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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…


Liberia: Liberia Offers New Acreage Despite No Update on Oil Legislation

Aug 14, 2014 | Platts

Liberia has offered four exploration blocks for licensing despite previous assurances that they would first put in place petroleum legislation.

State-owned NOCAL on its website said…


Liberia: Liberia's National Oil Company Denies Selling Oil Blocks

Aug 14, 2014 | All Africa

The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) says oil blocks that are now out for international competitive bidding, are neither being sold nor auctioned contrary…


Conflict Minerals: How Monitoring Smelters is Key to Curbing Conflict Minerals

Aug 14, 2014 | Web Africa

Technology hardware, software and services provider HP says it is keeping a close watch on smelters and refiners in a bid to reach the company’s…


DRC: Eastern Congo Slowly Producing More Conflict-Free Minerals Report

Aug 14, 2014 | Thomas Reuters Foundation

The number of mines certified as producing “conflict-free” minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is slowly increasing, though challenges remain in cutting off this…


Bangladesh: Land Grabbing Drives Lawlessness and Deaths in Bangladesh

Aug 14, 2014 | UCA News

In separate incidents last week, a tribal Santal man was murdered, and an Oraon woman was gang raped by Muslim men in northern Bangladesh. A…


Nigeria: Awka Youths, Elders Square Up Against Anambra Government Over Land Grabbing

Aug 14, 2014 | Daily Post

Youths and elders of Ezinano community in Awka, Anambra State have drawn a battle line with state government over what they termed “unlawful acquisition of…


Myanmar: Corrupt “Land Grabs” Imperil Democracy in Burma

Aug 14, 2014 | Thomas Reuters Foundation

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to own property [and] no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of…


Iraq: Militants Hold Seven Iraq Oil Fields After Syria Blitz, IEA Says

Aug 14, 2014 | Bloomberg

Islamic State fighters have captured seven oil fields in Iraq with a total output capacity of 80,000 barrels a day, adding to energy deposits they…


Myanmar: Kanbalu Farmers Demand Release of 57 Jailed ‘Plough Protestors’

Aug 14, 2014 | DVB

Some 1,500 farmers rallied for the release of 57 jailed land rights activists in central Burma’s Sagaing Division on Wednesday.

The demonstrators, who received permission from…


Myanmar: Drug Control Efforts Go Local in Myanmar’s Kachin State

Aug 14, 2014 | IRIN

Myanmar's northern Kachin State, renowned for its heroin production, is changing tack in its efforts to curb rampant drug use and cultivation: In addition to…


Kurdistan: Turkey Has Called on US to Lift Kurdish Oil Ban

Aug 14, 2014 | Financial Times

LONDON - Turkey has called on the US to lift obstacles to the sale of oil by Iraq’s cash-strapped Kurds to help in their war…


Rwanda: Consultant for an Environmental Audit of ESIRU Project

Aug 13, 2014 | Welthungerhilfe

Welthungerhilfe (Former German Agro Action) is looking for a consultant / firm to carry out an Environmental Audit (EA) for the ESIRU Project (Marshlands development…