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International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: Meet War’s Other Casualty…the Environment
Nov 6, 2015
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Joanna Parkman, care2
If you needed another reason to object to military conflict, thank the environment. At least 40 percent of internal conflicts have been linked to the…
Kuwait/Iraq: History: November 6, 1991 Canadians Cap the Last Oil Fire in the Gulf War
Nov 6, 2015
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Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
In 1990, after a long-standing feud with neighbouring Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army invaded the country. Iraq had accused Kuwait of slant drilling into Iraq’s…
Iraq: Cholera Spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain - UNICEF
Nov 6, 2015
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Isabel Coles, Reuters
A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit…
Myanmar: See the True Cost of Burmese Jade
Nov 6, 2015
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Charlie Campbell, Time
For the Chinese, jade’s luster represents good fortune, prosperity and longevity. For impoverished Burmese toiling in squalid mines, it represents escape, or at least the…
Sierra Leone: With Ebola Waning, Sierra Leone Seeks to Rebuild its Economy
Nov 6, 2015
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Alex Lawson, Independent
The people of Sierra Leone will breathe an uneasy sign of relief today. The west African nation is expected to be officially be declared free…
China/South China Sea: China's Xi Says Wants South China Sea Issue Resolved Peacefully
Nov 6, 2015
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Rujun Shen, Reuters
China has always insisted the dispute in the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully through talks, but the government has a responsibility to protect…
SEC to Issue Final Dodd-Frank Resource Extraction Disclosure Rule by June 2016 (Maybe)
Nov 5, 2015
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Cydney Posner
As noted in this Law 360 article and in this thecorporatecounsel.net blog , on Friday, the SEC filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese President Visits Vietnam to Discuss Stronger Ties, Dispute over South China Sea
Nov 5, 2015
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Associated Press
Chinese President Xi Jinping's meetings in Vietnam beginning Thursday follow the communist countries' efforts to repair ties strained over disputes in the South China Sea.…
United States: Importance of Agriculture to National Security Scrutinized
Nov 5, 2015
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Laura Lloyd, Food Business News
The United States needs to stay a step ahead of key challenges faced by its agriculture sector, especially resource scarcity, the threat of bioterrorism and…
South Sudan: South Sudan Replaces State Oil Company Head to Fix Fuel Crisis
Nov 5, 2015
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Oil-producing South Sudan appointed its second director for state-owned Nile Petroleum Corp. in about six months, tasking him with solving fuel shortages that have left…
China: Research Associate
Nov 4, 2015
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Center for American Progress
American Progress has an immediate opening for a Research Associate to support the China Policy Director. This person will work on a wide range of…
New Desk Study on Syria Identifies Pollution Risks to Civilians
Nov 4, 2015
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Doug Weir
The ongoing conflict in Syria is likely to have a disastrous impact on the environment and public health, according to a new study published by…
Liberia: Boosting Liberia's Tourism Sector - a Resort in the Making
Nov 4, 2015
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Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, FrontPageAfrica
A little farther from the Du-Port Road Waterside Community in Paynesville City, lies what many continue to describe as the beauty of naturalness ingrained with…
DRC: Mining for Change: The Road Ahead for the DRC's Artisanal Miners
Nov 4, 2015
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Naki B. Mendoza, Devex
The mining industry is often affiliated with large-scale operations and massive capital investments, but it is the small scale miners that form the bulk of…
South China Sea: Southeast Asian Ministers Cancel Joint Accord over South China Sea Dispute
Nov 4, 2015
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Oliver Holmes, Guardian
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea have poisoned a meeting of south-east Asian defence ministers, with officials cancelling plans for a joint statement traditionally…
Africa: Conservation Pilot
Nov 3, 2015
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Wildlife Conservation Society
This is a full-time field based position responsible for undertaking aerial surveys and aerial support to wildlife law enforcement in Gabon in partnership with Agence Nationale des…
Uganda & Rwanda: Great Lakes Regional Manager
Nov 3, 2015
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International Alert
International Alert is looking for an exceptional candidate to join our Africa programme. You will be responsible for leading the consolidation and growth of Alert’s…
Horn of Africa: Associate Director
Nov 3, 2015
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Center for American Progress
The Associate Director position requires deep policy knowledge of the region and experience in team leadership. The Associate Director will carry out and lead research…
Sudan: Development Director
Nov 3, 2015
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Enough Project
The Enough Project seeks an experienced and highly motivated candidate for the position of Development Associate. This individual will assist the Development Director and Founding…
Sudan: Senior Policy Analyst
Nov 3, 2015
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Enough Project
The Senior Policy Analyst requires deep policy knowledge of the region and some background in natural resources governance, anticorruption work, or sanctions enforcement. The Senior…
DRC: Policy Analyst
Nov 3, 2015
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Enough Project
The Policy Analyst for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region will be responsible for researching and writing about the drivers of…
Why the Paris Climate Summit Will Be a Peace Conference
Nov 3, 2015
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Michael T. Klare
At the end of November, delegations from nearly 200 countries will convene in Paris for what is billed as the most important climate meeting ever…
Cholera Is Coming
Nov 2, 2015
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Laurie Garrett
The last great epidemic of Vibrio cholerae to hit Africa and the Middle East occurred from 1997 to 1998. Over 200,000 people were afflicted and…
New Threats to National Security in the Age of Climate Change
Nov 2, 2015
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Rep. Adam Schiff
In California, climate change is no longer an abstract concept found in the scientific journals. Record temperatures, extreme drought and a surge in devastating wildfires are a…
Geothermal Expansion and Maasai Land Conflicts in Kenya
Nov 2, 2015
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Shiloh Fetzek
The booming geothermal industry in Kenya illustrates how rapid transitions to renewable energy systems can risk generating conflicts if they are not done with sensitivity…
Nigeria: Amnesty Report Accuses Shell of Failing to Clean up Niger Delta Oil Spills
Nov 2, 2015
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John Vidal, Guardian
Four oil spill sites in Nigeria identified by the UN, which Shell has claimed to have had cleaned up by contractors since 2011, are still…
United States: Deployment Environmental Reports Not in Military Health Records
Nov 1, 2015
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Patricia Kime, Military Times
For more than three years, the military services have been allowed to ignore a Defense Department order requiring the inclusion of environmental assessments of combat…
Water Wars: The PRC's Double Trouble in the South China Sea
Oct 31, 2015
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Zack Bluestone
The past few days have witnessed two huge developments in the South China Sea. On Tuesday, the U.S. Navy conducted a long-anticipated freedom of navigation (FON)…
Liberia: Ending the Nightmare- Sime Darby Revives Residents Hope After Fire Explosion
Oct 31, 2015
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Global News Network
Over the last one month, Sime Darby Plantation Liberia Inc. (SDPL) has had an uphill task of trying to address the health and sanitation needs…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: Hague Arbitration Court to Hear Philippines Territorial Complaints Against Beijing
Oct 29, 2015
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ABC News
An arbitration court in the Netherlands has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed…