International
Iraq: Toxic Fallout: Iraq’s Basra Fight for Survival amid Oil Pollution Crisis
May 17, 2025
Shafaq News
Residents in northern Basra are grappling with a “deadly pollution crisis,” fueled by the unchecked expansion of oil operations near residential areas. With rising cancer rates,…
Liberia: Men, Tradition Denying Women’s Rights to Land
May 16, 2025
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Esau Farr and Harry Browne
Front Page Africa
JORPOLU CLAN, Bong County – In 2018, Liberia passed the Land Rights Act. The historic legislation grants communities and women customary ownership of ancestral land, putting an end…
China/Japan: China’s Moves in Disputed Waters Spark Concerns in Japan about ‘Incremental Control’
May 16, 2025
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Julian Ryall
South China Morning Post
Japan has lodged a protest with Beijing over the suspected construction of a new offshore platform in disputed waters of the East China Sea –…
Afghanistan: Drought and Pasture Usurpation: A Serious Challenge for Balkh Livestock Farmers
May 16, 2025
Afghan Voice Agency
A number of livestock farmers in Balkh Province have expressed concern over the severe drought and lack of natural pastures (pastures), saying that the usurpation…
India/Pakistan: Water Conflict: Indus Waters Treaty Suspension Escalates Tensions
May 16, 2025
Devdiscourse
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan after blaming Islamabad for attacks in Kashmir. The tension risks water flow into Pakistan, impacting its agriculture.…
World's Biggest Polluters Are Least Affected by Environmental Damage and Conflict, Study Finds
May 16, 2025
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Josh Stowe
University of Notre Dame
The world's largest polluters are also the safest from the environmental damage they help create—while the countries least to blame face the greatest threats, including…
Climate Change: IGAD Unveils Early Warning Tools to Curb Climate-Linked Conflict in East Africa
May 14, 2025
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Paul Adude
Monitor
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has launched a new data-driven early warning system aimed at helping member states predict and prevent violent conflict driven…
Pakistan: Military Clashes Spark Food Shortage Concerns amid Water Crisis in Pakistan
May 14, 2025
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Saurabh Katkurwar
Khaama Press
Ongoing military tensions between Pakistan and India have heightened concerns over food security in Pakistan, particularly as the country grapples with an ongoing water crisis…
Myanmar: Green Extractivism: How Clean Energy Fuels Conflict in Myanmar’s Kachin State
May 14, 2025
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Antoinette de Crombrugghe
Weave News
The water in Myanmar’s Kachin State tastes like battery acid. But speaking out about it could burn even worse, some locals say in a recent…
Climate Change: Including Military in Climate Action Incentivises Cooperation over Conflict, Says Water Expert [Interview]
May 14, 2025
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Simrin Sirur
Mongabay
Ashok Swain, Professor and Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and UNESCO Chair on International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sweden, draws…
Sudan: Drone Strikes Hit Omdurman Power Plants, Trigger Khartoum Blackouts
May 14, 2025
Sudan Tribune
Drone strikes hit three power stations in Sudan’s city of Omdurman on Wednesday night, causing widespread electricity outages in large parts of the capital Khartoum,…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Establishes New Ministry for Land Recovery
May 11, 2025
TOLOnews
The Ministry of Justice announced the formation of a new government body titled the Ministry of Land and Recovery of Usurped Property. According to officials, until…
India/Pakistan: Water Wars: As India Weaponises Rivers, Pakistan Thirsts for Security
May 10, 2025
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Tom Hussain
South China Morning Post
Wars aren’t always fought with missiles and guns. Sometimes, the weapon is water. India demonstrated just how potent that weapon can be this month when it…
India/Pakistan: India Cutting Pakistan's Water Would Be 'Act of War', Islamabad's UN Envoy Warns
May 9, 2025
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Adla Massoud
National
Pakistan’s envoy to the UN has accused India of using water supplies as a weapon, warning that any move to cut off vital river flows…
Food Security: Conflict, Extreme Weather Worsening Hunger in West and Central Africa, WFP Warns
May 9, 2025
Reuters
Some 52 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to meet their basic food and nutrition needs in the upcoming lean season, driven…
