International
Liberia: UNDP Supports Gender Stakeholders' Conference On Women's Political Participation
Sep 9, 2021
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All Africa
Monrovia — Delegates at a gender stakeholders' conference are reviewing and strengthening an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on women's political participation, signed between the…
Nigeria: Obi- Advocacy on Women’s Rights Will Address Gender-Based Violence
Sep 9, 2021
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This Day Live
Ugo Aliogo and Loveth Chinagorom, engaged the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Mrs. Ene Obi, on scaling public investments in agriculture, and the issues of gender-based…
Colombia: Exploring Illegal Mining in Colombia’s Amazon
Sep 8, 2021
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InSight Crime
As gold prices have skyrocketed, criminal groups once solely dedicated to the trafficking of drugs and arms have moved into illegal mining. The activity has…
Afghanistan: ‘Drought Has Severely Impacted Livestock Keepers’ in Afghanistan, Head of UN Food Agency Says [Audio]
Sep 8, 2021
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Anna Kusmer, The World
Nearly one-third of people in Afghanistan don't know if they will have a meal each day. Droughts and an approaching winter are worsening the food…
In a Watershed Year for Climate Change, the Commonwealth Secretary-General Calls for Urgent, Decisive and Sustained Climate Action
Sep 8, 2021
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Alison Kentish
London — This November, five years after signing the Paris Agreement and pledging to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with a…
Liberia: Land Authority Completes Land Survey, Present Deeds In Nimba County
Sep 7, 2021
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Prince Mulbah, Global News Network
The Liberia Land Authority, through its Corporate Service Session, has completed the survey and presentation of deeds for several tribal certificates of land situated in…
Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover Threatens Afghan Agriculture as Farmers Fear Being Forced to Grow Poppy [Video]
Sep 6, 2021
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Mike Cerre, PBS
As Afghans figure out how to get on with their lives, fears abound that the new Taliban government will crack down on local business and…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Nile Dam Dispute Remains Stalled as Egypt, Sudan Run out of Options
Sep 5, 2021
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Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
The long-running dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile…
Ethiopia: Women and Girls Bear Significant Costs of Ethiopian Conflict
Sep 3, 2021
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UNFPA
Since conflict between federal and regional forces erupted in Tigray in north Ethiopia last November, some 2 million Tigrayans have been displaced with thousands fleeing…
Colombia: Study Shows Colombian Guerrillas Were Guardians of the Forest
Sep 3, 2021
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Luke Taylor, Discover
When Colombia’s largest guerrilla group laid down its weapons in 2016 as part of a landmark peace deal, it ushered in a new chapter in…
DRC: 12 Dead after Mining Pollution in DR Congo River
Sep 3, 2021
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World Is One News
Twelve people have died and thousands have fallen ill after a river in southern DR Congo was polluted by toxic waste from a diamond mine,…
Climate Change: Former Defence Leaders Sound Alarm on Australia’s Climate Security Risks
Sep 2, 2021
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Duncan Murray, The Fifth Estate
Australia is failing in its duty to protect its people, according to a network of former defence and security leaders, who say regional unrest and…
Myanmar: Italian Firms Flout EU Rules to Trade in Illegal Myanmar Timber, Report Says
Sep 2, 2021
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Sheryl Lee Tian Tong, Mongabay
Negligible fines and inadequate enforcement are turning Italy into a hotspot for illegal Myanmar timber in spite of EU sanctions and regulations against the latter’s…
The Council on Strategic Risks Selects Erin Sikorsky as New Director of the Center for Climate and Security, and John Conger as Senior Advisor
Sep 1, 2021
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Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell, Center for Climate and Security
Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) announced it has selected Erin Sikorsky as its new Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS).…
Nigeria: Nigeria Tackling Gender-Based Violence Through Surveillance
Aug 31, 2021
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All Africa
Response to violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains extremely inadequate and barriers to reporting such assaults often make it hard for victims to seek…
Israel/Jordan: Drought Diplomacy Boosts Israel-Jordan Ties
Aug 31, 2021
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Al Jazeera
As scientific warnings of dire climate change-induced drought grow, many in Israel and Jordan cast worried eyes at the river running between them and the…
Afghanistan: Amid Taliban Takeover, Climate Change Could Drive Conflict
Aug 30, 2021
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Jennifer Collins, Deutsche Welle
The past 30 years have brought flood, drought and hunger to Afghanistan. With the Taliban sweeping to power, many within and outside of the country…
Afghanistan: US Forces Are Leaving a Toxic Environmental Legacy in Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021
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Kelsey D. Atherton, Scientific American
As U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban immediately rushed in, and it recently took over the country’s major cities in just a few days.…
DRC: DRC Reviewing $6 Billion Mining Deal with Chinese Investors
Aug 29, 2021
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Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government is reviewing its $6 billion “infrastructure-for-minerals” deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader examination of mining contracts, Finance…
Afghanistan: Drought Threatens the Livelihoods of 7 Million Farmers in Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2021
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit…
Afghanistan: As the Taliban Seizes Control of Afghanistan, Coal Is a Key Source of Revenue
Aug 26, 2021
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Chloé Farand, Climate Home News
Coal played a significant role in financing the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and has strategic importance as the militants seek to govern, experts told Climate…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Region Faces Challenges to End Flaring
Aug 25, 2021
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Dilan Sirwan, Rudaw
The Kurdistan Region has given oil companies 18 months to stop flaring associated gas, a toxic byproduct of crude oil production that has been burned…
Liberia: Community Based CSOs Received Training In Gender Inclusion In Forest, Land Matters
Aug 24, 2021
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Global News Network
Community Based Organizations and Women Rights Groups in Bomi County have received training in gender inclusion in forest governance and land matters. The training was…
Iraq/Syria: Drought Sparks Fears That Millions in Syria and Iraq Will Go without Water
Aug 24, 2021
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National
Millions of people in Syria and Iraq face going without water, electricity and food amid rising temperatures, a lack of rainfall and drought, international aid…
Sudan: Ethiopian Forces Leave Disputed Abyei Area on Sudan Request
Aug 24, 2021
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Tesfa-Alem Tekle, Nation
The Sudanese government on Tuesday announced that the United Nations (UN) has agreed to withdraw its Ethiopian peacekeepers deployed in Abyei, a disputed area that…
Solomon Islands: Reconciling Customary Land and Peacebuilding in Solomon Islands
Aug 24, 2021
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Solomon Times
Three customary landholding groups in Masupa Village in the East ‘Are’are region of Malaita Province received their certificates of land recording completion in a hand-over…
Philippines: Sweden and UNDP Launch Partnership to Support Women, Peace and Security
Aug 23, 2021
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The Manila Times
The government of Sweden and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines launched a new partnership to support the integration of the women,…
Myanmar: Deforestation Surge Continues amid Deepening Uncertainty in Myanmar
Aug 23, 2021
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Carolyn Cowan, Mongabay
Amid the political turmoil following the Feb. 1 military coup, it appears that deforestation is ramping up in Tanintharyi, echoing wider patterns across Myanmar. New…
Water: Water Scarcity: What's the Big Deal?
Aug 23, 2021
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Stuart Braun, Deutsche Welle
Access to clean drinking water is a human right, but as the global population grows and the planet heats up, can we rely on this…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Bans Gas Flaring: Minister
Aug 21, 2021
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Rudaw
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has ordered oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region to cease the environmentally harmful practice of gas flaring. “Starting from…