International
Myanmar: Climate Change Could Cause 4450 Deaths in Myanmar
Mar 10, 2016
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Yola Verbruggen, Myanmar Times
Researchers have predicted that climate change will have such severe impact on food production that it could lead to 4450 deaths in Myanmar by 2050.…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Jade Bounty is Disappearing ‘in Front of Our Eyes’: Hpakant MP
Mar 10, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
U Tint Soe, the new lower house MP for Hpakant township, discusses his frustration with Chinese lawbreakers, large-scale excavation, narcotics, landslides, environmental damage and the…
Conflict Minerals: Intel Commits to No More Conflict Minerals in 2016
Mar 10, 2016
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Ariella Brown, EBN
In his CES 2016 keynote, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich cast a spotlight on Intel's goals beyond technology, particularly the achievement of attaining conflict-free status in 2016. In an…
South Sudan: Oil Minister: Technical Assessment of Damaged Unity Oil Fields Underway
Mar 10, 2016
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Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan's oil minister Steven Dhieu Dau says Wednesday that his ministry is working to boost oil production to raise more income for the country. Dau told…
Sierra Leone: 'Women Are Still Marginalised in Land Ownership'
Mar 10, 2016
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Joseph S. Margai, Concord Times
Director of Green Scenery, Joseph Rahall, has disclosed that in Sierra Leone women are still marginalised in the ownership of land. He made this disclosure…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Shrinking Oil Reserves Crimp Iraqi Kurdistan's Allure
Mar 10, 2016
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Ron Bousso, Reuters
A string of downgrades to Iraqi Kurdistan's oil reserves is a fresh blow to the autonomous region's fledgling oil industry already crippled by conflict, political…
Myanmar: Suu Kyi Party Mulling Myanmar China Dam Rethink, Says Economic Advisor
Mar 9, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Aung San Suu Kyi's incoming government is considering a rethink of a controversial Chinese-backed dam in Myanmar and looking for ways to end a military…
Sierra Leone: 'One Day, They Will Rise up': Explosive Anger Builds around a Tiffany Diamond Mine
Mar 9, 2016
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Cooper Inveen, VICE News
When the siren begins to wail, those who live closest to the mine start packing up their belongings. Armed guards keep watch, ensuring that they…
Iraq: Iraq Prepares to Amend Its Existing Oil Contracts
Mar 9, 2016
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Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor
Oil revenues accruing from oil field development and production in Iraq no longer match the revenues made before the licensing contracts the Ministry of Oil…
Myanmar: Yangon Water Supplies to Outlast Hot Season, Says YCDC
Mar 9, 2016
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Khin Wyne Phyu Phyu, Myanmar Times
Yangon has nothing to fear from El Niño, city officials say, despite warnings that the weather phenomenon will bring drought to many parts of the…
Africa: Hunger Intensifies in Areas Suffering From Drought, Flooding and Conflict - UN Report
Mar 9, 2016
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United Nations
Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to a…
Myanmar: China Says Still Trying to Resolve Stalled Myanmar Dam Scheme
Mar 8, 2016
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Reuters
China is pursuing efforts to resolve the problem of a stalled dam project in Myanmar, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding that Beijing had…
Liberia: ‘Too Much Money’: No Land - GVL Planning Liberia Bow
Mar 8, 2016
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Rodney D. Sieh, FrontPageAfrica
A recurring Liberian nightmare is forcing another concessionaire out the door. FrontPageAfrica has reliably learned that the palm giant, Golden Veroleum, the world’s second largest…
Kurdistan/Iraq: Idle Pipeline Almost Halves North Iraq February Oil Exports
Mar 7, 2016
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Isabel Coles, Reuters
Oil exports from northern Iraq nearly halved in February due to the ongoing outage of a pipeline to Turkey, wiping $350 million off the cash-strapped…
Myanmar: China Will Renegotiate on Myitsone Dam with New Government
Mar 5, 2016
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Mizzima
Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Hong Lian said that China would renegotiate with Myanmar’s new government on Myitsone Dam, averting any call to seek damages…
Afghanistan: Opium Bounces Back, Enriching Taliban and Afghan Officials
