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Liberia: Nimba Women Agriculture Cooperative Launches Financial Loan Program to Empower Rural Women

Nov 4, 2025 | D. Franklin Doloquee
Front Page Africa

GANTA, Nimba County – Over twenty rural women from Ganta and its surrounding communities in Nimba County recently benefited from a new loan program launched…


Climate, Peace and Security Advisory Exchange at the Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2025

Nov 4, 2025
UN Climate Security Mechanism

As climate impacts deepen and the number of conflicts globally reach their highest levels since the Second World War, the links between climate change, peace…


Afghanistan: Clash over Grazing Land in Northern Afghanistan Injures Six, Sources Say

Nov 4, 2025 | Ahmad Azizi
Amu TV

At least six people were injured in a clash over grazing land between residents and the son of a local Taliban commander in Afghanistan’s northern…


Zambia: Zambian Women Take the Lead in Adapting Food Systems to Climate Change

Nov 3, 2025 | Giulia Caroli, Gracsious Maviza, Mandlenkosi Maphosa, and Rosemary Fumpa-Makano
New Security Beat

Women play vital roles as actors and innovators in food systems worldwide. In many societies, they are the primary food producers, accounting for between 60%…


Afghanistan: Afghanistan Forms Special Unit to Enforce Land Commission Rulings

Nov 3, 2025
TOLOnews

The Ministry of Justice has announced the convening of a leadership meeting of the Commission for the Prevention of Land Grabbing and the Restoration of…


Afghanistan: Violent Land Dispute Involving Taliban Commander Reported In Takhar

Nov 3, 2025
Afghanistan International

Informed sources in Takhar province told Afghanistan International that fighters loyal to Darab Baai, a local Taliban commander in Warsaj district, injured at least six…


Sudan: Oil, Gold, Blood, and the New Tale of Military Greed

Nov 3, 2025 | Masood Abdali
India Tomorrow

Sudan is once again engulfed in a devastating civil war. The conflict, which began in the last ten days of Ramadan 2023, has now, after…


India/Pakistan: How India and Pakistan’s Co-operation over Water Has Avoided Conflict

Nov 3, 2025
Vision of Humanity

India and Pakistan’s shared dependence on the Indus River has, for six decades, been governed by an agreement that has outlasted wars, political upheavals and…


Iraq/Turkey: Türkiye, Iraq Sign 'Historic' Water Management Deal

Nov 3, 2025
Hürriyet Daily News

Türkiye and Iraq signed a “historic” agreement on Nov. 2 to jointly manage their shared water resources, marking a major step toward addressing the region’s…


Switzerland: Switzerland Seeks to Boost Water Diplomacy in Middle East

Nov 2, 2025
Swissinfo

Water supply is becoming increasingly critical in the Middle East. Switzerland is ready to contribute its expertise in this area.


Colombia: Measure to Conserve: How Forests Ensure Environmental and Social Balance in Colombia

Oct 31, 2025
Noticias Ambientales

For the third consecutive year, Colombia reports a reduction in deforestation, a key achievement for a country where more than 50% of the territory is…


Conflict in Sudan: Natural Resources between Gold, Oil, and Strife [Video]

Oct 31, 2025
Al Jazeera

Analysts say Sudan's considerable natural resources could also be driving the conflict. Gold mining in particular has expanded over the last two decades - but…


DRC: Inside Deadly Congo Mines Fuelling War over Your Phone [Video]

Oct 30, 2025
Channel 4 News

Rebels have captured vast areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. That land, controlled by the M23 movement, is rich in critical minerals which…


Sudan: Cholera Surges in War-Torn Sudan as Water Systems Collapse

Oct 30, 2025 | Ali Awadallah Saeed, Ahmad Mohammad Al Zamel, Nagmeldin Ahmed Mohammed Magzoub
Nature

Sudan faces an escalating cholera outbreak, worsened by the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Widespread destruction…


Sudan: Sudan’s Natural Wealth Becomes the New Front Line of Its Ongoing War [Video]

Oct 29, 2025
Al Jazeera

Sudan is rich in natural resources, with gold being a critical component of its economy, making up 70% of exports. Small-scale mining accounts for 85%…


