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Israel/Palestine: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinator

Oct 29, 2024 | Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger (AAH) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational and non-profit making organization working in the Palestinian Territory since 2002. Action Against Hunger is…

Ukraine: WASH & Shelter/NFI Manager

Oct 29, 2024 | Polish Humanitarian Action

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is an international non-governmental organization which since 1992 has been providing humanitarian and development help worldwide. So far, the interventions have…

CAR: Wash Manager

Oct 29, 2024 | Oxfam Intermón

Oxfam est un mouvement citoyen mondial qui vise à mettre fin à l'injustice de la pauvreté. Cela signifie que nous luttons contre les inégalités qui…

Libya: Call for Expression of Interest for Strengthening the Southern Neighbourhood Green Business Ecosystem in Libya

Oct 29, 2024 | Spark

SPARK is a Netherlands-based INGO with projects that open pathways for young people, particularly women and refugees, to study, work and grow their own businesses…

Jordan: MMPTF Climate Change Project Consultant

Oct 29, 2024 | International Organization for Migration

Jordan, like many countries in the region, faces significant vulnerabilities to climate change, compounded by its arid climate, reliance on limited natural resources, and competing…

Somalia: Development of Programs on Livestock Production, Husbandry and Climate Smart Crop Production

Oct 29, 2024 | World Vision

World Vision Somalia is a humanitarian organization operating in the country since 1993. Its mission is to support vulnerable children and communities to enhance their…

Myanmar: Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Manager

Oct 29, 2024 | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs).…

Lebanon: Deputy Country Director Support (H/F)

Oct 29, 2024 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…

Myanmar: Project Manager (m/f/d) DRR and Anticipation

Oct 29, 2024 | German Red Cross

The German Red Cross (GRC) is part of a worldwide community assisting victims of conflicts and disasters and people affected by social or health related…

Somalia: National Project Officer (Energy Engineer)

Oct 29, 2024 | Committed To Good

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.…

Tell it to SunStar: Women and peace in security

Oct 28, 2024 | Enrique Manalo

The Philippines is pleased to host an International Conference on Women, Peace and Security this week, gathering representatives from over 80 countries and our national…

Peace with Nature

Oct 28, 2024 | René Wadlow

The conference of the governments that have signed the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversityare meeting from 21 Oct to 1 Nov 2024 in Cali, Colombia with…

Afghanistan: Taliban’s Minister of Energy Asks Chinese Firm to Accelerate Aynak Mine Extraction Process

Oct 26, 2024 | Afghanistan International

The Taliban's Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansour during a meeting with officials of the Mes Aynak Contracting Company (MCC) asked them to…

Afghanistan: Chinese Firm Cites Power Shortages as Major Obstacle for Afghanistan’s Aynak Copper Mine Project

Oct 26, 2024 | Amu TV

The Taliban-led Ministry of Energy and Water reported that the Chinese company Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) has identified a lack of reliable electricity as…

'There is Nothing More Queer than Nature' - Brigitte Baptiste on Biodiversity, Sexuality, and Healthy Irony

Oct 25, 2024 | Brigitte Baptiste
Emily Hart: Reporting from Colombia

With the COP16 biodiversity conference now in full flow in Cali, I wanted to share this brief interview with the inimitable Brigitte Baptiste: renowned biologist,…

Chad/Cameroon/Niger/Nigeria: Conflict, Climate, Hunger and Resilience in the Spotlight at Lake Chad Basin Conference

Oct 25, 2024 | World Food Programme

Climate change and conflict have destroyed fishing and farming livelihoods communities long depended on, and displaced millions. The situation will only get worse, WFP and…

Liberia: Land Rights Group Urges Swift Action on Land Crisis

Oct 25, 2024 | Claudius T. Greene Jr, Observer

The Southeast Regional Network of Community Land Development Management Committees (SRNCLDMC) has issued an urgent call to the Liberian Government through the Liberia Land Authority…

New UN Push to Ensure Women’s Equal Participation Peace

Oct 24, 2024 | Vibhu Mishra

Announcing the Pledge at a Security Council open debate on women, peace and security, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed emphasized that women’s rights are being eroded while they are…

Climate Change, Conflict and Fragility: A Recipe for Disasters

Oct 24, 2024 | Manisha Gulati, Yue Cao, Amir Khouzam, and Mauricio Vazquez

What is common to Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen? Besides being classified as fragile and conflict-affected situations, they are…

Afghanistan: Planting Seeds, Growing Hope: How FAO Transforms Afghan Agriculture

Oct 24, 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Tahir, with 30 years of farming experience and 4 jeribs (0.8 hectares) of land, was struggling. But his fortune changed when he became a beneficiary…

DRC: Rwandan-backed M23 Rebel Group Seeks Local Power in DRC, Not Just Control over Mining Operations

Oct 24, 2024 | Ken Matthysen and Peer Schouten, Conversation

The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining…

'No Woman's Land' Documents Battle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Oct 23, 2024 | Stuart Norval

The lives of women living in Afghanistan under the strict regime of the Taliban have been captured in a new photography exhibition. The project, entitled…

Demilitarizing Environmental Protection Will Benefit Colombia’s Biodiversity

Oct 23, 2024 | Caroline Delgado and Tatjana Edle von Peter

The peace process in Colombia has transformed the country’s security landscape. With the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), once…

Colombia: COP16: Food Security, Land Rights and Risk for Conflict in Latin America

Oct 23, 2024 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and its partner, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) Colombia Office with support from the Swedish International Agriculture Network…

Russia: Why Do Russian Oil Bosses Keep Dying?

Oct 23, 2024 | Harriet Marsden, The Week

Another prominent Russian businessman has died under mysterious circumstances after apparently falling out of a window, the latest in a string of similar unexpected deaths…

Liberia: CARI Timber Trafficking Case Moves to Trial

Oct 23, 2024 | FrontPage Africa

A Bong County court said it will hear the case against four suspected timber smugglers who operated at the Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI).

Myanmar: Armed Group Says It Takes Control of Myanmar Rare Earth Mining Hub

Oct 23, 2024 | Shoon Naing and Mai Nguyen, Reuters

An armed group fighting Myanmar's ruling military said it has taken control of a mining hub that is a major supplier of rare earth oxides…

Breaking barriers in Mshewe: How Zinduka Women are Transforming Agriculture and Empowering Communities

Oct 22, 2024 | Maria Monayo

In the sleepy village of Mshewe in Tanzania’s Mbeya District, a group of women is quietly revolutionizing their community through a powerful blend of agricultural entrepreneurship and social…

Iran Presses for Helmand River Water Rights amid Ongoing Dispute with Taliban

Oct 22, 2024 | Amu TV

Iran is actively pursuing its water rights from the Helmand River under Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, according to Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry. In a…

Colombia: Fight for Survival as Environmental Defenders Targeted in Colombia

Oct 22, 2024 | LatinAmerican Post

Since 2016, 248 environmental defenders have been murdered in Colombia, with the vast majority being Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and rural community leaders. These activists face extreme…