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DRC: EU Companies Fueling Minerals Smuggling in DRC

Apr 28, 2025 | Ronald Musoke
Independent

All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, need to be held accountable for…

India/Pakistan: India Shuts Salal Dam after Indus Treaty Suspended [Video]

Apr 25, 2025
CNN News18

India has officially suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, marking the most significant diplomatic escalation after the brutal Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the…

India/Pakistan: Pakistan Suspends Trade with India, Says Diverting Indus Water ‘an Act of War’, Closes Air Space

Apr 25, 2025 | Shubhajit Roy
Indian Express

A day after India took several diplomatic measures against Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, Islamabad said Thursday it “shall exercise the right to hold…

Colombia: New Research Finds Substantial Peat Deposits in Colombia’s Conflicted Amazon

Apr 23, 2025 | Erik Iverson
Mongabay

In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the towering mountains of the Serranía del Chiribiquete harbor secrets including South America’s oldest rock art. The remote…

Sierra Leone/Liberia: Conserving Gola Forest: Sierra Leone and Liberia Unite for Peace, Sustainability

Apr 22, 2025 | Seraphine Wakana
United Nations

The governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in partnership with the United Nations, have launched the Resilience, Empowerment, Access and Peacebuilding (GOLA-REAP) project, aimed at…

Water: How Conflict-Sensitive Water Management Builds Peace: Lessons from CGIAR’s Training with Egypt’s NWRC

Apr 22, 2025 | Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR

Climate change is straining water supplies and heightening community tensions. Evidence shows that when water scarcity rises within certain contexts, the risk of conflict increases.…

Sierra Leone: From Blood Diamonds to Critical Minerals: Sierra Leone’s Mining Transformation

Apr 21, 2025 | Jason Mitchell
bne IntelliNews

Once defined by war and blood diamonds, Sierra Leone is now looking to turn its rich but underdeveloped mineral base – iron ore, gold, rutile…

Ethiopia: Supporting Inclusive Customary Institutions for Environmental Peacebuilding in Tigray-Afar Region, Ethiopia

Apr 21, 2025 | Luca Kroese
Tropenbos International

In Ethiopia’s Tigray-Afar border region, pressure on natural resources has grown following years of conflict. With support from PENHA, customary leaders known as Abogerebs (“fathers…

Liberia: Gov’t Cracks Down on Illegal Wetland Encroachers

Apr 18, 2025
Observer

The Government has taken a firm stance against the persistent encroachment and destruction of protected wetlands across the country, and as such began a massive…

Colombia: Armed Groups, Cattle Ranchers Drove 35% Rise in Colombia’s Deforestation in 2024

Apr 18, 2025 | Antonio José Paz Cardona
Mongabay

The prediction came true: deforestation in Colombia increased in 2024 after two years of decline, just as the environment ministry had warned since April last…

DRC: Blackwater Founder and Trump Ally Strikes Mineral Security Deal with Congo

Apr 17, 2025 | Mining.com

Former Blackwater chief executive officer and Donald Trump supporter, Erik Prince, will lead a team helping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) secure and tax…

Ukraine: Ukraine Says Pact Signed with US Is First Step towards Minerals Deal

Apr 17, 2025 | Reuters

Ukraine said on Thursday Kyiv and Washington had signed a memorandum as an initial step towards clinching an agreement on developing mineral resources in Ukraine,…

Afghanistan: In One of Afghanistan’s Driest and Poorest Provinces, Climate Change Is Making Farming Unviable

Apr 16, 2025 | Mina Widi and Keyoor Pathak, DownToEarth

In Afghanistan, mountains have always been a major source of water for livelihood and irrigation activities, as snow and seasonal rains that fall in the…

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Territorial Disputes no Longer Threaten Peace and Stability in Central Asia

Apr 16, 2025 | Nurbek Bekmurzaev, Eurasia Daily Monitor

On March 31, three Central Asian states entered a new era of regional cooperation by resolving their last remaining territorial dispute. The presidents of Kyrgyzstan,…

South Sudan: South Sudan Banks on World’s Largest Mammal Migration to Boost Tourism

Apr 15, 2025 | Dickens H. Okello, ChimpReports

South Sudan is ramping up efforts to position itself as a premier ecotourism destination by leveraging the global spotlight on the Great Nile Migration—now officially…

Africa: Great Lakes Region’s Mineral Certification Faces Scrutiny 14 Years on

Apr 14, 2025 | Ronald Musoke, Independent

Fourteen years since 12 governments in the Great Lakes region unanimously agreed to create a foolproof international system for certifying and auditing minerals that have…

Sudan: Power Outages in Khartoum and Northern Sudan after Attack on Hydroelectric Dam

Apr 12, 2025 | Hamza Hendawi and Al Shafie Ahmed, The National

Parts of Khartoum and a region north of the Sudanese capital were without electricity on Saturday following a drone attack against a hydroelectric dam, according…

Colombia: Rural Communities Research and Conserve Native Potatoes in Boyacá

Apr 11, 2025 | Argenpapa

Through rural science laboratories, farmers in Boyacá share ancestral knowledge and systematize best practices to preserve some of the 850 native potato varieties found in…

Colombia: Colombian Government Accelerates Land Transfer to Conflict Victims

Apr 10, 2025 | Prensa Latina

Since the arrival to power of President Gustavo Petro and until today, the Colombian government handed over 60 thousand hectares of fertile land to victims…

Colombia: Colombia’s Green Transition Should Be Inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, Former Environment Minister

Apr 8, 2025 | Mie Hoejris Dahl, Mongabay

Colombia’s first leftist government “has been successful in some aspects” of its environmental agenda, but needs more economic diversification and cohesion between economic actors and…

Liberia: Access to Land Limits Women's Participation in Agriculture

Apr 7, 2025
New Dawn

Women's participation in agriculture is being severely hindered by limited access to land, according to Agnes Fred, Program Coordinator at Women in Agriculture and Sustainable…

Ukraine: In Ukraine, War Takes Poisonous Toll on Soil, Air and Water

Apr 6, 2025 | Deccan Herald

The war may end, but damage from artillery shells, mines, drones and missiles will endure for decades, experts say, degrading industries like farming and mining,…

Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Landmine Crisis: A Silent War Still Claiming Lives

Apr 6, 2025 | Amin Kawa, Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Afghanistan remains one of the most heavily contaminated countries in the world when it comes to landmines and explosive remnants of war. Despite the severity…

DRC: Minerals, Militias, and Mass Displacement: Congo’s Invisible War

Apr 5, 2025 | Akshit Tyagi, Democracy In Africa

While the world remains fixated on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, another deadly conflict is raging in Central Africa, largely unnoticed. In the Democratic Republic of…

DRC: US Envoy Says He's Working on DR Congo Minerals Deal

Apr 4, 2025 | Chiamaka Enendu, BBC

The US and the Democratic Republic of Congo are in talks over a minerals deal in the resource-rich central African nation, according to a senior…

West Africa: ‘Efforts to Address Root Causes of Conflict, Mitigate Impact of Climate Change’ in West Africa, Sahel Must Be Supported, Senior Official Tells Security Council

Apr 3, 2025 | UN Security Council

Preserving a regional framework for cooperation on peace and security remains critical in West Africa and the Sahel, where military takeovers, undemocratic governance, terrorism, poverty…