International
Sunk Debris from World Wars Provides Home for Wildlife
Sep 25, 2025
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Robert Egan
Nature Publishing Group
More marine life is living on some World War II munitions disposed of on the Baltic Sea's seabed than on the sediment surrounding it. The…
Liberia: Mapping Liberia’s Fishing Future: New Study Highlights Urgent Need to Protect Landing Sites and Fishers’ Rights
Sep 25, 2025
Environmental Justice Foundation
Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and insecure land rights. Fishing communities’…
Pakistan: Maryam Announces Special Courts for Land-Grabbing Cases
Sep 25, 2025
The News
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced new legislation to eliminate land grabbing targeting orphans, widows, and underprivileged citizens in the province. She also announced the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi PM Announces ‘Historic’ Deal to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports
Sep 25, 2025
Rudaw
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Thursday announced that his government has reached a "historic agreement" with the Kurdistan Region to resume Kurdish oil…
Climate Change: Baku Hub Partnership: Innovative Climate-Peace Solutions for Conflict Affected and Vulnerable Contexts
Sep 24, 2025
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Shoko Noda
UNDP
Time and time again, one barrier stands out: access to climate finance. We heard this clearly at the second Africa Climate Summit earlier this month,…
Liberia: Rural Communities Get Safe Drinking Water Facilities
Sep 23, 2025
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Emery Watson
Observer
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Accelerated Community Development Programme (ACDP), will formally turn over four state-of-the-art solar-powered water facilities valued at $334,847.28…
South Sudan: More Than $2.2bn Diverted from Oil in South Sudan, Says UN
Sep 22, 2025
energynews
A UN report reveals that nearly 90% of road projects financed by oil never materialised, fuelling surging poverty amid extreme inflation and poor management.
India: From Conflict to Reconciliation: UN Calls to See Climate Harmony as Security, Stability
Sep 21, 2025
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Anoushka Caroline Williams
Newsmeter
It is also about whether crops survive erratic monsoons, whether the Yamuna and Musi rivers can still sustain life and whether urban air remains breathable…
Liberia: Carbon Markets: Liberia’s Next Frontier for Sustainable Growth
Sep 19, 2025
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Winnie Oguerilam
FrontPage Africa
As the world accelerates efforts to address climate change, carbon markets have become a central mechanism linking environmental stewardship with economic opportunity. For Liberia, a…
Colombia: Colombia Hands over 18,000 Hectares of Land to Rural Families
Sep 19, 2025
Prensa Latina
The transfer of 18,000 hectares of land belonging to drug traffickers and front men to rural families and victims in six departments marks a step…
Ghana: In Coastal Ghana, Female Oyster Farmers Try to Save an Old Practice Threatened by Climate Change
Sep 18, 2025
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Naa Adorkor Cudjoe and Ope Adetayo
AP News
Beatrice Nutekpor weaves through the mangroves in Tsokomey community, just outside of Ghana’s capital of Accra, every day to harvest oysters for sale. It’s a…
Land: How Land Grabbing Harms the Environment and Its Defenders
Sep 18, 2025
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Becca Inglis
The term "land grabs" describes large-scale acquisitions of land that rob communities of access to their homes and livelihoods. While the term has become more…
Nigeria: How Deadly Conflict and Climate Crisis Left the ‘Food Basket of Nigeria’ a Humanitarian Disaster Zone
Sep 18, 2025
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Nick Ferris
Independent
Jacob is one of two million people that the Red Cross estimates have been forced to flee their homes in Benue due to violent ‘herdsmen-farmer…
Ukraine: US Pledges $75M to Develop Ukraine’s Resources
Sep 18, 2025
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Hannah Northey
Energy & Environment News
The US is pledging $75 million to jump-start the mining and processing of critical minerals in war-torn Ukraine, as well as oil and gas and…
DRC: UN Experts Warn Congo’s Conflict Minerals Slipping into Global Market
Sep 17, 2025
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Pauline Turuban
swissinfo.ch
The energy transition is fueling demand for critical minerals, straining transparency of supply chains. A UN report warns that minerals extracted from the Democratic Republic…
