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Afghanistan: Searching for Water Is a Daily Battle for Many Afghan Families

Mar 22, 2026
International Committee of the Red Cross

In Afghanistan, water is becoming harder to access, afford, and manage. Water scarcity affects daily life, livelihoods, and health. In rural areas protracted crises and…


Guinea/Liberia: Did Guinea Soldiers re-Hoist Flag on Liberian Soil Despite Peace Negotiations?

Mar 21, 2026 | Laymah Kollie
Dubawa

Early Tuesday morning, March 17, 2026, social media got flooded with news of Guinean Soldiers re-entering Liberia’s territory to re-hoist their flag on Liberia’s soil.…


Afghanistan: Ghazni Farmers Seek Improved Seeds, Water Projects to Combat Climate Change

Mar 20, 2026 | Wahidullah Jumazada
Pajhwok Afghan News

Some farmers in southern Ghazniprovince are calling for the implementation of projects providing improved seeds, standard fertilisers and water-management systems. They say such measures could…


Latin America: From the Amazon to Mesoamerica - Women, Science, and Policy are Shaping Resilient Agri-food Systems in Latin America

Mar 19, 2026 | Mariana Callejas
CIMMYT

Across Latin America, the transformation of agri-food systems is being driven by a powerful convergence: science, public policy, and the leadership of women farmers and…


DRC: DRC Uses Geoscience Data to Strengthen Oversight of Mining Sector

Mar 19, 2026
Ecofin Agency

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a new program to strengthen oversight of its mining sector by improving the production and use of geoscientific…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil, Baghdad to Form High-Level Committee to Protect Kurdistan Region Oilfields

Mar 19, 2026
New Region

Erbil and Baghdad are set to form a high-level committee to safeguard the Kurdistan Region’s oilfields and thwart renewed threats to energy infrastructure, The New…


Iran: The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

Mar 19, 2026 | Ahmad Baydoun, Chris Osieck, Nilo Tabrizy, and Wim Zwijnenburg
New Lines Magazine

On the evening of March 7, the Israeli military confirmed that a new set of strikes on Iran was underway. This time, it was targeting…


Colombia/Ecuador: Border Tensions: Ecuador-Colombia Conflict Escalates

Mar 18, 2026
Devdiscourse

Ecuador's president denies claims of bombing Colombian territory amid increasing border tensions. Colombian President Petro accuses Ecuador; however, evidence is lacking. Bilateral relations worsen as…


Liberia: LLA Leads Boundary Identification Exercise between Pleebo and Gbolobo Clans in Maryland

Mar 18, 2026 | Peter P. Toe, Jr
FrontPage Africa

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), in collaboration with civil society organizations, human rights institutions, and media representatives, has successfully conducted an exercise to identify the…


Uganda: Alupo Launches African Pastoralist Women Network to Boost Land Rights

Mar 17, 2026 | Eddy Enuru
Nile Post

Vice President Jessica Alupo has officially launched the African Pastoralist Women Network (ARPWN) and a Learning Centre aimed at advancing gender justice, climate resilience, and…


Colombia: Ethnic Land Rights Fail to Provide Afro-Colombians with Economic Security

Mar 17, 2026 | Joe Stafford
University of Manchester

The legal rights designed to protect Afro-Colombian communities are not lifting them out of economic precarity - and are leaving them vulnerable to the illegal…


India/Pakistan: ‘Water War’ Rages as India-Pakistan Tensions Reach Boiling Point

Mar 17, 2026 | Leah Schroeder
Responsible Statecraft

Last week, water became a focal point in the Iran war, as airstrikes hit desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain. Further east, a slower motion…


Guinea/Liberia/Sierra Leone: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Meet to Resolve Border Dispute

Mar 17, 2026
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone pledged to resolve a border dispute through dialogue, after Conakry deployed troops to its frontier.


Iran: How Does the Iran War Affect Fertiliser Supplies, Prices and Food Security?

Mar 16, 2026
Reuters

As the US-Israel war with Iran enters its third week, analysts warn it is severely disrupting fertiliser markets and endangering food security for developing countries…


Iran/Israel/United States: What to Know about Impact of US-Israel-Iran War on Global Food Security?

