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Lebanon: Lebanon to Swap Medical Expertise for Iraqi Oil

Apr 3, 2021 | Agence France-Presse

Officials from Beirut and Baghdad signed a preliminary agreement Friday that would see Lebanon trade its medical expertise for Iraqi fuel supplies, Lebanese state media…

Myanmar: China Again Seeks Myanmar Regime's Assurances on Oil, Gas Pipelines Security

Apr 2, 2021 | Irrawaddy

China has reportedly requested a meeting with Myanmar over growing concerns about the security of its oil and natural gas twin pipelines project after ethnic…

Colombia: Deforestation Rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as Cattle Invade

Apr 2, 2021 | Antonio José Paz Cardona, Mongabay

For the past several years, the Colombian Amazon has been hit harder by deforestation than any other region in the country, according to the Institute…

Egypt and Ethiopia Are Heading toward Conflict over Water. It’s Time to Intervene.

Apr 2, 2021 | Ezzedine C. Fishere

Egypt and Ethiopia are inching, slowly but surely, toward conflict. Negotiations over the construction and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile…

Renouncing Reprisals: An Opportunity for the Biden Administration

Apr 1, 2021 | Adil Ahmad Haque

The United States has taken a number of morally objectionable positions regarding the lawful conduct of armed conflict over the years. Among those positions, it…

India: Environment, the Unsuspecting Victim of Cross-Border Conflicts

Mar 31, 2021 | Vaishnavi Rathore, Bastion

Be it the deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, or the Himalayan regions of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh, these strategically sensitive and secluded landscapes…

Policy Brief Describes New Mindset Needed to Accelerate Gender Equality

Mar 31, 2021 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

A policy brief published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development offers a “formula” for accelerating implementation of the 2030 Agenda – enabling women’s participation…

Yemen: Women Struggle to Get by as Yemen Conflict Hits Six-Year Mark

Mar 31, 2021 | Jean Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR

As the world’s worst humanitarian crisis rages on, women and children make up three-quarters of the four million people forced from their homes, putting them…

Afghanistan: Country’s Four Million Internally Displaced Need Urgent Support amid Pandemic

Mar 30, 2021 | Amnesty International

The Afghan government and the international community must urgently scale up efforts to support the country’s four million internally displaced people (IDPs), who have been…

Conflict Minerals: UCLA Researchers Evaluate Efforts to Curb Trade of Conflict Minerals

Mar 30, 2021 | Stan Paul, University of California Los Angeles

The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act requires that US-listed companies sourcing so-called “conflict minerals” from Africa’s Great Lakes region conduct due diligence. (The EU now imposes similar…

If War Were to Doom Us All Tomorrow, the ICJ Would Still Plant a Tree

Mar 30, 2021 | Moises A. Montiel M.

The ICJ is no stranger to the growing concern about the environment. In fact, the existence (albeit brief) of an Environmental Chamber credits the importance…

Participants at “Gender, Climate Change, and Migration” Event Were Briefed on the VC Platform

Mar 29, 2021 | UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Gender equality, women’s protection, and empowerment are keys to the disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas, and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. To…

United States: DOD Officials Give Report on Women Peace and Security Compliance

Mar 29, 2021 | Jim Garamone, US Department of Defense

The Women Peace and Security program fits right into the Defense Department's breadbasket because "it is a tool for smart power," Air Force Brig. Gen.…

Egypt: Market Movers Americas, March 29-April 2: Suez Blockage Impacts Brent-WTI Spread [Video]

Mar 29, 2021 | Joe Fisher, S&P Global Platts

In this week's Market Movers Americas, presented by Joe Fisher: Brent-WTI spread widens amid Suez closure, Traders watch US-Northwest Europe jet fuel arbitrage amid Suez…

Afghanistan:Taliban Kill Faryab Dam Guards

Mar 28, 2021 | Afghanistan Times

Two police officers guarding the Dahan-e-Dara water dam were killed in a Taliban attack on the dam in the north-western province of Faryab. The dam…

