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Fishing Disputes Could Spark a South China Sea Crisis
Apr 7, 2016
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Keith Johnson and Dan De Luce
The simmering maritime disputes and land grabs in the South China Sea have long been seen as a battle over its potentially vast undersea deposits…
Colombia: After Peace, Colombia Will Still Struggle
Apr 7, 2016
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Stratfor
Colombia is at a historic juncture. After 52 years of fighting, the country is on the verge of a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed…
Kosovo: Roma Poisoned at U.N. Camps in Kosovo May Get Apology and Compensation
Apr 7, 2016
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Rick Gladstone, New York Times
Hundreds of Roma families in Kosovo, who were forced to live for more than a decade in squalid United Nations camps built on toxic wasteland…
Iraq: Huge Oil Tanker Traffic Jam Builds at Iraq's Basra Port
Apr 6, 2016
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Keith Wallis, Reuters
A traffic jam of nearly 30 large oil tankers has built up outside the Iraqi port of Basra due to loading delays, with some waiting…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Talks for Iraqi KRG’s Export of Oil via Iran Underway
Apr 6, 2016
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Tasnim News Agency
An official with Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said negotiations are underway between Iran and Kurdistan for a potential agreement whereby the semi-autonomous region would…
Russia/Sudan/Darfur: Russia Blocks UN Report on Darfur Militia Mining
Apr 6, 2016
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Reuters
Russia is blocking the release of a confidential UN report showing that pro-government militias in Sudan’s Darfur region rake in $54 million per year in…
Hiroshima & The DMZ: The Ethnology of Environmental Peacebuilding in Korea & Japan
Apr 5, 2016
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Peace Park Expeditions and Ohio University
Experience the power and beauty of East Asian culture, language and ecology in the Hiroshima and the DMZ program. This summer will take students back…
How to Stabilize the Central African Republic
Apr 5, 2016
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Kasper Agger
Think the ultimate victor in the U.S. presidential race faces a tough task? The effort to unite a divided America pales in comparison to what…
Land Grabbing Is Killing Honduras' Indigenous Peoples
Apr 5, 2016
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Andrea Reyes Blanco and Tim Shenk
In its February 21 report on the Situation of Human Rights in Honduras, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights or IACHR expressed concern about the high levels of…
South Sudan: Food Gap Widens in Conflict-Stricken South Sudan – UN Assessment
Apr 5, 2016
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UN
Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing to a cereal deficit of 381,000 metric tons – 53 per…
Afghanistan: Chicago Veterans Aim to Cultivate Peace in Afghanistan through Farming
Apr 5, 2016
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Jay Shefsky, Chicago Tonight
Ninety percent of the world's opium originates in Afghanistan. In Chicago, three war veterans are hoping to give farmers there a viable alternative to growing…
Namibia: 4 Injured in Land Grab Clashes at Walvis Bay
Apr 4, 2016
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Adam Hartman, The Namibian
Four people were injured and five others arrested on Saturday when the police clashed with hundreds of residents grabbing land on the outskirts of Walvis…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Seizes Chinese Vessel in South China Sea
Apr 4, 2016
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Oliver Holmes, Guardian
Vietnam has seized a Chinese ship and detained its captain and two sailors, accusing the crew of illegally intruding on its waters, state media said…
Afghanistan: Loan Agreement Worth $6 Million Signed for the Afghan Farmers, Agri Sector
Apr 4, 2016
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Khaama Press
The Afghan farmers and agricultural producers will receive loans following the signing of an agreement worth $6 million between the Afghan government and microfinance institutions.…
DRC: Congo’s Civil War Has Practically Wiped out the World’s Largest Gorilla
Apr 4, 2016
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Maddie Stone, Gizmodo
The largest great apes on Earth have suffered a “catastrophic” population collapse over the past twenty years, according to a report published today by the…
Water Cycle Instability is Here to Stay Posing Major Political and Economic Risks: UN Experts
Apr 4, 2016
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United Nations University
