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Afghanistan: Field Coordinator

Oct 10, 2016 | Solidarités International

SI is currently implementing Food Security (1 Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development project, 1 Natural Resources Management project, 1 Rural Development project) and Emergency (1…


Afghanistan: WASH Program Manager

Oct 10, 2016 | Solidarités International

SI has been working in Afghanistan for 35 years. SI is currently implementing Food Security (1 Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development project, 1 Natural Resources…


DRC: Food Security Specialist

Oct 10, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Whatever it takes. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people.…


DRC: Responsable de Programme Sécurité Alimentaire (SECAL)

Oct 10, 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…


Jordan: Regional Advisor for Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation (WASH) - Region Middle East

Oct 10, 2016 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Whatever it takes. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people.…


Mali: Coordinateur Sécurité Alimentaire et Moyens d'Existence en Situation d'Urgence / EFSL Coordinator

Oct 10, 2016 | Oxfam

Le coordinateur EFSL sera responsable de concevoir, planifier et conduire l’évaluation des besoins EFSL (Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods) dans le cadre d’une évaluation d’un…


Syria: WASH Coordinator

Oct 10, 2016 | Acción contra el Hambre

Coordination of the implementation of WASH Emergency interventions focused on providing humanitarian assistance to Crisis affected Syrian IDPs families and hosting population in crisis affected…


Turkey: WASH Cluster Coordinator-Turkey/Syria

Oct 10, 2016 | Global Communities

Global Communities is an international non-profit organization that works closely with communities worldwide to bring about sustainable changes that improve the lives and livelihoods of…


UK: Food Security and Livelihoods Adviser

Oct 10, 2016 | British Red Cross

Working closely with National Society partners across Africa and Asia, the International Federation and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the British Red Cross…


Deputy Director- Food Security

Oct 10, 2016 | CARE

CARE knows that just and sustainable food systems are possible, but only if we actively address injustice and build systems that serve the needs of…


Liberia: Natural Resources Justice Advisor

Oct 10, 2016 | Tetra Tech DPK

Tetra Tech DPK (Tt DPK) seeks candidates to be considered for inclusion in the long term (3-years) Natural Resources Justice Advisor position for the anticipated…


Program Manager – Resilience and Climate Change

Oct 10, 2016 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps alleviates poverty, suffering, and oppression and works to build secure, productive, and just communities in over 40 countries around the world. Our Program…


Rwanda: Impact Director

Oct 10, 2016 | One Acre Fund

The Rwanda Impact Director is broadly responsible for leading and improving TUBURA’s current and future impact. The position is responsible for managing the entire Innovation…


Liberia: Country Manager

Oct 10, 2016 | International Alert

International Alert is looking for an entrepreneurial individual who has a talent for strategic programme development in the peacebuilding sector. To do this, the individual…


Vietnam Influences China’s Quiet Legal Compliance in South China Sea Dispute

Oct 10, 2016 | James Borton and Tai Van Ta

It’s been nearly three months since the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued its landmark ruling in the Philippines vs. China case, resulting…


The Rising Environmental Toll of China's Offshore Island Grab

Oct 10, 2016 | Mike Ives

In the late 1980s, marine biologist John McManus and his colleagues made a surprising discovery while studying near-shore Philippine reefs in the South China Sea:…


Iraq/Kurdistan: In Fight against Islamic State, Kurds Expand Their Territory

Oct 10, 2016 | Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin, Reuters

This is how the map is being redrawn across Iraq and Syria: Groups fighting Islamic State are using the battle to settle older disputes and…


Peru: Illegal Gold Mining Fueling Crime, Violence in Peru

Oct 10, 2016 | Tristan Clavel, Insight Crime

A high-ranking Peruvian police officer recently linked rising violence in Madre de Dios to the region’s illegal gold mining industry, highlighting the various criminal activities…


We Have Money to Fight Climate Change. It's Just That We're Spending it on Defense.

Oct 8, 2016 | Kenneth Pennington

Climate change poses imminent threat to global and national security. CIA analysts and our nation’s military strategists are rightfully naming it as a contributor to…


Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan to Address Hirmand Border Issue

Oct 8, 2016 | Mehr News Agency

The pressing issue of current situation between Iran and Afghanistan is environmental disaster underway in Iranian side of the border where different governments of Afghanistan…


Rights for Indigenous and Afro-Colombian Communities are Crucial for Colombia’s Peace

Oct 7, 2016 | Omaira Bolaños

The Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santosfor his efforts in ending a more than 50-year-long civil war, serves as a reminder that…


Do the ILC’s Draft Principles on Remnants and Data Sharing Reflect State Practice?

Oct 6, 2016 | Doug Weir

A new report from PAX and ICBUW on the legacy of depleted uranium use in the 2003 Iraq War could help inform the debate initiated…


Myanmar: US Gems Association Eyes Trade Ties as Sanctions End

Oct 6, 2016 | Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times

The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) arrived in Myanmar for the first time this week to assess the gems sector and build trade relationships ahead…


Iraq: Iraq War Records Reignite Debate over US Use of Depleted Uranium

Oct 6, 2016 | Samuel Oakford, IRIN

Records detailing as many as 181,000 rounds of depleted uranium munitions shot in 2003 by American forces in Iraq have been unearthed by researchers, representing…


Combat vs. Climate

Oct 5, 2016 | Miriam Pemberton

Our military calls climate change "an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic…


Afghanistan: Afghan Opium Production Increases as Eradication Collapses, UN Says

Oct 5, 2016 | Reuters

Opium production in Afghanistan increased this year to one of the highest levels on record as efforts to eradicate the crop in a country that…


Iraq: Iraqi Forces Burn ISIS Poppy Fields to Curtail Heroin and Opium Revenue

Oct 5, 2016 | Iraqi News

Iraqi security forces burned a 16 thousand square meter field planted with opium poppies belonging to ISIS gangs near Sharqat district in Salahuddin province. Iraqi media…


Iraq: Iraqi Qayyara Oil Keeps Burning Six Weeks after Ouster of Islamic State

Oct 5, 2016 | Reuters

Several wells in Iraq's Qayyara oilfield continue to burn six weeks after the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces ousted Islamic State militants from the town as part…


Sudan: Most of Sudan's Oil Opportunities Have Vanished, IMF Says

Oct 5, 2016 | Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International

Fragility in Sudan brought on by regional conflicts is exacerbated by the loss of most of its oil export potential, the International Monetary Fund said.…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Exclusive: U.S. Helped Clinch Iraq Oil Deal to Keep Mosul Battle on Track

Oct 4, 2016 | Reuters

Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition backing it are relying on cooperation from the Kurds to retake Mosul from the ultra-hardline jihadists and undermine their…