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Food Security: Conflict, Climate Disasters Threaten Food Security – WFP
Jan 4, 2020
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Emmanuel Ntirenganya, New Times
A new decade may have dawned but there is little cause for fresh optimism in countries and regions where conflict, political instability and climate disasters…
DRC: Delayed Paychecks Leave DRC Miners Scrambling for Options
Jan 4, 2020
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Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal
Rubaya is the largest coltan mining site in DRC. While the work can be dangerous and often leads to injuries, for the artisanal miners working…
Liberia: Liberia's Miracle Oil Brings Farmers only Empty Promises
Jan 3, 2020
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Rob Davies, Guardian
Around the world palm oil continues to play a significant role in deforestation, threatening wildlife and fuelling the climate crisis. In rural Liberia, one of…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Q&A: The ‘Elephant in the Room’ in Nile Basin Reporting
Jan 3, 2020
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Rehab Abd Almohsen, SciDev.net
Crossing the borders of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, the Nile is often portrayed as a river that ignites conflict because of the demand for its…
Afghanistan: 5 More Provinces Connected to Mining Ministry's E-System
Jan 3, 2020
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Thursday warned companies lacking natural resources processing license of closure and announced connecting five provinces with the…
South Sudan: South Sudan Government Strategizes to Stave off Potential Famine
Jan 3, 2020
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Jenny Lei Ravelo, Devex
Years of conflict in South Sudan have compromised the economy, and left many South Sudanese hungry. Last December, the World Food Programme warned against potential…
War, Mismanagement and Climate Change: Iraq's Environment Pushed to the Brink
Jan 2, 2020
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Fanack
Water has been Iraq’s lifeline since the birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and features prominently in millennia-old epics as well as contemporary poems. In recent decades,…
Unrest in Iraq Reminds Us of Geopolitical Risks to Oil
Jan 2, 2020
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Ellen R. Wald
Over the New Year holiday, pro-Iran militiamen surrounded the United States embassy in Baghdad. Ultimately, and thankfully, the American personnel remained unscathed, but it was a further…
Nigeria: Tackling Food Insecurity in Northeastern Nigeria
Jan 2, 2020
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
In light of recent food security analyses that indicate a growing number of people at risk of food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria, FAO is supporting…
How the Climate Crisis Could Reverse Progress on Gender Equality Around the World
Jan 1, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg
People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest victims of the climate crisis.…
Liberia: Liberia Releases EITI Report on Last Day of the Year to Avert Delisting
Dec 31, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
LEITI MSG at the start of October 2019 commissioned BDO-UK in collaboration with Parker & Associates Liberia, two reputable auditing firms to prepare the 10th…
Colombia: Wildfire Modeling Helps Predict Fires in Colombia
Dec 31, 2019
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Amanda Heidt, American Geophysical Union
A new wildfire model helps predict where and when wildfires will start in the Aburrá Valley of Colombia. This research, presented earlier this month at…
Myanmar: Locals Demand Compensation for Confiscated Lands
Dec 31, 2019
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Eleven
Nearly 200 locals staged a protest in Yinmabin Township in Sagaing Region on December 29, demanding compensations for the lands confiscated by Myanmar Yang Tse…
DRC: Chief of Party, Water and Sanitation
Dec 30, 2019
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Mercy Corps
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…
China Quietly Pushing Myanmar to Back Its Development Plan for Irrawaddy River
Dec 30, 2019
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Nan Lwin
Chinese think tanks based in Yunnan have been traveling back and forth between Yangon and the Chinese province’s capital, Kunming, since early 2018. But at…
Request for Applications: Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Dec 30, 2019
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US Institute of Peace
This Request for Applications (RfA) seeks grant applications to support research that will increase the overall understanding of the complex relationships between the environment, violent…
South Sudan: Disaster Risk Reduction Manager, Food for Peace
Dec 30, 2019
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Mercy Corps
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 countries…
Spain: How Climate Finance and Technology Could Better Integrate Women
Dec 30, 2019
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Julie Mollins, Forest News
Amid frustrated negotiations around Article 6 guidance on emissions counting and carbon markets, U.N. COP25 climate talks delivered a decision on a five-year enhanced Lima Work Program on Gender. The…
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean De-Mining Expertise Ends Deadly Falklands Landmine Legacy
Dec 30, 2019
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Zimbabwe Mail
For the past decade, the Zimbabwean contractors have cleared landmines that Argentina’s army laid – and next year the clearance work will finally end. Deminers…
Mali: Migration Programme Delegate
Dec 30, 2019
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Danish Red Cross
Danish Red Cross (DRC) is looking for a migration programme delegate to support Mali Red Cross in developing a migration response project assisted by the…
DRC: Behavior Change Multimedia Campaign
Dec 30, 2019
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Wildilfe Conservation Society
WCS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to saving wildlife and wildlands through science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of…
Nigeria: Government Relations Specialist
Dec 30, 2019
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One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms more productive. They provide quality farm…
Programme Officer: Environmental Peacemaking
Dec 30, 2019
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European Institute of Peace
Do you want to make a real difference to peace? Are you interested in using your skills to shape conflict resolution? The European Institute of Peace is…
Congo: Green Business Development Expert
Dec 30, 2019
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ECODIT
ECODIT seeks a Green Business Development Expert for the potential project, Conservation through Economic Empowerment in the Republic of Congo (CEERC), as funded by the…
Nigeria: Financial Services Specialist, Rural Resilience
Dec 30, 2019
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Mercy Corps
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…
Syria: National Project Manager
Dec 30, 2019
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving…
Colombia: Plan to Protect Land around AngloGold Ashanti’s Copper Project in Colombia Fails
Dec 30, 2019
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Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, Mining.com
The mayor of the Jericó municipality in Colombia’s Antioquia department said on Monday that his office’s proposal to modify the Territorial Planning Structure to protect…
Myanmar: Moken Fear a Sea Grab in the Myeik Archipelago
Dec 29, 2019
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Hein Thar and Ben Dunant, Frontier
Many Moken are able to make a living, but some fear this livelihood is at risk. The waters through which they once roamed freely are…
China/South China Sea: South China Sea Chaos: How Beijing Is Using Civilian Militia to Harass US Rival Ships
Dec 28, 2019
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Charlie Bradley, Express
South China Sea disputes have led to tense military stand-offs between the US and Chinese navies, but Beijing is gaming long-accepted rules of engagement by…
Iraq: Iraq Shuts Southern Oil Field on Concern over Protesters’ Safety
Dec 28, 2019
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, halted output from a southern oil field as protesters walked close to installations, according to person with knowledge of the situation…