International
Lebanon: UN Women Provides Emergency Relief for Women and Girls in Beirut
Aug 27, 2020
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Sophie Partidge-Hicks, Global Citizen
After the devastating explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4, nonprofits have been dealing with the humanitarian consequences, including the growing crisis now affecting women and girls, especially…
Brazil: Amazon ‘Women Warriors’ Show Gender Equality, Forest Conservation Go Hand in Hand
Aug 27, 2020
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Rosamaria Loures and Sarah Sax, Inter Press Service
On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags…
DRC: DRC Announces Extension on Export Ban Moratorium for Key Minerals
Aug 27, 2020
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Thomas Hedley, Africa Oil & Power
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has extended a new moratorium on the export ban of cobalt, tin, tungsten and tantalum concentrates. This waiver comes…
Egypt/Ethiopia/Sudan: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Is a Major Hydroelectric Project — and Sparking a Conflict Over Water
Aug 27, 2020
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Mark Leon Goldberg, UN
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or as it’s better known The GERD, is a major hydroelectric project that is being built on the Blue Nile…
South Sudan: South Sudan Residents Protest Oil Facilities
Aug 27, 2020
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David Mono Danga, Voice of America
Residents around South Sudan’s Palouch and Melut oil fields in Upper Nile state demonstrated Wednesday for a third consecutive day against environmental pollution caused by…
Myanmar: Myanmar Forgoes Revenue from Gem Emporiums
Aug 27, 2020
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Aung Loon, Myanmar Times
The Myanmar government has potentially lost billions in revenue from having to suspend this year's gems emporiums due to the outbreak of COVID-19, according to…
Niger: Climate Resilient Agriculture Grants in Niger Empower Women-Managed Enterprises
Aug 26, 2020
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Market Screener
In Niger, the agricultural sector employs 8 out of 10 people. It is estimated that if the gender gap was closed in agricultural productivity, it…
Afghanistan: Minerals Have become Integral to Conflict in Afghanistan: UNDP
Aug 26, 2020
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Ariana News
UNDP Afghanistan has found that decades of mining without a clear vision has done little to reduce poverty but has instead helped insurgent groups fund…
Afghanistan: Ex-Minister, 16 Employees Referred to AGO over Corruption Charges
Aug 26, 2020
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Pajhwok Afghan News
At least 17 employees of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), including former acting minister Nargis Nehan, have been referred to the Attorney General…
Myanmar: Over 550 Tons of Illegal Timbers Seized across Myanmar in a Week
Aug 26, 2020
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities confiscated over 550 tons of illegal timbers across Myanmar in a week, according to a release from the Forest Department under the Ministry…
Liberia: EPA Trains Over 40 Female Journalists to Report Environmental Issues
Aug 26, 2020
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Alline Dunbar, FrontPage Africa
The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) last weekend concluded a two-day training for over 40…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Weighs World Court Arbitration against China if Maritime Diplomacy Fails
Aug 26, 2020
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Ralph Jennings, Voice of America
Vietnam is exploring the launch of an international arbitration case against China over a series of mishaps in a disputed sea if diplomacy fails, analysts…
South Sudan: South Sudan Set to Take over China-Operated Oilfields by 2027
Aug 26, 2020
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Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
South Sudan’s state-controlled Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) has started preparations to take over the management of some oilfields in the country by 2027, when it…
Ethiopia: Women in Ethiopia Face Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic
Aug 24, 2020
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Crux
Women in Ethiopia often suffer from “traditional gender roles” where they are expected to defer to men in society. “During gatherings where men and women…
Kenya: Kenya – Indigenous Women Overcome Discrimination to Lead Community COVID-19 Responses
Aug 24, 2020
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Climate & Development Knowledge Network
In Kenya, indigenous women are tapping into local resources, and undertaking individual and collective initiatives to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Rose Wamalwa reports. This is…
Liberia: Charcoal Burners to Plant Trees for Sustainability
Aug 24, 2020
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Global News Network
As part of efforts in sustainably managing the forest, members of the Suehn/Mecca District Charcoal Producers Association in Suehn/Mecca District, Bomi County have taken the…
Afghanistan: Taliban Taxes Illegal Gold Mines in Northeastern Afghanistan
Aug 24, 2020
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Nimatullah Ahmadi and Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Residents and officials in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan say the Taliban is raking in considerable revenues by taxing illegal gold mining in the remote…
DRC: Mining Major Backs Fair Cobalt Alliance Launched in the DRC
Aug 24, 2020
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Mining Review Africa
As the demand for the minerals in battery production, including cobalt, is set to increase to power the transition to a greener economy, the Fair…
Syria: Farmland on Fire in Northeast Syria
Aug 24, 2020
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PAX
A substantial number of the fires are the result of ongoing tension between Turkish-backed Syrian militias and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria,…
Afghanistan: Fortescue Opens Talks with Afghanistan on Nation’s Mining Riches
Aug 20, 2020
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Eltaf Najafizada and David Stringer, Bloomberg
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. has held talks with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on potential mining sector opportunities in the nation, which has struggled to accelerate…
Liberia: Fessibu First to Complete Customary Land Process, as More Communities Line up
Aug 20, 2020
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Varney Kamara, FrontPage Africa
The town in the Gizzimah clan Zorzor District of Lofa County made history in June when it was certificated by the Liberian government after becoming…
Myanmar: The Fight over Myanmar's Marble Hills
Aug 20, 2020
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Asean Post
Around 80 percent of the village of some 2,000 households work in the marble business, but people fear they are being pushed out. The big…
Syria: Where the Oil Runs Deep, Water Turns Foul
Aug 20, 2020
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Elena Bruess, Circle of Blue
It has been decades since the oil fields in northeastern Syria began poisoning land and water. Production took off in the late 1960s, and before…
Yemen: Yemeni Government Rejects Houthi Extraction of Oil from 'Safer' Tanker
Aug 19, 2020
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Mina Adroubi, National
Yemen’s internationally recognised government on Wednesday rejected conditions set by Houthi rebels to extract oil from a rusting tanker off the country's western coast. The…
Myanmar: Over 360 Tons of Illegal Timbers Seized across Myanmar in One Week
Aug 19, 2020
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities seized over 360 tons of illegal timbers across the country in one week, according to a release from the Forest Department under the…
Burkina Faso: Conflict and Coronavirus Spark a Hunger Crisis in Burkina Faso
Aug 19, 2020
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Sam Mednick, New Humanitarian
The number of people in need of emergency food aid in Burkina Faso has tripled to more than 3.2 million – some 11,000 of whom…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Firm Plans Survey of Minerals, Oil to Attract Potential Investors
Aug 19, 2020
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Xinhua
South Sudan's state-owned oil company plans to undertake a survey of both its mineral resources and oil in a bid to attract more investors to…
Syria: Turkish-backed Militias Cut Down Half a Million Olive Trees in Syria’s Afrin – Local Monitor
Aug 19, 2020
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Jiwan Shkaki, North Press Agency
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition armed groups have cut down at least 500,000 olive trees in Syria’s Turkish-held northwestern region of Afrin since March 2018, reports said.…
Sudan: Flooding, Heavy Rainfall Leave over 60 Dead
Aug 18, 2020
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Environment & Energy News
Flash floods have ravaged swaths of Sudan for weeks, leaving at least 60 people dead and destroying thousands of homes since late July, authorities and…
Colombia: Deforestation in Colombia
Aug 17, 2020
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Daniel Henryk Rasolt, Ecologist
Deforestation is on the rise in megadiverse Colombia. Attempting to understand the complex and interconnected web of social, political, economic and environmental drivers of deforestation…