International
Explore Former War Zones and Rebel-Held Territories from Your Living Room: Google Project Shows Users How the Cyprus ‘Buffer Zone’, Abandoned French WWI Villages and Areas of the Colombian Jungle Look Today in Fascinating Detail
Jun 18, 2019
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Ian Randall, Daily Mail
From the fighting lines of World War One to formerly guerrilla-occupied territory in Colombia, a new Google-powered project is immersing viewers in no man's lands…
Water Diplomacy: Creating Spaces for Nile Cooperation
Jun 18, 2019
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Abraham Telar Kuc, Modern Diplomacy
It’s very clear that the long and current regional disputes over the Nile’s waters between the upstream and downstream countries specially Uganda, Ethiopia and other…
Cambodia: Supreme Court Hears Land Grab Case
Jun 18, 2019
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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea, Khmer Times
The Supreme Court yesterday heard the appeal of a former general in the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit who was jailed five years for forging documents…
DRC: DR Congo's Army Moves in to Dislodge Illegal Miners
Jun 18, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
Democratic Republic of Congo's army has sent a battalion of troops to oust illegal miners from land worked by a majority-owned Chinese company, the military…
Liberia: To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line
Jun 18, 2019
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Jocelyn C. Zuckerman, Yale Environmental 360
Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive industries that were clearing its forests. But he remains committed…
Climate Change: Climate Change Intensifies the Future Risk of Armed Conflict
Jun 17, 2019
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Siobhán Dunphy, European Scientist
Does climate change increase the risk of violent armed conflict? A new paper published last week on 12 June in Nature suggests intensified global warming…
Liberia: 2 Million Acres of Land for Community Ownership, Control
Jun 17, 2019
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA) and three Liberian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have agreed to work with 24 communities in eight of the country’s 15 counties…
Afghanistan: Helmand Farmers Expand Wheat Growing This Year
Jun 17, 2019
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Pajhwok Afghan News
Agriculture officials say 95,000 hectares of land has been cultivated with wheat crop in southern Helmand province this year, showing a 25 percent increase in…
Iraq: Heat Wave Hits Iraq—and Sparks Begin to Fly
Jun 16, 2019
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Bassem Al-Rikaby and Khalil Jalil, Phys.org
Hospital ventilators shut down, football matches with obligatory water breaks and food spoiling in fridges without power: Iraq's notorious summer has arrived. As one of…
Afghanistan: Distribution of Saffron Bulbs Kick off in Northern Balkh Province
Jun 16, 2019
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Khaama Press
The distribution process of Saffron bulbs among local farmers kicked off in Balkh province of Afghanistan on Saturday. The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock…
Myanmar: Regreening a Barren Rohingya Refugee Camp on Myanmar’s Border
Jun 16, 2019
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Kaamil Ahmed, Mongabay
When Mongabay visited after the 2017 influx, evidence of the active deforestation was everywhere. Where the refugees were not clearing space for the still-expanding camp,…
Conflict Minerals: Are Crystals the New Blood Diamonds?
