International
Colombia: 16000 Displaced in Guerrilla Turf War in Northeast Colombia: UN
Jul 12, 2018
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Some 16,000 people from northwest Colombia have been displaced since fighting broke out between ELN and EPL guerrillas in mid-March, according to the United Nations.…
South Sudan: South Sudan Government Confirms Widespread Oil-Caused Environmental Catastrophe
Jul 12, 2018
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Terry Swartzberg, ViaNews
In May 2018, the United Nation‘s Environment Programme published the South Sudan‘s First State of Environment Report and Outlook. From literally its first page on,…
Nigeria: UN Food Agencies Team up to Secure Livelihoods in Northeast Nigeria
Jul 12, 2018
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World Food Programme
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a joint effort to support conflict-affected people in northeastern…
Climate Change: UN Security Council Considers ‘Cycle of Conflict and Climate Disaster’
Jul 12, 2018
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Megan Darby, Climate Home News
Climate change is contributing to instability in many parts of the world, the UN security council heard on Wednesday, in its first debate dedicated to the topic in…
Colombia: ‘Businessmen in Northwest Colombia Plan to Kill Social Leaders to Prevent Land Restitution’
Jul 12, 2018
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Businessmen in northwest Colombia are conspiring with death squads to assassinate social leaders to prevent the restitution of land that was stolen during the armed…
Liberia: Liberia, EU Sign Aide Memoire of Joint Implementation Committee
Jul 11, 2018
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New Dawn Liberia
European Union Ambassador Hélène Cavé and Chairman of the FDA Board of Directors Harrison Karnwea have agreed on the final version of the document that…
Climate Change: Fragile Countries Risk Being ‘Stuck in a Cycle of Conflict and Climate Disaster,’ Security Council told
Jul 11, 2018
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UN
Climate change – and the shortages of water and food that come from it – is becoming increasingly linked to conflict, a senior United Nations…
Syria/Islamic State: ISIS Recaptures Two Oil Fields in Oil-Rich Syrian Region
Jul 10, 2018
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Tsvetana Paraskova, Oil Price
Islamic State militants recaptured on Monday two oil fields in the oil-rich Deir Ezzor region in Syria, a Turkey-based Syrian news agency reported on Tuesday.…
Myanmar: Myanmar Urged to Review Hydropower Dam Projects Seen Damaging to Rural Communities
Jul 10, 2018
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Radio Free Asia
The Myanmar government must undertake reforms in its hydropower sector to prevent dam projects from negatively impacting rural ethnic minority communities in southeastern Kayin state,…
Afghanistan: Pistachio, Not Poppy
Jul 10, 2018
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Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Local authorities in the southern Afghan province of Helmand are hoping to provide local farmers with an alternative to growing poppy by rolling out a…
Afghanistan: Underground Water Level Goes 20 Meters Down in Kabul
Jul 9, 2018
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Navid Ahmad Barakzai, Pajhwok Afghan News
Officials of the water supply company and urban canalization on Monday said the underground water level in the capital has severely polluted and lowered by…
South Sudan: Rising Health Risks in South Sudan: Radioactive and Toxic Contamination
Jul 9, 2018
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Francis Michael, Via News
Plug County is located in the Melut Basin, home to South Sudan’s most productive – and hence polluting – oil fields. In view of this…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudanese Team Arrives in South Sudan to Inspect Oil Fields
Jul 9, 2018
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Sudan Tribune
Sudan’s Ministry of Oil and Gas Sunday said a delegation has been dispatched to South Sudan to check on arrangements for resuming oil pumping. State…
Philippines: School Fixed as DENR Eyes Use of High-Tech Land-Mapping Tool for Marawi City Rehab
Jul 8, 2018
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BusinessMirror
Bullet-riddled Pendolonan Elementary School in Marawi City got a surprised fixing from outsiders in time for the return of schoolchildren, a year after the locale…
Iraq: Protests Turn Violent in Iraq’s Oil-Rich Basra over Unemployment, Lack of Electricity
Jul 8, 2018
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Salar Ali, Kurdistan 24
