International
Kenya/Somalia: Kenya Recalls Ambassador to Somalia over Water Rights Clash
Feb 16, 2019
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Associated Press
A top Kenyan official says the country has recalled its ambassador to Somalia and told the Somali ambassador to leave over an alleged land grab…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s KRG Suspends Oil Exports to Iran
Feb 16, 2019
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Ali Mohamed, Anadolu Agency
The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq has suspended oil exports to neighboring Iran. In a statement, the KRG’s Ministry of Finance and Economy…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Terminated Five Suppliers after Human Rights Audits, Conflict Minerals Report Reveals
Feb 15, 2019
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Jesse Hollington, iDrop News
Apple has long been committed to Supplier Responsiblity; ensuring that all of the companies in its supply chain, from the mines that produce the raw…
Climate Change: Munich Security Conference Puts Climate Change and the Sahel on the Security Agenda ahead of PSC 2019
Feb 14, 2019
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Planetary Security Initiative
The most influential global figures in international security policy gathering this week (February 15-17) at MSC 2019 will consider climate change alongside issues of trade, arms…
Myanmar: How Myanmar Indigenous Peoples Defend Their Rights over Natural Resources
Feb 14, 2019
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Clemente Bautista, Bulatlat
In December 18, 2018, the Karen people formally declared the establishment of the Salween Peace Park, a 5,485-square kilometer forest park in Hpapun District, Karen…
Myanmar: Eco Green City to Commence by Year End
Feb 14, 2019
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Htet Shine, Myanmar Times
A final agreement giving the go ahead for development of the Eco Green City project is expected to be inked before the end of this…
Climate Change: How Devastating Is Climate Change for World Peace & Security?
Feb 13, 2019
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Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service
When the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, met last month to discuss the growing new threats to world peace and…
Congress Poised to Help Veterans Exposed to ‘Burn Pits’ over Decades of War
Feb 13, 2019
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Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times
Tens of thousands of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to burn pits, which were regularly used to dispose of all manner…
Iraq: Iran-Backed Groups Corner Iraq's Postwar Scrap Metal Market - Sources
Feb 13, 2019
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John Davison, Reuters
The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris left by the war in Iraq are now helping…
Iraq: Can Iraq Beat the Drought and Become the Breadbasket of the Middle East Again?
Feb 13, 2019
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Kieran Cooke, Middle East Eye
The area of land in the south of Iraq between the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers is drying up. Yet amid this environmental meltdown, Azzam…
Myanmar: 23 Aceh Fishermen Detained in Myanmar for Alleged Poaching
Feb 13, 2019
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Antara
The Myanmar authorities again detained 23 Aceh fishermen on February 6, 2019, for alleged poaching in Myanmar waters, according to Miftachhuddin Cut Adek, deputy secretary…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Are ‘Not Willing to Give up Their Rights’
Feb 13, 2019
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Elias Groll and Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
American diplomats have been racing to seal a peace deal with the Taliban that would end the longest war in U.S. history—and decades of civil…
Climate Change: Climate Change Seen as Top Threat in 13 Countries
Feb 13, 2019
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Ines Kagubare, E&E News
Climate change beats out terrorism and cyberattacks as the top security worry in more than a dozen countries, according to a survey published Sunday by…
Myanmar: ‘Our Land Is Collapsing around Us’: Ayeyarwady at Risk from Rampant Sand Mining
Feb 13, 2019
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Hein Ko Soe and Clare Hammond, Frontier
Since 2010, a construction boom in Myanmar has fuelled sharp growth in the extraction of sand from the Ayeyarwady that is then used in cement…
Myanmar: Illegal Teak Timbers Seized in Myanmar's Yangon Region
Feb 11, 2019
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Xinhua
Myanmar authorities have seized six tons of illegally harvested teak timbers in Taikkyi, Yangon region, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday. According…
