International
Sierra Leone: From Diamonds to Dirt: Sierra Leone Youth Bring Land back to Life
Jul 16, 2025
UN
Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of past diamond mining ventures which sparked a…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Drone Strikes Shut Oilfields in Iraq's Kurdistan, Cut Output by up to 150,000 bpd
Jul 16, 2025
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Nayera Abdallah and Ahmed Rasheed
Reuters
Drone attacks for a third day on oilfields in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have slashed crude output by 140,000 to 150,000 barrels per day, two…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Drone Attack Halts Oil Output at Sarsang Field in Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 15, 2025
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Ahmed Rasheed
Reuters
A drone attack halted production at the Sarsang oilfield in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Tuesday only hours before its US operator signed a deal to…
Liberia: Putu Residents Left in the Shadows as Logging Funds Spark Confusion and Discontent
Jul 15, 2025
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Esther Natelia Scott and Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
FrontPage Africa
As logging trucks continue to haul timber from the forests of Putu, residents of the community say they are left behind in worsening poverty, with…
Colombia: In Colombia, Indigenous Youth Seek to Protect Land. They Have to Escape Violence to Do It
Jul 15, 2025
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Steven Grattan
Associated Press
Indigenous groups have often argued that they are uniquely qualified to act as protectors of the land, and have often fought for legal rights to…
Afghanistan: Kabul’s Water Crisis: How Unsustainable Foreign Aid Projects Made It Worse
Jul 13, 2025
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Modaser Islami
Arab News
As Kabul makes global headlines for being on the brink of running out of water, experts say the crisis stems not only from natural and…
Afghanistan: Kabul Water Crisis: Experts Urge Immediate Launch of Panjsher Project
Jul 12, 2025
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Suhrab Sarwari
Pajhwok Afghan News
With a worrying decline in groundwater levels in Kabul, environmental experts warn that any delay in launching the Panjshir Water Transfer Project could push the…
Myanmar: In Myanmar, a Rush for Rare Earth Metals Is Causing a Regional Environmental Disaster
Jul 12, 2025
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Michael Sullivan
NPR
The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view of the Kok River valley to the…
DRC/Rwanda: Behind the Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal: History, Minerals, and Power [Video]
Jul 11, 2025
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Ahmed Ghoneim
CGTN America
A historic US-brokered peace deal has been signed for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. But beneath the handshakes, photo ops, and headlines…
Gambia/Senegal: NAM Says Cassamance Conflict Shuts out Gambian Farmers from Accessing Ancestral Lands
Jul 10, 2025
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Nyima Sillah
Voice Gambia
Hon. Bakary K. Badjie, the National Assembly Member (NAM) for Foni Bintang has said that the decades long unresolved conflict in the troubled southern Senegalese…
DRC: DRC Conflict Deepens: Tshisekedi’s Deal with Blackwater Sparks Fears of Mineral-Driven War as Civilians Suffer
Jul 10, 2025
Eastleigh Voice
As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi’s decision to bring in Blackwater, a private military company with a controversial…
India/Pakistan: Can India Stop Pakistan’s River Water — and Will It Spark a New War?
