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China/South China Sea: How China’s Fishermen Are Fighting a Covert War in the South China Sea

Apr 12, 2016 | Simon Denyer, Washington Post

In the disputed waters of the South China Sea, fishermen are the wild card. China is using its vast fishing fleet as the advance guard…


Afghanistan: Harvesting Opium in Afghanistan’s Poppy Fields

Apr 12, 2016 | Quinn Kelley, Baltimore Sun

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 19 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to figures from the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics…


Myanmar Can Flourish by Sowing Seeds of Agricultural Prosperity

Apr 11, 2016 | Deirdre May Culley and Martha Baxter

On 30 March, Htin Kyaw, a long-time adviser and ally of Aung San Suu Kyi – whose National League for Democracy party achieved a historic…


Iraq: Iraq Boosts Oil Production to Record Before Output Cap Talks

Apr 10, 2016 | Anthony Dipaola, Bloomberg

Iraq increased crude output to a record level in March, ahead of a meeting in Qatar of OPEC members and other producers on freezing production…


Libya/Islamic States: ISIS 'Sends Large Number of Experienced Terrorists to Northern Libya to Carry out Major Attack on Oil Wells'

Apr 10, 2016 | Tom Wyke, Daily Mail and Reuters

ISIS have deployed a large group of fighters at several strategic oil fields with fears that the jihadi group is planning a deadly attack on…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Rise as an Independent Energy Player

Apr 10, 2016 | Omar Mawji, Geopolitical Monitor

Iraqi Kurdistan and the governing Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is in the midst of a major shift toward autonomy in the northeastern enclave of Iraq.…


République Centreafricaine: Coordinateur Sécurité Alimentaire / Moyens d’Existence - Bangui

Apr 9, 2016 | Solidarités International

SI a débuté ses activités en RCA en 2007. Active sans discontinuer depuis, la mission comptait 4 bases opérationnelles au début de l’année 2012 à…


Mali: Responsable Programme Sécurité Alimentaire et Moyen d’Existence - Goundam

Apr 9, 2016 | Solidarités International

Suite à la double crise de début 2012 (invasion du nord Mali et crise politique à Bamako), Solidarités International a déployé une équipe exploratoire puis…


DRC: Chief of Party, Value Chain Activity

Apr 9, 2016 | RTI International

RTI is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Chief of Party position on an anticipated USAID-funded Feed the Future Value Chain Activity in Kivu, DRC. The goal…


DRC: CARPE Chief of Party

Apr 9, 2016 | World Resources Institute

WRI seeks a full-time Chief of Party (CoP) to lead implementation of the five year (2014-2019) WRI-led Strengthening Central Africa Environmental Monitoring and Policy Support…


Congo Basin: Communications Coordinator

Apr 9, 2016 | World Resources Institute

The World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks a Congo Basin Communications Coordinator to support WRI’s Forest Program’s mission by developing and implementing communications strategies, and supporting…


Liberia: Forestry Performance Evaluation Team Member

Apr 9, 2016 | Social Impact

Through the Liberia Strategic Analysis (LSA) task order, USAID/Liberia has engaged Social Impact, Inc. (SI) to conduct an external final performance evaluation of one of…


Somaliland: Range Management Training Expert

Apr 9, 2016 | Somaliland Development Fund

The Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) is a 4-year fund designed to support the Government of Somaliland (GoSL) filling a critical gap supporting projects that are…


Somalia: Agronomist and Cash Technical Coordinator (Somali National Only)

Apr 9, 2016 | Danish Refugee Council

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing Relief, Humanitarian and Early recovery/development assistance in the Horn of Africa since 1997. Using a protection of…


Afghanistan: Livelihoods Advisor

Apr 9, 2016 | Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries. It works in partnership with the very…


Afghanistan: Plastic Recycling Best Opportunity Study

Apr 9, 2016 | Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités

The Central Highlands Rural Development Programme (CHP) has the overall objective to increase living standards and quality of life of rural mountainous populations by promoting…


Use It or Lose It: China's Grand Strategy

Apr 9, 2016 | Parag Khanna

In 2010, Canada hosted the G7 finance ministers in Nunavut, the country's frigid Arctic province that is home to a mere 30,000 Inuit people. Canada's…


China/South China Sea: China's Army Planning Trip for Chinese Public to Visit Paracels

Apr 9, 2016 | Teo Cheng Wee, Straits Times

China's military is organising its first public trip to the Paracels, in the country's latest push for civilian engagement in the disputed islands. The People's…


Bosnia and Herzegovina: International Tourism Development Consultant

Apr 8, 2016 | UNDP

The purpose of this consultancy is to support strategic planning process in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (HNK, local acronym) in accordance with the Methodology for Integrated…


Burundi: Associé(e) au Programme - Développement Durable et Création d'emploi

Apr 8, 2016 | UNDP

Sous la supervision directe du Chef de l’Unité Croissance Inclusive et Développement Durable, l’Associé(e) Programme assure l'exécution effective et efficace du Programme de Pays par…


South Sudan: Environment and Sustainable Energy - National Consultant

Apr 8, 2016 | UNDP

South Sudan is a young country which is well endowed with agricultural and fertile arable land, a huge population of globally important and endangered wildlife…


Lebanon: Provision of Individual Services of a Legal Consultant for the Institutional Strengthening to the Ministry of Environment Project

Apr 8, 2016 | UNDP

The Institutional Strengthening to the Ministry of Environment (ISMoE) project was established in 2010 with the ultimate goal of setting-up an enabling environment for sustainable…


South Sudan: International Consultant for National Capacity Self-Assessment

Apr 8, 2016 | UNDP

South Sudan is a signatory to the following multi-lateral environment agreements UNCBD, UNCCD, and UNFCCC, accordingly, the new nation is required to implement the commitments…


Liberia: Collaborating, Learning, and Adaptation Director

Apr 8, 2016 | ACDI/VOCA

We are currently seeking a Collaborating, Learning, and Adaptation (CLA) Director for the anticipated USAID Office of Food for Peace funded Liberia Development Assistance (DFAP)…


Iraq: Inside the World's Most Dangerous Dam

Apr 8, 2016 | Arwa Damon and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN

Only one of the two bottom outlet gates is functioning, angrily spitting out water in a foamy white churn as birds fly above the spray.…


Kosovo: Panel: UN Should Compensate Kosovo Roma over Lead Poisoning

Apr 8, 2016 | Associated Press

A U.N. human rights tribunal in Kosovo said Friday the world body should apologize and compensate the Roma community for the health impact of being…


South Sudan: South Sudan Army Downplays Severity of Discontent with General Thomas Cirilo

Apr 8, 2016 | Sudan Tribune

South Sudanese army (SPLA) has downplayed severity of anger of its deputy chief of general staff for logistics, General Thomas Cirilo Swaka, over land grabbing…


Colombia: Photos: Colombia’s “Lost City of Marijuana”

Apr 8, 2016 | Anne Campoy, Quartz

Colombia’s 50-year civil war devastated this region. Fighting between the Colombian army and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) displaced 8,800 people in the…


Western Sahara: Human Rights Group Says Port Vancouver Plays Role in Import of Controversial Conflict Mineral from Western Sahara

Apr 8, 2016 | Charmaine de Silva, iNews 880

An international human rights organization says Vancouver plays a key role in the import of a controversial conflict mineral from Western Sahara. “We have fewer…


Central African Republic: Field Researcher and Analyst

Apr 7, 2016 | Enough Project

The Field Researcher and Analyst on the Central African Republic (CAR) will be responsible for researching and writing about the drivers of conflict in CAR.…