International
The First Fergana Peace Forum Kicks off in Fergana: The Region Transforms into a Space for Goodneighborliness and Cooperation
Oct 15, 2025
Uzbekistan National News Agency
Fergana hosts the First Fergana Peace Forum, intended to become a new regional platform for dialogue, trust-building, and cooperation among Central Asian countries.
Kenya: Turkana’s Trailblazers: The Women Redefining Leadership on Oil-Rich Land
Oct 14, 2025
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Moraa Obiria
Daily Nation
What you need to know: Two Turkana women, Veronica Natesiro and Jane Atabo, are breaking barriers by leading their community’s land governance in Lokichar.Through the Community…
Afghanistan: Intra-Taliban Clashes over Gold Mine in Badakhshan Leave 10 Dead
Oct 13, 2025
Afghanistan International
At least 10 Taliban members were killed in heavy fighting between rival factions of the group in Badakhshan province over control of a gold mine,…
Afghanistan: Kabul Faces a Water Crisis: Warnings of Land Subsidence and Threats to People’s Livelihoods
Oct 13, 2025
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Avizha Khorshid
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
Residents in Kabul have voiced complaints about severe water shortages in the city. They say that the scarcity of clean water and its unpleasant taste…
Colombia: IOM and EU Launch Initiative to Strengthen Inclusive Disaster Preparedness in Latin America
Oct 13, 2025
International Organization for Migration
Bogotá, Colombia, 13 October 2025 – As climate-related disasters intensify across Latin America, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union have launched Prepárate+,…
Liberia: Community Seizes Loggers’ Equipment in Bassa
Oct 13, 2025
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Esau J. Farr
The Daylight
Local leaders in a Grand Bassa community forest have seized a logging company’s equipment for failing to pay their benefits.
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt's President Al-Sisi Issues Stern Warning to Ethiopia over Nile Dam Dispute, Vows to Protect Water Security
Oct 13, 2025
Radio Dalsan
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a stark warning to Ethiopia, accusing it of causing "significant harm" to downstream nations through its management of…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Afghanistan, Pakistan Say Their Forces Killed Dozens in Border Clashes
Oct 12, 2025
Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday they killed dozens of each other’s troops during a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries. Afghanistan’s…
Iraq: Iraq’s Oil Revenues Fall Short of Covering State Spending
Oct 11, 2025
Shafaq News
Iraq’s oil income no longer covers the government’s monthly expenses, the economic observatory ECO Iraq warned on Saturday, forecasting that Brent crude could drop to…
Iraq: Iraq’s 2025 Gas Pivot: Can Baghdad Turn Flares into Fuel?
Oct 10, 2025
Shafaq News
Iraq has moved aggressively in 2025 to overhaul its gas sector—pushing capture projects, sealing multi-billion-dollar partnerships, and tying the effort to electricity security and an…
Liberia: A Cacao Rush Drives ‘Alarming’ Deforestation in Liberia
Oct 10, 2025
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Ashoka Mukpo
Mongabay
A rush to plant cacao in southeastern Liberia is destroying large tracts of rainforest. According to satellite data as well as interviews with local environmental…
Afghanistan: Afghan Farmers Battle Drought amid Fragile Peace
Oct 8, 2025
Xinhua
In the sturdy stillness of Wardak Province, just 35 km west of Kabul, an unrelenting specter has replaced the echoes of two decades of war.…
Liberia: Unmasking Waste and Abuse of Forest Resources in Liberia: The Case of Abandoned Logs
Oct 6, 2025
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Junior B. Kesselee
FrontPage Africa
In the deep rainforests of Liberia, thousands of felled logs lie rotting in company’s yards, swamps, and roadside fields—harvested but never exported, valued but never…
Iraq: Iraq’s Vote Pits Oil Wealth against Superpower Rivalry
Oct 6, 2025
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Simon Watkins
Oilprice.com
Iraq’s 11 November parliamentary elections could mark the key turning point in the country’s history since the ousting of former president Saddam Hussein in April…
Sudan/South Sudan: Juba, Port Sudan Agree to Protect Oil Facilities, Pipeline Stations
Oct 6, 2025
Xinhua
Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to protect oil facilities and the central stations of the pipelines transporting Juba's oil to Port Sudan on the…
Liberia: Supreme Court Revives Liberia’s $11.5 Million Diamond Scandal, Sending Ex-Weah Officials back to Civil Court
Oct 6, 2025
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Amos Harris
Global News Network Liberia
