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Kenya: Ngilu Now Accuses Cord of Land Grabbing
Oct 18, 2014
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Felix Olic and Enos Teche, The Star
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu has lashed out at Cord for linking top government officials to the Sh8 billion Karen land-grab scandal, terming the politicians…
Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta to Spare No One in Karen Land Saga
Oct 18, 2014
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Augustine Oduor and Cyrus Ombati, Standard Digital
NAIROBI, KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday added his voice to the controversial Karen land saying anyone found responsible for fraud will not be spared.
In…
Liberia: Land Conflict Looms in Breafbasket - Lofa County
Oct 18, 2014
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Citizens of Quardu Gboni District, Front Page Africa
Monrovia – Lofa County in the north of Liberia is considered one of the counties that grows a huge quantity of food because of its…
What's on Deck in Libya: An Oil Rich Nation Nearing Anarchy
Oct 17, 2014
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Site Intel Group
As the world focuses most of its attention on the Middle East, most specifically on Syria and Iraq, another nation in the region is also…
South Sudan: Oil Leaks Cause Pollution Fears
Oct 17, 2014
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Star Africa
Oil leaks from damaged pipelines due to the protracted conflict in South Sudan have caused widespread fears of environmental pollution in the country.
George Gatloi…
Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, Foreign Investment is a Fancy Word for Stealing Land
Oct 17, 2014
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Daniel A. Medina, Quartz
It’s been called by some to be a new form of colonialism. Others say it is outright theft.Since 2000, over 37 million hectares of land, mainly in…
Cambodia: Lawyer Files Complaint at International Court Over Land Grabs
Oct 17, 2014
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Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
WASHINGTON DC — A British lawyer has filed new documents against senior Cambodian officials at the International Criminal Court, accusing them of systematic land grabs…
Myanmar: Hunting for Myanmar's Hidden Treasure
Oct 17, 2014
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Al Jazeera
Ramree Island, Myanmar - Zaw Myint looked quizzical as he sniffed a handful of grey sludge. He had just pulled the mud up from the bottom…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Open More Oil Exploration Blocks to Investors
Oct 17, 2014
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Channel News Asia
YANGON: Myanmar is further opening its oil and gas sector to international investors. It will release another 15 oil exploration blocks by the end of…
Taiwan/South China Sea: Taiwan Considers Permanent Armed Ships For Disputed South China Sea Island
Oct 16, 2014
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Michael Gold, Reuters
Taiwan is considering stationing armed vessels permanently on a disputed South China Sea island, officials said, a move bound to renew friction in a region…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Lifts Crude from Kirkuk Field to Kurdistan Refinery
Oct 16, 2014
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Patrick Osgood, Kamaran al-Najar, and Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has started lifting large volumes of crude from a Kirkuk oil field, a bold step likely to exacerbate their dispute…
The Kurds, Islamic State and the New Iraq War
Oct 16, 2014
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Reese Erlich, Austalia Broadcasting Corporation
Fauzi Ali fights back tears as she explained how she and her extended Yazidi family fled over dangerous mountain terrain and into the Kurdish region…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil Exports Surge Despite Security Concerns
Oct 16, 2014
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Alexander Whitcomb, Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region is ramping up its oil exports to Turkey despite the regional security crisis, according to Turkish officials.
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Liberia: ArcelorMittal Conducts Livelihood Program in Nimba
Oct 16, 2014
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AllAfrica
ArcelorMittal Liberia's Livelihood Program for affected persons from around Mt. Tokadeh footprint in Nimba County continues despite the Ebola here, with Land Access, Livelihood Restoration,…
Myanmar: 9 Jailed for Farming Confiscated Land in Mon State
Oct 16, 2014
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May Sitt Paing, The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Nine farmers were each sentenced to seven years in prison for working on lands they say were unlawfully seized by the military in…
What Do Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine Have in Common?
Oct 15, 2014
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The Christian Science Monitor
I've been advancing a thesis for several months with friends that World War III is now underway. It's just that it's not the war we…
Is Burma the New Cambodia?
Oct 15, 2014
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Corporate Knights
In 1996, a photograph began circulating among the foreign press in Phnom Penh. Sam Rainsy, Cambodia’s liberal opposition leader, was pictured sitting with Nobel laureate…
Myanmar: Ahead of Myanmar Trip, Obama Urged to Demand Extractives Transparency
Oct 15, 2014
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Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers here are urging President Barack Obama to put transparency in the extractives sector at the centre of an upcoming trip to Myanmar.
While…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Problems Persist for Oil Companies in Kurdish Iraq
Oct 15, 2014
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Anthony McAuley, The National
DNO, the Norwegian oil exploration company, said on Wednesday that it faces continued delays to plans to ramp up production at its Tawke oilfield in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: How A Dispute Over Tanker United Leadership Explains The Role Of Oil In The Fight Against ISIS
Oct 15, 2014
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Erin Banco, International Business Times
A ship filled with Kurdish oil that departed from Turkey recently, and stopped abruptly in the waters just south of Cyprus, may help explain a key…
Mozambique: Mozambique Heads to Polls Amid Claims of Chinese Landgrabs – In Pictures
Oct 15, 2014
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Sara Assarsson, The Guardian
Mozambique is holding elections on Wednesday, with the ruling Frelimo party, in power since independence in 1975, facing a testing time at the polls from…
Myanmar: Plaintiff Fails to Show Up at the Second Court Hearing of Land-Grabbing Case
Oct 15, 2014
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Eleven Myanmar
The commander of No 360 Field Artillery Regiment failed to show up for the second court hearing at Loikaw District Court on October 14, as…
Conflict Minerals: The Phone Co-Op Offers UK's First Ethical Smartphone
Oct 15, 2014
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The Guardian
The Fairphone, the first smartphone to be marketed as being free of “conflict minerals”, has arrived in the UK this week, after the Phone Co-op…
South Sudan: Program Manager
Oct 14, 2014
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United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
The Program Manager plays an important role in the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) South Sudan's field management structure. UMCOR’s program areas in South Sudanfocuses primarily…
Nigeria: Community Conservation Manager
Oct 14, 2014
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CERCOPAN
The Centre for Education, Research and Conservation of Primates and Nature (CERCOPAN) is a UK-registered Charity (Reg. No. 1116955) with operations in Cross River State,…
Afghanistan: Consultant - Jogi Study
Oct 14, 2014
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People in Need
Very little is known about the Jogi community in Afghanistan. While not an ethnic group per se, they are considered to be part of the…
Interview on the Front Lines: Congolese Researcher Murairi Speaks on Dodd-Frank, Conflict Minerals
Oct 14, 2014
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Enough Project
Bisie is a remote town in the Walikale district in eastern DR Congo. It has lucrative deposits of tin (cassiterite), along with coltan, diamond, uranium,…
North Africa: Companies Abandon Ambitious Desert Solar Project
Oct 14, 2014
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Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — It sounded like a good idea: build massive solar energy plants in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East to…
Iraq/Syria: IEA: ISIS Oil Production Reduced by Air Strikes
Oct 14, 2014
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Sam Wilkin, Reuters
U.S.-led air strikes have significantly reduced Islamic State of Syria and Iraq’s ISIS) ability to produce, smuggle and refine oil, the International Energy Agency said…
Iraq/Kurdistan: World Oil Slump Limits Appetite for Kurdish Crude
Oct 14, 2014
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Sharmila Devi, Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A slump in the world price of oil is adding to the woes of the Kurdistan Regional Government, where the fight…