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Afghanistan: OCHA: 8,000 People Gain Access to Safe Drinking Water in Three Provinces
Oct 22, 2026
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Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that 8,000 people in parts of Badakhshan, Baghlan and Takhar provinces have…
CAR: NCF Statement to the UN on Conflict Minerals in the Central African Republic
Oct 22, 2026
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Manisha Shrivastava
Next Century Foundation
Next Century Foundation’s Research Officer Manisha Shrivastava addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in person on conflict minerals and accountability in the Central African…
First Edition of Climate Security Talk: What Can We Control Ourselves in Terms of Critical Raw Materials?
Oct 22, 2026
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Kevin Rossi and Sina Khoshsima
The first Climate Security Talk at TU Delft | Campus The Hague focused on critical materials, circularity, and Europe's industrial resilience.
Equal by Law, Left Out in Practice: Why Kosovo’s Women Still Lose Property
Oct 21, 2026
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Prishtina Insight
Kosovo law makes clear that women and men inherit equally, yet in many cases, only men inherit, while women are still cut out.
This inequality still…
Afghanistan: Mining Control, Factional Rivalries Continue to Fuel Unrest in Northern Afghanistan
Oct 21, 2026
Associated Press of Pakistan
Unresolved internal disputes over mining control, revenue distribution, and local rights are driving ongoing violence and unrest in northern Afghanistan, according to a comprehensive report…
Climate Change: World-First Taskforce to Protect Communities from Climate Change
Oct 21, 2026
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Katie White OBE MP, and Baroness Twycross
Communities across the UK will be better protected against the growing threats of climate change, as the world’s first Climate and Nature Security Taskforce met…
Sudan/South Sudan: Drone Strike on a Market in Disputed African Region of Abyei Kills at Least 153
Oct 20, 2026
Associated Press
A drone strike on a market in Abyei, a border region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, hit a nearby fuel depot, killing at least…
Afghanistan: Man Killed in Land Dispute in Afghanistan’s Logar Province
Oct 20, 2026
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Nazanin Mohseni
KabulNow
A man has been killed and his father injured in a land dispute involving family members in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Afghanistan’s Logar province, local…
Palestine: Gaza Faces Food Security Crisis as Aid Reductions Deepen
Oct 20, 2026
Global Arab Network Editorial Team
A humanitarian crisis is intensifying in the Gaza Strip as nearly half a million people face the loss of essential food assistance. The World Food…
From TAPI to CASA-1000: How Can Afghanistan Benefit from Energy Corridors?
Oct 19, 2026
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Kamran Yeganegi
For Afghan consumers, the practical questions concern supply: who will receive the gas, at what price, and through which distribution network? These questions deserve as…
Ethiopia: A Look at How Ethiopia’s Wars, Sea Ambitions and Nile Dam Fuel Fears of Wider Conflict
Oct 19, 2026
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Khaled Kazziha
Associated Press
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for making peace with neighboring Eritrea. A year later, their armies joined forces…
Myanmar: Residents Concerned as KNA Measures Land in Myanmar’s Karen State Without Prior Notice
Oct 19, 2026
Karen News
Residents across Nabu Township in Myanmar’s Karen State are expressing deep anxiety after the Karen National Army (KNA) surveyed and measured their agricultural land without…
Sudan: Sudan’s Famine Risk Worsened by Conflict, Drought and Funding Shortages, Report Says
Oct 19, 2026
Associated Press
Conflict and drought are worsening food insecurity across parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions, a global food crisis monitor warned on Monday.
