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DRC: Chief of Party, Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Oct 7, 2019 | Wildlife Conservation Society

Wildlife Conservation Society is a New York City-based organization that currently works to conserve more than two million square miles of wild places around the…

Land Reform Has Failed the Women of South Africa

Oct 7, 2019 | Sobantu Mzwakali

The government’s plan to combat the plight of women’s landlessness has been shown to have borne little fruit thus far, when the report of the…

Women-Led, Locally Owned Peace Processes Key to Preventing Conflict Across Africa, Speakers Tell Security Council, Stressing Important Role of Regional Partners

Oct 7, 2019 | Relief Web

Support from the United Nations and its regional partners in Africa is crucial to addressing the root causes of conflict and galvanizing locally-owned, women-led peace…

Myanmar: Mining to Resume at Suspended Jade Blocks

Oct 7, 2019 | Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times

Jade mining at private blocks in Lonekhin and Hpakant, Kachin State, which had been temporarily suspended since July, have been permitted to resume this month,…

Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Says Renegotiating Oil Deal with Sudan

Oct 7, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

South Sudan said Monday it was renegotiating an oil deal with Khartoum, as it will not meet a December deadline to finish paying $3 billion…

Climate Change: Climate Change Poses a ‘Direct Threat’ to Australia’s National Security. It Must Be a Political Priority

Oct 7, 2019 | Chris Barrie, Conversation

It is evident from Australia’s increasingly severe droughts and record-breaking heatwaves that time is running out to take action on climate change. Yet, despite persistent…

South Sudan: South Sudan Warns of More Oil Spills after Pipeline Rupture

Oct 7, 2019 | Phys.org

South Sudan's petroleum ministry warned Monday of more oil spills from poorly maintained facilities, after a pipeline leaked 2,000 barrels of oil in the north…

Cambodia: International Environmental Expert for Drafting the State of the Environment Report

Oct 7, 2019 | UNDP

The Royal Government of Cambodia has adopted a National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023. A cornerstone of this strategy is to improve the environment and protect…

Myanmar: WASH Coordinator

Oct 7, 2019 | Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. It is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on…

Slate of Candidates for the EnPAx Board of Directors Now Available

Oct 7, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) has announced the candidates running for open seats on its Board of Directors. The slate of candidates for the inaugural election…

Empowering Africa's Women Farmers

Oct 7, 2019 | Ruth Meinzen-Dick

More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in agriculture. Yet the region’s women farmers often reap a meager…

Counterpart's Approach to Women, Peace and Security

Oct 7, 2019 | Counterpart International

International development is increasingly shaped by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). The World Bank projects that by 2030, the number of countries affected by FCV will…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Again Accuses China of Violating Its Fishing Rights in Its Exclusive Economic Zone

Oct 6, 2019 | Shi Jiangtao, South China Morning Post

Hanoi has again accused Beijing of violating its rights after three Chinese vessels stopped a local crew from fishing in the country’s exclusive economic zone…

Investing in South Sudan Oil Could Add Fuel to the Flames

Oct 6, 2019 | Brian Adeba and Megha Swamy

A major oil and power conference kicks off in Cape Town this week with South Sudan expected to actively seek companies and announce exploration licences…

China/South Sudan: Why China Is Hoping for a Peace Dividend in South Sudan

Oct 5, 2019 | Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post

With a possible end to South Sudan’s long-running civil war in sight, China has its own reasons for hoping the peace process succeeds. The two…

Afghanistan: Teachers to Get Apartments Instead of Land in Future: Balkhi

Oct 5, 2019 | Pajhwok Afghan News

Education Minister Mohammad Mirwais Balkhi on Saturday said a has been devised plan to give schoolteachers apartments instead of land plots in future. Balkhi made…

DRC: The Bisunzu Mine in Congo Using Blockchain to Digitally Trace and Tag Cobalt-Tantalum Mining

Oct 5, 2019 | BitcoinKE

A new system by a Berlin-based blockchain company, RCS Global, is already in use to tag Cobalt-Tantalum mineral ores from one particular mine and help…

Nigeria: Over 1200 Mining Experts to Deliberate on Nigeria’s Fledgling Mining Industry

Oct 5, 2019 | Ike Dzokpo, News Ghana

Senior Vice President, Investments, at the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that Nigeria Mining Week is open for business and is ready to make…

Afghanistan: Water Management for Peace

Oct 4, 2019 | Said Hashmat Sadat and Nastrat Sayed

In the optimistic view, Afghanistan is closer to peace today than at any time in the past decades. The presidential election last weekend may have…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Accuses Chinese Ships of Ramping up South China Sea Tensions

Oct 4, 2019 | Bloomberg

Vietnam accused a Chinese oil-surveying vessel and coastguard escorts of territorial violations by widening their activities after entering the country’s exclusive economic zone and operating…

Afghanistan: Insecurity, Fraud Allegations Mar US Company’s Quest to Mine for Gold in Afghanistan

Oct 4, 2019 | J.P. Lawrence, Stars and Stripes

A year after a U.S.-based company signed contracts to mine for gold and copper in Afghanistan, work still hasn’t begun amid fears of insecurity and…

Nigeria: A Paradigm Shift for Conflict-Affected Rice Producers in Rural Borno

Oct 4, 2019 | AfricaNews

The Jere Bowl is an irrigated land mass formed by the flow of the Ngadda River in Jere local government area (LGA), Borno State, in Nigeria.…

Researchers Model the Climate Impacts of a Nuclear Conflict

Oct 4, 2019 | Laureen Fagan, Sustainability Times

Nuclear conflict may remain unthinkable in terms of the human cost, but research published this week in the journal Science Advances adds focus on the…

Libya: As Libya’s War Drags on, Tripoli Drowns in Waste

Oct 4, 2019 | Agence France-Presse

Across Tripoli, tonnes of waste overflows from bins and piles up on roadsides. The rubbish crisis adds to the daily ordeal for residents of the…

Iraq: Sudden Eruption of Violence in Iraq Threatens Oil Supply

Oct 3, 2019 | Nick Cunningham, Oil Price

Oil prices have fallen sharply over the past week, as the swift return of disrupted Saudi oil production allowed markets to look past geopolitical risk.…

For Bosnian Women, No Justice—and No Seats

Oct 3, 2019 | Riada Asimovic Akyol

Both men and women suffer the consequences of wars, but conflicts and humanitarian disasters around the world tend to disproportionately affect women and children. Additionally,…

Colombia: Trees of Reconciliation in Carrizal

Oct 3, 2019 | UN Verification Mission in Colombia

Victims, security forces, former FARC-EP combatants, youth groups and community planted trees at the former Territorial Area for Training and Reincorporation (TATR) in Carrizal, Remedios,…

Afghanistan: Mining Law Reforms Revived [Video]

Oct 3, 2019 | TOLOnews

The Ministry of Mines released a statement saying they have consulted with various institutions to revise mining law. Integrity Watch Afghanistan says that despite the…

Food Security, Infrastructure and Containment: Why GCC States Are Engaging in the Horn of Africa in a Big Way

Oct 3, 2019 | Sebastian Rees, AlBawaba

Gulf actors, heavily reliant on foreign food imports, proved particularly interested in the Horn’s potential as a breadbasket for food production and agriculture. A global…

Iraq: Iraq's Dependence on Oil to Continue as Reform Pace Slows, Says Moody's

Oct 3, 2019 | Jennifer Gnana, National

Iraq's continued dependence on oil revenues is likely to slow structural and fiscal reforms over the medium term, Moody's said in a report, which also…