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Congo: 'We Are Fighters, Too'
Mar 7, 2019
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Allison Shelley
Since the perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide fled into eastern Congo, the region has been consumed by war. Armed groups proliferated, some from Rwanda…
Armenia: "Armenia Has To Stop Using Water As a Political Tool Against Azerbaijan"-Anastasia Lavrina
Mar 7, 2019
During the 40th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, assistant to President of the International Eurasian Press Fund (IEPF), political analyst Anastasia…
Women Underrepresented in Formal Peace Process, Study Finds
Mar 7, 2019
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Nyein Nyein
YANGON—More than 670 women are contributing to peace building in Myanmar, representing nearly 400 organizations, but only about one quarter of them serve as delegates…
Governing the Ayeyarwady
Mar 6, 2019
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Joern Kristensen
The continuing conundrum over Myitsone, concern among farmers over river bank erosion in the dry zone and the delta and reports of declining riverine resources…
Afghanistan: 'Chilling Reality': Afghanistan Suffers Worst Floods in Seven Years
Mar 6, 2019
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Haroon Janjua and Karen McVeigh, Guardian
Afghanistan has been hit with the worst flooding in seven years, with 20 dead, thousands of homes swept away and many families, already displaced by…
Sahel: Persistent Needs in Sahel, Conflict Driving Massive Displacement
Mar 6, 2019
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, and Save the Children
Top United Nations and non-governmental aid officials today sounded the alarm over rising conflict and insecurity that have accelerated forced displacement across the Sahel, where…
Afghanistan: USAID Improves Livelihoods for Afghan Women through Credit Shura
Mar 6, 2019
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ReliefWeb
Balkh, Afghanistan – One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In…
Iraq: After IS, Mosul Tackles another Terror: Super-Resistant Bacteria
Mar 6, 2019
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Maya Gebeily, Agence France-Presse
Doctors around the globe are sounding the alarm over bacterial infections immune to modern medicine, but their prevalence in Mosul -- where thousands of patients…
A History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence and Security Assessments of Climate Change
Mar 5, 2019
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Peter H. Gleick
In March 2019, the Trump Administration announced they were considering creating an ad hoc White House panel to dispute a long-series of national assessments of…
'Greening the Desert': What Drives Militants' Environmentalism?
Mar 5, 2019
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Austin Bodetti, New Arab
Though al-Qaeda would appear to have little in common with the likes of the Earth Liberation Army and the Earth Liberation Front, it apparently shares…
Myanmar: Mandalay Starts to Streamline Land Records
Mar 5, 2019
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Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times
The Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) has begun streamlining land records such as maps, surveys and title deeds, to be in line with rules and…
Myanmar: Naga Women in Myanmar Dream of Inheriting Land
Mar 5, 2019
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Morung Express
In November 2014, the Conference of Naga Nationals adopted a resolution that committed the indigenous Naga people in Myanmar to the Convention on the Elimination…
South Sudan: UN Accuses Oil Firms of Fuelling Armed Conflict in South Sudan
Mar 5, 2019
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Kevin J. Kelley, East African
Transnational oil-production companies controlled by Asian interests have been complicit in South Sudan government military offensives that involved killings of civilians. "There has been a…
Iraq: CPECC Agrees to Build Natural Gas Liquids Plant in Iraq
Mar 5, 2019
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Michael Marray, Asset
China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) and Basra Gas Company (BGC) have signed a contract to build a natural gas liquids (NGL) plant in…
Climate Change: The Urgency of Tackling Climate-Related Security Risk in Africa
Mar 4, 2019
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KAD Africana
The African Union Peace and Security Council has been commended for dedicating its 828th session to climate change. During an open session on the theme:…
Myanmar: Myanmar ups Efforts to Save Marine, Wildlife
Mar 4, 2019
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Myanmar Times
“Life below water: for people and planet” was the theme of World Wildlife Day 2019, which was celebrated on Sunday to raise awareness about the world’s…
DRC: DRC President, Felix Tshisekedi, Ambiguous on Application of New Mining Code
Mar 4, 2019
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Miningmx
Felix Tshisekedi, the newly elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), gave mixed messages on how he would implement a recently promulgated mining…
Why Do People in Resource-Rich Iraq Protest?
Mar 3, 2019
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Nazli Tarzi
There appears to be little agreement among spectators over the motives and demands driving Iraq’s protest movement, which has grown in since late 2011. What…
Afghanistan: Heavy Rains, Floods Kill 20 Afghans
Mar 3, 2019
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DTN Progressive Farmer
A UN humanitarian agency says at least 20 people died as heavy rains and flooding over the past few days swept away their homes and…
Iraq: Iraq State Company Denies Shiite Militia Smuggling Mosul Oil
Mar 2, 2019
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Rudaw
Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) denied on Sunday that Shiite militia groups were smuggling oil from Nineveh to Syria and Iran, saying that the company…
Guatemala: Women Land Defenders Face 'Extreme Criminalisation', Added Risks
Mar 2, 2019
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Anna-Cat Brigida
El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan…
New Study on Infrastructure Damage in Gaza and the West Bank
Mar 1, 2019
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Leonie Nimmo
The targeting of water, energy, and agricultural infrastructure has created vulnerability and undermined livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to a study…
In Search of Environmental Security at UNEA-4
Mar 1, 2019
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Doug Weir
The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), which aims to be the leading body for the environment in the UN system, was established in 2012 by converting…
Myanmar: Myanmar Land Ownership Law Could Displace Millions of Farmers
Mar 1, 2019
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Peter Yeung and Carlotta Dotto, Deutsche Welle
Under a land reformation act, millions of farmers across Myanmar could be forced from land they have tilled for generations. Many are unaware of the…
Myanmar: Understand Customary System before Implementing Laws
Mar 1, 2019
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Morung Express
In 2014, the residents of Somra, a Naga village in Myanmar, found a new signboard posted on the side of the road inside the community…
Disputes over Water Will Be an Increasing Source of International Tension
Feb 28, 2019
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Economist
It has become a cliché of doom-mongering: future wars will be over water. The forecast is old enough to face a sceptical backlash. Whatever happened,…
Myanmar: Land Legacies, Segregation Could Deter Rakhine Investment Push
Feb 28, 2019
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
The State Counsellor called for investments “implemented with responsibility” as a crucial force in “putting Rakhine’s development trajectory on track” at a Japan-sponsored investment forum…
Somalia: Set of Milestones to Meet Somalia’s Obligations under Environmental Conventions Agreed at a High-Level Meeting in Mogadishu
Feb 28, 2019
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UNDP
A set of milestones to meet three Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification were agreed at a high-level environment meeting this month, which was…
Myanmar: Mandalay to Debate Effort to Resolve Land-Ownership Issues
Feb 27, 2019
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Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times
The Mandalay Region hluttaw (parliament) will debate a proposal to give title deeds to people who have lived for a long time on land that does…
Myanmar: Recognize Our Customary Tenure and Rights: Nagas to Myanmar Govt
Feb 27, 2019
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Morung Express
Indigenous Naga communities in Myanmar have called upon the Government of Myanmar to recognize “the customary tenure system and respect their rights to own, use…