International
Afghanistan: Mapping Afghanistan’s Untapped Natural Resources
Sep 24, 2021
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Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera
Deep beneath the ground in one of the world’s poorest countries sits at least $1 trillion of untapped mineral resources, according to a report published…
South Sudan: South Sudan Warns It May Suspend Oil Output as Exports Blocked
Sep 24, 2021
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
South Sudan’s government warned it may suspend oil output if port protests in neighboring Sudan that have blocked shipments of the landlocked nation’s crude continue.…
Climate Change: Bringing Climate Security into UNSC Discourse Has Potential to Disrupt Nature of Overall discussions: India
Sep 23, 2021
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Press Trust of India
Dealing with the issue of climate security, which is just one aspect of climate change, in the UN Security Council is not desirable, India said…
Climate Change: Security Council Sees Climate Change as a ‘Risk Multiplier’
Sep 23, 2021
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Environment News Service
“The climate crisis isn’t coming. It’s already here,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the United Nations Security Council today in a special meeting…
Climate Change: Global Climate Crisis’ Dire Impact on Peace, Security Calls for Bolder Collective Action, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
Sep 23, 2021
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UN
Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Security Council high-level open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: climate and security, held…
Climate Change: UN: Climate Change Increases Risk of Violent Conflict
Sep 23, 2021
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Deutsche Welle
Climate change could heighten tensions on the ground in countries relying on shrinking natural resources, hiking up the risks of violent conflict, UN Secretary General Antonio…
Zambia: Study Finds Gender Gap in Benefits of Plant Clinics
Sep 22, 2021
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Ijeoma Ukazu
Researchers assessed whether male and female farmers benefit equally from plant clinicsBoth achieve positive outcomes but these are disproportionately greater in men, the study foundWomen…
Harnessing Drones, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence to Root out Land Mines
Sep 21, 2021
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Kevin Krajick, Columbia Climate School
Armed with a newly minted undergraduate degree in geology, Jasper Baur is in the mining business. Not those mines where we extract metals or minerals;…
Climate Change: Climate Change Related Conflicts Gradually Gripping Communities
Sep 20, 2021
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Peter Makwanya, Newsday
The destructive nature of climate change impacts on ecological diversity are being witnessed around the globe. The climate-induced floods, hailstorms, droughts, heatwaves, hunger and famine,…
Liberia: Nimba Clans Square off over Customary Land Title Claims
Sep 20, 2021
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
This disarmingly peaceful forest area in Liberia's far north Tappita District has been the scene of conflict of one form or another for decades. But…
Afghanistan: Land Dispute Results in 3 Brothers' Death in E. Afghanistan
Sep 19, 2021
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Xinhua
At least three member of a family were killed in Afghanistan eastern province of Paktia, an official said Sunday. The murderer has been arrested and…
Afghanistan: Following the Minerals
Sep 17, 2021
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Rick Mills, Mining.com
“Nature abhors a vacuum” is a familiar maxim in science. It means that empty spaces are un-natural as they go against the laws of physics.…
Colombia: Colombia Sees the Most Slayings of Environmental Defenders for a Second Year, Report Says
Sep 17, 2021
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Richard McColl, The Globe and Mail
For a second year in a row, Colombia is the world’s most dangerous country for environmentalists, according to an international human rights group that has…
Afghanistan: Taliban Works to Get Copper Mines Open [Video]
Sep 17, 2021
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Charles Stratford, Al Jazeera
As China moves to engage with the Taliban, it is setting its sights on Afghanistan’s vast mineral resources. The interim government wants Chinese recognition so…
Liberia: FDA Issues Moratorium on Harvesting of Chewing Sticks
Sep 16, 2021
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Observer
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has frowned on the unscrupulous harvesting of Chewing Sticks (Clear felling), something which it says is seriously undermining and threatening…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: UN Security Council Weighs in on Nile Dam Dispute
Sep 16, 2021
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
The United Nations Security Council has recently called on Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to resume negotiations on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which…
Energy: Commodity Giants Race to Clean up Mineral Supply Chains amid Green Energy Boom
Sep 15, 2021
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Jessica Davis Plüss, SWI
To meet global climate change targets, demand for minerals and metals like cobalt, copper, and nickel used in green technologies like rechargeable batteries is expected…
Climate Change: How Australia’s Stance on Climate Change Has Impacted on National Security
Sep 14, 2021
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Nastasha Tupas, Defence Connect
A new report by the Climate Council has found that Australia’s geopolitical influence has been impacted following data showing its analysis of climate and security…
DRC: China backs Congo's Ban on 6 Small Chinese Mining Companies
Sep 14, 2021
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Helen Reid, Reuters
China gave its backing on Tuesday to a Congolese provincial government’s order last month banning six small Chinese-owned mining companies operating illegally. The move comes…
Somalia: “If Your Animals Die, You Die with Them” – Somali Herders Defenceless against the Climate Crisis
Sep 13, 2021
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International Committee of the Red Cross
In the latest piece exploring the link between climate change and conflict, ICRC focues on Somalia and a way of life under threat. With COP26…
Colombia: Women building dreams: Sustainable livelihoods on Colombia's Pacific coast
Sep 13, 2021
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Lia Valero
Afro-Colombian women on the Pacific coast have faced violence, conflict and the ecological fallout of mining and illegal logging. Now they're working together to protect…
DRC: DR Congo President Seeks Review of Mining Contracts with China
Sep 11, 2021
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Al Jazeera
Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has called for a review of mining contracts signed with China in 2008…
Liberia: Covid-19 Shrinks Extractive Revenues in 2020
Sep 10, 2021
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Siaway T. Miapue, FrontPage Africa
Revenues generated from Liberia's extractive industries in the first half of last year dropped by more than US$5 million due to the coronavirus pandemic, according…
Liberia: Sinoe, Rivercess in Land Dispute
Sep 10, 2021
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Kruah Thompson, New Dawn
Sinoe County Superintendent Lee Nagbe Chea alarms serious tension is building up between citizens of Sinoe and the people of Rivercess County over disputed land.…
Afghanistan: Lithium and an Unexpected Battle for Energy Transition in Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2021
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Aliaksei Patonia, Diplomat
Most researchers agree that lithium demand will only increase. Afghanistan’s estimated reserves put it among global leaders — if the metal can be extracted.
Ethiopia: A New Year’s Call for Peace and End to Tigray’s Multifaceted War
Sep 10, 2021
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The Africa Report
Our country Ethiopia is facing a multifaceted crisis in Tigray, Amhara, South and West Oromia, Somali, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People of…
Yemen: As Conflict Drags on, ‘No Quick Wins’ – UN Envoy
Sep 10, 2021
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UN News
The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday,…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran-Afghanistan Water Dispute to Test Tehran's Ties to Taliban
Sep 9, 2021
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Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle
An old dispute over water rights could be the first test of Iran's planned pragmatic cooperation with the Taliban. Without a functioning environmental agency, it's…
Afghanistan/China: China’s Rumored Ambitions to Dive into Afghanistan Are Overstated and Unrealistic, Experts Say
Sep 9, 2021
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Natasha Turak, CBNC
One of the first things many Western pundits predicted as the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan unraveled was the replacement in that power vacuum by…
Myanmar: Environmental Activist ‘Well-Hated’ by Myanmar Junta Is Latest to Be Arrested
Sep 9, 2021
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Sheryl Lee Tian Tong, Mongabay
As demonstrations and deadly crackdowns continue to roil Myanmar following the military coup in February, land and environmental defenders are increasingly under threat. In the…