International
Iraq: Marsh Loss Shatters Lifestyle of Iraq’s Ma’dan Women
Apr 14, 2016
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Rasha Dewedar, SciDev.Net
Iraq is losing crucial knowledge about water management as marshland depletion is altering the lifestyle of local women, a paper has warned. The indigenous people…
South Sudan: 'There's No Work, No Money': Oil-Rich but Desperately Poor South Sudan Shuts up Shop
Apr 14, 2016
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Simona Foltyn, Guardian
The shortage of fuel – which, like everything else that’s consumed in South Sudan, is imported – is perhaps the most palpable consequence of the…
Afghanistan: Afghan Mineral Wealth Being Looted by Strongmen, Experts Say
Apr 14, 2016
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Lynne O'Donnell, Associated Press
The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli, prized for millennia, is almost uniquely found in Afghanistan, a key part of the extensive mineral wealth that is…
Iraq: Italian Team Arrives as Part of Mosul Dam Repair Project
Apr 14, 2016
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Balint Szlanko, Associated Press
A team of Italian specialists arrived Thursday at the site of the Mosul Dam as part of an emergency campaign to repair Iraq's largest dam…
Haiti: UN Could Have Prevented Haiti Cholera Epidemic with $2,000 Health Kit – Study
Apr 14, 2016
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Ed Pilkington and Joe Sandler Clarke, Gaurdian
The devastating Haiti cholera epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives and will cost more than $2bn to eradicate could have been prevented if the…
Liberia: Some 500 Ivorian, Burkinabe Land Intruders Flee Liberia Following Deployment of Military Troops
Apr 13, 2016
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Global News Network
The people of southeastern Liberia, especially those from Grand Gedeh County have now been released from stress and other emotional inter feelings following the fleeing…
Afghanistan: A Simple Solution for Farmers
Apr 13, 2016
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Mohammad Hanif Ayubi, Asian Development Bank
In this picturesque, mountainous province of central Afghanistan, the rich soil and climate are well-suited for growing vegetables. Bamyan’s carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, potatoes, and onions…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Be Taught How to Fish [Video]
Apr 13, 2016
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BBC
Myanmar is a country rich in water resources, and yet few farmers are used to the idea of breeding fish. It means poor rural households…
Myanmar: Months after Floods, Magwe Communities Struggle to Recover
Apr 12, 2016
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Ei Cherry Aung, Myanmar Now
In the aftermath of the disaster, Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Rescue and Resettlement said it had provided assistance worth nearly 686 million kyats until…
Liberia: Liberian Senate Unanimously Passes Liberia Land Authority Act
Apr 12, 2016
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Global News Network
The Liberian Senate has unanimously voted to pass into law the proposed Liberia Land Authority Act (LLAA) submitted to that body by President Ellen Johnson…
Liberia: ‘GVL Lost US$1.5m to Rioters’ – Management
Apr 12, 2016
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Global News Network
The Management of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) says it is spending over US$1.5 million to rehabilitate its farms in southeastern Liberia due to riots in…
China/South China Sea: How China’s Fishermen Are Fighting a Covert War in the South China Sea
Apr 12, 2016
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Simon Denyer, Washington Post
In the disputed waters of the South China Sea, fishermen are the wild card. China is using its vast fishing fleet as the advance guard…
Afghanistan: Harvesting Opium in Afghanistan’s Poppy Fields
Apr 12, 2016
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Quinn Kelley, Baltimore Sun
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 19 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to figures from the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics…
Iraq: Iraq Boosts Oil Production to Record Before Output Cap Talks
Apr 10, 2016
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Anthony Dipaola, Bloomberg
Iraq increased crude output to a record level in March, ahead of a meeting in Qatar of OPEC members and other producers on freezing production…
Libya/Islamic States: ISIS 'Sends Large Number of Experienced Terrorists to Northern Libya to Carry out Major Attack on Oil Wells'
Apr 10, 2016
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Tom Wyke, Daily Mail and Reuters
