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South China Sea: Fishing Vessels in China Serve as Proxy Enforcers

Aug 17, 2014 | Wendel Minnick, Defense News

TAIPEI — China’s use of swarming tactics with fishing vessels to project and protect Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea appears unstoppable, experts…


Myanmar: U.S. Waives Sanctions on Myanmar Timber

Aug 16, 2014 | Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 2014 (IPS) - Civil society groups are split over a decision by the U.S. government to waive sanctions on Myanmar’s timber sector…


Iraq: U.S. Said to Carry Out Airstrikes in North Iraq

Aug 16, 2014 | Zaid Sabah, Gopal Ratnam and Khalid Al-Ansary, Bloomberg Businessweek

The U.S. carried out airstrikes today on Islamic State targets in northern Iraq to protect Yezidis and prevent damage to a critical dam, according to…


Angola: Mine Action Quality Assurance Manager

Aug 15, 2014 | DanChurchAid

DCA is operating in the Moxico Province in Eastern Angola, which was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting during the civil war and…


Sudan: WASH Project Manager

Aug 15, 2014 | Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI)

COOPI is seeking to recruit a Project Manager experienced in WASH sector.

Project: ECHO Water Emergency Intervention North Darfur State, Republic of Sudan

Foreseen Results

Project activities accomplished…


Myanmar: Project Development Advisor

Aug 15, 2014 | CARE Australia

CARE International in Myanmar is looking to fill the position of Project Development Advisor for the Strengthening Competitiveness of Smallholder Rubber Farmers Program that will…


Environmental Peacebuilding: Constructing a More Durable Peace

Aug 15, 2014 | Alliance for Peacebuilding

Natural resources are one of a country’s most critical assets for peacebuilding and post-conflict recovery. Land, forests, minerals, oil, water, and other resources are the…


South Sudan: Exxon Ends Oil Search With Total in South Sudan as War Rages

Aug 15, 2014 | Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), the U.S.’s largest oil company, ended exploration plans with Total SA (FP) in South Sudan, Total and the government said, a…


Liberia: Grow but Cherish Your Environment

Aug 15, 2014 | The Economist

For half a century, Indonesia and Malaysia have accounted for the vast majority of the world’s exports of palm oil. But now investors are flocking…


Iraq: Islamic State Seizes Control of Iraq's Oil, Wheat

Aug 15, 2014 | Albawaba News

ISIS terrorists are currently in control of seven oil fields in Iraq and large amounts of the country’s wheat supplies.

Iraqi officials said on Wednesday that…


China/Vietnam: Is Vietnam Spinning Out of China’s Orbit?

Aug 15, 2014 | Foreign Policy Association

Beijing’s formidable display of aggression this year is backfiring, as its neighbors scramble to beef up their military capabilities and forge defensive alliances both within…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan's Largest Producing Oilfield Working to Boost Output

Aug 15, 2014 | Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters Africa

TAQ TAQ OILFIELD, Iraq Aug 15 (Reuters) - Oil production at Iraqi Kurdistan's largest producing oil field is planned to rise by at least 16,500…


Kurdistan: Exclusive: Iraqi Kurds Sell Third Major Oil Cargo, Fourth Heads to Croatia

Aug 15, 2014 | Julia Payne and David Sheppard, Reuters

(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has delivered its third major cargo of crude oil out of a Turkish port and a fourth is sailing to Croatia,…


Kurdish Oil Ban: What it Means

Aug 14, 2014 | Wealth Daily

Divide and conquer – the most effective tactic of any insurrection – seems to be giving the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) all…


Kenya: WASH Project Coordinator

Aug 14, 2014 | United Nations (UN)

Main purpose of the position is to ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the WASH Public Health Engineering and Public Health Promotion activities in…


Thailand: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Expert

Aug 14, 2014 | Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

The Asian Institute of Technology, an intergovernmental and international institute, promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education, research and…


South Sudan: Food Security Officer

Aug 14, 2014 | Oxfam Intermón

Reporting hierarchically to the Field Manager and functionally to the Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator, will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of project activities…


Afghanistan: WASH Program Manager

Aug 14, 2014 | Solidarités International

The WASH program manager is responsible for implementing and achieving the objectives defined in the operation proposals.

She/He is responsible for overseeing operational teams assigned to…


Somalia: Regional Focal Point

Aug 14, 2014 | Somalia NGO Consortium

The NRC South Sudan programme was recently incorporated into the region. Prioritised activities focus on shelter and infrastructure construction; water, hygiene and sanitation; emergency education…


Myanmar: Livelihood Coordinator

Aug 14, 2014 | ActionAid

The SIRP Partnership implement a range of activities in 90 targeted villages across the three states to achieve the following specific objective: “Conflict affected uprooted…


DRC: Country Director

Aug 14, 2014 | Norwegian Refugee Council

The DRC operation runs a holistic programme response to populations affected by conflict and displacement in North and South Kivu provinces. Our primary areas of…


Myanmar: Sagaing Division Farmers Stage Protest Against Trial, Land-Grabs

Aug 14, 2014 | The Irrawaddy

About 1,000 farmers in Sagaing Division’s Kantbalu Township staged a protest on Wednesday to demand back confiscated lands and ask for the release of dozens…


Myanmar: Kantbalu Farmers Protest Against Land-Grabs

Aug 14, 2014 | Eleven

About 1,000 farmers in Kantbalu Township, Shwebo District of Sagaing Region on August 13 staged a protest to ask for the return of confiscated lands…


South China Sea: China-US Tensions Heat Up Over Disputed Sea

Aug 14, 2014 | Voice of America

Chinese state media accuse the United States of inflaming tensions in the South China Sea as Secretary of State John Kerry wraps up his trip…


Iraq/Kurdistan: International Oil Producers Halt Northern Iraq Operations

Aug 14, 2014 | Turkish Weekly

In a story on the suspension of oil production by a number of international companies operating in Iraq's north, the Anadolu Agency erroneously reported that…


India: There Will be Water Wars Soon: HC on Depleting Water Level in Delhi

Aug 14, 2014 | The Economic Times

The Delhi High Court today said there would be "water wars" soon given the rate water sources is depleting and asked the city government whether…


Liberia: Sime Darby Slows Liberia Operations Due to Ebola Virus

Aug 14, 2014 | Bloomberg

Sime Darby Bhd (SIME), the world’s biggest listed palm oil producer, said it’s slowing production in Liberia because of the Ebola virus.

The Kuala Lumpur-based company,…


Liberia: Sifca Says Exports of Rubber From Liberia Halted on Ebola

Aug 14, 2014 | Bloomberg

Sifca Group, an Ivory Coast agribusiness company, said its exports of rubber from Liberia have been halted as a result of the closing of land…


Iraq: Iraq Crisis: West’s ‘Mandate’ Limited by National Borders – and Don’t Dare Mention Oil

Aug 14, 2014 | The Independent

In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last…


Global: Global Conflicts Cause concern in Markets, Commodities

Aug 14, 2014 | Nwi Times

Headlines across the world have been filled with news of violence and intensifying conflicts in the Gaza strip, the Ukraine and Russia, and Iraq.

The largely…