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Uganda: Women Are Leading Uganda’s Environmental Transformation - Are We Supporting Them Enough?

Mar 7, 2026 | Jeremiah Nyagah
The Independent

As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day 2026 under the theme “Give to Gain”, we must look beyond celebration…

Liberia: Women’s Land Rights Are Not Favors, They Are Rights as NAWoLaR Officially Launched in Monrovia

Mar 6, 2026 | Francis G. Boayue
Front Page Africa

MONROVIA –The National Alliance for Women’s Land Rights (NAWoLaR) has been officially launched, signaling a unified national front to dismantle discriminatory practices that have long…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Oilfield in Iraq's Kurdistan Halts Production Following Attack

Mar 6, 2026
Xinhua

The ministry of natural resources of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said Friday that a "terrorist attack" on an oil field in the region's Duhok province…

Liberia: Pres. Boakai Establishes Technical Committee to Enforce Decision in Nimba Land Dispute

Mar 6, 2026 | Roseline Gbessagee
Liberian Investigator

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr has issued Executive Order No 160 establishing a technical committee to oversee the enforcement and implementation of government decisions concerning…

South Africa: Women Farmers in South Africa Pay the Cost of Broken Irrigation Systems – The Story of One Cooperative

Mar 5, 2026 | Khulekani T. Dlamini
The Conversation

The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women’s empowerment in agriculture.

But does it?

As an anthropologist, I’ve been engaged…

India: Supporting Women’s Leadership in Agrifood Systems in India

Mar 5, 2026 | Miranda Morgan and Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Women are key actors in agrifood systems, playing leadership roles in agricultural cooperatives and producers’ organizations, large agribusinesses, and agrifood-related governmental and non-governmental institutions and…

Liberia: Land Commissioner Warns Lawmakers of Escalating National Crisis over Boundary, Ownership Disputes

Mar 4, 2026 | Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
FrontPage Africa

A senior official of the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has warned lawmakers that unresolved land disputes across the country could spiral into widespread conflict if…

Liberia: Senate Moves as Land Crises Escalateenate Moves as Land Crises Escalate

Mar 4, 2026 | J. Burgess Carter
Observer

The long-simmering land crisis in Liberia has returned to the national spotlight, with the Senate summoning key government institutions amid mounting tensions over double land…

Somalia: Sweden Continues Support for Somalia's State-Building and Climate Resilience

Mar 4, 2026
Facility for Talo and Leadership

Sweden will firmly maintain its strategic focus on state-building, economic development, and resilience in Somalia, according to the Ambassador of Sweden to Somalia, Hans Henric…

Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't Launches Sapling Campaign to Boost Green Areas, Support Environment

Mar 4, 2026
Xinhua

The Afghan government's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has launched a sapling campaign to boost green areas and support the environment in the post-war…

Central African Republic: How Land Empowers Refugee Women and Builds Resilient Livelihoods in the Central African Republic

Mar 3, 2026 | Stella Fatime in Birao
UNHCR

At dawn, the communal field slowly comes to life in the Korsi neighbourhood of Birao in Vakaga, Central African Republic. Women arrive in small groups,…

Liberia: FDA Seizes and 'Sells' Logs without Court Warrant

Mar 3, 2026 | Esau J. Farr
Daylight

A yearlong DayLight investigation found that the FDA bypassed the legal process to seize and auction timber. The evidence suggests that the regulator clandestinely transacted…

Colombia: Biodiversity at Risk in Colombia's Tropical Dry Forests

Mar 2, 2026
University of Montreal

A study of changes to the habitats of more than 700 species reveals massive biodiversity loss—but also possibilities for restoration. "There is a lot of…

Iran: Three Days of Operation Epic Fury: A Rapid Overview of Environmental Harm in Iran and the Region

Mar 2, 2026 | Iryna Babanina, Eoghan Darbyshire, Rebekah Harries, Leon Moreland, Linas Svolkinas, and Jonathan Walsh
Conflict and Environment Observatory

A rapid overview of emerging environmental issues and risks in Iran and the wider region from Operation Epic Fury. Three days in and we’re already…

Liberia: Judiciary Moves to Enforce Supreme Court Mandate in Diamond Dispute

Mar 2, 2026 | Amos Harris
Global News Network Liberia

A renewed commitment to upholding the rule of law has taken center stage as the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Montserrado County directed decisive action…

Conflict Minerals: Who Controls the 21st Century? The Critical Minerals Power Map Reveals a Dangerous Western Vulnerability

Mar 1, 2026
Rare Earth Exchanges

If oil defined the 20th century, critical minerals define the 21st. The difference is structural: oil markets eventually diversified across continents and companies. Critical minerals…

Sierra Leone: Politics of Deforestation – Rogue Minister

Mar 1, 2026 | Abdul Rashid Thomas
Sierra Leone Telegraph

A senior politician facilitated illegal encroachment on a national park in Sierra Leone so elites could build mansions. The president sat on the evidence.

Afghanistan: Gold Mining in Afghanistan Raises Security Concerns for Central Asia

Feb 26, 2026 | Sadokat Jalolova
Times of Central Asia

Large-scale gold mining in northern Afghanistan is increasingly raising tensions and potential security risks for Central Asia, particularly along the Afghan-Tajik border, according to a…

Water: From Tigris and Euphrates to Nile: Water Disputes and Regional Initiatives

Feb 25, 2026
Islam Times

West Asia and North Africa regions are facing growing water crisis. Now around 60 percent of their population is suffering from water tensions. A recent…

Mali: From Conflict to Collaboration: How Local Conventions Are Transforming Natural Resource Management and Supporting Peace in Central Mali

Feb 25, 2026 | Baba Ba
Peace News Network

Preventing and resolving conflicts over land and natural resources has become one of the major global challenges for peace, stability, and security in the Sahel,…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq to Resume Exportation of Kirkuk Oil through Kurdistan: Minister

Feb 25, 2026
Rudaw

Iraq plans in the “near” future to export 50,000 barrels per day of crude from Kirkuk oil fields through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline to Turkey’s,…

Sudan: Drones Hammer Sudan’s Gold and Oil Zone – the Pivotal New Front Line

Feb 25, 2026 | Barbara Plett Usher
Namibian

Intensified drone attacks on the new front line of Sudan’s civil war have led to mass civilian casualties in recent weeks and are increasingly shaping…

Ukraine/Russia: The Russia-Ukraine War and Global Food Security: Impacts Four Years Later

Feb 24, 2026 | Caitlin Welsh, Emma Curtis, Joseph Glauber, Antonina Broyaka, and Vitalii Dankevych
Center for Strategic & International Studies

The immediate impacts of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Ukraine’s agriculture sector were abrupt and widespread. Though Ukrainian producers have demonstrated remarkable resilience in…

Water: Thirsty Planet, New Solutions: Three Lessons in Water Security

Feb 24, 2026 | Daniel Myers
Geopolitcal Monitor

Globally, 2.2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and 3.5 billion live without basic sanitation. This situation, detailed in the UN World Water…

Mike Davis to Step down as CEO of Global Witness

Feb 24, 2026
Global Witness

Mike joined Global Witness in 2002, managing a team of undercover investigators in Cambodia. After moving back to London, he spent five years leading the…

Climate Security: Workshop on Strengthening Climate Security and Peacebuilding Capacities in Central Asia and Afghanistan

Feb 24, 2026
United Nations Climate Security Mechanism

The workshop was organized by the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), on behalf of the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM), and the United Nations…