International
Afghanistan/Tajikistan: Armed Clash Erupts between Afghanistan and Tajikistan over Border Dispute and Mining Activities
Aug 30, 2025
AKIpress News Agency
An armed conflict occurred on August 24 in the Dawang border area of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province between Taliban forces and Tajikistan. One Taliban fighter was…
Liberia: Liberian Communities Await Justice at Salala Rubber Plantation after World Bank Complaint
Aug 29, 2025
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Victoria Schneider
Mongabay
Five months after the World Bank’s private investment arm submitted its action plan to address community grievances against a rubber plantation it funds in Liberia,…
Afghanistan/China: Contract Breach or Banditry? Inside the Collapse of the Taliban's Oil Deal with China
Aug 29, 2025
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Anthony Kuhn and Vincent Ni
NPR
Turbaned Afghan officials and hard-hatted Chinese engineers gathered in Afghanistan's Sar-e-Pul province in 2023 to mark the opening of Chinese-invested oil fields. The fields are…
Afghanistan: Foreign Investors Invited to Invest in Afghanistan's Mining Sector
Aug 28, 2025
TOLOnews
In a speech at Tatarstan's Oil and Gas Industrial Forum, Minister of Mines and Petroleum Hedayatullah Badri highlighted Afghanistan's vast oil and gas reserves and…
Myanmar: Over 1,300 Protected Forests across Myanmar Require Legal Protection
Aug 26, 2025
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Htet Nadi and Thet Paing
NP News
Myanmar has established and designated 1,328 reserved and protected forests as of July 31, 2025, according to data provided to The Statesman by the Forest…
Colombia: SIPRI Co-Hosts Policy Events on Climate Justice in Colombia
Aug 26, 2025
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
On 13–14 August 2025, SIPRI co-hosted a series of meetings in Bogotá, Colombia. The events brought together Colombian policymakers, regional specialists and civil society groups.…
Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Recaptures Mandalay Gold Mine
Aug 26, 2025
Irrawaddy
The military regime has taken back control of the sprawling Phayaung Taung gold mine on the border of Madaya, Patheingyi, and Pyin Oo Lwin townships…
Israel/Lebanon: 'When Bombs Turn Taps off': Israel Wrecks Lebanon's Water Systems Despite Ceasefire
Aug 26, 2025
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Sarah Khalil
New Arab
Six months after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was meant to halt fighting in Lebanon, violations persist, and hundreds of thousands of civilians remain…
Israel/Syria: Damascus Is Running out of Water. The Culprit? Climate Change, Conflict...and Israeli Land Grabs
Aug 26, 2025
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Youssef Al Ibrahim
New Arab
For the first time in half a century, Damascus and its surrounding countryside are experiencing an unprecedented water shortage that has forced authorities to implement…
Afghanistan: Taliban Announce Confiscation of Vast Tracts of Land in Logar
Aug 25, 2025
Afghanistan International
The Taliban say they have confiscated more than 1,400 acres of land in Logar province, classifying it as state property. The Taliban have established the…
Somalia: Seeds of Recovery: Somali-Led Solutions at a Turning Point
Aug 25, 2025
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Claudia McGoldrick
International Organization for Migration
For decades, Somalia has been defined by crisis – conflict, drought, floods, displacement, and insecurity. But today, across this complex, proud, and resilient country, a…
DRC: Congo’s Mineral Curse Fuels US-China Rivalry
Aug 25, 2025
Lowy Institute
The Democratic Republic of Congo is again at the centre of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian and security crises. Despite the public headlines…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine War Briefing: Water Crisis in Russian-Held Donetsk as Canal Eludes Capture
Aug 25, 2025
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Warren Murray
Guardian
The illegally appointed head of the partly Russian-held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine has said a water crisis that is forcing people to queue at…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Builds 120 Onion Cold Storage Facilities to Strengthen Food Security in Rural Areas
Aug 24, 2025
Xinhua
A total of 120 onion cold storage facilities are under construction across provinces with the financial support of the World Bank in Afghanistan. According to…
Afghanistan: Farmers in Herat Turn to Drip Irrigation amid Ongoing Drought
Aug 23, 2025
TOLOnews
