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Bosnia and Herzegovina: International Tourism Development Consultant
Apr 8, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.…
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.…