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South Sudan: UN Ramps Up Airlifts to Reach Conflict-Hit Farmers Ahead of Planting Season
May 14, 2015
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United Nations
As the main planting season begins in South Sudan, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced today that it is accelerating its efforts…
Iraq: Iraqi Refinery May Be Destroyed in Battle to Save it
May 13, 2015
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Reuters
Islamic State militants have dug trenches around natural gas and hydrogen tanks at Iraq's largest refinery, raising the stakes in a battle where the price…
Iraq: Baghdad-Erbil Relations Grow Sour
May 13, 2015
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Anadolu Agency
Relations between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in Erbil are growing sour as Erbil awaits full payment for oil, according to…
Sierra Leone: Project Manager (Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries)
May 12, 2015
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WorldFish
Leading a project team, the incumbent will be expected to support the planning, implementation and monitoring and review of an aquaculture and inland fisheries research…
Afghanistan: Ceramics Consultant
May 12, 2015
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Turquoise Mountain Foundation
In order to raise Afghan ceramics to export quality, and generate sustainable jobs in the Afghan ceramics sector, it is necessary to have an international…
Rwanda: Project Manager
May 12, 2015
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Welthungerhilfe
The Project Manager’s key responsibilities include day to day coordination & management of a marshland development project, field office coordination, project team coordination, to ensure…
Colombia: Senior Political Adviser of Food Systems
May 12, 2015
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Oxfam Colombia
Objetivo del puesto: Brindar entrega y liderazgo estratégico, en coordinación con las aliados/socios nacionales e internacionales, que influyen en las estrategias de incidencia para apoyar…
Iraq: How Important is the Battle for Iraq's Baiji Oil Refinery?
May 12, 2015
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Jill S Russell, BBC
The struggle between Iraqi government forces and Shia militia against Islamic State (IS) for control of the country's largest oil refinery, Baiji, is at yet…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: 1 Year Later: Reflections on China's Oil Rig 'Sovereignty-Making' in the South China Sea
May 12, 2015
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Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
One year ago, China’s state-owned China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) moved an exploratory oil rig, Haiyang Shiyou 981 (HD-981), worth an estimated $1 billion,…
DRC: Child Labour Won't Stop with Conflict-Free Labels and Voluntary Codes
May 12, 2015
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Josephine Moulds, The Guardian
A fight is brewing in Europe over new rules for companies to report on so-called “conflict minerals”, which are commonly found in mobile phones, laptops,…
Liberia: Liberia's Remaining Forest Threatened, If...
May 12, 2015
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Wellington G. Patrick, Liberia News Agency
The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ms Anyaa Vohiri, predicts that though Liberia holds a large chunk of sub-Saharan forest, it remains…
Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform Launches New Infographics Section, Seeks Suggestions
May 11, 2015
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ELI and UNEP
The Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform has expanded its Library to include infographics on environmental peacebuilding. This section showcases infographics made in collaboration with students from…
Timor-Leste: Drop in Oil Production Reduces Timor-Leste’s Revenue
May 11, 2015
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Macauhub
A drop in oil and natural gas production has been the main factor behind a reduction of oil revenues to Timor-Leste (East Timor), which account…
Islamic State: How IS Uses Water as a Weapon of War
May 11, 2015
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Walaa Hussein, Al-Monitor
The Middle East is facing a water crisis. As the region experiences conflicts over water and faces the continuous risk of war breaking out, experts on water predict that the Islamic…
Sudan: Contract for Khartoum Oil Pipeline Signed
May 11, 2015
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Radio Dabanga
The first Sudanese contract to build pipelines for petroleum between Khartoum and Wad Madani, the capital of El Gezira state, was signed on Sunday. The…
Bangladesh/India: Enclaves in Bangladesh: Reports of Scuffles over Land Grabbing
May 10, 2015
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The Indian Express
Days after Parliament ratified the land swap agreement with Bangladesh, there are reports of “law and order” problem over the alleged land grabbing in the…
DRC: Dodd-Frank’s Misadventures in the Democratic Republic of Congo
May 10, 2015
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Tom Burgis, Politico
Looking out on the banana plants and cassava shrubs of Central Africa, it was odd to imagine the tentacles of a bank reform bill in…
Iraq: Economist: Ex-PM Maliki Lost Iraq $500bn in Oil
May 9, 2015
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Rudaw
Economist Adnan Janabi, the former head of the Iraqi parliament's oil and gas committee, has criticized Baghdad's oil policies and laid the blame on ex-prime…
41 Years in the Making: Why China's South China Sea Plan Will Fail
May 8, 2015
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Leszek Buszynski
While China’s recent assertiveness in the South China Sea might shock and surprise today’s observers, its behavior has actually been remarkably consistent over recent decades.
China…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Row Boils Over as Baghdad ‘Refuses’ KRG’s Full Share
May 8, 2015
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Rudaw
Iraq’s central government has refused to send the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s share of oil revenue for the month of April which were previously agreed…
Commonwealth Professional Fellowship
May 7, 2015
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The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University, England
The CTPSR has launched a six week ‘Improving Natural Resource Governance through Citizen Engagement’ fellowship programme (planned for mid-September to end-October 2015) for civil society…
Timor-Leste: ICJ Confirms Aust to Return Timor Docs
May 7, 2015
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Julian Drape, AAP
The United Nation's top court has confirmed it's authorised Australia to return documents seized from a lawyer representing East Timor in a dispute over a…
Nigeria: Bill to End Fulani, Farmers’ Conflict Scales Second Reading
May 7, 2015
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Sylvester Ugwuanyi, Daily Post
A bill seeking to bring an end to the conflict between Fulani herdsmen and farmers which had resulted into loss of lives and property across…
DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Next Emerging Economy?
May 7, 2015
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Djenabou Cisse, Global Risk Insights
With positive macroeconomic indicators, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is aspiring to be an emerging country by 2030. To achieve this goal, the country…
Fragile States Use Geospatial Data and Maps to Better Manage Natural Resources
May 6, 2015
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Alex Fischer
The g7+ countries (a voluntary grouping of 20 states affected by fragility) have recognized that one of the first step towards addressing the challenges identified in natural…
Sudan: Sudan Warns Against Illegal Mining Activities in Neighbouring Countries
May 6, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan has warned its nationals against illegal expansion of traditional mining activities outside Sudanese territories and described the phenomenon as a “time bomb” that would…
Kenya: Dozens Killed in Fighting Tied to Cattle Raid
May 6, 2015
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New York Times
Fifty-four people have been killed in Kenya’s north in fighting that the police say was started by a cattle raid, the Kenya Red Cross said…
Colombia: More Land in Colombia Used to Grow Coca, U.S. Says
May 6, 2015
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William Neuman, New York Times
The amount of land in Colombia used to grow coca, the plant that drug traffickers use to make cocaine, increased significantly last year, according to…
Oil, Gold, Etc., Invite Investors, and Yes, Corruption & Inequality
May 5, 2015
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J. Yanqui Zaza
Diamonds, gold, etc., resources needed for prosperity, are in abundance in Liberia, specifically, and in general, in Africa. Investors, invited or not, are in every…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG: Erbil Committed to Oil Export Agreement and Baghdad Should Send the Budget
May 5, 2015
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Shwan Barzinji, Basnews
An official from the Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that the KRG has fulfilled all of…