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Afghanistan: UN Chief Slams ‘Broken’ Taliban Promises Made to Women, Girls

Oct 11, 2021 | Al Jazeera

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed the Taliban’s “broken” promises to Afghan women and girls, and urged the world to inject cash into Afghanistan in…

International Day of Rural Women Theme: Rural Women Cultivating Good Food For All

Oct 11, 2021 | Charles Mulungi

This year, the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), puts a spotlight on “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.”

NEW YORK, USA, October 11,…

Iraq Takes a Step toward Ending Its Resource Curse

Oct 11, 2021 | Leon Kaye

It does not take much online sleuthing to sort out why Iraq, among many other nations rich in hydrocarbons, has long struggled with its very…

Iraq/Lebanon/South Sudan: UK Funding for Land Mine Clearance Scrapped in Lebanon, Iraq and S. Sudan

Oct 9, 2021 | New Arab

UK government funding for land mine clearance in Lebanon, Iraq and South Sudan, as well as three other countries, has been scrapped in what humanitarian…

Afghanistan: Meeting Former Afghan Fighters Who Now Hunt for Emeralds in Panjshir

Oct 8, 2021 | Sayed Jalal Shajjan, TRT World

After laying down their arms, a number of former soldiers with the Northern Alliance became involved in the only opportunity to make a living in…

DRC: Hydro Project Set to Boost Green Credentials of Giant DRC Copper Complex

Oct 8, 2021 | Marleny Arnoldi, Mining Weekly

While Kamoa Copper, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is on track to become the second-largest copper mining complex globally, and the biggest in…

Climate Change: Pentagon Climate Plan: Fighting Wars in Hotter, Harsher World

Oct 8, 2021 | Ellen Knickmeyer, Japan Today

A new Pentagon plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in the U.S. military, from making worsening climate…

India: Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence: The Case of Indian Agriculture

Oct 8, 2021 | OXFAM

The present study documents the incidence of domestic and workplace violence among Indian female agricultural workers, and the factors that put these women at risk…

Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in Context of Violent Insecurity

Oct 7, 2021 | Mirage

Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel. The…

Iraq: Iraq Seeks 7.5 GW of Renewable Power as It Inks 2 GW Deal with UAE's Masdar

Oct 7, 2021 | Dania Saadi, S&P Global Platts

Iraq is seeking to develop 7.5 GW of renewable power, the country's oil minister said Oct. 6, as OPEC's second-biggest producer inks a 2 GW…

Measuring Success in Transboundary Water Cooperation: Lessons from World Bank Engagements

Oct 7, 2021 | Jennifer J. Sara, Edoardo Borgomeo, and Anders Jagerskog

How do we know when international cooperation is successful? A senior U.N. official once suggested that cooperation is like elephants mating: it all takes place…

Ecological Decline Feeds Conflict in a Deadly Cycle as Climate Crisis Looms

Oct 7, 2021 | Onke Ngcuka

As temperatures rise — with Africa experiencing that increment at twice the global average — the erosion of ecological systems is likely to provide a…

Afghanistan: The New Rulers of Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Campaign to Rob Villagers of Their Land

Oct 6, 2021 | Christoph Reuter und Thore Schröder, Spiegel

The brutal landgrab in the Tagabdar Valley and two other villages in the area began in early September. Over the subsequent weeks, the expulsions were…

Afghanistan: From Rural Drought to Urban Shortages: Afghanistan’s New Hungry

Oct 6, 2021 | Shadi Khan and Irwin Loy, New Humanitarian

Weeks after the Taliban’s mid-August takeover, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy is straining under donor funding freezes and currency shortages. Food and commodity prices are soaring, work…

Liberia: Nimba County - Presidential Committee Conducts Survey of Disputed Land in Gompa

Oct 6, 2021 | New Dawn

The Special Presidential Committee appointed to mediate the land conflict in Nimba County, over the weekend conducted cadastral surveys on disputed parcels of land in…

Environmental Security of Afghanistan Is Pathway to Regional Peacebuilding

Oct 6, 2021 | Saleem H. Ali

The rapidly changing political landscape in Afghanistan does not change the permanent physical geography of the region. As world leaders gather to discuss climate change…

Analysis: The Lack of Diversity in Climate-Science Research

Oct 6, 2021 | Ayesha Tandon

Publishing research in respected journals, such as Nature or Science, is a key way for academics to share their findings with the scientific community and beyond.

A researcher’s publication…

Introducing New Security Broadcast

Oct 5, 2021 | Wilson Center

New Security Broadcast serves as the successor to ECSP's long-running podcast series, Friday Podcasts. Since 2010, Friday Podcasts has spotlighted leading experts diving deep into…

A Security Studies Call for Papers and Special Issue Proposals

Oct 5, 2021 | Security Studies Journal

Human-induced climate change is one of the central challenges of our time. The relationship between climate and security is a staple of think-tank conversations. Despite…

DRC: Govt Struggles with Vague Chinese Mining Contract

Oct 5, 2021 | Patrick Ilunga, Nation

More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces…

Conflict Minerals: De Beers Sells First Traceable Diamonds under GemFair

Oct 5, 2021 | Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com

Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, has sold the first roughs produced under the GemFair program, aimed at removing…

DRC: DRC Finance Minister Looks at Mines, Oil and Beer for Cash

Oct 5, 2021 | Michael J Kavanagh, Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) aims to revisit mining contracts, rescinding and reselling unused oil permits and boosting taxes on beer to fund…

Radioactive Time Bombs Will Be Lifted from Ocean Floor in 2030

Oct 4, 2021 | Thomas Nilsen, Barents Observer

The November-class submarine K-159 sank in late August 2003 while being towed in bad weather from the closed naval base of Gremikha on the eastern…

Patrice Talla Takoukam

Regional Director for Southern Africa
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
Zimbabwe
Oct 4, 2021

Patrice Talla is a lawyer and executive advancing food security and sustainable agriculture efforts in Southern Africa. He has served at the Food and Agriculture…

Women, Peace, and What is Security?

Oct 4, 2021 | Phoebe Donnelly, Gretchen Baldwin, Masooma Rahmaty, and Phesheya Nxumalo

The past year has raised many questions for those focused on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, as well as highlighting issues that feminist…

Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'

Oct 4, 2021 | Ciaran McGrath, Express

Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…

Afghanistan: What’s Keeping Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Underground?

Oct 4, 2021 | Roshan Noorzai, Voice of America

The international community is renewing its focus on Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, believed to be worth more than $1 trillion, lying untapped within its often-hostile geography.…

Philippines: How Women and Technology Can Help Boost Food Security in the Philippines

Oct 4, 2021 | Patricia Bianca Taculao

Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos…

Liberia: Rights and Rice Foundation Launches Natural Resources Project to Strengthen Concession Affected Communities

Oct 3, 2021 | Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPage Africa

Rights and Rice Foundation (RRF) Liberia, has officially launched its natural resource project under the theme “Strengthening Concession Affected Communities to monitor extractive industries and…

Mauritania: Consultancy, Climate Crisis Priorities

Oct 3, 2021 | Save the Children

Save the Children is the world's first independent organization for children, with a vision of a world in which every child achieves the right to…