Mar 16, 2026
Xinhua

The ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is sending shockwaves across the globe and affecting multiple sectors. As attacks between the warring…


Ukraine: Food Waste Reforms Could Boost Food Security in Ukraine

Mar 16, 2026
University of Portsmouth

Improving how food waste is managed in Ukraine’s retail and hospitality sectors could help strengthen food security, according to new study published this week. The research suggests that…


Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Says Will Export Iraqi Oil If Embargo, Militia Attacks Addressed

Mar 15, 2026
New Region

The Kurdistan Region on Sunday responded to claims by Baghdad that it is unwilling to export oil through Ceyhan pipeline, blaming the Iraqi government for…


South Sudan: Juba Officials Press Oil Producers for $2.5bn amid Accountability Queries

Mar 15, 2026 | Julius Barigaba
East African

South Sudanese officials could have taken more than $2.5 billion from oil producers against crude output, amid accountability queries as the country’s treasury battles to…


Sudan: Sudan’s Gold: A Wartime Refuge or a Smuggler’s Paradise?

Mar 15, 2026
Sudan Tribune

As missiles arc across the Middle East and global oil markets tremble, a quiet frenzy has taken hold of the dusty gold markets of Khartoum.…


Iran: Toxic Skies and Scarce Water: How the Iran Conflict Threatens the Middle East Environment

Mar 14, 2026 | Mohammad Ehsan Leghari
Friday Times

The US–Israel–Iran conflict has entered its tenth day, birthing a profound and complex environmental crisis alongside regional security threats. While global attention remains fixed on…


Somalia: Somalia’s Unregulated Gold Mining Creates Continental Governance Crisis

Mar 14, 2026 | Muflih Hidayat
Discovery Alert

Across the developing world, remote territories rich in valuable minerals frequently operate outside traditional regulatory frameworks, creating what economists term "governance voids." These spaces emerge…


Liberia: Liberia Urged to Act against Illegal Foreign Settlers in Forests

Mar 13, 2026 | Edwin N. Khakie
New Dawn

Othello Garblah, publisher of The New Dawn, has called on the Liberian government to take immediate action to remove foreigners living illegally in Liberia’s forested…


Iran: War Disrupts Fertiliser Supplies, Puts Food Security at Risk

Mar 13, 2026
Channel News Asia

With production in the Gulf countries at a standstill and gas prices rising, the war in the Middle East is disrupting the supply of fertilisers…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil Rejects Exporting Oil for Baghdad without Conditional Deal

Mar 11, 2026
Asharq Al Awsat

Two Kurdish officials ruled out allowing Iraqi oil exports through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline to Türkiye’s Ceyhan port “without a deal and conditions.” Their remarks…


Myanmar: China Quietly Moves Its Border Fences into Myanmar

Mar 11, 2026 | Athena Awn Naw
Irrawaddy

Since December last year, along Shan State’s border, residents have described the same slow transformation: fences rising deeper into Myanmar territory, fields cut in half,…


Liberia: Border Shooting Reportedly Leaves Liberian Injured as Guinean Troops Occupy Disputed Area in Lofa

Mar 11, 2026 | Selma Lomax
FrontPage Africa

A tense situation has developed along the Liberia-Guinea border in Sorlumba Clan after Guinean soldiers allegedly fired gunshots into Liberian territory, injuring a local resident…


Kenya & Ethiopia: When Women Intervene: The Quiet Peacebuilders of South Omo

Mar 10, 2026 | Daisy Cheruto Kosgei and Dorina Prech
International Alert

How do you build peace in a place where climate change is making it harder to find water and grazing land? Where communities have lived…


Brazil: Landless Women Mobilize for Agrarian Reform and Against Violence by Brazil

Mar 10, 2026 | Lays Furtado
Via Campesina

This year’s National Day of Landless Women’s Struggles began on March 8 and runs until next Thursday, the 12th, with mobilizations in all regions of…


Water: Water Emerges as a Dangerous New War Target

Mar 10, 2026
Straits Times

Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants –…


Iran: Water Is Now a Weapon in the Expanding Middle East War

Mar 10, 2026 | Michael Jansen
Irish Times

While the US-Israeli military offensive against Iran has focused for the most part on strikes against military assets, a new battlefront is opening up over…