International
Kenya: How Gender-Transformative Innovation Bundles are Revolutionizing Food Security in Kenya
Nov 18, 2025
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Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
In Makueni, Kenya, farmers are boosting yields and empowering women through new gender-transformative innovation bundles. Introduced to overcome low tech adoption, the approach merges farming…
Liberia: Women Marginalized in Customary Land Processes in Lofa Despite Legal Protections
Nov 17, 2025
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Korto D. Snowe
Liberia Daily Observer
Women in Lofa County continue to face difficulties participating equally in customary land and natural resource management. This situation, according to Chapter 9, Article 36…
Colombia: Community-Led Responses to Environmental Crime in Colombia
Nov 17, 2025
Global Initiative
In Colombia, and particularly in the Amazonian departments of Meta and Caquetá, campesino and rural communities are actively defending their forests.
Conflict Minerals: Diamond Industry Pushes to Rewrite the Rules on ‘Conflict Stones’
Nov 17, 2025
Sri Lanka Guardian
The diamond industry is calling for urgent reform of the Kimberley Process, the international pact created to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, amid growing criticism…
DRC: In the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mining Revenue Is Helping to Fund Rebel Groups
Nov 16, 2025
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Simplice Bambe, Jean Sovon, and Jean-Christophe Brunet
GlobalVoices
The ongoing security crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deepened, with two rebel groups, the Congo River…
Conflict Minerals: Conflict Diamonds Regime a ‘Victim of Its Success’
Nov 16, 2025
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Tom Saunders
The Times
A regime designed to eliminate the trade in “conflict diamonds” has become a “victim of its own success”, the president of the World Diamond Council…
Sudan/South Sudan: Regional Oil Corridor Faces Major Disruption after Deadly Drone Strike in Sudan
Nov 16, 2025
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Brian Kiprono
Dawan Africa
Oil flows between Sudan and South Sudan have ground to a halt after a deadly drone strike on the Heglig Oil Field triggered cascading shutdowns…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Agricultural Crisis: Nutrient Depletion Threatens Future Food Security and Global Supply Chains
Nov 16, 2025
SSBCrack News
For decades, Ukraine held the title of the world’s breadbasket, renowned for its substantial output of sunflower oil, maize, and wheat—products that sustained over 400…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Production Halted after Drone Attack on Key Facility
Nov 15, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
Oil production and exports have been suspended in parts of Sudan and South Sudan following a drone strike on a critical oil field in Sudan,…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: UN Renews Peacekeeping Mission in Disputed Abyei Region
Nov 15, 2025
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha News
The UN Security Council on Friday renewed a peacekeeping mission in Abyei, a disputed oil-rich region between Sudan and South Sudan, but warned that future…
Climate Change: Undeterred by Lack of Funding, Fragile Communities Find Ways to Adapt to the Climate Crisis
Nov 14, 2025
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Some of the most vulnerable communities in Afghanistan have been undeterred by the lack of funding and are trying to find their own solutions.
Liberia: Cacao Rush Fuels Conflict and Deforestation in Southeastern Liberia
Nov 13, 2025
Mongabay
Soaring cacao prices over the last three years are fueling deforestation and conflict in Grand Gedeh county of Liberia, in West Africa.
South Sudan: South Sudan Confirms It Has Sought $2.5 Billion in Oil-backed Loans
Nov 13, 2025
Reuters
South Sudan's petroleum ministry confirmed on Thursday that it had asked for a total of $2.5 billion in oil-backed loans from two international firms operating…
Afghanistan: Missing Cold Storages: The Lost Link Crippling Afghanistan’s Agricultural Economy
Nov 13, 2025
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Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The continued closure of border crossings with Pakistan has created serious challenges for traders in Afghanistan. Several traders in Kabul say that the absence of…
South Sudan: Sacked VP Bol Mel Accused of Plundering South Sudan’s Oil Wealth – UN
Nov 13, 2025
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Dickens H Okello
ChimpReports
South Sudan’s powerful Vice President, Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel, has been dismissed from all his government, military, and party positions following damning United Nations findings…
DRC: Congo Produces First 1,000t of Traceable Artisanal Cobalt
Nov 13, 2025
Reuters
The state cobalt agency in Democratic Republic of Congo has produced its first 1,000 metric tons of traceable artisanal cobalt, a key step in formalizing…
Global: Building Gender-Responsive Climate Security: Inside CGIAR’s New Training Module Why Gender Matters in Climate Security?
