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Call for Nominations: Al Moumin Award for Thought Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding

Dec 12, 2024 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is seeking nominations for the 2025 Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding. The award and lecture are named…

Egypt: Climate, Peace, and Fragility in Egypt: Shaping a Path Forward

Dec 11, 2024 | Sara Rabie, Martina Jaskolski, Salma Kadry, CGIAR

Egypt faces a confluence of challenges compounding with climate change risks: absolute water scarcity, food insecurity, rapid urbanization, as well as a burgeoning population growing…

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change

Dec 11, 2024 | Farai S. Matiashe

When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in south-eastern Zimbabwe, she wondered if she could earn a living and raise…

Sudan: The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War

Dec 11, 2024 | Declan Walsh, New York Times

Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.

Climate Change: DOD Dealing with Climate Change as a Security Concern for Africans

Dec 11, 2024 | Jim Garamone, US Department of Defense

Combating climate change is a priority to the nations of Africa, and U.S. officials are listening and responding to those concerns, said Maureen Farrell, the…

Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Could Africa's Largest Water Dispute Be Avoided with Open Science? Researchers Propose How to Share Nile's Resources

Dec 11, 2024 | University of Southern California

One of the biggest conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Africa is brewing over natural resources. In this case—the water from the Nile River…

A Livestock-Centred Strategy Will Ensure Peace, Development in North West

Dec 11, 2024 | Junaidu Maina

Investing in the improvement of the large livestock population and the numerous grazing reserves in the North West holds immense potential for restoring peace, advancing…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Parliament Ends Year with No Kurdistan Oil Deal

Dec 10, 2024 | Charles Kennedy, Oilprice.com

The Iraqi parliament ended this year’s session without finalizing a deal with the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan for the exports of crude oil from the…

Climate Change: Climate Stress Is Affecting US Missions, Driving Conflict in Africa, Official Says

Dec 10, 2024 | Meghann Myers, Defense One

Extreme weather is creating fertile ground for conflict in multiple regions of Africa, the Pentagon’s top Africa official said Tuesday. It’s also threatening the U.S.’s…

Afghanistan: Asafetida Offers Profitable Alternative to Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Dec 10, 2024 | Xinhua

Widely used in medicine manufacturing both domestically and internationally, particularly in India, the plantation of asafetida has been on a constant rise in Afghanistan over…

Liberia: Women Enjoying Ancestral Land Rights

Dec 10, 2024 | Matenneh Keita
Front Page Africa

JORPOLU, Bong County – In the 1980s and 90s,  Annie Wehyee’s relatives did not allow her to make a farm on a plot of land…

How Atubandike Dialogues are Redefining Gender and Youth Inclusion in Zambian Agriculture

Dec 10, 2024 | Monica Fisher

Women and youth are essential drivers of agricultural and economic resilience in Zambia’s rural farming communities. However, they frequently encounter significant barriers such as restrictive…

Uganda: Advisor for GIS and Land Surveying for the Mediation of Land Conflicts (m/f/x)

Dec 10, 2024 | AGIAMONDO

AGIAMONDO is one of nine institutions in Germany recognised by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that deploys development workers in accordance…

Kenya: Climate Change Advisor

Dec 10, 2024 | MercyCorps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when…

Norway: Consultancy - Humanitarian Energy Failures and Learnings Report

Dec 10, 2024 | Innovation Norway

Increasing access to electricity and clean cooking solutions through innovations in service delivery for conflict and crisis affected communities are essential for enhancing community resilience,…

Kenya: Programme Director, RANGE Program

Dec 10, 2024 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when…

Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability & Conflict | Beirut, Lebanon | 2024

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability & Conflict | Beirut, Lebanon | 2024Chemonics seeks a Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security…

Burkina Faso: Senior Country Representative - West and Central Africa

Dec 10, 2024 | Farm Radio International

 Farm Radio International is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario and works with radio broadcasters to improve food security and agricultural methods for small-scale farmers and rural…

Jordan: Deputy Chief of Party - Technical

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a Deputy Chief of Party-Technical for the ongoing USAID Economic Reform Activity in Jordan. The project aims to support the Government of Jordan…

South Sudan: Land Use Manager

Dec 10, 2024 | African Parks

African Parks is a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on direct responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of protected areas in partnership with governments…

Guatemala/Kenya/Niger/Zimbabwe: Regional Technical Senior Specialist – Instability and Conflict

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a Regional Technical Senior Specialist – Instability and Conflict (RTSS-IC) to be based in one of the following regional offices: i) Guatemala City,…

Angola/Colombia/El Salvador/Honduras/Togo: Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability & Conflict

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability and Conflict (CTSS – FS&IC) in support of the Famine Early Warning Systems…

USA: Consultancy - Environmental Hazard Researcher (Flood Expert)

Dec 10, 2024 | MercyCorps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…

Lebanon: Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability & Conflict

Dec 10, 2024 | Chemonics

Chemonics seeks a Country Technical Senior Specialist – Food Security and Instability and Conflict (CTSS – FS&IC) in support of the Famine Early Warning Systems…

Sweden: Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Research

Dec 10, 2024 | Uppsala University

The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. The Department is…

Sweden: Associate Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Research

Dec 10, 2024 | Uppsala University

The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies. The Department is…

Peace and Security at COP29

Dec 9, 2024 | Noah Fritzhand and Anna Spear

In November, Azerbaijan hosted the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29). The event’s start was marked by…

The Syrian Civil War Showed How Complicated the Climate Change-Conflict Connection Can Be

Dec 9, 2024 | Dave Levitan

Triumphant rebels now control Damascus, a quick and stunning turn in the 13-year-old Syrian civil war that has seen the Bashar al-Assad regime fall and its…

Sri Lanka: Female De-Miners Clear Path to Postwar Recovery

Dec 9, 2024 | Akanksha Saxena
DW

At dawn, 48-year-old Sivakumar Chandradevi loads equipment and supplies onto a boat that sets off for Mantivu, a deserted island off the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.

The…

Cooperation and Conflict in a Changing Climate

Dec 7, 2024 | Juha Uitto

If there are two issues to call the defining challenges of our time, they’d be climate change and the degradation of natural resources and the…