Over the past year, the drip irrigation system has expanded in several districts of Herat. Drought and water shortages have forced farmers to adopt this…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Steps up Pressure on Taliban over Helmand River Water Rights
Aug 23, 2025
Afghanistan International
Iran has accused the Taliban of failing to honour a key water treaty and vowed to intensify pressure on the group to secure its share…
Afghanistan: Water Extremes Drive People from Homes in Afghanistan
Aug 21, 2025
Agence France-Presse
Successive wars displaced Afghans over 40 years, but peace has not brought reprieve, as climate change-fuelled shocks drive people from their homes and strain livelihoods.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Water Predicament Goes Regional
Aug 21, 2025
Middle East NorthAfrica Financial Network
After decades of war that left it with little authority over its five major river basins, Afghanistan is now asserting greater control of its water…
Liberia: Journalists Condemn Proposal to Degazette Sapo National Park, Warn of International Fallout
Aug 21, 2025
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Francis G. Boayue
FrontPage Africa
The Journalists for the Protection of Nature (JPN-Liberia) has strongly condemned a proposal by Sinoe County Representative, Romeo Quiah, to degazette the Sapo National Park,…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Holds Two-Day Environmental Conference in Nangarhar
Aug 18, 2025
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Sadaqat Ghorzang
TOLOnews
Environmental experts emphasized the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for environmental protection.
Liberia: Land Authority Charges Towns Nearly US$12K to Resolve Boundary Dispute
Aug 18, 2025
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Carlucci Cooper
The Daylight
The Liberia Land Authority has charged two communities in Grand Gedeh County US$11,900 to cut their boundary, dragging a dispute over Burkinabe cocoa farmers.
Afghanistan: From Drought to Floods, Water Extremes Drive Displacement in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2025
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Susannah Walden and Qubad Wali
Agence France-Presse
The water cycle has been sharply impacted, with Afghanistan again in the grip of drought for the fourth time in five years and flash floods…
DRC: What Stands between the DRC and Lasting Peace? [Video]
Aug 15, 2025
TRT World
For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has witnessed one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II — yet the world remains largely…
Food Security: Starvation Is a War Crime, but Will Justice Ever Be Done?
Aug 15, 2025
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Cathrin Schaer
Deutsche Welle
Experts say that food is increasingly being used as a weapon in conflicts in places like Sudan, Syria and Gaza. But there's never been a…
India/Pakistan: India Faces Diplomatic Challenge after Rejecting Jurisdiction of International Court on Water Treaty
Aug 15, 2025
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Kazim Alam
TRT Global
India may find itself in a diplomatic quagmire after rejecting an international court’s ruling that New Delhi must allow the unimpeded flow of western rivers…
Liberia: Liberia Land Authority Targets Double Land Sales in Bong County
Aug 15, 2025
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Princess Flomo
Libierian Investigator
In communities across Liberia, from crowded urban margins to remote rural districts, land disputes rooted in overlapping claims, customary ambiguities, and corrupt practices continue to…
Liberia: Burkinabés Clash over Land in Grand Gedeh
Aug 15, 2025
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Ishmael F. Menkor
Observer
Tension is said to be mounting in Grand Gedeh County between two groups of Burkinabé over farmlands, causing fear among the locals. Reports reaching the…
Nigeria: Plateau State Trains Officials in Peacebuilding through Land Dispute Mediation
Aug 14, 2025
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Roger A. Agana
News Ghana
Government workers from four key Plateau State agencies transformed into certified peace mediators this week after intensive training in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques.
Climate Change: Why Women, Peace and Security Plans in the Mediterranean Must Confront Climate Risks
Aug 14, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) National Action Plans are a powerful but underused tool for tackling the interconnected challenges of gender, climate, and conflict. Across…
DRC: Inside the Mine that Feeds the Tech World – and Funds Congo’s Rebels
Aug 13, 2025
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Giulia Paravicini and David Lewis
Reuters
Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. Control of this mine…