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Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad Says Ready to Help Repair Kurdistan’s Key Gas Field Following Attack
Nov 27, 2025
Rudaw
The federal oil ministry is ready to help the Kurdistan Region’s authorities to repair damages at a key gas field following a drone attack, said…
Climate Change: CGIAR Climate Security Team Pilots a New Research Approach for the Development of Nature-Based Solutions in Fragile Settings
Nov 27, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Responding to complex crises requires new systemic research approaches that help identify entry points for programmes that can simultaneously address risks of different nature while…
Climate Change: AfDB Scales Climate Investment to Address Security Threats
Nov 27, 2025
News Ghana
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is intensifying investments to tackle the intersection of climate change and security risks across Africa, where nine of the world’s…
Cultivating Women’s Leadership for Resilient Agrifood Systems
Nov 26, 2025
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Sabrina Trautman
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
Women’s representation and leadership have long been recognized as drivers of more inclusive, equitable, and resilient food systems. Yet, too often, leadership is confused with…
How the Nile Water Dispute Threatens Counter-Terrorism Efforts
Nov 26, 2025
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Daniel Swift and Susan Soh
The Horn of Africa is a volatile geopolitical crossroads where water rights, energy ambitions, military operations, and port access converge—with direct implications for US national…
Afghanistan: Hope Flows: Clean Water Transforms Lives in Helmand Province
Nov 26, 2025
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
To address this critical need, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the generous support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), implemented the construction of…
Liberia: SDI Trains Customary Land and Forest Governance Bodies in Maryland, River Cess and River Gee
Nov 26, 2025
FrontPage Africa
The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) through its Community Land Protection Program (CLPP) is conducting a two-week long capacity building training for 103 chairpersons, co-chairpersons, secretaries,…
Conflict Minerals: Kimberley Process Conflict Diamond Redefinition Fails to Reach Dubai Consensus
Nov 26, 2025
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Muflih Hidayat
Discovery Alert
Global commodity markets increasingly confront governance challenges that transcend traditional regulatory frameworks. The diamond industry exemplifies this tension, where certification systems developed decades ago struggle…
DRC: US Group Sues Apple over Congo Conflict Minerals
Nov 26, 2025
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Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis
Reuters
A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic…
Event Summary: Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2025 (BCSC 2025)
Nov 26, 2025
Climate Diplomacy
The seventh Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) 2025 explored how to navigate climate, conflict, and cooperation in a turbulent era, highlighting the urgency of…
Iraq: Drone Strike Shuts Down Iraq's Khor Mor Gasfield, Causing Widespread Blackouts
Nov 26, 2025
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Aveen Karim
The National
A drone strike hit the major Khor Mor gasfield in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on Wednesday night, halting all supplies to power stations and…
Sudan/South Sudan: UN Renews Peacekeeping Mandate in Abyei as Border Tensions Rise
Nov 26, 2025
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Jenna Stanco
Organization for World Peace
The United Nations Security Council voted on November 14 to renew the mandate of the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another year,…
How Climate and Gender Shape Peace and Security: From Mandates to Meaningful Change
Nov 25, 2025
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UN Climate Security Mechanism
UN Climate Security Mechanism
October 2025 marked twenty-five years since the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Amid rising polarization, escalating conflicts, and the intensifying…
Liberia: Investigation Reveals Top Chocolate Brands Fueling Liberian Deforestation Crisis
Nov 25, 2025
Global Witness
Some of the world’s most famous chocolate bars, including Mars, KitKat and Cadbury Dairy Milk, are at high risk of containing cocoa grown on recently…
Ethiopia: Field Coordinator - Tigray
Nov 25, 2025
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…
Afghanistan: Nutrition and Health Expert
Nov 25, 2025
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Action contre la Faim France
Created in 1979, Action contre la Faim is a non-governmental organization that fights against hunger. Its charter of humanitarian principals- independence, neutrality, non-discrimination, free and…
DRC: Logistics Manager
Nov 25, 2025
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Action contre la Faim France
Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes…
Madagascar: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Lead
Nov 25, 2025
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SEED Madagascar
SEED Madagascar is a British Charity working in partnership with communities in southeast Madagascar. SEED integrates high quality community health, rural livelihoods, education infrastructure, water,…
South Sudan: Strengthening Resilience in Agriculture, Livelihoods and Markets Phase II (STREAM II)
Nov 25, 2025
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps has been operating in South Sudan since 2005. Since the country’s independence in 2011, Mercy Corps has remained committed to addressing urgent humanitarian…
Madagascar: Programme Officer - Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
Nov 25, 2025
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SEED Madagascar
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated development professional with 1-3 years’ experience to contribute to impactful agricultural and livelihoods work in one of…
USA: Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellowship 2026-2027
Nov 25, 2025
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University of Notre Dame: Keough School of Global Affairs
Each year, the Kroc Institute's Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester…
Iraq: Iraq Bets on Tourism to Reduce Oil Dependence
Nov 25, 2025
Xinhua
Iraq aims to raise cultural tourism revenue to 30 percent of its state budget to diversify an economy that currently relies on oil for 95…
Rwanda: Women at the Heart of TREPA’s Land Restoration in Rwanda’s Eastern Province
Nov 24, 2025
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Jean Claude Habimana
IUCN
In Rwanda’s Eastern Province, women and girls were limited to contributing to landscape restoration and environmental conservation, while men often took on roles such as…
DRC: Chinese-Owned Mining Firm Reports M23 Gold Looting, Forced Expulsions and Infrastructure Destruction in South Kivu
Nov 24, 2025
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Twangiza Mining said Monday that M23 rebels occupying its gold concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo have looted at least 500 kilogrammes of bullion…
Afghanistan: UNICEF: Prolonged Drought Depriving Families and Children of Safe Drinking Water
Nov 23, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that Afghanistan’s prolonged drought could deprive countless families and children of access to safe drinking water.
South Sudan: From Silence to Strength: Women Leaders Speak Out in South Sudan
Nov 22, 2025
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Amber Christino
UN News
She knows what it’s like to be silenced.
Born into a family that didn’t believe in educating girls, she had to stay home while her brothers…
Climate Change: Translating Climate, Peace, Security and Displacement Research into Policy and Action
Nov 21, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Three years ago, the CGIAR Climate Security team of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT established the Southern Africa Regional Hub, based in Pretoria,…
Echoes in the Current: Water, Conflict, and the Elusive Hope for Environmental Peacebuilding in a Warming World
Nov 20, 2025
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Florian Krampe
A warming climate disrupts the global water cycle with an intensity that alters the very predictability of life. Climate change makes the availability of freshwater…
COP30 and the Climate-Security Paradox: Strategic Competition, Fragile States, and the Erosion of Collective Security
Nov 20, 2025
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The Soufan Center
The 30th United Nations climate conference (COP30) concludes tomorrow in Belém, Brazil, against a backdrop of increased global competition surrounding critical minerals, mounting climate-linked instability,…
Sudan: Contested Corridors: The Illicit Transnational Supply Chains Sustaining Sudan’s Conflict
Nov 20, 2025
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Ruben De Koning
Global Initiative
In late October 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization fighting for control of Sudan, captured the city of El Fasher, in Darfur,…