International
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal and the Paradox of Central Asian Water Politics
Sep 11, 2025
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Kamila Fayzieva
Diplomat
As climate change accelerates and water resources in Central Asia continue to shrink, the construction of the massive Qosh Tepa Canal in northern Afghanistan is…
Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Authorities Disseminate Land Act Ahead of Demarcation
Sep 11, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
The Ministry of Information and Communication in Abyei Administrative Area over the weekend launched a two-day program to disseminate the South Sudan Land Act 2009…
Liberia: EU Envoy Warns of Sahel Crises Consequences in Liberia
Sep 10, 2025
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William Q. Harmon
Observer
The European Union’s Special Representative for the Sahel has warned that the ongoing crises in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger pose far-reaching security and migration…
Liberia: EU Envoy Warns Liberia's Cocoa, Timber Exports at Risk over Deforestation, Burkinabè Influx
Sep 10, 2025
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Lennart Dodoo
Liberian Investigator
The European Union's head of delegation to Liberia has warned that the country's credibility as a cocoa exporter could be undermined if production continues to…
Kenya/South Sudan/Uganda: How Kenya, Uganda Profit from South Sudan’s Illegal Gold and Charcoal Trade
Sep 10, 2025
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James Anyanzwa
Nation
As South Sudan grapples with a deepening economic collapse driven by years of civil war and plummeting oil revenues, a shadow economy is thriving—one that…
Afghanistan: Dispute over Land Ownership Claims 2 Lives in E. Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2025
Xinhua
A Dispute over a piece of land between two brothers in the eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has claimed two lives, provincial police spokesman Sayed Tayeb…
Colombia: Mennonites in Colombia to Repair Environmental Damage
Sep 10, 2025
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Josep Freixes
ColombiaOne
The Mennonite community that has lived for nine years in the Meta region of Colombia expressed its willingness to repair the environmental damage caused by…
Afghanistan: 4 Water Supply Networks Launched in Afghanistan's Samangan Province
Sep 9, 2025
Xinhua
Afghan authorities have initiated construction on four new water supply networks in northern Samangan province, representing a key advancement in enhancing clean water access for…
Liberia: FDA, Firm Ask Court to Dismiss US$5M Lawsuit
Sep 9, 2025
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Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a logging company have asked the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice to dismiss a US$5 million lawsuit…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Halting Region's Oil Exports Has Caused $28 Billion in Losses to Iraq, Says KRG Official
Sep 8, 2025
Kurdistan24
The prolonged halt of the Kurdistan Region's oil exports has inflicted staggering financial damage on the Iraqi state, amounting to more than $28 billion in…
Afghanistan: Water Crisis and Water Mafia in Kabul: Situation Becomes More Critical Each Day
Sep 6, 2025
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Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Groundwater levels in Kabul have severely declined due to continued drought, excessive use of water resources, and weak management, bringing the water crisis in this…
Uganda: Regional Pact Brings Hope to Artisanal Miners 15 Years Later
Sep 6, 2025
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Philip Wafula
Monitor
A 15-year-old resolution by 12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has breathed life into Uganda’s Artisanal and Small-scale…
Poland/Ukraine: Polish Farmers Block Border with Ukraine
Sep 6, 2025
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Milena Bogdanova
Fakti.bg
Polish farmers have once again blocked the movement of Ukrainian trucks through the Medika-Shegyny checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, the State Border Service of…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: The EU–UNEP Partnership to Support Locally Led Climate Actions in Fergana Valley
Sep 5, 2025
European Union
The regional initiative for Central Asia, funded by the European Union, within the EU–UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment and Peace, was launched on 25 August…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan: Central Asia and Afghanistan Heading for “Confrontation” over Water-Thirsty Canal, Warns Analyst
Sep 5, 2025
bne IntelliNews
Water-stressed Central Asia and Afghanistan are heading for a “confrontation” over the Taliban’s building of the Qosh Tepa Canal, which will divert up to a…