Afghanistan: Severe Drought Threatens Livelihoods across Afghanistan

Oct 29, 2025
AtlasPress

An unprecedented drought has gripped Afghanistan, severely impacting the livelihoods of its people—particularly farmers and herders. The crisis has been exacerbated by the ineffective governance…


Colombia: Colombia to Buy Gold from Small Miners to Curb Illegal Trade

Oct 28, 2025
Bloomberg News

Colombia’s government plans to start purchasing gold directly from small-scale producers in a bid to curb illegal activity and formalize an unregulated mining boom fueled…


From Conflict to Cooperation: Africa's Water Can Be a Bridge to Peace, Says Akufo-Addo

Oct 28, 2025 | Kwabena Adu Koranteng
News Ghana

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a powerful and urgent message to global leaders on Monday, October 27, 2025, declaring that water insecurity is…


Kenya: How Kenya Is Turning Water into a Tool for Peace

Oct 28, 2025 | Denis Mwangi
Pulse

Kenya has unveiled a new policy framework that directly ties natural resource planning, particularly water management, to peace and security, marking a major shift in…


Liberia: Tensions Rise in Grand Gedeh over 500-Acre Land Deal as Superintendent, Locals Clash on Claims

Oct 28, 2025 | Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
FrontPage Africa

An explosive land controversy is at now at the zenith from the heart of Grand Gedeh’s dense B’Hai forest leaving the county’s authorities headed by…


Climate Change: Bucking the Trend: Why Security Planners Are Widely Debating the Risks of the Climate Crisis

Oct 27, 2025 | Bernhard Pötter
Table.Media

The climate crisis is losing importance in politics, business and the public interest. However, the consequences of global warming are being hotly debated by the…


Afghanistan: Clashes over Gold Mine in Badakhshan’s Shahri Buzurg District Leave Casualties

Oct 27, 2025
Hasht-e Subh Daily

Local sources in Badakhshan province say that clashes over control of a gold mine in the Shahri Buzurg district have resulted in casualties.


Food Security: Food, Conflict, and the Weaponization of Food

Oct 26, 2025 | Johanna Medelson Forman
Food Tank

Conflict is the largest driver of hunger and starvation, and food has become one of the cheapest weapons of war. More than 120 million people…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad's Silence on Kurdistan Oil Field Attacks Fuels Fears of Militia Impunity

Oct 25, 2025
Kurdistan24

A persistent and troubling silence from the Iraqi federal government regarding a series of audacious drone attacks on the Kurdistan Region's vital oil fields over…


DRC: New Report Says Congo Peace Efforts Must Come out of the Shadow of Mining Interests

Oct 25, 2025 | Bharat Dogra
Countercurrents

Keeping in view the extremely high levels of violence seen in this region in the past, there is no doubt that the conflict involving the…


Yemen: IRC Urges Urgent Climate Funding for Conflict Zones Including Yemen

Oct 25, 2025
YemenOnline.info

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has released a new policy brief ahead of the Berlin Climate Security Conference, urging world leaders to take immediate action…


Afghanistan: Land Dispute Kills 2, Injures 4 in Afghanistan's Khost Province

Oct 25, 2025
Xinhua

At least two people were killed and four others sustained injuries when a clash broke out between two families over a land dispute in eastern…


Afghanistan/Pakistan: After Border Clashes, Taliban Regime Plans to Build Dams on River That Flows into Pakistan

Oct 25, 2025 | Rezaul H. Laskar
Hindustan Times

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has unveiled plans to build dams on the Kunar river, a move that could restrict water flows to Pakistan’s Indus…


Afghanistan: Richard Bennett: Toxic Ammunition in Afghanistan Has Caused Water and Soil Contamination

Oct 25, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Richard Bennett, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, says that toxic ammunition and military activities have caused water and soil contamination that…


Afghanistan/India/Pakistan: Pakistan Warns of Security Risks from India-Taliban Dam Projects in Afghanistan

Oct 25, 2025
Atlas Press

Pakistani officials have expressed serious concerns over India’s cooperation with the Taliban administration on water infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, warning that such collaboration poses a…