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Egypt/Sudan: Satellite Images of Dam Raise Tensions in Egypt and Sudan

Jul 16, 2020 | Jonathan Tirone and Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg

Satellite images of Africa’s biggest hydropower project show a reservoir flooding with water from heavy rainfall in recent weeks, adding to tensions that risk spilling…

Iraq: Southern Iraq’s Toxic Twilight

Jul 16, 2020 | Alissa J. Rubin and Clifford Krauss, New York Times

Iraq is the rare country that imports gas but also burns natural gas from oil wells into the air. The wasted gas is enough to…

Myanmar: Neither Return nor More Compensation: Myanmar Military Stands Firmly on Farmers’ Confiscated Land

Jul 15, 2020 | Kyaw Myo, Irrawaddy

The Defense Ministry says it has no plan to return the farmland it confiscated for a sugar mill project in Sagaing Region’s Kantbalu Township or…

Afghanistan: Reviving Cotton-Processing Plant Provides Job Opportunities in Southern Afghanistan

Jul 14, 2020 | Abdul Haleem, Xinhua

The cotton-processing factory commonly known "Tasadi Bost Helmand" is the only industrial unit of its type in the troubled Helmand and the neighboring Kandahar, Zabul…

Afghanistan: Fish Farming Booms in S. Afghan Province

Jul 14, 2020 | Xinhua

The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has been supporting local farmers in southern province of Kandahar in raising fish to cater to the…

Climate Change: Climate, Weather, and Resilience in the NDAA

Jul 14, 2020 | Laura Leddy, American Security Project

In recent weeks, the House and Senate have progressed on the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House Armed Services Committee passed the House…

Afghanistan: With Schools Shut, Afghan Children Work the Poppy Fields [Video]

Jul 14, 2020 | Radio Free Afghanistan

In Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province, more children are working in the poppy fields and selling opium after schools were shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iraq: Two Men Convicted over £4.9m Iraqi Oil Bribery Plot

Jul 14, 2020 | BBC

Two businessmen have been convicted of a £4.9m bribery plot to win oil deals in Iraq. Ziad Akle, 45, and Stephen Whiteley, 65, aimed to…

Myanmar: Myanmar Government Channels Funds to Support Fisheries Sector

Jul 14, 2020 | Zeyar Hein and Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times

Calls for support from the fisheries sector are now being heeded by the government with the latest move involving a sum of K6 billion earmarked…

Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Grow Legal Crops to Replace Poppy Cultivation

Jul 12, 2020 | Abdul Haleem, Xinhua

Infamous for growing poppy and increasing insurgency, the restive Helmand province has been regarded as a hotbed for the Taliban outfit, which rules parts of…

Mali: 'A Drastic Loss': Satellite Imagery Reveals Mali's Farmers Forced off Land by Militias

Jul 10, 2020 | Kaamil Ahmed

A surge in fighting in central Mali has forced hundreds of villagers from farmland they depend on and could leave them without enough food to…

South Sudan: Tackling South Sudan’s Oil Spills in Court

Jul 10, 2020 | Ed Reed, Energy Voice

South Sudan is the outlier. A legal challenge mounted in late April by Hope for Humanity Africa in the East African Court of Justice, in…

Myanmar: Timber Smuggling Continues in Sagaing Despite Ban, Virus

Jul 10, 2020 | Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times

The number of illegal logs seized in the first nine months of the fiscal year shows that timber smuggling remains rampant in Sagaing Region despite…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts

Jul 9, 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Glencore Restructures $500 Million Oil Loan With Iraqi Kurdistan

Jul 9, 2020 | Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Bloomberg

Glencore Plc has restructured a $500 million oil-for-cash loan to Kurdistan in northern Iraq, reducing payments for 2020 as the semi-autonomous region struggles due to…

Myanmar: Efforts to Fix Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mine Issue Face Obstacles

Jul 9, 2020 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy

In the wake of the disaster, the government has set up a committee to investigate the accident, while Myanmar’s military sacked the Kachin State security and border…

Colombia: Colombia Lost More Than 158,000 Hectares to Deforestation in 2019

Jul 9, 2020 | Reuters

Colombia lost 158,894 hectares (392,636 acres) of forest in 2019, a 19% drop from the previous year, the government reported on Thursday, amid fears that…

Iraq: Shrinking Water Supplies Threaten to Put Fragile Iraq 'on the Edge'

Jul 8, 2020 | Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation

As lower oil prices and a coronavirus-driven downturn batter Iraq's economy, availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions, security experts warned…

Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy

Jul 7, 2020 | Retno LP Marsudi

The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for…

Climate Woes Growing for Women, Hit Worst By Displacement and Migration

Jul 7, 2020 | Megan Rowling

From sexual violence in displacement camps to extra farm work and greater risk of illness, women shoulder a bigger burden from worsening extreme weather and…

Myanmar: Corruption, Weak Rule of Law Cited as Myanmar Probes Latest Jade Disaster

Jul 7, 2020 | Radio Free Asia

A team appointed by the Myanmar government to probe a massive landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has begun its investigation into the…

Falklands Land Grab: UK Sent Warning as South American States Rally around Argentina

Jul 7, 2020 | Brian McGleenon, Express

Argentina has reaffirmed its claim over the Falklands Islands and now the country has gained support from the South American common market of countries such…

Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs Resolves Boundary Disagreement in Rivergee; as Minister Sirleaf Stresses Peaceful Co-Existence

Jul 6, 2020 | FrontPage Africa

Residents of two Districts of Rivergee County namely Chedepo and Potupo have finally settled their long-running boundary dispute, days after a dialogue initiated by the…