Myanmar: Satellite Data Show Burst of Deforestation in Myanmar Rare Earth Mining Hotspots
Sep 16, 2025
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Latoya Abulu and Sonam Lama Hyolmo
Mongabay
Myanmar’s Kachin state, near the border with China, is a global hub for rare earth minerals. But the dearth of regulations over mining these resources…
South Sudan: South Sudan’s Wealth ‘Stolen at the Top,’ UN Warns
Sep 16, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Tuesday called for urgent action to address widespread corruption and the theft of public resources…
Liberia: Judge Warns against Rising Land Disputes
Sep 16, 2025
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Abednego Davis
Observer
Judge Boima Kontoe of the Civil Law Court raised concerns about the increasing conflicts over land in Liberia and called for the urgent need to…
Sudan: Anchors of Hope: Women Driving Recovery and Resilience
Sep 15, 2025
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UN Sudan
UN Sudan
The Sudan’s conflict, which erupted in April 2023, has created one of the world’s fastest-growing humanitarian crises. Today, an estimated 30.4 million people need assistance…
Conflict Minerals: Critical Minerals Contribute to Instability in Africa
Sep 15, 2025
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Jean-Michel Bos and Ana Munoz Padros
Deutsche Welle
Coveted for their use in environmentally oriented infrastructure and other emerging technologies, critical minerals are mined in 31 of the 54 countries on the African…
Sudan: Sudan Bans Private Gold Exports, Central Bank to Be Sole Buyer
Sep 15, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s central bank on Monday banned all private gold exports, announcing it would become the sole legal buyer and exporter of the precious metal in…
Iran: Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Faces Irreversible Collapse as Hamoun Wetlands Dry up
Sep 15, 2025
Iran International
Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province is grappling with a worsening environmental crisis as drought and intensifying dust storms devastate the Hamoun wetlands, with experts warning of farmland…
Syria: Syria's Silent War: How a Devastating Drought Threatens Post-Conflict Recovery
Sep 14, 2025
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Deepika Matange
The Week
Water scarcity, crop failure, and food insecurity, the three persistent pressures that were once a salient contributing factor to Syria’s social unrest-turned-civil war, are now…
Climate Change: Greenpeace: Climate Change Driving Migration, Hunger, and Global Conflict
Sep 14, 2025
ShiaWaves
Greenpeace has warned in a new report that climate change is now a leading driver of migration, food insecurity, and conflict in some of the…
DRC/Rwanda: DRC-Rwanda Draft Deal Outlines Role of US, Others in Revamp of Minerals Sector
Sep 14, 2025
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Sonia Rolley and Daphne Psaledakis
Reuters
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the US, to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Is Losing More Than $11 Million Every Day as Baghdad Blocks Kurdistan Oil Exports
Sep 13, 2025
Kurdistan24
Iraq is losing more than $11 million every single day due to the continued suspension of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region, according to the…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Who Owns the Nile? Water, Power and Politics in a Warming World
Sep 13, 2025
Radio France Internationale
As climate change intensifies competition over water resources, the River Nile has become a symbol of both development and dispute. RFI speaks to a climate…
Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal and the Paradox of Central Asian Water Politics
Sep 11, 2025
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Kamila Fayzieva
Diplomat
As climate change accelerates and water resources in Central Asia continue to shrink, the construction of the massive Qosh Tepa Canal in northern Afghanistan is…
Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Authorities Disseminate Land Act Ahead of Demarcation
Sep 11, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
The Ministry of Information and Communication in Abyei Administrative Area over the weekend launched a two-day program to disseminate the South Sudan Land Act 2009…
Women, Peace and Security Champion Profile: Network of Civic Women for Peace, Thailand
Sep 11, 2025
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Based in Pattani, in Thailand’s Deep South, the Network of Civic Women for Peace (Civic Women) is an inspiring community-based women’s empowerment organization that has…