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Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy
Jul 7, 2020
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Retno LP Marsudi
The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for…
Climate Woes Growing for Women, Hit Worst By Displacement and Migration
Jul 7, 2020
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Megan Rowling
From sexual violence in displacement camps to extra farm work and greater risk of illness, women shoulder a bigger burden from worsening extreme weather and…
NORCAP Seeks Housing, Land and Property Advisers
Jul 7, 2020
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Norwegian Capacity
In countries with a high degree of displacement, conflict or unrest, issues of housing, land and property are of vital importance. People may be forcibly…
Myanmar: Corruption, Weak Rule of Law Cited as Myanmar Probes Latest Jade Disaster
Jul 7, 2020
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Radio Free Asia
A team appointed by the Myanmar government to probe a massive landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has begun its investigation into the…
Falklands Land Grab: UK Sent Warning as South American States Rally around Argentina
Jul 7, 2020
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Brian McGleenon, Express
Argentina has reaffirmed its claim over the Falklands Islands and now the country has gained support from the South American common market of countries such…
Egypt and Ethiopia: The Curse of the Nile
Jul 7, 2020
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Marina Ottaway
A slow-motion crisis has been developing in the Nile Valley since the Ethiopian government announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on…
Countdown to a Bitter Battle Over the Water of the Nile?
Jul 6, 2020
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Ricard González
In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, the idea that water would drive the wars of the future took hold among analysts and…
Depopulating Military Installations Because of Sea Level Rise
Jul 6, 2020
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Marc Kodack
In case you missed it, an audit of the U.S. Department of Defense’s installation climate resilience from last year, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, found that…
Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs Resolves Boundary Disagreement in Rivergee; as Minister Sirleaf Stresses Peaceful Co-Existence
Jul 6, 2020
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FrontPage Africa
Residents of two Districts of Rivergee County namely Chedepo and Potupo have finally settled their long-running boundary dispute, days after a dialogue initiated by the…
Iraq/Lebanon: Lebanon, Iraq Discuss Exchanging Oil for Food
Jul 4, 2020
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Middle East Monitor
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar discussed on Friday exchanging Iraq’s oil with Lebanon’s food and other industries, news…
Myanmar: ‘I Thought I Would Die’: Inside Myanmar’s Risky Pursuit of Jade
Jul 3, 2020
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Saw Nang and Richard C. Paddock, New York Times
Mr. Aung Kyaw Htay was one of hundreds of unauthorized jade pickers scavenging on the edges of the Wai Khar open-pit mine in Kachin State,…
China/Philippines/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam, Philippines Denounce China Military Drills in Disputed Waters
Jul 2, 2020
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Phuong Nguyen and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Vietnam and the Philippines on Thursday criticised China’s holding of military drills in a disputed part of the South China, warning it could create tension…
Exploitation Of The Environment In War Or Armed Conflict Is Inevitable; Three Case Studies Including Gaza Strip, Yemen, And Iraq
Jul 2, 2020
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George Stacey
Any kind of war or armed conflict is a miserable thing as it kills numbers of innocent civilians. Conflict destroys communities, cultures, infrastructure, and most…
DRC: Report Accuses Israeli Mogul of Setting up Global Network to Launder DR Congo Money
Jul 2, 2020
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i24 News
An Israeli mining mogul set up a global money laundering network to work around American sanctions and extract mineral wealth from the Democratic Republic of…
Unlocking the Biggest Resource We Have to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change: Women in STEMM
Jul 2, 2020
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Anna Madlener and Natalie Unterstell
In times of the Covid-19 outbreak, social isolation is illuminating the gender gap perhaps like never before. Just count how many online “manels’’ (a panel…
Join Now: The Friends of CEOBS Community
Jul 2, 2020
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The purpose of the voluntary Friends of CEOBS community is to increase CEOBS' technical capacity, and to give individuals an opportunity to become more involved…
Syria: A River of Toxic Waste Flows through Syria
Jul 1, 2020
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PAX
Rivers of crude oil and oil waste are flowing through northeast Syria, with no solution in sight for the thousands of people affected by the…
Rwanda: How Rwanda’s New Export Certificate Will Curb Illegal Mineral Imports
Jul 1, 2020
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Ishioma Emi, Ventures
The Rwandan government recently launched a new mineral export certificate to curb the illegal smuggling of precious metals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).…
Climate Change, Disease and the Legitimacy of Armed Non-State Actors
Jul 1, 2020
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Farah Hegazi
To many, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic came as a surprise. It has placed enormous strain on governments to contain the spread of the…
Disasters Meet Political Unrest, Displacing Millions in East Africa
Jul 1, 2020
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Clémentine André, Ivana Hajzmanova, and Maria Teresa Miranda Espinosa
In recent weeks, our news channels have been flooded with stories about the Covid-19 pandemic, political and social unrest around the world, natural hazards upending…
Juha Uitto
Director, Independent Evaluation Office
Global Environment Facility
United States
Jun 30, 2020
Juha Uitto is the Director of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). His work focuses on global environmental and sustainable…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt, Ethiopia Discuss Nile Dam Dispute at UN Security Council
Jun 30, 2020
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James Bays, Al Jazeera
Egypt has told the United Nations it faces an existential threat, from a hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. Ethiopia…
Syria: US Troops 'Secure' Northeast Syria Oil, as Contamination from It Imperils Lives
Jun 30, 2020
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Dan Wilkofsky and Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor
The Kurds of northeast Syria shot to global renown for their valiance against the Islamic State (IS). But today, they face a scourge that is potentially…
The Coffee Crisis in Colombia
Jun 30, 2020
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Yanis Iqbal
With the unabated march of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic situation of Colombian coffee farmers is rapidly deteriorating. The price of Arabica coffee has reduced to an…
EnPAx Launches Road to Geneva Process for Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, Seeks Partners for Preparatory Events
Jun 30, 2020
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held in Geneva in February 2022 with a consortium led by the Graduate Institute of International…
Syria: WASH Deputy Coordinator
Jun 29, 2020
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GOAL
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in North West Aleppo both through…
Gender and Climate – Scaling Impact with a Cross-Cutting Agenda
Jun 29, 2020
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Ting Nan Wang
Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the destructive nature of global crises without immediate resolutions. Likewise, the effects of climate change are slated to be…
External Evaluation of “Addressing the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Protection Concerns of Hard-to-Reach, Conflict Affected Populations in Iraq"
Jun 29, 2020
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Terre des Hommes
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency. The Foundation has been helping children in need for over 50 years, defending…
Syria: WASH Data Officer
Jun 29, 2020
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GOAL
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in North West Aleppo both through…
Libya: State Company: Russian Mercenaries Enter Major Oil Field
Jun 29, 2020
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Energy & Environment News
Russian and other foreign mercenaries have entered Libya's largest oil field, the country's National Oil Corp. said Friday, describing the development as an attempt to…