International
Iran: Toxic Skies and Scarce Water: How the Iran Conflict Threatens the Middle East Environment
Mar 14, 2026
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Mohammad Ehsan Leghari
Friday Times
The US–Israel–Iran conflict has entered its tenth day, birthing a profound and complex environmental crisis alongside regional security threats. While global attention remains fixed on…
Somalia: Somalia’s Unregulated Gold Mining Creates Continental Governance Crisis
Mar 14, 2026
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Muflih Hidayat
Discovery Alert
Across the developing world, remote territories rich in valuable minerals frequently operate outside traditional regulatory frameworks, creating what economists term "governance voids." These spaces emerge…
Liberia: Liberia Urged to Act against Illegal Foreign Settlers in Forests
Mar 13, 2026
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Edwin N. Khakie
New Dawn
Othello Garblah, publisher of The New Dawn, has called on the Liberian government to take immediate action to remove foreigners living illegally in Liberia’s forested…
Iran: War Disrupts Fertiliser Supplies, Puts Food Security at Risk
Mar 13, 2026
Channel News Asia
With production in the Gulf countries at a standstill and gas prices rising, the war in the Middle East is disrupting the supply of fertilisers…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil Rejects Exporting Oil for Baghdad without Conditional Deal
Mar 11, 2026
Asharq Al Awsat
Two Kurdish officials ruled out allowing Iraqi oil exports through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline to Türkiye’s Ceyhan port “without a deal and conditions.” Their remarks…
Myanmar: China Quietly Moves Its Border Fences into Myanmar
Mar 11, 2026
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Athena Awn Naw
Irrawaddy
Since December last year, along Shan State’s border, residents have described the same slow transformation: fences rising deeper into Myanmar territory, fields cut in half,…
Liberia: Border Shooting Reportedly Leaves Liberian Injured as Guinean Troops Occupy Disputed Area in Lofa
Mar 11, 2026
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Selma Lomax
FrontPage Africa
A tense situation has developed along the Liberia-Guinea border in Sorlumba Clan after Guinean soldiers allegedly fired gunshots into Liberian territory, injuring a local resident…
Brazil: Landless Women Mobilize for Agrarian Reform and Against Violence by Brazil
Mar 10, 2026
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Lays Furtado
Via Campesina
This year’s National Day of Landless Women’s Struggles began on March 8 and runs until next Thursday, the 12th, with mobilizations in all regions of…
Water: Water Emerges as a Dangerous New War Target
Mar 10, 2026
Straits Times
Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants –…
Iran: Water Is Now a Weapon in the Expanding Middle East War
Mar 10, 2026
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Michael Jansen
Irish Times
While the US-Israeli military offensive against Iran has focused for the most part on strikes against military assets, a new battlefront is opening up over…
Iran: Bombing of Iran’s Oil Infrastructure to Have Major Environmental Fallout, Experts Warn
Mar 10, 2026
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Damien Gayle
Guardian
Israel’s bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure will have major long-term environmental repercussions, experts have warned, as monitors admitted they were struggling to keep track of…
Iraq: Foreign Oil Companies Leave Iraq’s Akkas Gas Field over Security Concerns
Mar 10, 2026
Shafaq News
Foreign oil companies operating at Iraq’s Akkas gas field have begun temporarily leaving the site in Al-Anbar province pending a security assessment, a source in…
Afghanistan: Diverted Floods and Plundered Mines: What Are Shahr-e Bozorg’s Miners Saying?
Mar 10, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Recent reports indicate that floodwaters have inundated a gold mine in the Awiz area of Shahr-e Bozorg district in Badakhshan province. While the exact extent…
Guinea/Liberia: Leymah Gbowee Praises Foya Youth for Patriotic Stand amid Liberia-Guinea Border Dispute
Mar 10, 2026
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Edwin N. Khakie
New Dawn
Leymah Gbowee has praised young Liberians in Foya for raising the national flag amid rising tension along the Liberia-Guinea border. In a message reacting to…
Kyrgyzstan: Local Solutions to Strengthen Climate Resilience in the Fergana Valley
Mar 10, 2026
UNDP
Communities in the Fergana Valley are strengthening their capacity to address climate and water-related challenges while building dialogue and cooperation around shared resources. Through a…
DRC: DRC Moves to Formalize Artisanal Gold Trade and Boost National Reserves
Mar 10, 2026
Trendsnafrica
The Democratic Republic of Congo is stepping up efforts to formalize its largely informal gold sector by increasing the amount of artisanal gold traded through…
Venezuela: Venezuela Legislature Approves Mining Law in Initial Vote
Mar 9, 2026
Reuters
Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Monday approved a mining law expected to open the sector to private and foreign investment, the latest salvo in…
Water: Drinking Water Warning Issued for Millions as Iran War Threatens Supply
Mar 9, 2026
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Anna Skinner
Newsweek
Escalating conflict across the Middle East is placing drinking water at risk for millions, as missile and drone strikes encroach on the dense network of…
Bahrain/Iran: When Water Becomes A Weapon: Desalination Plants Under Attack
Mar 9, 2026
Fanack Water
Iran’s war with the United States and Israel has now pulled one of the Gulf’s most fragile lifelines into the firing line: desalination plants that…
DRC: DRC Orders Audit of China-backed Minerals-for-Infrastructure Deal
Mar 9, 2026
Ecofin Agency
The Democratic Republic of Congo has entered a new phase in the management of its infrastructure-for-minerals cooperation program with a group of Chinese companies. The…
Colombia: Climate Change May Push Colombia’s Cocoa Production Uphill
Mar 9, 2026
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Andrei Ionescu
Earth.com
Cocoa farming in Colombia may not disappear as the climate changes – but it may move. A new study suggests that by 2050, nearly 20…
Liberia: Broken Land Systems Risk Liberia's Future
Mar 9, 2026
New Dawn
Land disputes in Liberia have reached alarming levels, threatening not only the nation's social stability but also its economic development prospects. The failure to address…
Iran: Aliabouzar - Iranian Women Show What It Means to Be a Freedom Fighter
Mar 9, 2026
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Mitra Aliabouzar
MSN
Iranian women are among the most courageous freedom fighters of our time. No group has challenged the Islamic Republic more consistently and more systematically than…
Afghanistan: 8 March: UN Says Gender Inequality Has Worsened in Informal Settlements
Mar 8, 2026
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Hasht e Subh
Hasht e Subh
According to UN-Habitat, rapid urban growth, displacement, and the return of migrants from neighboring countries have worsened gender inequality in informal settlements.
UN-Habitat program reported on…
Iran: Iran Oil Facilities Hit for First Time as War with US-Israel Enters Day 9
Mar 8, 2026
Al Jazeera
Thick smoke has filled the sky over Tehran after Israeli air strikes hit Iran’s oil facilities for the first time since the war started, killing…
Uganda: Women Are Leading Uganda’s Environmental Transformation - Are We Supporting Them Enough?
Mar 7, 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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…