Iraq: Iraq's PM Says Solving Water Pollution Prioritized for Iraq
Feb 11, 2019
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Xinhua
Prime Minister of Iraq Adel Abdul Mahdi on Sunday said that solving river water pollution issue is a priority for the new government, calling on…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: With Kabul River Flows Controversy
Feb 10, 2019
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Zofeen T. Ebrahim, The News on Sunday
With tremendous hydropower potential in the upper reaches of the Kabul River Basin and agricultural potential further down, Asadullah Meelad, a lawyer at Afghanistan’s ministry…
Myanmar: Some 10,000 Kachin Protest in Myitkyina against China’s Mega Dam
Feb 8, 2019
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AsiaNews
About 10,000 people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state staged a massive rally Thursday to protest against the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone Dam, a project to be…
Myanmar: Parliament Passes Gemstone Bill amid Criticism
Feb 8, 2019
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
Myanmar’s parliament has passed a controversial bill governing the gemstone sector, paving the way to restart the licensing of mining companies after a two-year moratorium.…
Colomba: In Colombia, Where Gold Mining and Coca Farming Are a Toxic Mix
Feb 8, 2019
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Alfredo Molano Jimeno, WorldCrunch
The district of Timbiquí in western Colombia is practically under siege. Located in the Valle del Cauca department, it has become a magnet for gold…
DRC: DRC’s New President an ‘Unknown Factor’ as Far as Mining Is Concerned
Feb 8, 2019
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Rebecca Campbell, Mining Weekly
Félix Tshisekedi’s inauguration on January 24 marked the first peaceful transition of power in the DRC for 60 years. As far as the mining industry…
Liberia: The Potentials of Wonegizi as a Protected Area
Feb 8, 2019
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John T. Woods, Daily Observer
The Potentials of Wonegizi as a Protected Area (PA) in the development of the communities, districts and Lofa County is in the process of gazettement.…
Empowering Sudan’s women and promoting peace through equitable use of natural resources
Feb 7, 2019
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Relief Web
Many parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions are low-rainfall and drought-prone agro-pastoral areas. The resulting water scarcity and poor vegetation fosters low agricultural productivity…
Liberia: To Successfully Implement Land Rights Act, Stakeholders Want Unified Messaging
Feb 7, 2019
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Gbatemah Senah, Bush Chicken
Last year, Liberia scored a milestone achievement by adopting its first, ever Land Rights Act that recognizes community land ownership. At the time, international organizations…
Iraq: UN: Clearing Iraq's Mosul From Explosives to Take Decades
Feb 7, 2019
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Lisa Schlein, Voice of America
The U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimates it could take 10 years to clear Mosul, Iraq, of landmines and decades longer to free this former…
Myanmar: One Year On, No Response on Myitsone Impact Assessment
Feb 6, 2019
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Htet Naing Zaw, Irrawaddy
The commission tasked with evaluating hydropower projects on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River—including the Myitsone Dam in Kachin State—submitted its assessment to the President’s Office more than…
Land-Mine Detection Project Earns First Place at Create the Future Contest
Feb 6, 2019
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Binghamton University
Jasper Baur and William Frazer, students at Binghamton University, State University of New York, won first place in the aerospace and defense category at the…
Bangladesh: Elephants Face 'Time Bomb' in Bangladesh Land Clash with Rohingya Refugees
Feb 6, 2019
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Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters
After about 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh 18 months ago and set up camp, they realized they were not only at risk from monsoons…
Iraq: Iraq's Dying Rivers [Video]
Feb 6, 2019
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Omayma Naklah and Mohammad Rahahleh, Al Jazeera
For thousands of years, two famous rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, made Iraq one of the most fertile regions in the Middle East. Often called…
Afghanistan: From Snow Leopards to Soldiers: Conservation in a War-torn Land
Feb 5, 2019
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Virginia Gewin, Revelator
In 2006 Alex Dehgan, then the newly hired Afghanistan country director of the Wildlife Conservation Society, was given a daunting task: to strengthen biodiversity conservation…