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Liberia: LEITI Holds Technical Workshop
Dec 1, 2014
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AllAfrica
The Secretariat of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) over the weekend held a one-day technical workshop aimed at enhancing effectiveness in the preparation…
Iraq: Up To 400,000 Barrels Of Iraqi Oil ‘Remains Inactive’ As Kurds, Iraqi Central Government Aim To Solve Payment Issue
Dec 1, 2014
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Angelo Young, International Business Times
The key to a permanent resolution of disputes between Iraq's central government and leaders of its semiautonomous region known as Kurdistan over what to pay…
Myanmar: Searching for Burmese Jade, and Finding Misery/Video Feature: Jade’s Journey Marked by Drugs and Death
Dec 1, 2014
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Dan Levin and Jonah M. Kessel, New York Times
MYITKYINA, Myanmar — At 16, the gem trader’s son set out for the jade mines to seek his fortune in the precious stone that China…
Iraq: Video Feature: Targeting ISIS’ Black-Market Oil Trade
Dec 1, 2014
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Emily B. Hager, New York Times
Along the border between Iraq and Turkey, guards are keeping a watchful eye out for oil smugglers. Oil from the Islamic State’s territories feeds an…
Pipeline Geopolitics: From Syria to Russia via Ukraine
Nov 30, 2014
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Counter Currents
Prior to landing in Ukraine or before I start glossing the western sanction on Russia, it is important to take the readers through the memory…
Iraq: Iraq's Oil Minister Says Islamic State No Longer a Threat to Baghdad's 'Black Gold'
Nov 30, 2014
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Andrew Critchlow, The Telegraph
Iraq’s oil minister believes that the Islamic State no longer poses a significant threat to the country’s vital oil facilities and that the new government…
Iraq: Iraq Says Failing Oil Prices Force Rethink of 2015 Budget
Nov 30, 2014
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Reuters
Falling oil prices have forced Iraq to scrap the draft 2015 budget it planned to present to parliament on Sunday, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi told…
Conflict Minerals/DRC: How a Well-Intentioned U.S. Law Left Congolese Miners Jobless
Nov 30, 2014
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Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post
LUNTUKULU, Congo — When his father could no longer make enough money from the tin mine, when he could no longer pay for school, Bienfait…
Liberia: Justice Banks Denies Harry Greaves' Petition to Stop Oil Block Sale
Nov 30, 2014
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Abednego Davis, AllAfrica
A request to prevent the Liberian government from receiving about US$120million as "signature bonus" from the sale of the four remaining offshore oil blocks LB-6,…
Conflict Minerals: EU Can Save Lives and Boost Profits
Nov 29, 2014
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EU Observer
It’s not always fashionable to talk about Brussels wielding power. To many, the inner workings of the European Union seem far-removed from day-to-day life, and…
South Sudan: South Sudan Limits Dollar Sales as Oil Exports Fall
Nov 28, 2014
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Carl Odera, Reuters
South Sudan has issued new rules banning the trade of dollars in the black market and restricting the sale of hard currency at foreign exchange…
Liberia: President Sirleaf Signs 2014/2015 Budget Into Law - but Veto Line Item Under Additional Revenue Section 3 B (f) of the Budget
Nov 28, 2014
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AllAfrica
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed the 2014/2015 fiscal budget into law, but has vetoed a line item which calls for signature bonus in the…
Iraq: Oil Price Drop After OPEC Decision Is ‘Terrible’: Iraq Minister
Nov 28, 2014
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Nayla Razzouk and Rupert Rowling, Businessweek
The plunge in crude prices after OPEC’s decision to keep its production ceiling unchanged is “terrible,” according to Iraq’s oil minister.
