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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
Oct 8, 2026
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Brynn Tannehill
Russia is reportedly preparing to strike Ukraine’s water and electrical infrastructure this winter, as the war stalls, Russian casualties mount and more of its jet-powered…
Resilient Food Systems and the Nature-Climate-Conflict Nexus
Oct 8, 2026
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Lauren Herzer Risi and Carolyn Gruber
Food systems depend on healthy ecosystems as much as they depend on a stable climate and peace. Yet the distinction between an ecological signal and…
Afghanistan: UNICEF Reports Positive Impact of Water and Health Investments in Parwan
Oct 8, 2026
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Mohammad Farhaad
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, says that investment in the water and health sectors in Parwan Province…
Food Security: Armed Conflict Accelerates Global Cropland Loss: Study
Oct 8, 2026
Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Armed conflict accelerates cropland loss, and the effects can persist for years after conflict begins and vary substantially with conflict severity and social conditions, according…
Falkland Islands: How an Oil Project Reignited UK-Argentina Falklands Dispute
Oct 8, 2026
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Arthur Sullivan
Deutsche Welle
Argentina and the UK once fought a war over the Falkland Islands. Now, the multibillion-dollar Sea Lion oil project has reignited old tensions, with Buenos…
Afghanistan: Kabul Faces Water Crisis as Groundwater Could Run Dry by 2030
Oct 8, 2026
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Fidel Rahmati
Khaama Press
Afghanistan’s capital is facing a deepening water crisis, with groundwater levels falling sharply and nearly half of the city’s boreholes already dry, raising fears that…
New Data Reveal Weakening Emissions Reporting and Rising Military Spending
Oct 7, 2026
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Grace Alexander
The case for mandatory military emissions reporting under the UNFCCC is growing stronger with every flood and heatwave.
Argentina: POSCO Inauguration: From an Area of Conflict to Opportunity and Cooperation
Oct 7, 2026
Panorama Minero
On the occasion of the inauguration of Plant II, and with Stages III and IV under way, Catamarca Governor Raúl Jalil and Salta Governor Gustavo…
Pakistan: Pine Nut Forests under Threat in South Waziristan
Oct 7, 2026
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber News
Centuries-old pine nut forests in Angoor Adda, part of Tehsil Birmal in Lower South Waziristan, are being cut down without restraint. Residents say the illegal…
Afghanistan: UN: Children Account for 78% of Explosive Ordnance Casualties in Afghanistan
Oct 7, 2026
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Sajida Stanikzai
Kabul Tribune
Explosive ordnance remains a daily threat in Afghanistan, with children accounting for 78% of reported casualties from January through August 2026, the United Nations humanitarian…
Beyond a Legacy of War: Integrating Mine Action into Climate Security
Oct 6, 2026
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Hana Manjušak and Barbara Magalhães Teixeira
The past year has seen a weakening of the international norm against the use of anti-personnel landmines. While this would have clear humanitarian and security…
Afghanistan: This City Is on Track to Run out of Water by 2030. For Many Residents, That Day Is Already Here
Oct 6, 2026
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Laura Paddison and Masoud Popalzai
CNN
Kabul is on track to be the first modern city to run out of water, and could do so as soon as 2030, according to…
Ready for What? Rethinking Climate Finance Readiness in Fragile Countries
Oct 6, 2026
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Elena Kiryakova, Mauricio Vazquez, and Manisha Gulati
New ODI Global research asks why climate finance readiness programmes have so rarely translated into investment at scale at fragile and conflict-affected states – and…
Eritrea/Ethiopia: Ethiopia again Demands Access to the Red Sea as Tensions with Neighbors Escalate
Oct 5, 2026
Associated Press
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated on Monday that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighboring countries saying at a…
Bangladesh/India: Same River, Same Drought: Can Teesta Farmers in Bangladesh and India Build the Water Dialogue Their Governments Haven’t?