People took to the streets of Basra on Sunday, the center Iraq’s oil industry, to protest the lack of services and job opportunities in the…
Philippines: Land Mapping System to Be Used in Marawi
Jul 8, 2018
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Ellalyn de Vera Ruiz, Manila Bulletin
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be making use of a modern land mapping system to sustain order in the war-ravaged Marawi…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan Agrees to Compensate Sudan for 2012 Heglig War Damage
Jul 6, 2018
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Dickens H. Okello, Chimp Reports
The South Sudanese government has agreed to pay Sudan damages incurred during the 2012 war in the disputed oil rich Helgig region. ChimpReports has seen…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Perilous Talc Mines
Jul 6, 2018
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Asad Jabarkhail, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Safdigul Shirzad spends his days working in a talc mine in Markikhail village in the eastern province of Nangarhar’s Shirzad district. In return, he gets…
Sudan: Tribal Leaders in Sudan's Disputed Abyei Agree on Migration Corridors
Jul 5, 2018
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Radio Dabanga
At a conference brokered by the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) that ended today, leaders of the disputed border area's Misseriya and Dinka…
Iraq: Iraq Bans Farming Summer Crops as Water Crisis Grows Dire
Jul 5, 2018
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Philip Issa, Associated Press
Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of…
Liberia: Charcoal Union Wants Allocation of 'Pro-Poor Forest'
Jul 5, 2018
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Alvin Worzi, Daily Observer
Women from five of the 15 counties represented their colleagues at the occasion in Monrovia. The government through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) should place…
Liberia: Watchdogs Strategize to Protect Liberia’s Remaining Forest
Jul 5, 2018
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Joaquin M. Sendolo, Daily Observer
The Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) with funding from the British…
Food Security: Agriculture Key to Conflict Prevention, Says FAO Chief
Jul 5, 2018
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Business Standard
Agriculture plays a vital role in averting conflict and promoting lasting peace, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation chief Jose Graziano da Silva said on…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Fires and Armed Conflict Take Toll on Kurdish Flora, Fauna
Jul 5, 2018
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Fazel Hawramy, Al-Monitor
Wildfires are common in Iraqi Kurdistan, a scenic region where many Iraqis seek refuge from the summer heat. Several fires broke out across the Kurdistan mountains in…
Colombia: Can Bird Watching Help Save Colombia's Forests?
Jul 4, 2018
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Manuel Rueda, Deutsche Welle
Colombia teems with birds, but until recently fighting between the government and guerilla groups scared visitors away. Now, former war zones are fast becoming bird-watching…
Afghanistan: Farmers Display ‘Alternate Poppy Crops’ at Kabul Expo
Jul 4, 2018
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Rohullah Arman, TOLOnews
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock held an agricultural exhibition in Kabul on Tuesday that was an “alternate to poppy cultivation”. The produce on…
South Sudan: South Sudan Restricts Export of Charcoal, Scrap Metal
Jul 4, 2018
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Xinhua
South Sudan on Wednesday imposed restrictions on exports of charcoal, waste and scrap of ferrous cast iron in a bid to regulate depletion of natural…
Libya: Oil Exports Suspension Could Create Crisis
Jul 4, 2018
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Jamal Jawhar, Asharq Al-Awsat
The crisis of suspending Libyan oil exports from eastern regions overshadowed the political and social life of the country, amid the fear of a "catastrophic"…
Myanmar: Soil Dumping Worsens Impact of Flooding in Mining Areas, Activists Say
Jul 3, 2018
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Zarni Mann, Irrawaddy
Environmental activists in the Hpakant and Lonekin jade mining regions of Kachin State have urged the government to impose strict controls on the dumping of…
Sierra Leone: 144.12-Carat-Diamond Discovered in Sierra Leone
Jul 3, 2018
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National Minerals Agency
The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and the National Minerals Agency (NMA) hereby inform the general public that a 144.12 carat diamond was brought…