International
Angola: Angola Hopes to Turn Steel into Gold as Oil Hammers Economy
Feb 28, 2016
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Dawn Kissi, CNBC
Angola is about to provide a test case of whether diversification can help boost an economy that relies heavily on oil production The brutal global…
Turkey/Kurdistan/Iraq: Turkey Starts Repairs on Iraqi Kurdish Oil Pipeline as Violence Flares
Feb 27, 2016
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Humeyra Pamuk and Seyhmus Cakan, Reuters
Turkey has begun work to repair a pipeline taking crude oil from northern Iraq to the Mediterranean through its restive southeast and aims to restore…
South China Sea: Fresh Tension in South China Sea Erupts – Analysis
Feb 26, 2016
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Rajaram Panda, Eurasia Review
The South China Sea is the most critical waterway through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year. The area is believed…
Australia: View from Canberra: Defence and Climate Change
Feb 26, 2016
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Australian Defence Magazine
As the rising waves lap seaside homes around the nation, global warming induced storms wreak devastation and soaring temperatures bring the national power grid to…
Iraq: Total, Vitol Fined in Iraq Oil-for-Food Case by French Court
Feb 26, 2016
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Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg
French oil company Total SA was fined 750,000 euros ($826,125) after judges found it guilty of corruption in Iraq’s oil-for-food program. Total is guilty of…
Kurdistan/Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish Oil Pipeline Seen Shut for Two More Weeks
Feb 26, 2016
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Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun, Reuters
Iraqi Kurdish oil exports to world markets could remain halted for another two weeks, Turkish shipping and industry sources said on Friday citing rising security…
Afghanistan: More Problems for the Dahla Dam – One of Canada’s Afghan Signature Projects
Feb 26, 2016
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David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen
When Canada’s diplomats, development specialists and soldiers left Kandahar in 2011, our involvement with the dam ended and the government declared the $50-million project a…
Sierra Leone: Diamond Exports in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone Plummet in 2015
Feb 25, 2016
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Agence France-Presse
Diamond exports from Sierra Leone saw a steep fall in 2015, the deputy minister for mines said Wednesday, February 24, with miners restricted from working…
Myanmar: Authorities Permit Vigilantes in Myanmar to Destroy Poppy Fields
Feb 24, 2016
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Latin American Herald Tribune
Christian anti-narcotic vigilantes in Myanmar's northern Kachin State have agreed a deal with local authorities on a bid to destroy large areas of poppy fields,…
Colombia: Colombia Becomes Second Largest Exporter of Trout and Tilapia to US
Feb 24, 2016
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Fish Info & Services Co.
The strategy adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture to conquer international markets for Colombian agricultural products has consolidated Colombia as the second largest exporter to…
India/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Invites India to Explore Resources in Disputed South China Sea Region
Feb 24, 2016
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Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Economic Times
Vietnam on Wednesday invited strategic partner India to explore and explot natural resources within the Southeast Asian countries 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the…
Sudan: Oil Minister Discuss with Chinese Officials Building Sudan’s First Natural Gas Pipeline
Feb 24, 2016
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Sudan Tribune
Sudanese oil minister Mohamed Zayed Awad Wednesday held discussions with Chinese officials to build the first gas pipeline in Sudan and ways to develop gas…
Myanmar: MP Submits Urgent Proposal for El Niño Preparedness
Feb 23, 2016
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Eleven Myanmar
A parliamentary representative from the Union Solidarity and Development Party submitted an important proposal to Lower House of Parliament yesterday urging the Union government to…
Myanmar: El Niño Drives Up Temperatures Across Swaths of Burma
Feb 23, 2016
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The Irrawaddy
As El Niño hits the most extreme of its 12- to 18-month cycle, large swaths of Burma have been beleaguered by high temperatures and water…
DRC: As UN Chief Comes to Congo, New Report Tracks Efforts to Dismantle Resource Curse
Feb 23, 2016
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ENOUGH Project