Nov 12, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Climate change impacts are not gender-neutral and vary across population groups. Women, children, minority groups, refugees, the elderly, and people with disabilities face differential vulnerabilities linked to…
Afghanistan: Eight in Ten Afghans Drink Contaminated Water amid Worsening Climate Crisis, UNICEF Says
Nov 12, 2025
KabulNow
Afghanistan is among the countries most exposed to the impacts of climate change despite contributing almost nothing to global emissions, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Liberia: Liberia Launches €5 Million Soil Restoration and Climate-Smart Farming Project
Nov 12, 2025
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Gibson Gee
Liberian Investigator
Liberia has launched a new €5 million agricultural initiative aimed at restoring degraded soils, boosting climate resilience, and enhancing the livelihoods of thousands of smallholder…
Israel/Palestine: Israel Attacked Palestinian Water Sources over 250 Times in Five Years, Data Reveals
Nov 11, 2025
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Nina Lakhani
Guardian
Israeli armed forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian water sources more than 250 times in the past five years, amounting to the most sustained assault…
Philippines: CGIAR and OPAPRU Sign MOU to Study Climate Action and Peacebuilding in the Philippines
Nov 10, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
CGIAR Climate Security, part of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and OPAPRU formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance joint research…
Afghanistan: Taliban Not Invited to Global Climate Change Conference
Nov 10, 2025
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Hamim Halim
Kabul Tribune
The Taliban’s National Environmental Protection Agency has voiced concern over the group’s exclusion from the upcoming Global Climate Change Conference in Brazil, despite what it…
Afghanistan: UN Trust Fund Supports Women Livestock Farmers in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province
Nov 9, 2025
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Fidel Rahmati
The Khaama Press News Agency
The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund is helping women-headed households in Ghazni raise livestock, offering training and tools to support their livelihoods.
The UN Afghanistan Trust Fund…
Battlefields to Wastelands: UN Warns Conflicts Are Destroying Ecosystems Worldwide
Nov 8, 2025
UN
From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland…
Afghanistan: UN Warns Afghanistan Is Highly Vulnerable to Environmental Degradation
Nov 8, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Afghanistan (UN-Habitat) has warned that the country is vulnerable to environmental degradation. The agency wrote on its Facebook…
Afghanistan: AUWSSC Launches Major Project to Provide Clean Water to Kabul
Nov 8, 2025
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Liluma Qadiry
TOLOnews
The Afghanistan Urban Water Supply and Sewage Corporation (AUWSSC) has announced the launch of a major project to supply clean water to Kabul. According to…
Myanmar: Tatmadaw Regains Setawgyi Dam
Nov 8, 2025
Global New Light of Myanmar
The CRPH, NUG and their subordinates PDF terrorists intentionally launched destructive actions across the nation to destroy the governance mechanism and development of the country.…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: Lessons in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution from Fergana
Nov 8, 2025
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Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Diplomat
The Fergana Valley’s transformation from a conflict zone into a unified entity with collective identity demonstrates that stability is achievable even amid global uncertainty.
The Philippines: DENR Exec Highlights Link Between Women Leaders and Environmental Protection
Nov 6, 2025
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Jonathan Mayuga
Business Mirror
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Marilou Erni emphasized that environmental protection and peacebuilding are deeply interconnected with women as…
Afghanistan: Afghan Opium Crop Plummets after Taliban Ban - UN Report
Nov 6, 2025
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Bethany Bell and Yogita Limaye
BBC News
Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said. The total area of…