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"Blue Peace Index" Assesses, Encourages Sustainable, Collaborative Water Resource Management
Sep 10, 2019
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OOSKAnews
The inaugural Blue Peace Index, an assessment tool to measure the extent to which countries and water basins manage shared water resources in a sustainable and collaborative manner,…
Conflict Minerals: Companies Stall in Tracking Supply Chain for Conflict Minerals
Sep 10, 2019
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Bloomberg Law, Andrea Vittorio
Many companies are having trouble following minerals found in their products, from cell phones to cars, that can fuel conflict in central Africa. An estimated…
Iraq: In Iraq, Water Woes and Corruption Gripes Signal Trouble in Key City
Sep 10, 2019
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Lizzie Porter, New Humanitarian
Last summer, Iraq’s oil-rich southern city of Basra was rocked by violent protests over a number of grievances, including unemployment and the lack of safe…
Myanmar: Into the Forest with Myanmar’s Bamboo-Shoot Harvesters
Sep 10, 2019
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Htet Wai, Irrawaddy
The life of a bamboo harvester is a difficult one. Ko Pho La is a bamboo shoot harvester living in Kyee Bin Village in Irrawaddy…
CoP: Only 25% Nations Include Gender Discussions in Land Degradation Targets
Sep 9, 2019
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Shagun Kapil
Only around 20 of more than 80 countries have included discussions on the role of gender and women in their targets to halt land degradation…
Joining Forces to Empower Women in Senegal
Sep 9, 2019
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Maggie May
Where are the effects of climate change felt the strongest?
West Africa shoulders some of the heaviest impacts created by climate change, particularly in communities where…
DRC: WASH Project Manager
Sep 9, 2019
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Medair
Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. Medair provides emergency…
Jordan: Consultancy for Strategic Planning Support
Sep 9, 2019
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Action Contre la Faim France
Action Against Hunger has been operational in Jordan since 2013, delivering Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH), Mental Health, and food security and livelihoods (FSL) programmes—in…
USPSC Support Relief Group (SRG) Livestock and Animal Health Specialist (Multiple Positions)
Sep 9, 2019
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US Agency for International Development
The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), is seeking applications from…
Consultant - Gender Equality Specialist
Sep 9, 2019
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CowaterSogema
Gender Equality Specialist (part-time consultant)
About the project
CowaterSogema International Inc. is recruiting for an upcoming project that aims to enhance the social and economic well-being of…
How Jordan's Climate and Water Crisis Threatens its Fragile Peace
Sep 9, 2019
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Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia
For years, security service recruitment has masked climate instability in rural Jordan. Now that strategy is breaking down and no one knows what will take…
Colombia: Peace with Nature: Helping Former Colombian Guerrilla Fighters to Become Citizen Scientists
Sep 9, 2019
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Jaime Gongora and Federica Di Palma, The Conversation
Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world with more than 56,000 recorded species, some 9,000 of which are unique. However protecting and…
Climate Change: A Pacific Perspective on Climate Security Risks and the UN Security Council
Sep 9, 2019
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International Peace Institute, Anna Maria Link
As the debate over climate-related security risks grows, many Pacific Island states are calling for more action by the international community to better address the…
Nigeria: WANEP to Implement Peace Projects in Six States to Check Rising Conflicts
Sep 8, 2019
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Sun News
The West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP)-Nigeria, has expressed concerns over the escalation of violent conflicts across the country, which has resulted in wanton…
Myanmar: Farmers Protest over Farmland Compensation for Oil Exploration
Sep 7, 2019
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Tin Shwe, Mizzima
Farmers in the Mann oilfield area in Minbu Township, Magway Region staged a protest yesterday over alleged failures by the authorities in correctly offering compensation…
Syria: Food Aid Reaches Syria's Rukban Camp for First Time in Seven Months
Sep 6, 2019
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Madeline Edwards, Middle East Eye
For the first time in seven months, thousands of displaced Syrians in a desolate camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border are receiving organised supplies of food…
Nigeria: WANEP Restates Inclusive Peacebuilding Approach
Sep 6, 2019
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Ene Osang, Blueprint
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP) has reiterated the call for an inclusive approach to peacebuilding, saying this will prevent violence, promote peaceful…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Seeking to Promote Ancient Woodcarving Craft
Sep 6, 2019
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Rohullah Anwari and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
In pre-Islamic Nuristan, woodcarving held a symbolic significance, but the craftsmen came from Bari, a lower caste who were not considered members of Nuristan’s hierarchical…
Syria: Syria's Wheat Crop almost Doubles but Food Security Still a Challenge: UN
Sep 5, 2019
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Maha El Dahan, Reuters
Syria’s wheat and barley crops this year improved helped by favorable rainfall and better overall security but food security remains a challenge, a joint report…
Of Food, War and Ecology
Sep 4, 2019
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Julian Cribb
The most destructive implement on the Planet, without a doubt, is the human jawbone. Every year, in the course of wolfing through 8.5 trillion meals,…
If Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is to Be More Than Words, Congress Must Stay Engaged
Sep 4, 2019
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Sahana Dharmapuri and Hans Hogrefe
On paper, proponents of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the U.S. have a lot to celebrate. Twenty years after the international community…
Call for Applications for the 2019 Climate Security Fellowship Program
Sep 3, 2019
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Center for Climate and Security
The Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG) is pleased to announce a call for applications for its 2019 Climate Security Fellowship Program, a collaborative effort of…
Liberia: 2,400 Affected Communities to Protest over US$3 Million Land Rental Arrears
Sep 3, 2019
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Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Observer
The leadership of the NUCFDC on behalf of the 24,000 affected communities petitioned the lawmakers. Two thousand four hundred affected communities of the 23 Community…
Liberia: US$150M Earmarked for Forest Sector
Sep 3, 2019
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Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer
About US$150 million has been earmarked by the Norwegian Government as funds to Liberia to REDD+ for the implementation of the Liberian Forest Sector. According…
Liberia: Traditional Chiefs Want More Land Awareness Trainings
Sep 3, 2019
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Marcus Malayea, Observer
Participants and traditional chiefs, who attended the just-ended three-day ‘intensive’ workshop creating awareness on “public land and its inventory” in Gbarnga Bong County have appealed…
Iraq/Islamic State: ISIS Rigs Cows with Explosives in Failed Attack on Iraqi Forces
Sep 3, 2019
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Richard Hall, Independent
Isis militants reportedly rigged cows with explosives in an attack on Iraqi security forces, in what is thought to be the first time the group…
Liberia: Minister Sirleaf Resolves Conflicts in Maryland and Grand Kru Counties
Sep 2, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Calm has returned to concession districts in two southeastern counties as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Honorable Varney A. Sirleaf over the weekend resolved two…
East and Southern Africa: Climate Change Dissproportionately Affects Women and Young Girls - and Here's Why
Sep 2, 2019
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Derick Nyasulu, UNFPA
“It is essential that we understand the relationship between the effects of climate change and the persistence of violence against women,” she said.
Unless recurrent climate-related…
Myanmar: Mine Runoff Adds to Controversy over Chinese-backed Nickel Mine in Myanmar
Aug 30, 2019
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Radio Free Asia
The Chinese-backed operators of a controversial nickel mine embroiled in a longstanding dispute with villagers in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region over accusations of shortchanging them…
Heat-Related Illness Increasing among US Military Personnel
Aug 30, 2019
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Marc Kodack
Heat-related illnesses (heat stroke and heat exhaustion) have increased among U.S. military personnel since 2008 according to a July 23, 2019, investigative news story jointly…