The mystery surrounding Liberia’s controversial 53.34-carat diamond, valued at over $11.5 million, has dramatically resurfaced at the Temple of Justice. The Supreme Court has instructed…
Colombia: Petro’s Agrarian Reform Drives Surge in Colombia’s Food Production
Oct 6, 2025
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Josep Freixes
Colombia One
The agrarian reform implemented by the government of President Gustavo Petro has boosted food production in Colombia, where agriculture remains an important part of the…
Afghanistan/Iran: Taliban Express Readiness to Settle Water Dispute with Iran
Oct 5, 2025
Afghanistan International
Iranian media reported that Taliban officials have expressed readiness to resolve the long-standing water rights dispute with Iran during a meeting with the acting head…
Afghanistan: Energy Conservation: The Key to Lifting Afghanistan out of Darkness and Poverty
Oct 5, 2025
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Kazim Homayoun
Hasht-e-Subh Daily
In today’s Afghanistan, energy conservation is not merely an environmental slogan; it is an economic, social, and security necessity. A country that imports most of…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Egypt Trade Accusations over GERD’s Role in Nile Floods
Oct 4, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Ethiopia and Egypt have exchanged sharp accusations over the management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with each country blaming the other for recent…
DRC: The Resource War: How Minerals Fuel the Conflict in Congo
Oct 4, 2025
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Dragos Alexandru Ionita
Modern Diplomacy
In Central Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo is once again facing an escalating conflict between the government forces and the March 23 rebel movement.…
Land/Food Security: Experts Warn: Land Rights Disputes Hurt Food Security
Oct 4, 2025
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Patricia Tembo
Food For Mzansi
The Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems (CoRE-SFS), hosted by the University of Pretoria, recently held a webinar series tackling key themes…
DRC: Beans that Break the Cycle: Food, Freedom and Female Power in DRC
Oct 3, 2025
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Bola Amoke Awotide, Julie Ntawinja, Yohane Chideya, Hosny Dunia, Richard Kataliko, Lucky Kalisya, and Jean Claude Rubyogo
Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT
In eastern DRC, women are reclaiming land through the B4WE project, using biofortified beans to fight malnutrition, gain economic independence, and foster peace. Farming is…
Afghanistan: Kabul Residents Face Severe Water Shortages, Call for Urgent Action
Oct 3, 2025
Asian News International
Residents of Kabul's District 5 have raised alarm over a worsening water crisis, complaining that they lack daily access to clean drinking water.
Sri Lanka: Landmark UN Study Links Climate Change, Gender, and Security Risks in Sri Lanka
Oct 2, 2025
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UNDP
Newswire
The United Nations launched a landmark study on how climate change, gender and security in Sri Lanka are interconnected. Commissioned by the Joint UN Development…
Colombia: Victims of Colombian Conflict Given Land from Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Ranch
Oct 2, 2025
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James Reynolds
Victims of Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict have controversially been given swathes of land from drug baron Pablo Escobar’s ranch, famed for its ‘cocaine hippos’.
President Gustavo Petro…
Liberia: Liberia Awards Customary Land Deeds to Communities
Oct 2, 2025
Global News Network Liberia
The historic event marked the official recognition of land ownership for 23 communities that have completed the Confirmation Survey and Customary Land Formalization (CLF) process.…
Iraq: Iraq Activates Contract with BP to Develop Kirkuk Oilfields, Initial Target of 328,000 bpd
Oct 2, 2025
Asharq Al Awsat
Iraq has activated a contract with BP to develop Kirkuk oilfields, targeting preliminary production of 328,000 barrels per day, the country's oil minister said on…
Liberia: FAO Calls for Clearer Land and Forest Rights in Liberia
Oct 1, 2025
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Francis G. Boayue
FrontPage Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening natural resource governance in Liberia, urging reforms to clarify…
South Sudan: Climate Security Risks Brewing in South Sudan as Floods Escalate in Many Parts of the Country: A Case of Panyijiar
Sep 25, 2025
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Amos Agiro
UNDP
Catastrophic flooding in Panyijiar County has displaced more than 100,000 people, including 45,000 children and 26,000 women. Entire communities now struggle to survive, as floodwaters…