ISIS have deployed a large group of fighters at several strategic oil fields with fears that the jihadi group is planning a deadly attack on…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Rise as an Independent Energy Player
Apr 10, 2016
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Omar Mawji, Geopolitical Monitor
Iraqi Kurdistan and the governing Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is in the midst of a major shift toward autonomy in the northeastern enclave of Iraq.…
China/South China Sea: China's Army Planning Trip for Chinese Public to Visit Paracels
Apr 9, 2016
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Teo Cheng Wee, Straits Times
China's military is organising its first public trip to the Paracels, in the country's latest push for civilian engagement in the disputed islands. The People's…
Iraq: Inside the World's Most Dangerous Dam
Apr 8, 2016
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Arwa Damon and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN
Only one of the two bottom outlet gates is functioning, angrily spitting out water in a foamy white churn as birds fly above the spray.…
Kosovo: Panel: UN Should Compensate Kosovo Roma over Lead Poisoning
Apr 8, 2016
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Associated Press
A U.N. human rights tribunal in Kosovo said Friday the world body should apologize and compensate the Roma community for the health impact of being…
South Sudan: South Sudan Army Downplays Severity of Discontent with General Thomas Cirilo
Apr 8, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudanese army (SPLA) has downplayed severity of anger of its deputy chief of general staff for logistics, General Thomas Cirilo Swaka, over land grabbing…
Colombia: Photos: Colombia’s “Lost City of Marijuana”
Apr 8, 2016
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Anne Campoy, Quartz
Colombia’s 50-year civil war devastated this region. Fighting between the Colombian army and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) displaced 8,800 people in the…
Western Sahara: Human Rights Group Says Port Vancouver Plays Role in Import of Controversial Conflict Mineral from Western Sahara
Apr 8, 2016
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Charmaine de Silva, iNews 880
An international human rights organization says Vancouver plays a key role in the import of a controversial conflict mineral from Western Sahara. “We have fewer…
Colombia: After Peace, Colombia Will Still Struggle
Apr 7, 2016
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Stratfor
Colombia is at a historic juncture. After 52 years of fighting, the country is on the verge of a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed…
Kosovo: Roma Poisoned at U.N. Camps in Kosovo May Get Apology and Compensation
Apr 7, 2016
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Rick Gladstone, New York Times
Hundreds of Roma families in Kosovo, who were forced to live for more than a decade in squalid United Nations camps built on toxic wasteland…
Iraq: Huge Oil Tanker Traffic Jam Builds at Iraq's Basra Port
Apr 6, 2016
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Keith Wallis, Reuters
A traffic jam of nearly 30 large oil tankers has built up outside the Iraqi port of Basra due to loading delays, with some waiting…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Talks for Iraqi KRG’s Export of Oil via Iran Underway
Apr 6, 2016
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Tasnim News Agency
An official with Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said negotiations are underway between Iran and Kurdistan for a potential agreement whereby the semi-autonomous region would…
Russia/Sudan/Darfur: Russia Blocks UN Report on Darfur Militia Mining
Apr 6, 2016
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Reuters
Russia is blocking the release of a confidential UN report showing that pro-government militias in Sudan’s Darfur region rake in $54 million per year in…
South Sudan: Food Gap Widens in Conflict-Stricken South Sudan – UN Assessment
Apr 5, 2016
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UN
Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing to a cereal deficit of 381,000 metric tons – 53 per…
Afghanistan: Chicago Veterans Aim to Cultivate Peace in Afghanistan through Farming
Apr 5, 2016
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Jay Shefsky, Chicago Tonight
Ninety percent of the world's opium originates in Afghanistan. In Chicago, three war veterans are hoping to give farmers there a viable alternative to growing…
Namibia: 4 Injured in Land Grab Clashes at Walvis Bay
Apr 4, 2016
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Adam Hartman, The Namibian
Four people were injured and five others arrested on Saturday when the police clashed with hundreds of residents grabbing land on the outskirts of Walvis…