International
Water: Drinking Water Warning Issued for Millions as Iran War Threatens Supply
Mar 9, 2026
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Anna Skinner
Newsweek
Escalating conflict across the Middle East is placing drinking water at risk for millions, as missile and drone strikes encroach on the dense network of…
Bahrain/Iran: When Water Becomes A Weapon: Desalination Plants Under Attack
Mar 9, 2026
Fanack Water
Iran’s war with the United States and Israel has now pulled one of the Gulf’s most fragile lifelines into the firing line: desalination plants that…
DRC: DRC Orders Audit of China-backed Minerals-for-Infrastructure Deal
Mar 9, 2026
Ecofin Agency
The Democratic Republic of Congo has entered a new phase in the management of its infrastructure-for-minerals cooperation program with a group of Chinese companies. The…
Colombia: Climate Change May Push Colombia’s Cocoa Production Uphill
Mar 9, 2026
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Andrei Ionescu
Earth.com
Cocoa farming in Colombia may not disappear as the climate changes – but it may move. A new study suggests that by 2050, nearly 20…
Liberia: Broken Land Systems Risk Liberia's Future
Mar 9, 2026
New Dawn
Land disputes in Liberia have reached alarming levels, threatening not only the nation's social stability but also its economic development prospects. The failure to address…
Iran: Aliabouzar - Iranian Women Show What It Means to Be a Freedom Fighter
Mar 9, 2026
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Mitra Aliabouzar
MSN
Iranian women are among the most courageous freedom fighters of our time. No group has challenged the Islamic Republic more consistently and more systematically than…
Afghanistan: 8 March: UN Says Gender Inequality Has Worsened in Informal Settlements
Mar 8, 2026
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Hasht e Subh
Hasht e Subh
According to UN-Habitat, rapid urban growth, displacement, and the return of migrants from neighboring countries have worsened gender inequality in informal settlements.
UN-Habitat program reported on…
Iran: Iran Oil Facilities Hit for First Time as War with US-Israel Enters Day 9
Mar 8, 2026
Al Jazeera
Thick smoke has filled the sky over Tehran after Israeli air strikes hit Iran’s oil facilities for the first time since the war started, killing…
Uganda: Women Are Leading Uganda’s Environmental Transformation - Are We Supporting Them Enough?
Mar 7, 2026
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Jeremiah Nyagah
The Independent
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day 2026 under the theme “Give to Gain”, we must look beyond celebration…
Liberia: Women’s Land Rights Are Not Favors, They Are Rights as NAWoLaR Officially Launched in Monrovia
Mar 6, 2026
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Francis G. Boayue
Front Page Africa
MONROVIA –The National Alliance for Women’s Land Rights (NAWoLaR) has been officially launched, signaling a unified national front to dismantle discriminatory practices that have long…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oilfield in Iraq's Kurdistan Halts Production Following Attack
Mar 6, 2026
Xinhua
The ministry of natural resources of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said Friday that a "terrorist attack" on an oil field in the region's Duhok province…
Liberia: Pres. Boakai Establishes Technical Committee to Enforce Decision in Nimba Land Dispute
Mar 6, 2026
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Roseline Gbessagee
Liberian Investigator
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr has issued Executive Order No 160 establishing a technical committee to oversee the enforcement and implementation of government decisions concerning…
South Africa: Women Farmers in South Africa Pay the Cost of Broken Irrigation Systems – The Story of One Cooperative
Mar 5, 2026
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Khulekani T. Dlamini
The Conversation
The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women’s empowerment in agriculture.
But does it?