The current instability and unpredictability of the world water cycle is here to stay, making society's adaptation to new risks a vital necessity when formulating…
Sierra Leone: Panama Papers: Flaws in Sierra Leone’s Diamond Trade
Apr 4, 2016
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Khadija Sharife and Silas Gbandia, African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Dodgy dealings within the Steinmetz Group seems to indicate undervaluing of diamonds, which is costing Sierra Leone tax payments. Sierra Leone is one of Africa’s leading…
DRC: Panama Papers: The DRC’s Gold Standard
Apr 4, 2016
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Khadija Sharife, African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Despite international laws stipulating disclosure of the origins of gold, a tranche of leaked documents points to unsavoury behaviour by tax havens trading in commodities.…
Myanmar: In Burma’s Wildest Corner, Jade, Drugs and Rebels will Test the New Government
Apr 4, 2016
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Annie Gowen, Washington Post
Burma’s northernmost state is home to 1.2 million people and some of the country’s most intractable problems — including a rapacious jade mining culture, opium cultivation,…
Conflict Minerals: Key Messages from Panel Debate on EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
Apr 4, 2016
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Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité
Key messages from the panel debate organised by CIDSE, Justice & Peace Belgium, EurAc, Misereor and Brot für die Welt. that took place in Brussels…
Iraq: Iraq's PM Orders Probe into Oil Corruption Allegations
Apr 2, 2016
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Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
Iraq's prime minister on Saturday ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against senior oil officials following an expose into bribe-taking published in international media outlets.…
Myanmar: Flood Misery Lingers for Many
Apr 2, 2016
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Oliver Slow, Frontier
More than seven months after severe flooding throughout much of Myanmar, many poor communities in rural areas are still facing major food security problems, say…
Water Wars: Fishermen Again Steer China into Hot Water
Apr 1, 2016
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Chris Mirasola
Malaysia joined the ranks of countries taking issue with Chinese fishermen last Thursday, as 100 trawlers were detected within Malaysia’s claimed EEZ. On Friday, National…
Zimbabwe: Will Zimbabwe President Mugabe Compensate Farm Owners after Decades of Land Grabs?
Apr 1, 2016
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Elsa Buchanan, International Business Times
After decades of anti-Western rhetoric, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is showing signs of mellowing. Faced with economic wobbles in his drought-stricken nation, the 92-year-old has…
What Myanmar Should Do about the Myitsone Dam
Mar 31, 2016
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Jared MacDonald
The issue of the Myitsone dam has been a thorny one. The Chinese project not only bears upon Myanmar’s foreign relations, economic development, and peace…
Liberia: Mandingo and Mano Vow to End Land Disputes through Dialogue
Mar 31, 2016
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Arrington Ballah, The Bush Chicken
A group of leaders from the Mandingo and Mano tribes recently held a town hall meeting to resolve a series of land issues involving members…
Myanmar: Report Calls for Logging Moratorium, End to State-Run MTE
Mar 31, 2016
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Moe Myint, The Irrawaddy
International and Burmese environmental organizations this week said Burma’s forest reserves are largely exhausted, calling for a moratorium on commercial logging and the dismantling or…
Angola/Nigeria/South Sudan: Perils of Relying on Oil as the Only Source of Livelihood: Lessons from South Sudan, Nigeria, and Angola
Mar 31, 2016
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Astrid R.N. Haas, Mail & Guardian Africa
Developed off the back of one natural resource is risky for any country. It makes them reliant on external conditions beyond their control, such as global…
South Sudan: Row over SPLA Land Grabbing in Central Equatoria
Mar 30, 2016
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Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has reportedly ordered a reversal of construction of settlements by soldiers deployed in South Sudan's Central Equatoria state following complaints…
Israel/Palestine: Palestine Marks 'Land Day' amid Fresh Israeli Land Grabs
Mar 30, 2016
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Anees Bargouthi, Anadolu Agency
Thousands of Palestinians on Wednesday marked "Land Day", which commemorates six Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli troops 40 years ago while demonstrating against the seizure…