India/Pakistan: Climate Change Is Straining Pakistan’s Water. Tensions with India Could Make It Worse
May 9, 2025
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Simmone Shah
Time
As military tensions continue to flare up between India and Pakistan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed earlier this week to stop water from crossing…
DRC: Inside the Mines Fuelling Congo’s Brutal War — and the World’s Tech
May 9, 2025
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Catherine Philp
The Times
This is the Rubaya mine in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an area ravaged by conflict stemming back to the 1994 Rwandan genocide and…
DRC: Congo's Fragile Truce? Foreign Interference and Conflict Minerals in the DRC
May 9, 2025
RUSI
Despite vast mineral riches, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains impoverished and plagued by conflicts, including the M23 rebellion – which has just announced…
Nigeria: Insecurity, Climate Change Fuelling Farmers, Herdsmen Conflict – Group
May 8, 2025
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Gilbert Ekugbe
PUNCH
The Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme, a UK-funded initiative aimed at promoting peace and stability in Nigeria’s North-West and North-Central regions, has…
Sudan: Sudan Fuel Depot Drone Strikes a ‘War Crime,’ Expert Says
May 7, 2025
Radio Tamazuj
A former Sudanese energy official warned that attacks on fuel depots in Port Sudan amount to a “war crime” and threaten the country’s already unstable…
India/Pakistan: How India Is Threatening to Weaponize Water in Its Conflict With Pakistan
May 7, 2025
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Chad de Guzman
Time
As Pakistan reels from the most extensive airstrikes on its territory from India during official peacetime between the two countries, and amid ongoing gunfire exchanges…
Afghanistan: UN: Flash Floods in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Affected over 1,000 Households, 150 Livestock Farmers
May 6, 2025
ANI
Recent floods in Afghanistan's Jurm and Baharak districts in Badakhshan province have inflicted significant financial damage on local farmers and herders as per a report…
Ethiopia: Climate, Conflict, and Resilience in Ethiopia: Reflections on the Climate Security Stakeholder Workshop
May 5, 2025
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Ibukun Taiwo
CGIAR
Given that a significant population of Ethiopia relies on subsistence agriculture, climate impacts are manifesting in various forms ranging from food insecurity and water scarcity…
Colombia: Colombia's Wind Farms Bring Promise and Pain for Indigenous Group
May 4, 2025
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Catherine Ellis
BBC
With some of Colombia's most powerful winds, La Guajira has now become the epicentre of the country's shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. But…
Afghanistan: $28m Solar Power Plant Being Established in Balkh
May 3, 2025
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Abdul Saboor Sirat
Pajhwok Afghan News
A 40-megawatt solar power generation plant is being established at a cost of 28 million US dollars in Dehdadi district of northern Balkh province, an…
DRC: BlackWater to Secure and Tax DR Congo’s Vast Mineral Wealth
Apr 30, 2025
Military Africa
Erik Prince, a prominent supporter of former US President Donald Trump and the founder of the private military company Blackwater, has entered into an agreement…
South Sudan: The Stakes of Stripping Climate from UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan
Apr 28, 2025
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Nazanine Moshiri
International Crisis Group
On 30 April, the UN Security Council is set to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a peacekeeping operation established…
Afghanistan: Empowering Farming Communities for Sustained Rural Livelihood
Apr 28, 2025
International Committee of the Red Cross
Afghanistan has endured four decades of armed conflict and is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and the negative effects of climate change. This has created…
Afghanistan: Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods in Daikundi
Apr 28, 2025
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Fatima Sarosh
Pajhwok Afghan News
Climate change has inflicted a devastating impact on central Daikundi, a mountainous province in central Afghanistan. Once fertile and productive, its lands are now dry and…
DRC: EU Companies Fueling Minerals Smuggling in DRC
Apr 28, 2025
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Ronald Musoke
Independent
All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, need to be held accountable for…