International
Colombia: Large Land Owners Seek to Tighten Grip on Land Stolen from Colombia’s Displaced Farmers
May 27, 2016
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Thomas Graham, Colombia Reports
Senators with ties to large landowners have proposed a change to the Colombia’s Victims Law that would make it much harder for displaced farmers to reclaim land…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iranian, Afghan Environment Chiefs Discuss Hamoun Lake Preservation
May 27, 2016
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Tehran Times
The chief of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) and the director general of Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) discussed issues related to Hamoun Lake…
Liberia: Dangerous Path in Monrovia: Flood Disaster Put Pipeline Community at Risk
May 26, 2016
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Willie N. Tokpah, FrontPageAfrica
Flood disaster has caused serious impediment for residents in the Montserrado County densely populated Community of Pipeline stalling the movement of vehicles and inhabitants living…
Myamar: Can the New Government Protect Myanmar’s Water Resources?
May 26, 2016
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Ashok Manandhar, Myanmar Times
In the last days of former president U Thein Sein’s reign, the National Water Resources Committee was disbanded and has yet to be replaced. This…
Afghanistan: Taliban Instability Could Fuel Opium Trade
May 26, 2016
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Justin Rowlatt, BBC News
Mullah Mansour, Afghan Taliban leader and the commander of a militia of thousands of men, died a lonely death. US President Barack Obama described his…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Why Kurdistan Can't Sell Its Oil
May 26, 2016
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Seth J. Frantzman, National Interest
In an interview published in February 2015, Donnie Macdonald, the president of oil giant Chevron’s operations in Iraq, had glowing praise for the Kurdistan autonomous…
Companies File Conflict Minerals: Third Round of Conflict Minerals Reports, SEC, Government Agencies Must Follow through
May 26, 2016
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Enough Project
May 31st marks the third annual deadline for electronics, manufacturing, and other companies to file conflict minerals reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…
South Sudan: Oil-Infrastructure Damage Cuts Output Further in South Sudan
May 26, 2016
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Oil output in South Sudan declined to as little as 120,000 barrels per day because of damage caused by a 2 1/2-year civil war to…
Liberia: Liberia Grand Jury Indicts Sable Mining, Officials for Bribery
May 26, 2016
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James Harding Giahyue, Reuters
A grand jury in Liberia on Wednesday indicted government officials, including the speaker of parliament and the head of the ruling party, along with London…
Colombia: Colombia Using Just 35% of Its Agricultural Land: Report
May 25, 2016
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Stephen Gill, Colombia Reports
65% of Colombia’s farmland is not used or underused, according to a government report published Tuesday. The Unit of Rural Agro-economic Planning (UPRA), which was given…
Myanmar: Myanmar Government to Return Seized Land to Farmers in Sagaing Region
May 25, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
Myanmar’s government plans to return 2,500 acres of confiscated land to farmers in Tant-Se township in the country’s northwestern Sagaing region, more than 35 years…
Liberia: Explanation of Vote at the Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2288 on Liberia Sanctions Termination
May 25, 2016
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United States Mission to the United Nations
Remarks by Ambassador David Pressman: Thank you, Mr. President. As we terminate these sanctions today, it is worth recalling how far Liberia has come. Today…
Myanmar: As Lines Form for Water, Myanmar Pins Hopes on Suu Kyi
May 25, 2016
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Esther Htusan, Associated Press
Every year at this time, the ponds and wells go dry. People walk for hours to fill their plastic buckets at a lotus-filled pond that…
Iraq: Construction of Iraqi Oil-Gas Pipeline Expected to Start This Year — Envoy
May 25, 2016
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Mohammad Ghazal, Jordan Times
Construction of the oil pipeline between Iraq and Jordan is expected to start this year, according to the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Safia Al Souhail.…
Itaq/Kurdistan: As Baghdad Government Stumbles, Iraqi Kurdistan Officials Call for Partition
May 25, 2016
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Erin Banco, International Business Times
Kirkuk Gov. Najmaldin Karim swept to office on the promise of oil-fueled prosperity for residents of the Kurdish-majority province in northern Iraq. But, with oil exports at a record low, it's a pledge…
