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Why Women Led the Uprising in Sudan

Apr 12, 2019 | Nasredeen Abdulbari

The protests that led to the ouster of Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, have been dominated by women. Day after day on the streets of Khartoum,…

Colombia: Police Attacked in Northern Colombia Trying to Enforce Land Restitution – Four Injured

Apr 12, 2019 | Jake Kincaid

Four police were injured in an attack while trying to enforce the restitution of land in Mutata, Uraba Antioquia Thursday, the latest chapter in onogoing…

Israel/Palestine: Israel’s Never-Ending Search for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights

Apr 12, 2019 | Mamoun Kiwan, Asharq Al-Awsat

Backed by Washington, Israel is spending an arm and a leg on oil drilling in the contested Golan Heights, Syria. Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported…

DRC: Agriculture Program Manager

Apr 11, 2019 | 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…

Yemen: Monitoring and Reporting Officer (WASH Cluster)

Apr 11, 2019 | UN Children's Fund

In cooperation with governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UNICEF saves and protects the world's most vulnerable children, working to ensure child rights and providing health…

Afghanistan's Transformation into a Narco-State

Apr 11, 2019 | Gareth Rice

As though Afghanistan’s problems couldn’t get any worse, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s most recent Afghanistan opium survey (released in November last year) was a…

Craft and the Council: Will Kelly Knight Craft End Climate Action at the UN Security Council?

Apr 11, 2019 | Oli Brown

In late February, Donald Trump announced Kelly Knight Craft, a 57-year-old Kentucky native, as his pick to succeed Nikki Haley as US Ambassador to the United…

Myanmar: Myanmar Pipe in Land Row

Apr 11, 2019 | Upstream

Burmese farmers banned for five years from planting crops along the gas and oil export pipelines from Myanmar to China are up in arms over…

Somalia: 137,000 People Forced to Flee Their Homes This Year in Somalia

Apr 11, 2019 | Norwegian Refugee Council

Over 137,000 people fled their homes in the first quarter of 2019, according to the UNHCR led Protection Returns Monitoring Network. The number of people…

Iraq: Heavy Rainfall Increases Fear of Mosul Dam Collapse

Apr 11, 2019 | Mina Aldroubi, National

Iraqi authorities warned on Thursday of the likelihood of a catastrophic collapse of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam due to torrential rainfall. The dam, near…

Association for Conflict Resolution Conference: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarships Available

Apr 10, 2019 | Association for Conflict Resolution

The Environment and Public Policy (EPP) Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) invites you to attend the 2019 ACR Conference: Heal the Divide…

Four Climate Change Factors That Might Contribute to Existing or Future Conflicts

Apr 10, 2019 | Loic Tchinda

According to the SIDA Report (2017), climate change might not have a clear and linear relationship with violent conflict but under certain circumstances, climate-related change can…

India: Bengaluru: Water Scarcity Spurs Tanker Wars

Apr 10, 2019 | Deccan Chronicle

The water scarcity in the city has become so acute that people are resorting to strong arm tactics to divert supply to their areas.

Liberia: USAID Makes Land Authority Visible on World Wide Web

Apr 10, 2019 | Alaskai Moore Johnson, FrontPage Africa

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-sponsored project has helped the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) to become visible on the world wide web at…

Afghanistan: Ministry Begins Survey on Afghanistan's Lithium Deposits

Apr 10, 2019 | Mir Haidarshah Omid, TOLOnews

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has started its assessments in certain parts of the country to identify lithium deposits, an official said on Tuesday.…

Colombia: In the Land of El Dorado, Clean Water Has Become ‘Blue Gold’

Apr 10, 2019 | Damian Carrington, Guardian

In the land where the legend of El Dorado began, the race is on to solve the mystery of a vital 21st-century treasure – the…

Announcing Interest Group for Young Professionals

Apr 9, 2019

Are you a young professional interested in professional development opportunities? A recent graduate looking to learn more about the environmental peacebuilding field? Join the new…

Vietnam Wants a South China Sea Dispute Resolution Pact with Teeth, Not More Politics

Apr 9, 2019 | Le Hong Hiep

Asean member states and China are a step closer to forming a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea after years of operating a…

China’s Assertive Maritime Policy Is Older Than Xi

Apr 9, 2019 | Andrew Chubb

The toughening of China’s policies in the South and East China Seas is widely regarded as a defining characteristic of Xi Jinping’s foreign policy. But…

The Case for Planetary Stewardship

Apr 9, 2019 | Georg Kell

We know with scientific certainty that the impact of climate change will soon force governments to take bolder steps, both in terms of reducing emissions…

For Planet and Country: National Security's Climate Moment

Apr 9, 2019 | Jon Powers and Kevin Johnson

It is no overstatement that the greatest threat facing America’s national security and the world at large is climate change. Denials of science and fossil…

Gender Equality? Add Water

Apr 9, 2019 | Sonia Lowman

Imagine having to wait all day to defecate in the dark, just to get the tiniest semblance of privacy—and then getting raped because you went…

Pig Pens Power a Solution to Climate Change in Vietnam

Apr 9, 2019

When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of Viet Nam’s…

Afghanistan: Rehabilitated Seeds Farm Enables Farmers in Northern Afghanistan Grow Healthy Crops

Apr 9, 2019 | World Bank

Khan Mohammad oversees Khasa-Paz, a 973-jerib (194 hectares) inter-ministerial farm managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), which produces foundation seeds, primarily…

Food Security: Vulnerability Deepens East African Food Crisis Risks

Apr 9, 2019 | Oxford Analytica

After recurrent droughts from 2015-17, improved rains in mid-2018 looked to be easing regional food insecurity. However, new warnings of poor rains are renewing concern…

Oli Brown

Senior Advisor
Chatham House
Kenya
Apr 9, 2019

Oli Brown is an Associate Fellow with the UK think tank Chatham House (also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs) as well as…

Call for Nominations for the Award for Environmental Peacebuilding in Practice

Apr 8, 2019

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is currently seeking nominations for the Award for Environmental Peacebuilding in Practice to be presented at the First International Conference on…

Open Call for 2021 Special Issue of the Journal of Peace Research

Apr 8, 2019 | Peace Research Institute Oslo and SAGE Publications

The Journal of Peace Research is a leading international and interdisciplinary journal in peace research, published in collaboration between the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)…

Geneva Peace Week: Annual Call for Events and Speakers

Apr 8, 2019 | Geneva Peace Week

Geneva is a global hub for governance and international cooperation. It hosts 37 international organizations, a thriving community of non-governmental organizations and renowned academic and…

Better Water Security Translates into Better Food Security

Apr 8, 2019 | Kyla Peterson

“Food production is the largest consumer of water and also represents the largest unknown factor of future water use as the world’s population continues to…