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Liberia: Something Strange Is Happening in Liberia
Jul 19, 2026
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Ashoka Mukpo and Juan Maza
Mongabay
Liberia is losing its rainforest at an alarming rate. Satellite data reveals rapid deforestation across one of West Africa’s last remaining intact rainforests, driven largely…
Climate Change: The Impossible Politics of Climate Security
Jul 19, 2026
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Hammad Sarfraz
Express Tribune
Ashok Swain’s Climate Security is not a comfortable book, nor does it pretend to be. At a time when climate anxiety is increasingly wrapped in…
DRC: Congo Begins First-Ever Lithium Exports to China, Unlocking the World’s Largest Undeveloped Hard-Rock Reserves
Jul 18, 2026
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Awogbemila Temitope
Business Insider
A new report has revealed that China's mining company, Zijin has started exporting lithium concentrate from its Manono project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…
Liberia: Liberia’s Landmark Land Rights Law Risks Falling Short
Jul 17, 2026
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Lincoln G. Peters
New Dawn
Eight years after Liberia enacted the Land Rights Act of 2018, government officials, lawmakers, civil society organizations, and development partners have warned that the initiative…
Liberia: ‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the Scenes with Mongabay
Jul 17, 2026
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Ashoka Mukpo
Mongabay
Mongabay’s investigation into deforestation in Liberia started with a tip from a source last year.
Bridging the Conflict Gap in Climate Action and Finance
Jul 16, 2026
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ODI Global
Many of the world’s most climate-vulnerable people live in place affected by armed conflict, violence, and fragility. Yet fragile and conflict-affected countries receive just 10%…
The Abyei Dispute: Why South Sudan Is on the Right Side of History
Jul 16, 2026
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Amaju Ubur Yalamoi Ayani
First and foremost, the unresolved status of the Abyei Area stands as a stark indictment of failed diplomatic processes and an enduring obstacle to lasting…
South Sudan’s Oil Is Flowing, but Who Really Gets Paid?
Jul 16, 2026
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Warille B. Warille
A recent partial settlement between the Government of South Sudan and commodities trader BB Energy has eased restrictions imposed by the London High Court, which…
Food Security: UN Food Agency Says Conflict Is Pushing Healthy Diets beyond Reach Worldwide
Jul 16, 2026
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Namo Abdulla
Rudaw
A healthy diet is slipping beyond reach for a growing number of people around the world as conflict drives up the cost of fuel, fertilizer…
Afghanistan: Taliban Administration Discusses Climate Projects with UN Officials
Jul 16, 2026
Atlas Press
The Taliban Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock has announced that Mawlawi Attaullah Omari, acting head of the ministry, met with the head of the…
China/Myanmar/Thailand: Northern River Pollution Prompts Diplomatic Push
Jul 16, 2026
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Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post
The opposition People's Party (PP) on Wednesday urged the government to lead efforts to tackle river pollution in northern Thailand, saying evidence suggests contamination may…
Liberia: Why Are Forests Vanishing in Southeastern Liberia? [Video]
Jul 16, 2026
Mongabay
In the past century, most of West Africa’s Upper Guinean rainforest has been lost to commercial agriculture, infrastructure development and logging. More than half of…
De la presencia al poder
Jul 16, 2026
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Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
De la presencia al poder No se trata de si las mujeres están en la sala, sino de si las mujeres deciden Almuerzo de Liderazgo de Mujeres,…
From Presence to Power
Jul 16, 2026
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Maryruth Belsey Priebe
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
From Presence to Power Not whether women are in the room, but whether women decide Women's Leadership Lunch, June 18, 2026, Ottawa · Quotes are drawn from…
Ethics of Care in Environmental Peacebuilding — a Draft to Build on Together
Jul 16, 2026
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EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
When we gathered in Ottawa, we held a workshop on the ethics of care in environmental peacebuilding. The conversation was rich, but we have tried…
Minerals at the Negotiating Table: Resource Politics and Peace in Eastern DRC
Jul 15, 2026
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Julian Neef
The United States brokered a strategic partnership deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in December 2025, co-signing a DRC–Rwanda peace agreement on the…
Afghanistan: Taliban Ministry and UNOPS Launch Pilot Water Management Projects in Kabul
Jul 15, 2026
Atlas Press
The Taliban’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock has announced that, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), 20 pilot check…
Myanmar: Community Conservation under Fire: Interview with Myanmar’s Clean Mountains Founder
Jul 15, 2026
Mongabay
Myanmar experienced a military coup in February 2021. In the aftermath, widespread repression by the military regime fueled the emergence of armed resistance movements across…
South Sudan/Uganda: SSPDF, UPDF Clash over Kajo-Keji Border Dispute
Jul 15, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
Clashes erupted between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Tuesday in the border area of Nandejo…
Sudan: How Sudan War Destroyed Country’s Breadbasket
Jul 15, 2026
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Mawahib Abdallatif
East African
Sudan’s war may have become known for atrocities and destruction. But the actual impact on its future may be in how it drove away farmers,…
Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan: Supporting Civil Society for Inclusive, Locally Led Peacebuilding in the Fergana Valley
Jul 15, 2026
Saferworld
Communities in the Fergana Valley are closely connected through shared water systems, agricultural land and cross-border ties. At the same time, competition over natural resources…
How EU Regulations Are Changing 3TG Conflict Minerals Compliance
Jul 13, 2026
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Z2
Since the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (EU Regulation 2017/821) took full effect in 2021, importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold have operated under a…
WISEN: A Tool for Post-War Environmental Accountability?
Jul 13, 2026
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Lydia Millar
CEOBS’ new Wartime Incidents to Environment Database (WISEN) is a tool for systematically identifying and mapping the environmental harm caused by armed conflicts. In this…
India/Pakistan: No Option but War If India Deprives Pakistan of Water, PPP Rallies Declare
Jul 13, 2026
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Imran Ayub and Mohammad Hussain Khan
The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday staged rallies in every district across the province in protest against India’s water aggression…
Sudan: EU Bans Sudan Gold Imports to Choke off War Funding
Jul 13, 2026
Sudan Tribune
The European Union on Monday banned the import and trade of gold originating in Sudan alongside a prohibition on exporting mercury and cyanide to the…
Ethiopia: The Price of Water, the Promise of Peace
Jul 11, 2026
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Pauline Odhiambo
TRT Afrika
A transition from emergency water trucking to piped water systems in displacement-affected communities in Ethiopia has reduced water production costs by up to 90%.
Afghanistan: From Poplars to Pistachios, Afghans Rediscover the Value of Trees
Jul 11, 2026
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Aysha Safi
Star
In eastern Afghanistan, timber smuggling to Pakistan drove massive logging, while in the more arid central and northern "pistachio belt", residents used wood for heating…
Somalia: Somalia's Conflicts Are Fueling Hunger More Than Drought
Jul 11, 2026
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Said Yusuf Warsame
Horn Observer
In recent years, drought and climate change have been widely recognized as the primary drivers of hunger in Somalia. However, the current situation suggests that…
South Sudan: South Sudan Resumes Oil-backed Financing
Jul 11, 2026
Independent
South Sudan has regained limited access to advance financing against its future crude oil exports after reaching an agreement with commodities trader BB Energy to…
Should the World Adopt a Law to Recognise Ecocide as a Global Crime?
Jul 10, 2026
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Shyam Saran
It was an American scientist, Arthur Galston, who coined the word “ecocide” in 1970 to describe the catastrophic effects from the indiscriminate use of the…