Oct 5, 2026
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Masum Billah
Peace News Network
From an anthropological perspective, this is not simply a diplomatic failure story, it is a story about how a state border reorganizes an agrarian region…
Egypt/Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia/Sudan: Egypt Hosts Four-Way Summit as Tensions with Ethiopia Escalate
Oct 4, 2026
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Hamza Hendawi
National
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan – three nations accused by Ethiopia of aiding an anti-government rebellion – plus Somalia met on Sunday to…
South Sudan’s Oil Lifeline Runs through a War Zone. Kenya’s New Refinery Offers a Way out
Oct 3, 2026
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Denis Dumo
The world’s newest country lives or dies by a pipeline that runs through someone else’s war, and a $16 billion to $17 billion refinery on…
Yemen: WFP Warns Yemen Faces Total Food Security Collapse amid Escalating Conflict
Oct 3, 2026
Yemen Online
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that continued fighting in Yemen could lead to a "complete collapse of food security" across…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Is Being Used as a Political Weapon, Expert Says
Oct 3, 2026
Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s oil has become a strategic tool in the war in neighbouring Sudan, with competing sides using access to the country’s crude as leverage,…
South Sudan: IGAD Mobilises Male Champions to Transform Community Support for Women’s Land Rights in Magwi County
Oct 3, 2026
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The Intergovernmental Authority on Development
October 3, 2026 (Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through the Building Women’s Economic Resilience for Sustainable Peace…
Colombia: Colombia Reports Expansion of Mostly Illegal Alluvial Gold Mining
Oct 2, 2026
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Luis Jaime Acosta
Reuters
Mostly illegal alluvial gold production in Colombia expanded 4.5% by area year-on-year in 2025 to 118,410 hectares, with the increase primarily on Afro-Colombian communities' land,…
Yemen: Three in Four Families Go Hungry in Parts of Yemen from New Fighting
Oct 2, 2026
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Olivia Le Poidevin
Reuters
Three-in-four families in parts of Yemen are going hungry from the "absolutely devastating" impact of a surge in fighting, which has displaced tens of thousands…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt and Ethiopia Expel Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Diplomatic Row
Oct 2, 2026
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Hamza Hendawi
National
Egypt and Ethiopia are expelling diplomats in a tit-for-tat row that marks a new escalation in their already tense relations. Ethiopia initiated the row when…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Expels Egyptian Diplomat amid Escalating Tensions over Nile Dam Dispute
Oct 2, 2026
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Emily Carter
Taiwan Times
Addis Ababa has ordered an Egyptian diplomat to leave the country within 48 hours, declaring the official persona non grata amid a deteriorating diplomatic climate…
Eritrea/Ethiopia: Ethiopia and Eritrea Cut Diplomatic Ties as Northern Conflict Escalates
Oct 2, 2026
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Wycliffe Muia
BBC
Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a wider regional conflict.
Iran: Geneva Conference Highlights Iran’s Environmental Crisis as a Human Rights Emergency
Oct 1, 2026
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Mostafa Aslani
Iran News Update
The deepening human rights crisis in Iran is inseparable from a wider environmental catastrophe that is increasingly affecting the population’s access to water, clean air,…
DRC: Cobalt’s Silent Cartel: China, Kinshasa and the DRC Export Quota
Oct 1, 2026
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Arman Sidhu
Geopolitical Monitor
Zijin Mining, one of China’s largest mining companies, disclosed in its half-year report that flooding at the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of…
Colombia: From Landmines to Rainforest Guardians: How Clearing Colombia's Battlefields Could Help Indigenous Communities Save 18,000 Hectares of Rainforest
Oct 1, 2026
HALO Trust
The world’s largest landmine clearance charity, The HALO Trust, along with Rainforest Trust and Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) are embarking on a groundbreaking partnership to…
Colombia: Peasants Criminalized in Jericó for Defending Their Water and Land against a Copper Mining Project
Oct 1, 2026
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Luis Bernardo Cano
Guardian
Since last year, Garcés and 10 other local farmers have faced formal charges for opposing the Quebradona copper mining project, promoted by the multinational AngloGold…
Liberia: Liberia Makes Progress on Land Reform, but Significant Challenges Still Remain
Oct 1, 2026
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Judoemue M. Kollie
Observer
Although Liberia is reported to have made progress towards land reform after a century-long history of land issues, which fueled poverty, civil neglect and contributed…