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Afghanistan: Soybean Production Doubles in Afghanistan This Year
Jan 24, 2016
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Pajhwok Afghan News
This year was a record breaking for soybean production in Afghanistan, when farmers produced 4,000 metric tonnes of soybean, registering 100 percent increase in comparison…
Sudan: Report Highlights Rampant Corruption in Sudan’s Oil Sector
Jan 24, 2016
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Agence Africaine de Presse
There is rampant corruption in the Sudanese oil sector including the institutionalized lack of accountability and transparency, a Sudanese human rights group; Sudan Democracy First…
Liberia: Liberia, EU Review Progress under Legal Timber Trade Deal
Jan 23, 2016
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FrontPageAfrica
Representatives of Liberia and the EU have met to review progress towards implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which aims to ensure Liberia exports…
Myanmar: Arsenic Found in Ayeyawady, Bago and Rakhine Water
Jan 23, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
The amount of arsenic in drinking water in Ayeyawady and Bago regions and Rakhine State has reached danger levels, according to the Department of Medical…
Using Citizen Science to Assess Environmental Damage in the Syrian Conflict
Jan 22, 2016
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Wim Zwijnenburg and Andy Garrity
For new and ongoing conflicts across the world, the need to document their impact on civilians and the environment upon which they depend is encouraging…
How to Jumpstart the Afghan Economy
Jan 22, 2016
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M. Ashraf Haidari
To shore up its economy, Afghanistan and other South Asia countries need to stop playing power politics.
Afghanistan’s experience during and after the Cold War helps…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan President: Time has Come to Redraw Middle East Boundaries
Jan 22, 2016
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Martin Chulov, Guardian
The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish north has called on global leaders to acknowledge that the Sykes-Picot pact that led to the boundaries of the…
Myanmar: Myanmar Oil and Gas: Optimism amid Oversupplies and Low Prices
Jan 22, 2016
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Khine Kyaw, Eleven Myanmar
Despite growing calls for amending their production-sharing contracts in light of plunging oil prices, oil and gas companies operating in Myanmar are still optimistic, as…
Myanmar: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Shines Light on Resource Sector
Jan 22, 2016
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Steve Gilmore, Myanmar Times
Myanmar's first report under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has provided levels of disclosure on companies’ activities “unthinkable” just a few years ago, NGOs…
China/Vietname/South China Sea: China Drops Online Notice of Oil Rig Location after Vietnam Complaint
Jan 22, 2016
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Reuters
Chinese maritime officials on Friday removed an online notice giving the location of a $1-billion (700.62 million pounds) deepwater oil rig in the South China…
Liberia: Civil Society Cautions Lawmaker about Tempering with Land Act
Jan 22, 2016
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Edwin Genoway Jr, FrontPageAfrica
The Civil Society Working Group on Land Rights, a coalition of CSOs working on community land rights in Liberia is calling on the Liberian Legislature…
Sudan/ South Sudan: Sudan’s President Orders Change to Oil Deal with South Sudan
Jan 22, 2016
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Mohamed Osman, Washington Post
Sudan’s state-run news agency says the Sudanese President Omar Bashir has ordered revisions to the economic agreements struck with South Sudan in a positive gesture…
Water Security: Ban Ki-Moon Gathers Heads of State for Political Response to Water Scarcity
Jan 21, 2016
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Karl Mathiesen, Guardian
The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has convened an emergency panel of heads of state to prompt a political response to the world’s increasing scarcity…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan Agrees to Cut Oil Transit Fees for South Sudan Crude
Jan 21, 2016
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Reuters
Sudan has agreed to cut the transit fees for South Sudanese oil crossing its territory via pipeline to the Red Sea, the official Sudan News…
Afghanistan: Protesters Demand Power Dam’s Construction in Kunar
Jan 21, 2016
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Pajhowk Afghan News
Hundreds of people on Thursday staged a protest demonstration in eastern Kunar province, demanding the construction of a hydropower dam in the province. One of…
