec 5, 2016 | World Vision

World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 45,000+…


DRC: WASH Senior Manager

Dec 5, 2016 | International Rescue Committee

With headquarters in Kinshasa and field offices in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut Katanga and Tanganyika, the IRC is one of the…


DRC: WASH Advisor

Dec 5, 2016 | International Rescue Committee

The WASH Advisor will coordinate, provide guidance and technical support for the implementation of facility-level and community-level WASH interventions as part of a comprehensive health…


Lebanon: WASH and Consortium Advisor

Dec 5, 2016 | Croix-Rouge Française

In response to the Syrian and Iraqi crises, the French Red Cross has been working since September 2013 in Iraq, Jordan, Yemen and Lebanon through…


Consultancy: WASH in Emergencies Surge Mechanisms Consultant

Dec 5, 2016 | UN Children's Fund

The purpose of this consultancy is to support the WASH in Emergencies team in managing the transition to the new system hosting the global WASH…


French Speaking Experts in WASH – Available Immediately - Expert Deployment/ NORCAP

Dec 5, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (WASH) is part of the dedicated Sustainable Development Goal’s of the 2030 Agenda, which demands that we address universal access to…


Palestine: Emergency Project Manager

Dec 5, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

ACTED started its activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in May 2007, with a food security programme in the West Bank. ACTED Occupied Palestinian Territory…


Pearl Harbor, 75 Years Later

Dec 5, 2016 | George Friedman

Wednesday will be the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It happened three-quarters of a century ago, but it remains the defining moment…


Iraq/Kurdistan: As Iraq's Kurds Eye Statehood, a Border Takes Shape

Dec 5, 2016 | Associated Press

The sand berms and trenches that snake across northern Iraq stretch toward Syria, some accompanied by newly paved roads lit by street lamps and sprawling…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's Kurdistan Sees No Major Oil Output Cuts as Part of OPEC Deal

Dec 5, 2016 | Reuters

Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan sees no major impact on its crude oil production from OPEC's output cuts, agreed last week, it said on Monday,…


DRC: Israeli Billionaire Dan Gertler Probed by UK Serious Fraud Office over Mining Deals

Dec 5, 2016 | Elsa Buchanan, International Business Times

The United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office is investigating Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler over mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC is…


Syria: Syria's River is Overflowing Now That Its People Have Fled

Dec 5, 2016 | Motherboard

The Syrian civil war has wreaked havoc on the Middle East since 2011, with millions of Syrians fleeing the country and trying to survive in…


Modi's Dangerous Anti-Pakistan Antics Could Push the Two Countries towards a Water War

Dec 4, 2016 | Usman Ali Khan

Recently, the distribution of water between two Indian states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has become a source of conflict over water divide, sweltering both into…


Water Wars: Beijing Charts Post-Election Path Forward

Dec 2, 2016 | Chris Mirasola

Many have wondered how China would respond to uncertainty regarding the US’ role in the Asia-Pacific since last month’s election. If news from this week…


Liberia: Senate Passes 2 Concession Agreements

Dec 2, 2016 | Bridgett Milton, New Dawn

The Liberian Senate, on Wednesday, November 30, passed two concessionagreements between the Liberian Government and the SethiferroFabrik,Inc. and the Gola Forest National Park. Following the…


Liberia: Exxon Set to Drill - Are Liberians Ready For Jobs in Oil Industry?

Dec 2, 2016 | FrontPageAfrica

Liberia’s oil industry is holding its breath waiting for the outcome of ExxonMobil exploration efforts by the end of the year. With global oil prices…


Iraq: Iraq MP Fears Assassination if Oil Thieves Are Exposed

Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East Monitor

In an interview with Iraqi station Al-Taghier TV, Misha’an Al-Jibouri, a Sunni MP, can be seen to be sat extremely uncomfortably as the programme host…


Afghanistan: The Taliban and China's Quest for Afghan Copper

Dec 2, 2016 | Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, Deutsche Welle

It sounds paradoxical: The Taliban want to support and encourage big infrastructure and development projects in Afghanistan. That's the bottom line of an unexpected statement the insurgent…


The Environmental Consequences of Iraq's Oil Fires Are Going Unrecorded

Dec 1, 2016 | Doug Weir

The oil fires burning in and around the northern Iraqi town of Qayyarah began in July when retreating Islamic State forces ignited wells, storage tanks…


Iraq/Kuridstan/Islamic State: ISIS Uses Water as Weapon in Mosul Fight

Dec 1, 2016 | Mohammed Tawfeeq and Salma Abdelaziz, CNN

At least half a million people caught in the crossfire inside the Iraqi city of Mosul now have no access to running water, the United…


Myanmar: Fire on the Salween: Dams in Conflict Zones Could Threaten Myanmar’s Fragile Peace Process

Dec 1, 2016 | Demelza Stokes, Mongabay

Fear of the dams fueling more conflict in Myanmar’s ethnic areas led to a coalition of ethnic Shan political groups to call for the government…


Afghanistan: Chinese Govt Reacts to WION Expose, Rejects Accusations of Military Activity Deep inside Eastern Afghanistan

Dec 1, 2016 | Giles Gibson, Daily News & Analysis

Last month, WION obtained exclusive pictures showing Chinese-manufactured military vehicles in Little Pamir. The slim finger of Afghan territory borders China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and India's…


Food Insecurity: A Cause and Consequence of Conflict

Dec 1, 2016 | Vatican Radio

In a world where conflict affects so many communities, it is important to recognize the connection between food insecurity and social unrest. Kimberly Flowers, Director…


Climate Change: Climate Change Already Major Security Threat – Military Chiefs

Dec 1, 2016 | RT

Climate change and the ‘unimaginable’ refugee crisis which will follow is a threat right now and shouldn’t be seen merely as something which may emerge…