International
Liberia: Women Petition Senate to Pass Land Rights Bill
Sep 9, 2015
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Liberia News Agency, Richard Stephens
A group of women under the banner of the Women NGO Network Tuesday converged on the Capitol Building to petition the Liberian Senate to speedily…
Liberia: Liberia's Bust State Oil Firm to Get 'Forensic' Uudit
Sep 9, 2015
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AFP
Liberia's Senate ordered Wednesday a "forensic" audit of the bankrupt state oil company and vowed to punish anyone found to have negligently handled its finances.…
Mexico: Mexico Community Takes on Illegal Loggers
Sep 9, 2015
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John Holman, Al Jazeera
Organised criminal gangs have helped make Mexico one of the worst victims of deforestation in the world. However, a small community is now taking on…
Myanmar: A Closer Look at Chin State’s Vulnerable Flood-Displaced
Sep 7, 2015
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Lawi Weng, The Irrawaddy
Hundreds of newly displaced families in this small village in Chin State wait hopefully for relief in temporary shelters after a landslide wiped away their…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Says Paying $75 Million to Genel, DNO, Gulf Keystone
Sep 7, 2015
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Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Iraq's Kurdistan region said on Monday it had allocated $75 million of revenue from its independent crude sales to oil exporting companies that have gone…
Syria: How Climate Change is Behind the Surge of Migrants to Europe
Sep 7, 2015
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Aryn Baker, Time
More than 10,000 migrants and refugees traveled to Western Europe via Hungary over the weekend, fleeing conflict-ravaged and impoverished homelands in the hope of finding…
DRC: Companies Struggle to Comply with Rules on Conflict Minerals
Sep 7, 2015
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Lynnley Browning, New York Times
A pink My Little Pony balloon does not usually evoke images of rifle-toting warlords in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Still, Party City Holdings, the…
Colombia: 47 Municipios de Cundinamarca Están en Riesgo de Sequía (47 Municipalities in Cundinamarca Are at Risk of Drought)
Sep 7, 2015
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El Espectador
Este lunes, desde la Gobernación de Cundinamarca, advirtieron que 47 de 116 municipios del departamento están en alerta, debido al desabastecimiento de agua y a…
Angola: Foreign Oil Drillers Sour on Regulation-Happy Angola, Total Says
Sep 5, 2015
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Candido Mendes, Bloomberg
Angola risks losing investment from foreign oil companies as costly government regulations and low world prices make the country, vying to be Africa’s largest producer,…
DRC: Is There Even Such a Thing as Conflict-Free Minerals?
Sep 4, 2015
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Tom Clynes, Take Part
For decades, it has been impossible to distinguish processed tantalum that originated in DRC from other sources. The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative and other endeavors aim…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese, Vietnamese Presidents Meet, Agreeing to Properly Handle Disputes
Sep 4, 2015
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Claire Hopkins, Press Examiner
The two leaders said they are pleased with the development of the Vietnam-Laos relationship and cooperation on all fronts, including the recently signed trade agreements…
Myanmar: Myanmar Activist in Court as Land Crackdown Deepens, Rights Groups Say
Sep 4, 2015
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Reuters
A prominent farmers' activist in Myanmar appeared in court on Friday in what watchdog organisations say is part of an escalating crackdown on land rights…
Afghanistan: Report: $1B Wasted in Afghan Refugee Crisis
Sep 3, 2015
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Paul D. Shinkman, US News & World Report
Almost $1 billion in support from the U.S. government has done little to stem a refugee crisis in Afghanistan that has reportedly displaced millions of…
Liberia: GVL Excepts to INHCR Report
Sep 2, 2015
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The New Dawn
The Indonesian oil palm company, Golden Veroleum Liberia, has taken exception to the recent report by the Independent National Commission on Human Rights on the…
Israel/Palestine: Gaza Could Soon Become Uninhabitable, UN Report Predicts
Sep 2, 2015
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Peter Beaumont, Guardian
A hard-hitting new United Nations report says Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years if current economic and population trends continue. It cites…
Syria: Syria's Ailing Water Network Could Spark Epidemics: Red Cross
Sep 2, 2015
