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Myanmar: Formative Research Consultant
Aug 8, 2021
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Première Urgence Internationale
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization.
With a strong history of strife in Myanmar, Kayin State is not new to conflicts.…
Israel: Simulation and Regional Forum Coordinator
Aug 8, 2021
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EcoPeace Middle East
EcoPeace Middle East is a unique Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian organization that advances cooperative efforts to protect our shared environment and create the conditions for sustainable development and peace in…
Turkey: Program Officer (Gaziantep)
Aug 8, 2021
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Maram Foundation
The Maram Foundation for Relief and Development (Maram) is a non-profit organization, founded by American-Syrian activists to alleviate the suffering of people in need since…
DRC: Technology Director
Aug 8, 2021
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African Parks
African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with…
CAR: Diagnosis on Establishment of a Remuneration System for APEs through IGAs and Identification of Professional Training
Aug 8, 2021
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Triangle Génération Humanitaire
Created in 1994, Triangle Génération Humanitaire (TGH), a French association for international solidarity based in Lyon, designs and implements emergency, rehabilitation and development programs in the fields…
Director, Environment and Human Rights
Aug 8, 2021
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is an international human rights research and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative…
Gaza City: Agribusiness Specialist
Aug 8, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
FAO Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip Programme is currently implementing the Multi-donor Agribusiness Programme (MAP) entitled “Reform and Development of Markets,…
RFP: The Implications of Climate and Environmental Change on Migration and Displacement
Aug 6, 2021
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United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has launched a request for proposals on "The Implications of Climate and Environmental Change on Migration and Displacement." RFPs…
How Uganda Has Helped Turn DRC’s Vast Gold Reserves into a Nightmare
Aug 6, 2021
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Vava Tampa
Congolese gold has become a profitable source of foreign currency for Kampala, with devastating and bloody consequences for the people of DRC.
Afghanistan: Drought Compounds Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan as Conflict Intensifies
Aug 6, 2021
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Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters
Millions of Afghans are struggling to put food on the table as prolonged drought disrupts supplies in a country reeling from a surge in violence…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s $1000 Billion Worth of Natural Assets in Taliban’s Custody
Aug 6, 2021
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Najibullah Lalzoy, Khaama Press
Afghanistan is rich geography when it comes to mines and natural resources. Some of these mines are ready to be excavated while others are being…
Liberia: Port Authority Head in Dispute with River Cess Community over Customary Land
Aug 5, 2021
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Eric Doue, Bush Chicken
For months, residents in this area of Gbarsaw Clan have watched with increasing alarm as hundreds of men with heavy machinery have cut down trees…
Afghanistan: Afghan Troops Foil Another Attack on India-Built Salma Dam
Aug 5, 2021
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Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times
Afghan security forces have thwarted a Taliban attack on the India-built Salma Dam in Afghanistan’s Herat province, the third such assault since last month on…
Mining and Green New Deals
Aug 4, 2021
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Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz
The recent mainstreaming of the Green New Deal framework has intensified scrutiny on oil majors.
However, the same cannot be said of global extractivist power -…
The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation – A Trial Run for Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials?
Aug 4, 2021
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Karin Küblböck
On 1 January 2021 the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation entered into force. From now on, companies importing certain minerals into the EU must ensure that…
DRC/Rwanda: How ‘Blood Mineral’ Traders in Rwanda Are Helping Fund Congo Rebels – and Undermining Global Supply Chains
Aug 4, 2021
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Geoffrey York and Judi Rever, Globe and Mail
New evidence from a United Nations report and a high-profile The investor arbitration case is shedding a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in the sophisticated smuggling…
USA: UN Advocacy Assistant
Aug 3, 2021
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PAX
PAX is a peacebuilding organization which works with partners around the world on programming and advocacy related to sustainable peacebuilding and the protection of civilians…
Food Security: A Widespread Famine Accelerated by Floods, Droughts — and Guns
Aug 3, 2021
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Thalif Deen, InDepthNews
A recent joint press release by the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization had an arresting headline: Famine Relief Blocked by Bullets,…
Myanmar: ‘Weapons, Power and Money’: How Rare Earth Mining in Kachin Enriches a Tatmadaw Ally
Aug 3, 2021
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Juaman Naw, Emily Fishbein, and Ronja Pilgaard, Frontier Myanmar
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare…
Climate Change: Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery
Aug 2, 2021
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Bellingcat
In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was…
Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali: Birthday Blues or Renewed Hope?
Aug 2, 2021
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Maelle Salzinger
Mali’s past efforts to implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda have been criticized for their lack of implementation and failure to reach women in…
How Drones Are Impacting Land Mine Reduction Globally
Aug 1, 2021
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sUAS News
In late November 2019, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining organized the “Mine Action Technology Workshop,” where Humanity & Inclusion and Mobility Robotics presented data to…
Afghanistan: China and India Wrestle over Afghanistan's Mineral Resources
Aug 1, 2021
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Florence Jenikns, Germany Eye
The promising, threatening and haggling have begun. Americans and Europeans have packed their weapons and left, and now ministers and diplomats from neighboring countries are…
DRC: Hard to Breathe: Gold Mining Damages Miners, Forests
Jul 31, 2021
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Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal
Mining has ravaged the soil that locals had used to farm. So instead, they join the hunt for gold. And the consequences continue to mount…
These 550 Kenyan Women Are Saving a Forest
Jul 30, 2021
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Peyton Fleming
One of around a half-dozen semi-nomadic tribes in the vast drylands of northern Kenya, the family spent years shifting locations to find water and grazing…
Mali: Building Resilience to Conflict and Climate Change in Mali
Jul 30, 2021
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People in Need
Rising temperatures, coupled with decreases in annual rainfall, granivorous bird attacks, armed conflict between the Malian Armed Forces and radical jihadists groups, the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't to Build 1,000 Greenhouses
Jul 29, 2021
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said that plans are underway to construct 1,000 greenhouses in different provinces of the conflict-battered country.
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban: Floods Kill 150 People in Northern Nuristan Province
Jul 29, 2021
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TRT World
At least 100 homes destroyed in Taliban-controlled area, say government officials with limited access, after flash floods wash away homes, burying villagers in mud and…
Iran: Is Iran on the Verge of Sparking a Water War?
Jul 29, 2021
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The Week
Years of mismanagement has left Iran facing “irreversible” water shortages that threaten to trigger conflict across the Middle East, an exiled former minister has warned.
Water Disputes Will Compound Instability in the Middle East
Jul 28, 2021
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Amin Saikal
The Middle East is one of the driest regions in the world. The scarcity of water has often been touted as a source of national…