Mar 4, 2016
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Hanne Couderé, IRIN
Poppy season is in full swing in the western province of Helmand, which last year yielded almost half of Afghanistan’s entire opium harvest, according to…
Myanmar: Jade Traders Call for Open Market as Sales Reach New Lows
Mar 4, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Plummeting demand from China has spurred jade traders to demand the right to sell internationally. Traders say the economic slowdown in Myanmar’s giant neighbour, and…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Taliban War: Opium Fuels Conflict as Farmers Pray for a Prosperous Harvest
Mar 4, 2016
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Michael Kaplin, International Business Times
Despite billions of dollars in U.S. investment to eradicate opium cultivation, Afghanistan produces the bulk of the world’s opiate supply, and much of that money…
Iraq: Iraq to Pay $2 bln in Arrears to Foreign Companies-Deputy Oil Minister
Mar 4, 2016
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Aref Mohammed, Reuters
Iraq will pay foreign oil companies about $2 billion in remaining arrears for 2015 this April and expects to reach an agreement over contracts by…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Production Pollution Threatens Thousands: Rights Group
Mar 4, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Dangerous heavy metals used in oil production in war-torn South Sudan have leaked into drinking water sources used by 180,000 people with life-threatening health risks,…
Kurdistan/Iraq: Kurds Tighten Grip on North Iraq Oil Fields with Kirkuk Deal
Mar 3, 2016
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Khalid Al Ansary and Bruce Stanley, Bloomberg
Iraq’s self-governing Kurds are cementing control over oil produced in the north of the country by agreeing to sell crude pumped in the contested province…
Sri Lanka: Little Hope for Displaced Sri Lankans to Have Land Returned
Mar 3, 2016
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Niranjani Roland and Asanka Fernando, Union of Catholic Asian News
Land grabbing went into overdrive after Sri Lanka's 25-year-long civil war ended in 2009. Following the conflict, large tracts of land inhabited by Tamil communities…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Water Wars Intensify Between Egypt, Ethiopia
Mar 3, 2016
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Walaa Hussein, Al-Monitor
Egyptians are worried about uncertainties surrounding Ethiopia's schedule for storing Nile water behind the walls of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The latest satellite photos show Ethiopia is preparing…
South Sudan: Group: Wildlife Poaching on the Rise in South Sudan
Mar 3, 2016
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Rodney Muhumuza and Charlton Doki, Associated Press
South Sudan's wildlife and other natural resources are being threatened by an alarming expansion of illegal exploitation and trafficking, a conservation group said Thursday. The…
Climate Change: Bin Laden Called for Americans to Rise up over Climate Change
Mar 2, 2016
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Jonathan Landay, Reuters
Osama bin Laden wrote a letter calling on the American people to help President Barack Obama fight "catastrophic" climate change and "save humanity", in the…
Myanmar/Thailand: For Thai Buyers, Uncut Myanmar Gems Lose Their Shine
Mar 1, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
Thailand's demand for uncut Myanmar gems has fallen as jewellers increasingly source from other countries across the globe, experts said last week at a major…
Iraq: Iraq's Mosul Dam Faces 'Risk of Catastrophic Failure,' U.S. says
Feb 29, 2016
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Dana Ford, CNN
Iraq's Mosul Dam is facing a "serious and unprecedented risk of catastrophic failure with little warning," the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warned on Sunday. At…
Afgahnistan: Saffron Production in Afghanistan to Exceed over 4,000 kg This Year
Feb 29, 2016
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Khaama Press
The production of saffron in Afghanistan is expected to surpass 4,000 kg this year with the officials expressing optimisms that the production boost could help…
Liberia: Gunfire Near Monrovia
Feb 29, 2016
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The New Dawn Liberia
A shootout over a land dispute on the Bright Farm, located on the outskirt of Monrovia left one person critically injured over the weekend as…
Iraq: Iraq Second Behind US in Global Oil Supply in 2015
Feb 29, 2016
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Phil Allan, Energy Voice
Iraq was the second-leading contributor to the growth in global oil supply in 2015, behind only the United States. Crude oil production in Iraq, including…