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Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Syria's water network, heavily damaged by bombs and shelling, is at risk of collapse as its civil war drags on, increasing the threat of deadly…
Liberia: Liberian Lawmaker Wants Audits - Falls Short in Equity
Sep 1, 2015
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Henry Karmo, FrontPageAfrica
Representative Bhofal Chambers (CDC-District #2 Maryland County) has written the House of Representatives requesting the august body to ensure the audit of several Ministries and…
India: Marathwada Towns Come to Blows over Dam Water
Sep 1, 2015
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Syed Rizwanullah, Thain News Network
Water wars are breaking out on the Osmanabad-Beed border, and officials have even come to blows over their share of water in Manjra dam -…
South China Sea: India Ready to Move Oil Platform into South China Sea
Sep 1, 2015
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Want China Times
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is ready to move an oil platform into the South China Sea to help the Vietnamese government explore for…
Sierra Leone: Spain to Hand over US-Belgian Businessman Wanted in Sierra Leone Blood Diamonds Case
Aug 31, 2015
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Ciaran Giles, Associated Press
An American-Belgian businessman arrested for suspected involvement in enslavement and pillaging blood diamonds during Sierra Leone's civil war will be handed over shortly to Belgium,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Controversy Continues over How to Cut up Kirkuk
Aug 31, 2015
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Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor
While the Kurds think of the oil-rich province of Kirkuk as the “Jerusalem of Kurdistan,” since the adoption of the 2005 Iraqi Constitution, the Turkmens have been calling for…
Timor-Leste: Six Years after the Montara Oil Spill, Those Who Suffered Most Still Seek Compensation
Aug 30, 2015
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News.com.au
On August 21, 2009, the West Atlas rig owned by the Norwegian-Bermudan Seadrill and operated by Perth-based operation PTTEP Australasia Montara sprung a leak. For…
South Sudan: African Union Commission Says Oil Resources Must Benefit the People for Lasting Peace
Aug 30, 2015
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Ann Garrison, Bay View
The warring parties in South Sudan’s 20-month civil war signed a peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, earlier this week. The civil war which began…
Conflict Diamonds: Africa’s Blood Diamonds are Dawood's Latest Biz, Intelligence Agencies Say
Aug 30, 2015
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Raj Shekhar, Times News Network
Investigators working to identify underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's offshore assets have stumbled on a startling fact: The fugitive is now in the business of conflict…
Sierra Leone: Spain Detains Belgian Sierra Leone Diamond Trafficker
Aug 28, 2015
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Expatica
Spanish police said Friday they have detained a Belgian man wanted for allegedly trafficking diamonds in Sierra Leone during the west African country's decade-long civil…
Middle East: Water Wars? Devastating Shortages Will Fuel MidEast Conflicts for 25 yrs – Report
Aug 28, 2015
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RT
In a worrying global trend, the Middle East is set for a record water shortage to strike over the next 25 years. The global fallout…
Sierra Leone: The Ebola Crisis Is Over, but Tiffany Is Still Paying for It
Aug 27, 2015
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Kyle Stock, Bloomberg
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa is hitting Tiffany & Co.'s bottom line. In 2011, the company lent about $50 million to a miner in Sierra…
Iraq: Oil Prices Compound Iraq’s Stability Concerns
Aug 27, 2015
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Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com
Iraq has managed to ratchet up oil production to record highs, against what would seem to be insurmountable obstacles. Despite political gridlock, a fight against…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Pledge Oil Company Payments to Boost Output
Aug 27, 2015
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Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International
A move to issue regular payments to oil companies operating in the Kurdish north of Iraq should help them endure the market downturn, the government…
Liberia: Has Liberia Found the Way to Share its Forest Plenty with the Poor?
Aug 26, 2015
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Max Bankole Jarrett, Guardian
The “paradox of plenty” debate tends to focus on fossil fuels and minerals. Countries that are rich in these resources are often – paradoxically –…