South Sudan: Babies Born with Congenital Malformation in Oil Areas of Unity State
May 25, 2016
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Radio Tamazuj
The minister of information in South Sudan’s proposed Ruweng state in northern Unity said on Tuesday there are incidents of congenital malformation among newborn children in oil…
Liberia: Last Liberia Sanctions, Vestige of Civil War, Are Lifted
May 25, 2016
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times
More than a decade after the end of Liberia’s last civil war, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to lift the remaining…
Afghanistan/Iran: Iran Leader Calls for Resolving Water Issue with Afghanistan
May 24, 2016
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Khalid Kazimov, Trend
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for resolving an issue over sharing the waters of the Helmand River between Iran and Afghanistan. At…
Iraq: Power Outages Reduce Iraq Oil Output
May 24, 2016
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Trade Arabia
Iraq is pumping around 4.5 million barrels of oil per day, a senior official said on Tuesday, as issues including maintenance and power outages slow…
Myanmar: Myanmar Jade Mine Landslide Kills at Least 12 in Kachin
May 24, 2016
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BBC
Rescue efforts are underway in Myanmar's jade-producing area after a landslide killed at least 12 people with fears that there may be as many as…
Myanmar: Protestors Call for Closure of Gold Mine
May 24, 2016
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Democratic Voice of Burma
Around 40 residents staged a protest on Monday calling for the shutdown of a gold-mining operation near Uru Creek in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township. Residents…
Agriculture Sector Key to Protecting Livelihoods, Addressing Conflict and Climate Change Risks
May 23, 2016
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Agriculture Industry Today
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries are central to ensuring food security and protecting livelihoods and play a key role in changing the way we manage risks…
Africa: World Bank Study Highlights Artisinal Mining Challenges in Central Africa
May 23, 2016
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Mining Review Africa
Women have been known to break boundaries which have persisted to box them into certain classifications of occupations, mining has also been one of those…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Turns to the US and Others to Help Fund the Future of its Crude Oil [Audio]
May 23, 2016
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S&P Global Platts
Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has been hard hit by the oil price plunge of late, but it is attempting to pull its oil industry out…
China/South China Sea: Why the South China Sea Has More Oil Than You Think
May 23, 2016
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Hellenic Shipping News
With all of China’s geopolitical posturing in the South China Sea, many are claiming that Beijing’s aim to control more than 80% of the troubled…
Myanmar: Communities Demand Regulation as Jade Mining Destroys Landscape
May 23, 2016
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Htet Khaung Linn, Myanmar Now
Local activists and communities have also begun asking for changes in Myanmar's multi-billion dollar jade industry. They demand that authorities mitigate its heavy environmental impacts…
Colombia: Colombians Displaced by Conflict Are Moving Home, but Still Living in Fear
May 23, 2016
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The Conversation
Colombia is finally close to signing a peace accord to formally end to its decades-long armed conflict, which has claimed the lives of hundreds of…
Israel/Palestine: Israeli Land Grabs Benefit Palestinians, State Tells High Court
May 22, 2016
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Chaim Levinson, Haaretz
Landowners from Anata are demanding the state cancel order expropriating their lands for Ma'aleh Adumim, but the state says residents benefit from order by finding…
Liberia: President Sirleaf Launches E-Registration Platform; Commends Farmers for Making Liberia a Food Secured Nation
May 22, 2016
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Executive Mansion
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Saturday launched Liberia’s e- Registration Platform for farmers in the country and commanded them for making the nation a food…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: Border Dispute at Angoor Adda Resolved
May 22, 2016
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Mushtaq Yusufzai, The News International
Pakistan on Saturday handed over a multi-purpose built crossing facility at the Angoor Adda border in South Waziristan to Afghanistan. Angoor Adda borders Afghanistan’s restive…