Who Holds the Valve? Water, War and the Price of Peace
Oct 18, 2026
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Kator Ifyalem
Water now sits at the centre of African security politics. The pressure comes from three directions at once, dams being built faster than agreements are…
Pezeshkian Calls Environmental Destruction Caused by Regional Wars 'Ecocide'
Oct 17, 2026
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Middle East Eye
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has called the destruction of ecosystems caused by the "wars of aggression" an act of "ecocide", urging the international community to…
Nature, Peace and Security at COP17
Oct 17, 2026
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Doug Weir
The 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) is the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) current plan to halt and reverse the collapse of global biodiversity…
DRC: War and Minerals: Erik Prince and Paramilitaries in DR Congo
Oct 16, 2026
Agence France-Presse
US businessman Erik Prince and his mercenaries have emerged as key players in the war-stricken Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), fighting for its government as…
Iran: Iran’s Pezeshkian Denounces War-Driven ‘Ecocide’ at UN Biodiversity Summit
Oct 16, 2026
The Climate Watch
Iranian president says countries facing sanctions and military aggression should not bear environmental costs alone, calls for stronger global accountability and protection of nature during…
We Will Not Keep Quiet on Land Ownership Rights — Women Activists
Oct 15, 2026
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Ibrahim Ruhweza (New Vision)
Women's rights activists have vowed to intensify their campaign for women's land ownership and inheritance rights, saying they will not remain silent while cultural practices and…
Food Warfare Is on the Rise as a Conflict Strategy
Oct 15, 2026
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Down To Earth
Use of food as a weapon, in both Ukraine-Russia and West Asia wars, will only threaten global food security and exacerbate hunger crises.
Liberia: Rural Women's Land Rights Take Center Stage at Liberia Forum
Oct 15, 2026
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Emery Watson
Observer
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has opened a three-day national celebration and action forum for rural women in Buchanan, putting land rights…
Afghanistan/Saudi Arabia: Taliban Invites Saudi Arabia to Explore Renewable Energy Investment in Afghanistan
Oct 15, 2026
Afghanistan International
The Taliban’s water and energy minister has discussed solar and wind power cooperation with a Saudi energy official. The Taliban says a Saudi technical delegation…
Afghanistan: UN: 38% of Afghanistan’s Population to Face Food Insecurity This Winter
Oct 15, 2026
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Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have warned that 19.2 million people in Afghanistan are…
Qosh Tepa Canal: Afghanistan’s Water Rights in the Shadow of the Aral Sea Disaster
Oct 14, 2026
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Shahid Sohail
The Qosh Tepa Canal, under construction in northern Afghanistan, is more than an irrigation project. It is a test of Central Asia’s ability to manage…
India: Water Wars Erupt in Telangana, Farmers Fight Pitched Battles
Oct 14, 2026
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Balu Pulipaka
Deccan Chronicle
Desperate farmers in Telangana, trying to save their standing crops, have begun attacking each other, as well as taking extreme measures of “sealing” irrigation canals…
Sudan: Roseires Dam: Water Security and the War in Sudan
Oct 14, 2026
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Mohammed Hilali
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
The ongoing war in Sudan continues to expand its destructive reach, engulfing essential infrastructure and public services. In Blue Nile State in southeastern Sudan, fierce…
From Rural Initiatives to Parliamentary Decisions: Women of the Fergana Valley Develop Solutions for Water Conservation and Rural Community Development
Oct 13, 2026
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United Nations Development Program
Women from rural communities in the Batken, Osh, and Jalal-Abad regions presented their initiatives on improving access to irrigation water, climate change adaptation, and reducing…
IUCN WCEL Hosts Expert Discussion on Colombia’s Proposal to Include Environmental Destruction in Crimes against Humanity Convention
Oct 13, 2026
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IUCN WCEL Environmental Security and Conflict Law Specialist Group
Following Colombia’s landmark proposal to include Environmental Destruction in the forthcoming Convention on Crimes Against Humanity, the IUCN WCEL joined partners in hosting an event…
Afghanistan: Residents Urge Restoration of Traditional Water Reservoirs in Kandahar
Oct 13, 2026
TOLOnews
Residents of Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province are calling for the construction and restoration of traditional water storage systems.
Sudan: The Triad of Conflict, Drought, and Funding Shortage Pushes Darfur and Kordofan toward Famine
Oct 13, 2026
JINHAGENCY
The conflict in Sudan erupted in mid-April 2023, leaving behind thousands of dead and wounded and massive destructions of infrastructure, amid an escalating famine and…