International
North Macedonia: Women Agricultural Producers in North Macedonia Get Help to Grow Their Businesses
Oct 13, 2021
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Mirage News
Under a new measure achieved through gender-responsive budgeting, 250 women farmers received financial support to expand their businesses.
Yemen: Qat-to-Coffee for Climate Resilience and Human Security
Oct 12, 2021
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UNDP
This project aims to support improved climate security and boost employment in Yemen by piloting the transition from Qat-to-Coffee. The Qat sector has grown immensely…
Afghanistan: UN Chief Slams ‘Broken’ Taliban Promises Made to Women, Girls
Oct 11, 2021
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Al Jazeera
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed the Taliban’s “broken” promises to Afghan women and girls, and urged the world to inject cash into Afghanistan in…
International Day of Rural Women Theme: Rural Women Cultivating Good Food For All
Oct 11, 2021
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Charles Mulungi
This year, the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), puts a spotlight on “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All.”
NEW YORK, USA, October 11,…
Iraq/Lebanon/South Sudan: UK Funding for Land Mine Clearance Scrapped in Lebanon, Iraq and S. Sudan
Oct 9, 2021
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New Arab
UK government funding for land mine clearance in Lebanon, Iraq and South Sudan, as well as three other countries, has been scrapped in what humanitarian…
Afghanistan: Meeting Former Afghan Fighters Who Now Hunt for Emeralds in Panjshir
Oct 8, 2021
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Sayed Jalal Shajjan, TRT World
After laying down their arms, a number of former soldiers with the Northern Alliance became involved in the only opportunity to make a living in…
DRC: Hydro Project Set to Boost Green Credentials of Giant DRC Copper Complex
Oct 8, 2021
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Marleny Arnoldi, Mining Weekly
While Kamoa Copper, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is on track to become the second-largest copper mining complex globally, and the biggest in…
Climate Change: Pentagon Climate Plan: Fighting Wars in Hotter, Harsher World
Oct 8, 2021
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Ellen Knickmeyer, Japan Today
A new Pentagon plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in the U.S. military, from making worsening climate…
India: Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence: The Case of Indian Agriculture
Oct 8, 2021
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OXFAM
The present study documents the incidence of domestic and workplace violence among Indian female agricultural workers, and the factors that put these women at risk…
Burkina Faso: Artisanal Gold Mining in Context of Violent Insecurity
Oct 7, 2021
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Mirage
Over the last 5-6 years Burkina Faso has become seriously implicated in the rapid and dramatic changes in the geopolitical situation in the Sahel. The…
Iraq: Iraq Seeks 7.5 GW of Renewable Power as It Inks 2 GW Deal with UAE's Masdar
Oct 7, 2021
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Dania Saadi, S&P Global Platts
Iraq is seeking to develop 7.5 GW of renewable power, the country's oil minister said Oct. 6, as OPEC's second-biggest producer inks a 2 GW…
Afghanistan: The New Rulers of Afghanistan: The Taliban’s Campaign to Rob Villagers of Their Land
Oct 6, 2021
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Christoph Reuter und Thore Schröder, Spiegel
The brutal landgrab in the Tagabdar Valley and two other villages in the area began in early September. Over the subsequent weeks, the expulsions were…
Afghanistan: From Rural Drought to Urban Shortages: Afghanistan’s New Hungry
Oct 6, 2021
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Shadi Khan and Irwin Loy, New Humanitarian
Weeks after the Taliban’s mid-August takeover, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy is straining under donor funding freezes and currency shortages. Food and commodity prices are soaring, work…
Liberia: Nimba County - Presidential Committee Conducts Survey of Disputed Land in Gompa
Oct 6, 2021
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New Dawn
The Special Presidential Committee appointed to mediate the land conflict in Nimba County, over the weekend conducted cadastral surveys on disputed parcels of land in…
Conflict Minerals: De Beers Sells First Traceable Diamonds under GemFair
Oct 5, 2021
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Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, has sold the first roughs produced under the GemFair program, aimed at removing…
DRC: DRC Finance Minister Looks at Mines, Oil and Beer for Cash
Oct 5, 2021
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Michael J Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) aims to revisit mining contracts, rescinding and reselling unused oil permits and boosting taxes on beer to fund…
DRC: Govt Struggles with Vague Chinese Mining Contract
Oct 5, 2021
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Patrick Ilunga, Nation
More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces…
Philippines: How Women and Technology Can Help Boost Food Security in the Philippines
Oct 4, 2021
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Patricia Bianca Taculao
Food insecurity continues to be a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 59 million Filipinos…
Argentina: Falklands Land-Grab: Argentina Tests UK with New Sovereignty Bid - 'No More Concessions!'
Oct 4, 2021
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Ciaran McGrath, Express
Argentina's new Malvinas minister has sought to turn up the heat over his country's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, accusing previous regimes of "concession"…
Afghanistan: What’s Keeping Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Underground?
Oct 4, 2021
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Roshan Noorzai, Voice of America
The international community is renewing its focus on Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, believed to be worth more than $1 trillion, lying untapped within its often-hostile geography.…
Radioactive Time Bombs Will Be Lifted from Ocean Floor in 2030
Oct 4, 2021
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Thomas Nilsen, Barents Observer
The November-class submarine K-159 sank in late August 2003 while being towed in bad weather from the closed naval base of Gremikha on the eastern…
Liberia: Rights and Rice Foundation Launches Natural Resources Project to Strengthen Concession Affected Communities
Oct 3, 2021
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Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPage Africa
Rights and Rice Foundation (RRF) Liberia, has officially launched its natural resource project under the theme “Strengthening Concession Affected Communities to monitor extractive industries and…
No More ‘Environmental Loopholes’ for EU’s Militaries, Say Green Groups
Sep 30, 2021
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Laura Cole, ENDS Europe
Ursula von der Leyen’s call for more ‘political will’ to use Europe’s defence capabilities has reignited calls to end military exemptions to environmental legislation.
Colombia: Colombia’s Aerial Fumigation Push Fuels Fear of Coca Conflict
Sep 28, 2021
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Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera
Henri is one of an unclear number of Colombian farmers harvesting coca illegally in the South American nation, the world’s biggest producer of cocaine according…
DRC: Congo Reviews $6.2 Billion China Mining Deal as Criticism Grows
Sep 28, 2021
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Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg
The Democratic Republic of Congo began reviewing a $6.2 billion minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China that’s faced growing criticism since President Felix Tshisekedi came to power…
Climate Change: Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference
Sep 27, 2021
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Federal Foreign Office
New York and the German county of Ahrweiler are far apart. But they both suffered the same fate this year: devastating floods killing dozens of…
Liberia: What Is Happening with Logging Revenues? Forest Hour Brief
Sep 27, 2021
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Global News Network
Two months ago, on August 5, 2021, Andrew Y.Y Zelemen, the Facilitator at the Nation Union of Community Forest Development Committees (NUCFDC) appeared as Guest…
Sudan: Sudan Protesters Agree to Resumption of Oil Exports
Sep 27, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Sudan’s government has reached an agreement with tribal protesters to allow the resumption of exports of landlocked South Sudan’s crude oil via a terminal on…
COP26: Women Must Be Heard on Climate, Say Rights Groups
Sep 25, 2021
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Fiona Harvey
Women must be enabled to play a greater role at the Cop26 summit, as the needs of women and girls are being overlooked amid the global…
DRC: China, the US and a Twitter Tit-for-Tat over Congo Cobalt Contracts
Sep 25, 2021
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Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
When the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced his decision, a former American diplomat was quick to offer support. J. Peter Pham,…