Jul 9, 2025
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Abid Hussain
Al Jazeera
India announced it was walking out of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a six-decade-old transboundary water agreement that governs the division of water from the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad-KRG Oil Deal Stalls Despite Reports of Breakthrough
Jul 9, 2025
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Charles Kennedy
Oilprice.com
The long-running oil export dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil over oil exports and public-sector salaries has now deepened, as…
Sierra Leone: Building Resilient Food Systems in Sierra Leone: Sustainable Agriculture, Community Empowerment, and Strategic Partnerships for Long-Term Food Security
Jul 8, 2025
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL), through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) working with its development partners, the Food and Agriculture Organization…
India/Pakistan: After Decades of Agreement, There's Tension over Water
Jul 8, 2025
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Kate Seamons
Newser
India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan has put the region's water security—and its delicate peace—at greater risk. The treaty, which had divided…
DRC/Rwanda Peace Deal: Perspectives on Minerals, Security and Human Rights
Jul 8, 2025
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The DRC is a major supplier of critical minerals such as coltan , copper and cobalt , all essential to the technology, security, and energy…
Myanmar: Farmers in Kyaikmaraw Forced to Grow Monsoon Rice amid Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance
Jul 7, 2025
Independent Mon News Agency
Despite the presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance left behind by the military junta, farmers along the Gyaing River in Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State, continue…
DRC/Rwanda: UN Report Reveals Involvement of Russian-Linked firm in DRC's Illicit Mineral Trade
Jul 4, 2025
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Solomon Ekanem
Business Insider Africa
A new United Nations report has for the first time publicly identified a Russian-linked company operating in Rwanda as being complicit in the illicit trade…
Israel/Ukraine: Israel Expands Ukraine Aid with Lifesaving Water Infrastructure for Frontline Regions
Jul 4, 2025
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Vlad Litnarovych
UNITED24 Media
Israel will provide Ukraine with an additional humanitarian aid package that includes advanced water supply systems for hundreds of thousands of civilians in areas where…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia Completes Controversial Nile Dam, Escalating Dispute with Egypt
Jul 4, 2025
France 24
Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Thursday the contested Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile is complete, a key step in a dispute with Egypt…
Liberia: Community to Protest over Forest Benefits
Jul 4, 2025
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Emmanuel Sherman
FrontPage Africa
A community forest in Grand Bassa County bordering Nimba has threatened to stop a logging company’s operation for failing to deliver on development projects, barely…
Afghanistan: Building Homes, Losing Harvests: Ghazni’s Farmland Crisis Threatens Food Security
Jul 2, 2025
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Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Several residents in Ghazni province have expressed concern over the increasing sale of agricultural lands for residential construction, warning that this trend could seriously threaten…
Iraq: Iraq Reports 34 Percent Revenue Decrease in Four Months
Jul 2, 2025
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Hastyar Qadir
Rudaw
Iraq’s finance ministry on Wednesday reported revenues of 28 trillion dinars (about $21.3 billion) in the first four months of 2025, a 34 percent increase…
DRC/Rwanda: Mineral Smuggling from Congo to Rwanda at ‘Unprecedented Levels’, UN Says
Jul 2, 2025
Bloomberg
Mineral smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into neighboring Rwanda has reached “unprecedented levels” amid the occupation of a large swath of the region…
Ukraine/Russia: Russia Turns Water into Weapon in Ukraine, Expert Explains
Jul 1, 2025
RBC-Ukraine
The number of conflicts caused by water resources is growing globally, and this issue could become a new challenge for global security, including Ukraine. Amid…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad-Erbil Oil Talks Stall over Federal Refusal to Sign Written Deal
Jul 1, 2025
Rudaw
Negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on resuming Kurdish oil exports have stalled, as the two sides have failed to reach consensus on a formal, written…
DRC: Solar Minigrid Brings Light and Hope to a Goma Neighborhood, Offering Blueprint for Rest of Congo
Jun 30, 2025
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Tammy Webber, Justin Kabumba, and Moses Sawasawa
Associated Press
In several Goma neighborhoods where almost nobody had electricity just five years ago, a small solar network is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread…
Colombia: Women in Colombia Pioneer Coca Leaf Ink, Turning Stigma into Opportunity
Jun 30, 2025
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Darvin Salamanca
Colombia One
Colombian designers Mónica Suárez and Daniela Rubio run Ginger Blonde, a graphic design and visual communication studio pioneering the use of coca leaves as a…
Climate Change: The Climate-Space-Security Nexus
Jun 30, 2025
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Christine Nam
Open Access Government
At first glance, the words climate, space, and security appear disconnected. Yet, as we will show, they are intrinsically intertwined in modern society’s peace and…
DRC/Rwanda: Congo Gold Miners Forced to Work without Pay by M23 Rebels
Jun 30, 2025
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John Zadeh
Discovery Alert
In a significant escalation of eastern Congo's ongoing conflict, Chinese-owned Twangiza Mining SA has reported that M23 rebels have completely seized control of its gold…