Jun 16, 2019
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Eva Wiseman, Guardian
Crystallisation is a transition from chaos to perfection; the evolution of the crystal industry has been less simple. Millions of years ago liquid rock inside…
Why the Global Oil Market Is on a Knife Edge over Regional Tensions
Jun 16, 2019
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Robin Mills, National
It goes beyond megaphone diplomacy – more like Friedrich Nietzsche’s “philosophising with a hammer”. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s overtures in Tehran were brusquely rejected…
Kenya/Somalia: Calls for Dialogue to Solve Kenya, Somalia Maritime Dispute
Jun 15, 2019
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Fred Oluoch, East African
A group of maritime experts in Kenya have appealed to the government to shift from aggressive reaction against Somalia over the maritime dispute and embrace diplomacy…
Iraq: Exxon's Evacuated Foreign Staff Return to Iraqi Oilfield
Jun 15, 2019
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Hiwa Shilani, Kurdistan 24
Following their evacuation nearly a month earlier that was described as a precautionary measure, 22 foreign employees of oil giant Exxon Mobil returned to Iraq’s southern…
Myanmar: Gems Mines in Kachin State Ordered to Suspend during Rainy Season
Jun 14, 2019
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Eleven
Myanmar Gems Enterprise has issued a directive suspending jade mining in Hpakant and Lonekhin gems fields from July 1 to September 30 as waste pit…
South Sudan: Record Number of People Face Severe Hunger
Jun 14, 2019
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Al Jazeera
A record number of almost seven million people in South Sudan - or more than 60 percent of its population - are facing severe hunger, according to a new report…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran, Afghanistan Sign New Agreement to Ameliorate Water Sharing from Hirmand
Jun 14, 2019
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Financial Tribune
Iran and Afghanistan signed an agreement in Kabul on Thursday on the optimal use of water sharing from the Hirmand (also known as Helmand) River.…
DRC: Frontier Security Founder Erik Prince Registers Mining Subsidiary in DRC
Jun 14, 2019
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David McKay, Miningmx
Erik Prince, the founder of controversial security company, Blackwater, and who said earlier this year he planned to raise $500m to develop mines in Africa,…
Climate Change: Germany Calls for Action in Climate Security
Jun 14, 2019
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Planetary Security Initiative
On 4 June German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas hosted seven foreign ministers, 19 ambassadors, several other ministers and more than 200 experts and civil society…
Colombia: Narco-Trafficking and Petrol: A Quarter of Colombia's Fuel Goes to Make Cocaine
Jun 14, 2019
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Joe Parkin Daniels, Guardian
Colombian authorities estimate that more than a quarter of petrol sold in the country last year went to the drugs industry, which depends on the…
Climate Change: Not All Military Bases Plan for Warming — GAO
Jun 13, 2019
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Mark K. Matthews, E&E News
The Defense Department may be aware of the risks of climate change, but it still needs to do a better job of preparing its facilities…
Europe: The EU Is Creating a Sustainability Label for Raw Materials
Jun 13, 2019
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Laura Cole, EURACTIV
An EU research group is creating a certification method for raw materials, to be completed by 2021. The project is part of a push to…
Iran: Tankers Are Attacked in Mideast, and US Says Video Shows Iran Was Involved
Jun 13, 2019
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David D. Kirkpatrick, Richard Perez-Pena, and Stanley Reed, New York Times
Explosions crippled two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday in what the United States called “unprovoked attacks” by Iran, raising alarms about…
Libya: NOC Expresses Concern over Military Presence inside Ras Lanuf Terminal
Jun 13, 2019
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National Oil Corporation
National Oil Corporation (NOC) expresses concern over an increased military presence at the Ras Lanuf oil terminal, potentially making it a military objective. These actions…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Allow Private Plantations to Export Timber
Jun 13, 2019
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Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
The government will allow trees grown in plantations owned by the private sector and state-owned companies to be harvested for their timber and exported. Myanmar…
Syria: Beyond the Debris – The Environment Is a Major Victim of the Syrian Conflict
Jun 13, 2019
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Hanne-Mari Tarvonen, Crisis & Environment
The most significant environmental consequences of the conflict in Syria have been caused by makeshift oil refineries, destroyed infrastructure and debris, collapsed waste collection system…
South Sudan: South Sudanese President Appoints New Oil Minister
Jun 12, 2019
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Denis Dumo, Reuters
The South Sudanese president has appointed a new petroleum minister, removing Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, the presidential spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday, but the reasons for…
DRC: Commentators Differ on Impacts of DRC's Revised Mining Code
Jun 12, 2019
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Simone Liedtke, Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Ivanhoe Mines Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) operations MD Louis Watum says the country’s new Mining Code has created uncertainty regarding the regulatory framework within the country,…
Liberia: Solidaridad to Launch New Programs to Benefit over 42,000 Cocoa, Oil Palm Farmers in Liberia
Jun 12, 2019
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Lennart Dodoo, FrontPage Africa
Solidaridad in Liberia will on Friday, June 14, 2019 launch two major programs to boost the sustainable production of cocoa and oil palm in the…