As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Enough Project released an in-depth status report on initiatives…
Conflict Minerals: The Dutch Approach to the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
Feb 23, 2016
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Justmeans
The trialogue negotiations taking place between the EU Commission, EU Council, and EU Parliament have proved to be challenging. However, there has been one promising…
China/South China Sea: Contest Over South China Sea Spurred in Part by Resources
Feb 23, 2016
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Shannon Van Sant, Voice of America
With tensions mounting over maritime disputes in the South China Sea, the cause of the problem, at least in part, is believed to lie at…
Liberia: Two IFAD-Supported Projects Contribute to Post-Ebola Recovery in Liberia
Feb 22, 2016
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International Fund for Agricultural Development
The Republic of Liberia and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed two agreements today to finance the Tree Crops Extension Project…
Colombia: Colombian Court Bans Oil, Gas and Mining Operations in Paramos
Feb 21, 2016
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David Hill, Guardian
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled against a controversial legal loophole permitting oil, gas and mining operations in the country’s paramos - high altitude eco-systems. Colombia’s…
Myanmar: Myanmar Vigilante Opium Stand-Off Continues
Feb 21, 2016
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BBC
A stand-off is continuing in Myanmar between police and Christian anti-drug vigilantes, who want to destroy poppy fields in the northern state of Kachin. Police…
Cyprus: Water Wars Jeopardises Coalition in North
Feb 20, 2016
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Cyprus Mail
The National Unity Party (UBP), which is part of the ‘government coalition’ in the north along with the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), gave an ultimatum…
Turkey: Sabotaged Oil Pipeline to Turkey to be Repaired Next Week: Source
Feb 20, 2016
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Reuters
A pipeline sabotaged in Turkey last Tuesday halting oil flows from northern Iraq to a Turkish port is expected to be repaired next week though…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Abadi Promises 17% of Budget to KRG in Exchange for Ceasing Oil Sales
Feb 20, 2016
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NRT
Iraqi Member of Parliament Bakhtyar Shaways announced on Saturday (Feb. 20) that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has reaffirmed his offer to provide the Kurdistan…
Myanmar: Myanmar Activists Say Destruction of Opium Fields Blocked
Feb 19, 2016
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Associated Press
Anti-drug activists said Friday the military and local police are preventing them from destroying fields of opium poppies in northern Myanmar, a major cultivation area…
Myanmar: Chinese Company to Begin Controversial Copper Mining Operation in Myanmar
Feb 19, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
A Chinese mining company will begin copper production at a controversial site in central Myanmar in May, a month after the new government led by…
Iraq: Post-War Iraq: 'Everybody is Corrupt, from Top to Bottom. Including Me'
Feb 19, 2016
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Martin Chulov, Guardian
One of Iraq’s anti-corruption leaders sat in his office, waving his hands in exasperation. “There is no solution,” he said. “Everybody is corrupt, from the…
Myanmar: Kachin State Authorities Continue Illegal Timber Seizures, Myanmar Official Says
Feb 18, 2016
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Radio Free Asia
Kachin state government authorities in northern Myanmar seized more than 20,000 metric tons (22,046 U.S. tons) of illegal timber near the country’s border with China…
Iraq: Iraq to Shrink Paramilitary Forces Due to Shortage of Funds
Feb 18, 2016
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Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
The Iraqi government has decided to cut the number of state-financed paramilitary forces due to a shortage of funds as the international oil price declines,…
Myanmar: Local Mining Applications Delayed by New Gemstones Law
Feb 17, 2016
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Chan Mya Htwe, Myanmar Times
New concessions to explore gem-rich areas in upper Myanmar will not be granted until by-laws to the Myanmar Gemstones Law have been passed, which is…
Abyei/Sudan: Dinka Council of Elders Accused of Trying to Annex Parts of Abyei to Twic State
Feb 17, 2016
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Radio Tamazuj
'Elites of Twic Mayardit community' including at least one member of Salva Kiir Mayardit's advisory group, the Dinka Council of Elders, have been accused of…