Afghanistan: Afghan Part of CASA-1000 Project 30% Completed

Mar 28, 2021 | Zabihullah Jahanmal, TOLOnews

In the last solar year, only 30% of the construction on the CASA -1000  power transmission project was completed, falling short of a more optimistic pledge that…

Afghanistan: Herati Farmers Fear Drought as Rainfalls Drop Significantly

Mar 28, 2021 | Afghanistan Times

Officials in the western Herat province have warned of severe drought challenges in the ongoing year as rainfalls have vastly dropped across the province. Head…

Sierra Leone: Witness at Massaquoi Trial Links Charles Taylor to Blood Diamonds

Mar 28, 2021 | Premium Times

A witness told the Finnish court hearing the war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi on Friday, that the former leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel…

Oil & Gas: Oil Nations Tipped for Political Instability If the World Moves away from Fossil Fuels

Mar 26, 2021 | Elliott Smith, CBNC

Algeria, Chad, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first countries to experience political instability as oil producers feel the effects of a transition to…

South Sudan: Reducing Imports and Retaining Revenue through Domestic Refining Capacity

Mar 26, 2021 | Charnè Hundermark, Africa Oil & Power

Despite holding the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa, until recently, South Sudan did not have an operating oil refinery in-country, therefore relying heavily on…

4 Ways the Private Sector Can Push for Gender Equality Post-Pandemic

Mar 26, 2021 | Kathleen Sherwin and Divya Mathew

• The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women's economic participation.

• Gender equality cannot be achieved without support from the private sector.

• A new…

Crimea’s Water Crisis Is an Impossible Problem for Putin

Mar 25, 2021 | Clara Ferreira Marques

A water emergency in Crimea is absorbing billions of taxpayer rubles as Russia tries to patch up an impossible problem stemming from the peninsula’s annexation…

Editorial: Human-Wildlife Clash

Mar 25, 2021 | Himalayan Times

Nepal's conservation efforts have been considered a huge success, allowing endangered animals to thrive in the wild. This has been possible largely due to political…

Empowering Women in Peace Operations Remains Top Priority, Says UN Peacekeeping Chief

Mar 25, 2021 | UN News

Praising women’s fundamental contributions to peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, the UN peacekeeping chief reiterated on Thursday that empowering women in the military remains a top priority,…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan No Longer Relinquish Free Water: Ghani

Mar 25, 2021 | Daily Outlook Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday during the inauguration of Kamal Khan Dam in southwestern Nimroz province stressed on implementation of Helmand Water Accord, saying…

Climate, Peace and Security: The Case of South Sudan

Mar 24, 2021 | Andrew E. Yaw Tchie and Kheira Tarif

South Sudan is the world's youngest nation and one of the least populated countries in Africa, but also one of the most vulnerable to climate…

Climate Security in the UN Security Council: Achieving More through Improved Knowledge and Increased Credibility

Mar 24, 2021 | Judith Nora Hardt, Michael Brzoska, and Alina Viehoff

The German government should continue its efforts on climate change and security even after its membership in the UN Security Council has come to an…

The Attack on the Italian Ambassador in Congo

Mar 24, 2021 | Daniel Ruiz

This article intends to do a critical analysis of the recent attack that cost the life to the Italian Ambassador in the Democratic Republic of…

Indonesia: In Indonesia, an Illegal Leopard Trade Thrives out of Sight, New Study Shows

Mar 24, 2021 | Claudia Geib, Mongabay

This is the story of how Indonesia is losing its spots. In a recent paper published in Nature Conservation, researchers found that the archipelagic nation…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Inaugurates Hydropower Dam in Western Province

Mar 24, 2021 | Xinhua

Afghanistan's President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday inaugurated a key hydropower dam in the western province Nimroz, which is expected to boost economy and agriculture…