International
Conflict Minerals: GAO Tells State, USAID to Create Performance Indicators for Conflict Minerals Strategy
Sep 15, 2020
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Homeland Security Today
The Department of States (State) says armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to commit severe human rights abuses and to…
Cameroon: Protect Environment, Create Employment
Sep 14, 2020
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The Lutheran World Federation
(LWI) - What once was brown, now is green. In a few years, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has transformed a region around the Minawao…
Myanmar: Rare Turtles Known for Their Permanent Smiles Saved from Extinction in Myanmar
Sep 14, 2020
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Judy Cole, Good News Network
With faces straight out of Dr. Seuss, the cheeky beaks of Burmese roofed turtle hatchlings are characterized by what’s been described as a nonstop grin.…
Liberia: National Traditional Council Recommends Halt to Mining Activities over Disputed Land in Gbarpolu County
Sep 14, 2020
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, FrontPage Africa
The National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) has called for the suspension of all mining activities over disputed land in Gbarpolu County…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: Politics of Water: Difficult Talks Continue on Africa's Largest Dam [Video]
Sep 14, 2020
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France 24
As Africa's largest hydroelectric dam nears completion, there are fears that Ethiopia will control too much of north-east Africa's water. Around 90 percent of water flowing into…
Libya: US Says Libyan Commander Agrees to Lift Export Blockade
Sep 14, 2020
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Environment & Energy News
The US Embassy in Libya said Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter agreed to reopen key oil fields and terminals no later than Saturday, a move that…
Climate Change: New CGIAR Climate Security Explorer
Sep 11, 2020
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Planetary Security Initiative
The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a global research partnership with the aim to guarantee future food security, and is dedicated to reducing poverty,…
Mexico: Mexican Water Wars: Dam Seized, Troops Deployed, at Least One Killed in Protests about Sharing with US
Sep 11, 2020
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Mexico’s water wars have turned deadly. A long-simmering dispute about shared water rights between Mexico and the United States has erupted into open clashes pitting…
Myanmar: Threatened Species Caught in Crossfire of Ongoing Land Conflict in Myanmar
Sep 10, 2020
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Aimee Gabay, Mongabay
Reaching down into the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region is home to rainforests that support a unique assemblage of endemic and endangered species, including…
Press Release: UN Women and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Join Forces to Step Up COVID-19 Gender-Sensitive Responses
Sep 10, 2020
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UN Women
UN Women and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have announced a new collaboration that would aim to protect women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region…
Central African Republic: Central African Republic Seeks Justice for Rural Victims of Sexual Violence
Sep 10, 2020
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Pacome Pabandji, Thomson Reuters Foundation
BANGUI - Restoring court operations in rural parts of the war-torn Central African Republic is vital to tackling sexual violence and ensuring victims can seek…
Myanmar: Jade Prices in Myanmar Halve as Demand Dwindles amid COVID-19
Sep 9, 2020
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Salai Tun Tun, Myanmar Times
Jades sales have taken a hit as a result of poor demand from China in the wake of COVID-19 and prices of the green mineral…
Climate Change: The Links between Climate and Security in the Sahel
Sep 8, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg, UN
The Sahel region of Africa is routinely cited by the United Nations as one of the regions in the world that is most vulnerable to…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Smuggled Olive Trees from Syria Take Roots in Kurdish Iraq
Sep 8, 2020
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Arab Weekly
Tucked away in the rolling hills of Iraqi Kurdistan is a hidden treasure: tens of thousands of olive trees, thriving in a new homeland after…
Climate Change: UN Launches Pioneering Climate Security Project in the Pacific
Sep 8, 2020
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Lena Reece, FBC News
The United Nations has today launched a ground-breaking cross-border Climate Security Project in the Pacific. This is being done in partnership with the governments of…
Afghanistan: Made Worse by Tree Loss, Flooding Forces Migration in Afghanistan
Sep 8, 2020
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Large-scale deforestation driven mainly by four decades of war has contributed to widespread flooding throughout Afghanistan, prompting many in rural areas to move to the…
Myanmar: Salween Peace Park: For All Living Things
Sep 8, 2020
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Karen Environmental and Social Action Network and Ecologist
The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
Book Launch: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
Sep 5, 2020
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Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News
The American scientist Eunice Newton Foote theorized in 1856 that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could produce global warming three years before similar work by the Irish physicist…
Colombia: Criminal Gangs in Colombia Cut down Tress to Grow Coca, 8 Arrested [Video]
Sep 5, 2020
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WION
Criminals in Colombia cut down tress to grow Coca. Large part of Natural parks lost to deforestation. 248 hectares of deforestation land recoverd so far.…
South Africa: Clash between Farmer and Land Invaders in Karino
Sep 5, 2020
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Buks Viljoen, Lowvelder
In yet another land grab in the Lowveld, Hendrik Brink was one of the farmers who, over the past two months, fell victim to land-grabbers…
South Sudan: South Sudan Pledges to Clean up Oil Pollution after Locals Protests
Sep 4, 2020
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David Mayen, East African
The South Sudanese government has pledged to oversee speedy conservation and infrastructure development efforts and take action against oil companies operating in Melut County, Upper…
Myanmar: China Dominates Bidding for Myanmar Solar Power Plants
Sep 3, 2020
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Yuichi Nitta, Nikkei Asian Review
Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a…
Hitting Women Hard, Pandemic Makes Gender Poverty Gap Wider - U.N.
Sep 2, 2020
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Anastasia Moloney, Thomson Reuters Foundation
More women than men will fall into extreme poverty due to the pandemic as they bear the economic brunt of COVID-19 and face bigger job…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia amid Nile Dam Dispute
Sep 2, 2020
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Associated Press
On the guidance of President Trump, the State Department said Wednesday that the United States was suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Indigenous People Use Ancestral Customs to Fight for Land
Sep 2, 2020
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Star
From tying umbilical cords to sacred trees to paying homage to spirits before a hunt, indigenous people in south-eastern Myanmar are tapping ancestral customs to…
Afghanistan: Greenhouses — A Stable Source of Income for Farmers during COVID-19
Sep 2, 2020
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UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which has negative implications on economic activities across the country, the greenhouses are still operating, producing fresh vegetables and serve as…
Generations of Progress for Women and Girls Could be Lost to COVID Pandemic, UN Chief Warns
Aug 31, 2020
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UN News
Highlighting the disproportionate and devastating socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on women and girls globally, The UN chief António Guterres called on Monday for a major…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Threatens Fines for Illegal Energy Exploration in Its Waters
Aug 31, 2020
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Drake Long, Benar News
Vietnam has issued a new decree against illegal energy exploration in its territory on land and sea, threatening violators with fines and potentially seizing their…
Colombia: Growing Demand for Zero-Deforestation Cacao Might Not Help Colombian Forests
Aug 28, 2020
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
When Brazil refused soy grown on deforested land in the Amazon, the movement spread worldwide. Brazil's Soy Moratorium in 2006 became the first zero-deforestation agreement.…
Liberia: More Than 9,000 Burkinabes Illegally Squatting in Grand Gedeh
Aug 28, 2020
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J. Burgess Carter, Observer
Senator Marshall A. Dennis has confirmed that over nine thousand (9,000) Burkinabés are illegally occupying a portion of land belonging to citizens of Grand Gedeh…