Liberia: As Climate Change Drives More Farmers into the Forests, Ambitious Boakai Forestry Sector Reform Is Yet to Help Local Communities
Sep 5, 2025
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Eric Opa Duoe
New Narratives
Marthaline Gbar is among dozens of residents in the Garwin Authorized Community Forest who say they’ve been left impoverished by broken promises from Tetra Logging,…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Mines under Taliban Contracts: Short-Term Revenues, Long-Term Costs
Sep 4, 2025
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Kazim Homayoun
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, the group’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed more than 205 mining contracts with domestic…
Afghanistan: UN Says Quake-Hit Areas in Afghanistan Contaminated by Explosive Ordnance
Sep 4, 2025
KabulNow
The United Nations has warned that parts of eastern Afghanistan hit by last week’s deadly earthquake remain contaminated with explosive ordnance, further complicating rescue and…
Syria: Severe Drought Threatens Food Security across the Middle East, Devastating Syria’s Fragile Recovery
Sep 4, 2025
Kurdistan24
A historic drought gripping Syria and the broader Eastern Mediterranean is decimating crops, draining rivers and reservoirs, and intensifying food insecurity, threatening millions in a…
China/Taiwan: Taiwan Accuses China of Breaching International Law over Drilling
Sep 4, 2025
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Helen Davidson
Guardian
Taiwan’s government has accused China of breaching international law by drilling for oil and gas inside Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and immediately demanded it…
Iran: Iran's Water Crisis: A Nexus of Environmental, Political, and Security Challenges
Sep 4, 2025
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Fatemeh Aman
Future Center
Iran grapples with a water crisis that has evolved from an environmental challenge into a political emergency. The situation unfolds against a backdrop of mounting…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Fights Opium Poppy Cultivation [Video]
Sep 3, 2025
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Afghanistan's poppies account for an estimated 80 percent of the world's opium. The Taliban have banned cultivation, but its efforts to eradicate the crop face…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan: The Tajikistan–Afghanistan Border Clash Alarmed Regional Security
Sep 3, 2025
SpecialEurasia
A firefight broke out on August 24, 2025, between Tajik border troops and Taliban forces near the Panj River in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, across from…
Water: TRENDS Conference Focuses on Water as a Critical Component of Peace and Development
Sep 3, 2025
TRENDS
On the first day of TRENDS Research & Advisory’s Fifth Conference on Sustainable Water Security, three main sessions discussed the challenges and opportunities related to…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Sudan, Egypt Reject Wider Nile Basin Role in Ethiopia Dam Dispute
Sep 3, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Sudan and Egypt on Wednesday rejected attempts to include other Nile Basin countries in their long-running dispute with Ethiopia over its massive dam on the…
Afghanistan: Women Mushroom Farmers in Kabul Seek Cold Storages
Sep 2, 2025
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Sonita Azizi
Pajhwok Afghan News
A number of women in Kabul, working with diligent hands and hopeful hearts to cultivate mushrooms using straw, lime and bran, say they need cold…
Afghanistan: Afghan Activists Urge UN to Halt Hazara Displacement and Land Seizures
Sep 1, 2025
ShiaWaves
Over 100 Afghan civil society groups and human rights activists have called on the United Nations to intervene urgently to stop the systematic displacement and…
Bangladsesh: Govt. Prioritizes Swift Compensation for Victims of Human-Elephant Conflict: Rizwana
Sep 1, 2025
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today reaffirmed the government's commitment to promoting peaceful human-elephant coexistence, saying that streamlining and revising current…
Afghanistan: Eastern Afghanistan Earthquakes Threaten Livestock Farming and Family Income Sources
Sep 1, 2025
Hasht-E Subh
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the devastating earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan severely threaten the livestock sector.
Afghanistan/Tajikistan: Chinese Gold Mining Provokes Battle between Taliban and Tajikistan
Sep 1, 2025
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Dmytro Shumlianskyi
MILITARNYI
The first military clash in three years between Tajik border guards and TDF militants took place on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The clash…