As an anthropologist, I’ve been engaged…
India: Supporting Women’s Leadership in Agrifood Systems in India
Mar 5, 2026
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Miranda Morgan and Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Women are key actors in agrifood systems, playing leadership roles in agricultural cooperatives and producers’ organizations, large agribusinesses, and agrifood-related governmental and non-governmental institutions and…
Liberia: Land Commissioner Warns Lawmakers of Escalating National Crisis over Boundary, Ownership Disputes
Mar 4, 2026
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Emmanuel Weedee-Conway
FrontPage Africa
A senior official of the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) has warned lawmakers that unresolved land disputes across the country could spiral into widespread conflict if…
Liberia: Senate Moves as Land Crises Escalateenate Moves as Land Crises Escalate
Mar 4, 2026
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J. Burgess Carter
Observer
The long-simmering land crisis in Liberia has returned to the national spotlight, with the Senate summoning key government institutions amid mounting tensions over double land…
Somalia: Sweden Continues Support for Somalia's State-Building and Climate Resilience
Mar 4, 2026
Facility for Talo and Leadership
Sweden will firmly maintain its strategic focus on state-building, economic development, and resilience in Somalia, according to the Ambassador of Sweden to Somalia, Hans Henric…
Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't Launches Sapling Campaign to Boost Green Areas, Support Environment
Mar 4, 2026
Xinhua
The Afghan government's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has launched a sapling campaign to boost green areas and support the environment in the post-war…
Central African Republic: How Land Empowers Refugee Women and Builds Resilient Livelihoods in the Central African Republic
Mar 3, 2026
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Stella Fatime in Birao
UNHCR
At dawn, the communal field slowly comes to life in the Korsi neighbourhood of Birao in Vakaga, Central African Republic. Women arrive in small groups,…
Liberia: FDA Seizes and 'Sells' Logs without Court Warrant
Mar 3, 2026
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Esau J. Farr
Daylight
A yearlong DayLight investigation found that the FDA bypassed the legal process to seize and auction timber. The evidence suggests that the regulator clandestinely transacted…
Colombia: Biodiversity at Risk in Colombia's Tropical Dry Forests
Mar 2, 2026
University of Montreal
A study of changes to the habitats of more than 700 species reveals massive biodiversity loss—but also possibilities for restoration. "There is a lot of…
Iran: Three Days of Operation Epic Fury: A Rapid Overview of Environmental Harm in Iran and the Region
Mar 2, 2026
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Iryna Babanina, Eoghan Darbyshire, Rebekah Harries, Leon Moreland, Linas Svolkinas, and Jonathan Walsh
Conflict and Environment Observatory
A rapid overview of emerging environmental issues and risks in Iran and the wider region from Operation Epic Fury. Three days in and we’re already…
Liberia: Judiciary Moves to Enforce Supreme Court Mandate in Diamond Dispute
Mar 2, 2026
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Amos Harris
Global News Network Liberia
A renewed commitment to upholding the rule of law has taken center stage as the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Montserrado County directed decisive action…
Conflict Minerals: Who Controls the 21st Century? The Critical Minerals Power Map Reveals a Dangerous Western Vulnerability
Mar 1, 2026
Rare Earth Exchanges
If oil defined the 20th century, critical minerals define the 21st. The difference is structural: oil markets eventually diversified across continents and companies. Critical minerals…
Sierra Leone: Politics of Deforestation – Rogue Minister
Mar 1, 2026
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Abdul Rashid Thomas
Sierra Leone Telegraph
A senior politician facilitated illegal encroachment on a national park in Sierra Leone so elites could build mansions. The president sat on the evidence.
Afghanistan: Gold Mining in Afghanistan Raises Security Concerns for Central Asia
Feb 26, 2026
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Sadokat Jalolova
Times of Central Asia
Large-scale gold mining in northern Afghanistan is increasingly raising tensions and potential security risks for Central Asia, particularly along the Afghan-Tajik border, according to a…
Water: From Tigris and Euphrates to Nile: Water Disputes and Regional Initiatives
Feb 25, 2026
Islam Times
West Asia and North Africa regions are facing growing water crisis. Now around 60 percent of their population is suffering from water tensions. A recent…
Mali: From Conflict to Collaboration: How Local Conventions Are Transforming Natural Resource Management and Supporting Peace in Central Mali
Feb 25, 2026
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Baba Ba
Peace News Network
Preventing and resolving conflicts over land and natural resources has become one of the major global challenges for peace, stability, and security in the Sahel,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq to Resume Exportation of Kirkuk Oil through Kurdistan: Minister
Feb 25, 2026
Rudaw
Iraq plans in the “near” future to export 50,000 barrels per day of crude from Kirkuk oil fields through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline to Turkey’s,…
Sudan: Drones Hammer Sudan’s Gold and Oil Zone – the Pivotal New Front Line
Feb 25, 2026
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Barbara Plett Usher
Namibian
Intensified drone attacks on the new front line of Sudan’s civil war have led to mass civilian casualties in recent weeks and are increasingly shaping…