International
DRC: Congo Improves Extractive Sector Transparency but More Needed – Anti-Graft Body
Oct 21, 2022
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Reuters
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has made progress in implementing transparency in its extractive mining sector but needs to do more in publishing contracts…
South Sudan: Devastation in South Sudan Following Fourth Year of Historic Floods
Oct 21, 2022
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging international support for humanitarian efforts in South Sudan in the face of record-breaking rains and floods for a…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Resorting to Poppy Cultivation for Survival
Oct 21, 2022
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Asian News International
Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan farmers and labourers have turned to the cultivation of opium poppies, the Office of the…
Climate Change: Refugees Flee Conflict Sparked by Climate Change in Central Africa
Oct 21, 2022
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Willem Marx, PBS
The climate crisis is now a reality worldwide, but it's nowhere more apparent than the parched landscapes of northern Africa. Thousands are on the move…
Fragility, Climate Change, and the Uncertain Lives of Agro-Pastoralist Women and Girls in East Africa
Oct 20, 2022
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Holly A. Ritchie, Open Global Rights
Aside from the political and social pressures that agro-pastoralist women and girls face, now they must add an urgent one: climate change.
Colombia: In Colombia, a New President Faces Old Environmental Challenges
Oct 20, 2022
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David Tarazona, Mongabay
Forest loss is just one of the many issues highlighted by experts, environmental organizations and former officials interviewed for this article, which analyzes the challenges…
Colombia: Colombia’s Coca Crops Grew to ‘Historic Levels’ Last Year: UN
Oct 20, 2022
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Al Jazeera
Colombian lands planted with coca, the plant from which cocaine is made, reached their highest levels in two decades last year, a United Nations agency…
Afghanistan: Clash over Land Leaves 3 Dead, 5 Injured in Ghazni
Oct 20, 2022
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Wahidullah Jumazada, Pajhwok Afghan News
Three people were killed and five others wounded after two tribes clashed over a land dispute in southern Ghazni province, local officials said.
Liberia: FDA Managers Issue Illegal Timber Export Permits
Oct 18, 2022
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
The Managing Director of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Mike Doryen and top managers of the agency award export permits to logging companies outside of…
Africa: High-Level Dialogue Deliberated Solutions for Gender Equality and Climate Resilience in Africa
Oct 18, 2022
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Madeline Wong
Climate change harms women disproportionately, exposing social and gender inequalities across the globe. At the same time, women are essential for transforming food systems that…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Exacerbate Nile Dam Tensions
Oct 14, 2022
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Noureldein Ghanem, TRT World
With talks over Addis Ababa's Renaissance Dam deadlocked, experts say a major climate crisis event, such as inadequate rainfall or prolonged droughts, could soar tensions…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Tokayev Urges Peaceful Resolution of Border Conflicts in Central Asia
Oct 14, 2022
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La Prensa Latina
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Friday urged Central Asian countries to resolve border disputes over unresolved delimitations, as is the case with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan,…
Sudan: Sudan's SPLM-N Release Nine Misseriya Herdsmen
Oct 14, 2022
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Dabanga
Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemeti' Dagalo praises yesterday's release of nine Misseriya herdsmen held captive by the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under…
Guatemala: Guatemalan Women Reinvent Agrobusiness
Oct 13, 2022
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Peride Blind
Doris* feels strongly about women being able to earn a living. She is president of one of the savings and credit groups in Chamaiq — a…
Conflict Minerals: Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
Oct 13, 2022
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Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox, Tom Dispatch
Much of the excitement over the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law this summer, focused on the boost it should give to the sales of…
South Sudan: At Least 25 People Killed in South Sudan Communal Land Violence
Oct 12, 2022
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Waakhe Simon Wudu, Reuters
At least 25 people have been killed in South Sudan, officials said, after youths from two neighbouring communities in the country's north clashed over a…
Colombia: Colombian Government Makes Historic Advance towards Agrarian Reform and Peace
Oct 11, 2022
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Tanya Wadhwa, Peoples Dispatch
he government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Colombian Federation of Livestock Farmers (FEDEGÁN), on Saturday October 8, signed an agreement that would allow…
Liberia: Liberia Land Authority, Forestry Development Authority Sign MOU for Land Formalization around Protected Areas
Oct 11, 2022
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FrontPage Africa
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate and define the scope of…
DRC: DRC Urged to Ratify Statute of African Center for Mineral Development
Oct 10, 2022
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Patrick Bigabo, Taarifa
DRC’s Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku has called upon the Kinshasa government to be among the first countries to ratify the statute of the African…
Colombia: Colombia to Buy 3M Hectares of Arable Land for Rural Reform
Oct 10, 2022
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Colombia’s government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares in arable land from large landowners for redistribution among victims of armed conflict. President Gustavo Petro and…
Iraq: Iraq Drought Displaces 1,200 Families in Parched South
Oct 10, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought…
Afghanistan: Displaced People Will Soon Be Provided with Land: Ministry
Oct 9, 2022
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Banafsha Binesh, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriations said it is planning to provide displaced people with land and shelter in the near future. Hundreds of displaced…
Afghanistan: Kabul Residents in PD 1, 2 Say They Have No Local Access to Drinking Water
Oct 9, 2022
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Hadia Ziaei, TOLOnews
Kabul residents who live in PD1 and PD2 say they do not have access to drinking water. They said that they have been dealing with…
Colombia: Colombia Reaches Deal to Buy Land from Cattle Ranchers
Oct 7, 2022
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Reuters
Colombia's government has reached a deal with cattle farmers to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land, earmarked for poor rural farmers to…
Qatar: Climate Change, Gender Equality in Spotlight at Doha Women Forum
Oct 7, 2022
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Gulf Times
Climate change, sports and gender equality was the focus area for the first part of the fifth edition of the Doha Women Forum held recently.
DRC: China Sends Criminal Experts to Halt Kidnappings in Mineral-Rich Democratic Republic of the Congo
Oct 6, 2022
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
As its alarm grows over the safety of Chinese citizens working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s high-stakes mining industry, Beijing is deploying criminal…
Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: How an Attack Could Have Been Carried out and Why Europe Was Defenceless
Oct 5, 2022
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Christian Bueger, Conversation
Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea”…
Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine Accuses Russia of Pushing for Change to Kimberley Process, amid Call for 'Conflict Diamonds' Label
Oct 5, 2022
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ABC News
Ukraine has accused Moscow of trying to protect Russian gems from being branded "conflict diamonds" by pushing its ally Belarus to the top of an international…
Burundi/DRC: Farming Together Fosters Ties between Burundian Refugees and Their Congolese Hosts
Oct 5, 2022
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Aline Irakarama, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
After finding sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundian refugees are sharing their knowledge of farming with locals.
DRC: US Asks Congo to Pull Some Oil Blocks from Auction to Protect Forests
Oct 4, 2022
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Reuters
US climate envoy John Kerry has asked Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw some of the oil blocks it has put up for auction in…