Brent crude, the global benchmark,…
China/South China Sea: Beijing Pushes Offshore Oilfields in the Bohai and South China Seas
Nov 28, 2014
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Want China Times
The General Office of the State Council of China has announced plans to develop nine large oilfields in the Bohai Sea and the South China…
Myanmar: Latpadaung Mine ‘Must Be Halted’ Pending EIA, Says Amnesty
Nov 28, 2014
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Jacob Robinson, Democratic Voice of Burma
Marking two years since Buddhist monks and activists were brutally attacked by riot police at the Latpadaung copper mine site, Amnesty International (AI) has issued…
Iraq: Kirkuk Oil Facilities Damaged in IS Battle
Nov 27, 2014
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Iraq Oil Report
A pipeline to the Baiji refinery was ablaze amidst a barrage of artillery fired by militants of the so-called Islamic State (IS) as they battled…
Sudan: Sudan to Up Gold Production By 64 Tons
Nov 27, 2014
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AllAfrica
Khartoum — On Sunday, Sudan announced a 64-ton increase in gold production this year, up from 34 tons in 2013. This signifies an important advance…
EU: Climate Change and EU Security - When and How they Intersect
Nov 27, 2014
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International Relations and Security Network
The potential security challenges linked with climate change can make for great headlines. While sensationalist claims about water wars, states collapsing in chaos or the…
Going for Congo's Gold
Nov 26, 2014
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Washington Post
Just in time for the holidays, the Enough Project, an advocacy group that has worked for years to stop war crimes in Congo by bringing…
Japan/China/Vietnam: Vietnam, the US, and Japan in the South China Sea
Nov 26, 2014
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The Diplomat
Between May and July 2014, China unilaterally deployed a giant drilling rig in waters claimed by Vietnam as its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The move led to…
Liberia: Lawmaker Linked to 'Illegal' Land Sale
Nov 26, 2014
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allAfrica
Margibi County Representative Roland O. Cooper has been linked to illegal sale of land in Duazon, Lower Margibi County
But Representative Cooper has rubbished the allegation,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Future Uncertain for Baghdad-Erbil Oil Cooperation
Nov 25, 2014
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Al-Monitor
On Nov. 13, Iraq’s oil minister, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, and Iraqi Kurdish authorities reached a deal whereby the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will export 150,000 barrels of oil…
Iraq/Kurdistan: First Baghdad Crude Oil Payment Reaches Iraqi Kurdistan
Nov 25, 2014
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Platts
Baghdad has paid the $500 million agreed to in a deal with Iraq's Kurds in an effort to rekindle negotiations over revenues, Kurdistan Regional Government…
Sudan: Taking Root- the Cash Crop Trade in Darfur
Nov 25, 2014
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Sudan Vision Daily
The purpose of the study is to understand the impact of a decade of conflict in Darfur on the trade in some of Darfur’s major…
South Sudan: Abyei Community Seeks Global Recognition of Referendum Result
Nov 25, 2014
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allAfrica
Community leaders from the oil-contested region of Abyei say they are determined to push ahead with a campaign seeking regional and international recognition of the…
China/South China Sea: Beijing Defends Land Reclamation in South China Sea
Nov 25, 2014
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China Post
Defying a U.S. call to halt the project, China defended its land reclamation in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday,…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Jade Curse
Nov 25, 2014
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Al-Jazeera
Gold is valuable but jade is priceless, so goes a Chinese saying. For centuries, the Chinese consider jade an imperial stone with mystical properties. Today…
Myanmar: Land Consultations Too Short, CSOs Warn
Nov 25, 2014
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Myanmar Times
They have urged the government to conduct wider public consultations before finalising the policy, which some have criticised as being too pro-business.
However, they have also…
London: Projects Manager on Environment, Climate Change and Security
Nov 24, 2014
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International Alert, Peace and Collaborative Development Network
We are looking for a Projects Manager to cover maternity leave in our Environment, Climate Change and Security (ECCS) strand in Alert’s Peacebuilding Issues Programme (PIP). You will…
New York: Consultant for New Deal Implementation Support
Nov 24, 2014
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UNDP, Peace and Collaborative Development Network
The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS) began in 2009 after the 3rd High Level Forum in Accra that provided the mandate. It brings…