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Iraq: Iraq Oil Minister Suspends Duties Citing Political Disarray
Mar 24, 2016
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Khalid Al-Ansary, Kadhim Ajrash, and Grant Smith, Bloomberg
Iraq’s Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi suspended his participation in the cabinet, citing disarray in government ministries in OPEC’s second-biggest supplier. Abdul Mahdi said in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Minister Proposes Solution to Resolve Oil Dispute
Mar 24, 2016
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Kurdsitan24
The Iraqi Oil Minister proposes a resolution for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government to resolve the oil dispute. Adil Abdulmahdi,…
Engineered Volatility in Kyrgyzstan
Mar 23, 2016
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Geopolitical Diary - Ghostwriter
Kyrgyzstan is a small yet strategically located country in Central Asia whose geopolitical significance has often outstripped its geographic size. March 23 marked the sixth…
Iraq: US Marines Enter Battle in Iraq to Help Army and Peshmerga Defend Oil Fields from ISIS
Mar 23, 2016
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Erin Banco, International Business TImes
The Islamic State group is trying to retake control of the oil fields it lost two years ago in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan…
South Sudan: Oil Ministry: South Sudan Will Never Recover Earlier Production Levels
Mar 23, 2016
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Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s oil ministry has concluded that oil production is in quick decline, and future production will not reach even half of its peak 2010…
Myanmar: Mandalay Industrial Zone Waste Water Poisons River
Mar 23, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
According to reports, over 90 factories in the Mandalay Industrial Zone in Pyigyidagun Township, have been dumping waste water into the Dunawadi River, depriving villages…
Environment in Humanitarian Action: Why It Matters?
Mar 22, 2016
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Consultative Group for Emergency Preparedness and Response
When you think of humanitarian action, do you ever reflect on the environment? You surely see humanitarian relief as saving lives, alleviating suffering, providing aid…
Will the World's Next Wars be Fought Over Water?
Mar 22, 2016
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Peter Engelke
California’s ongoing drought is one sign that we have entered some uncharted and uncomfortable territory. Of the fears that have risen alongside a warming planet,…
Creating a Water Ready World
Mar 22, 2016
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Sherri Goodman
Sitting at my desk looking at bills to be paid, the first one on the stack is for the water company, emblazoned with the phrase,…
How Exploiting the Earth Can Fuel Violent Conflict
Mar 22, 2016
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Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post
At the end of May, the U.N. Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene for the second time ever in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the United Nations’…
Stirling Scientist Wins £1.1 Million to Tackle Global Environmental Conflicts
Mar 22, 2016
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University of Stirling
University of Stirling scientist, Dr Nils Bunnefeld, is tackling one of the biggest environmental problems facing government agencies and communities across the globe -how humans…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Denies Conceding Abyei Region to Sudan
Mar 22, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan’s foreign affairs minister has denied reports that he authorised an official response to a United Nations Human Rights report on his country’s situation,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Seeks Financial Agreement with Kurds before Pumping Crude to Turkey
Mar 22, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq will not resume pumping crude through a Kurdish pipeline to Turkey unless it reaches a financial agreement with the Kurdish regional government, the Iraqi…
Iraq: Obama Intervened over Crumbling Iraqi Dam as U.S. Concern Grew
Mar 22, 2016
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Warren Strobel, Jonathan Landay, and Phil Stewart, Reuters
On Jan. 21, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iraq's prime minister in Davos, Switzerland, and handed him a personal note from President…
How Drip Irrigation Methods Could Help Myanmar
Mar 21, 2016
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Daniel Zohar Zonshine
We hear a lot recently about El Nino and its effect on water availability in Myanmar. Many people are worried, quite rightly, about the potential…
Yemen: Solar Energy Specialist
Mar 21, 2016
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UNDP
The joint programme “Enhancing Rural Resilience in Yemen” (ERRY) is a three-year EU-funded programme which gathers UNDP (Convening Agency), FAO, ILO and WFP building on…
Chief Operating Officer
Mar 21, 2016
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Global Witness
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an outstanding Chief Operating Officer to form a key part of a talented and highly collaborative Management Team. Reporting…
Sierra Leone: Head of Project
Mar 21, 2016
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Welthungerlife
This project focuses on the use of renewable energies (in particular solar photovoltaic, mini hydro power) with productive benefits for agriculture, health and education. Sustainability…
DRC: Program Administrator
Mar 21, 2016
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WWF
The worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched an ambitious program of conservation in the Congo Basin. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), WWF…
Climate Change: Obama Says Climate Change Is a Security Risk. Why Are Republicans Laughing?
Mar 21, 2016
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Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy
In the middle of January, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work signed off on one of the potentially most significant, if little-noticed, orders in recent…
Iraq: Sadr Wants Iraqis to Get a Share of Country's Oil Revenue
Mar 21, 2016
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Reuters
Influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged followers demonstrating in Baghdad for a new government to also demand that politicians give every Iraqi a…
China/South China Sea: China's Short-Term Victory in the South China Sea
Mar 21, 2016
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Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs
The sands are quickly shifting in the South China Sea. New reports suggest that China may be preparing to conduct land reclamation at Scarborough Shoal,…
Iraq: Iraq Exports First Natural Gas Shipment in Its History
Mar 20, 2016
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Associated Press
Iraq on Sunday exported the first shipment of natural gas in its history, a key development for the OPEC member struggling to feed a cash-strapped…
India: Water Wars: Prohibitory Orders in Maharashtra's Latur Town to Avoid Violence over Water
Mar 20, 2016
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DNA India
Authorities in drought-hit Latur have imposed an order prohibiting the gathering of more than five persons in areas around 20 water storage tanks until May…
The Flash War of '74: China and Vietnam's South China Sea Showdown
Mar 19, 2016
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Harry J. Kazianis
While Asia watchers the world over debate China’s latest moves to transform the status-quo in the South China Sea one fake island at a time,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: On Iraq's Faultline: Kirkuk Governor Calls for Vote on Kurdish Autonomy
Mar 19, 2016
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Florian Neuhof, Middle East Eye
Territorial gains and the weakness of the government in Baghdad emboldened the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in its quest for an independent state. It is the…
Long-term Peace in Afghanistan will Remain Elusive Without Land Security
Mar 18, 2016
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Mehrab Masayeed Habib
Decades of war have ravaged Afghanistan’s natural environment. But even after the recent round of fighting comes to an end, the country will continue to…
What the Environmental Legacy of the Gulf War Should Teach Us
Mar 18, 2016
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Laurence Menhinick
February marked the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War’s end. The intensity and magnitude of the allied coalition’s offensive, followed by the systematic destruction…
Afghanistan: Operations Manager
Mar 18, 2016
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Sodevco
Liberia: Grand Gedeh Braces to End Land Crisis
Mar 18, 2016
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New Dawn Liberia
At least six towns and villages [out of nine] within B’hai and Gbao administrative districts, Gbarzon Statutory District, Grand Gedeh County have resolved to give…