Forget Star Wars; Get Ready for Water Wars
Jan 20, 2016
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Marc Ross and Stephen J. McConnell
A great war looms, one that will rise from the most desperate circumstance: our battle over water. Today, we war because of a chasm of…
Suan/Darfur: Painted Marker Posts Help Quell Land Conflicts in Sudan's Darfur
Jan 20, 2016
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Katy Migro, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Before war broke out in Sudan's Darfur region, trust between communities was such that Arab herders stowed their excess luggage with farmers when they migrated…
Iraq/Syria/Islamic State: ISIS Halves Fighters' Salaries Following Losses of Territory, Oil and Cash
Jan 20, 2016
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Emily Canal, Forbes
ISIS cut the salaries of their fighters by 50%, resulting in the loss of several hundreds of dollars per month, according to documents from the…
South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudan Now Losing Money from Oil Exports: Analysts
Jan 20, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Falling world oil prices combined with a fixed fee for the use of export pipelines mean South Sudan is now losing money on every barrel…
Conflict Minerals: Testing Their Metal: The New Tech Sector Focus on Conflict Minerals
Jan 20, 2016
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Heather Clancy, GreenBiz
Intel made tremendous strides over the past seven years in eliminating so-called conflict — aka "blood" — minerals from much of its product line. But…
Vietnam/China/South China Sea: Vietnam Objects to Chinese Oil Rig in Disputed Waters
Jan 20, 2016
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Mike Ives, New York Times
The Vietnamese government has lashed out against the presence of a Chinese oil rig in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, the latest…
China/South China Sea: By 2030, South China Sea Will Be ‘Virtually a Chinese Lake,’ Study Warns
Jan 20, 2016
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Simon Denyer, Washington Post
China will have so many aircraft carriers by 2030 that the South China Sea will be “virtually a Chinese lake,” a new U.S. study warns,…
Lessons From Uganda on Strengthening Women’s Voices in Environmental Governance
Jan 19, 2016
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Blake Ratner, Clementine Burnley and Paola Adriázola
It’s become popular to say that the health of the environment and the health of human communities are interlinked. Yet much of the investment aimed…
Musings on Conflict Minerals Compliance – The Year That Was, the Year That May Be and What You Should be Doing Now
Jan 19, 2016
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Michael Littenberg
With New Year’s behind us and roughly four and a half months to go until the calendar 2015 conflict minerals filings are due, many companies…
Ivorian Formula a Must - Agriculture: Key to Liberia's Economic Resurgence
Jan 19, 2016
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FPA Reporter
Liberia Must Begin to look next door to the Ivory Coast to see how they have been able to utilize their agriculture strengths to their…
Philippines/China/South China Sea: Philippines Plans Tracking System for Civilian Flights over Disputed Sea
Jan 19, 2016
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Saudi Gazette
The Philippines plans to install a $1-million satellite-based system to track commercial flights over the disputed South China Sea, after China landed its first test…
Iraq: Iraq Wants Foreign Oil Firms to Cut Development Spending, Oil Minister Says
Jan 19, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq wants foreign oil companies to cut spending as the nation seeks to narrow a budget gap caused by lower crude prices, oil minister Adel…
Sudan/South Sudan: Khartoum Preparing for South Sudan’s Possible Oil Shut Down, Says Official
Jan 19, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
The Sudanese government has undertaken technical measures in preparation of a possible oil production shutdown by the South Sudan, the country’s finance minister said Tuesday.…
Nigeria: Attacks on Oil Installations is Costing Nigeria $2.4M a Day
Jan 19, 2016
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Michelle Faul and Hilary Uguru, Associated Press
A Cabinet minister says multiple attacks on strategic oil and gas installations is costing Nigeria $2.4 million a day and the military warns it will…
Call for Papers: The Peace-Environment-Conflict Nexus
Jan 18, 2016
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Political Geography and Geographies of Justice Research Groups
Political Geography and Geographies of Justice Research Groups will be participating in the 2016 Annual International Conference (30 August – 2 September 2016) of the Royal…