International
Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, Foreign Investment is a Fancy Word for Stealing Land
Oct 17, 2014
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Daniel A. Medina, Quartz
It’s been called by some to be a new form of colonialism. Others say it is outright theft.Since 2000, over 37 million hectares of land, mainly in…
Cambodia: Lawyer Files Complaint at International Court Over Land Grabs
Oct 17, 2014
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Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
WASHINGTON DC — A British lawyer has filed new documents against senior Cambodian officials at the International Criminal Court, accusing them of systematic land grabs…
Myanmar: Hunting for Myanmar's Hidden Treasure
Oct 17, 2014
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Al Jazeera
Ramree Island, Myanmar - Zaw Myint looked quizzical as he sniffed a handful of grey sludge. He had just pulled the mud up from the bottom…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Open More Oil Exploration Blocks to Investors
Oct 17, 2014
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Channel News Asia
YANGON: Myanmar is further opening its oil and gas sector to international investors. It will release another 15 oil exploration blocks by the end of…
Taiwan/South China Sea: Taiwan Considers Permanent Armed Ships For Disputed South China Sea Island
Oct 16, 2014
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Michael Gold, Reuters
Taiwan is considering stationing armed vessels permanently on a disputed South China Sea island, officials said, a move bound to renew friction in a region…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Lifts Crude from Kirkuk Field to Kurdistan Refinery
Oct 16, 2014
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Patrick Osgood, Kamaran al-Najar, and Ben Lando, Iraq Oil Report
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has started lifting large volumes of crude from a Kirkuk oil field, a bold step likely to exacerbate their dispute…
The Kurds, Islamic State and the New Iraq War
Oct 16, 2014
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Reese Erlich, Austalia Broadcasting Corporation
Fauzi Ali fights back tears as she explained how she and her extended Yazidi family fled over dangerous mountain terrain and into the Kurdish region…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil Exports Surge Despite Security Concerns
Oct 16, 2014
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Alexander Whitcomb, Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region is ramping up its oil exports to Turkey despite the regional security crisis, according to Turkish officials.
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Liberia: ArcelorMittal Conducts Livelihood Program in Nimba
Oct 16, 2014
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AllAfrica
ArcelorMittal Liberia's Livelihood Program for affected persons from around Mt. Tokadeh footprint in Nimba County continues despite the Ebola here, with Land Access, Livelihood Restoration,…
Myanmar: 9 Jailed for Farming Confiscated Land in Mon State
Oct 16, 2014
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May Sitt Paing, The Irrawaddy
RANGOON — Nine farmers were each sentenced to seven years in prison for working on lands they say were unlawfully seized by the military in…
Myanmar: Ahead of Myanmar Trip, Obama Urged to Demand Extractives Transparency
Oct 15, 2014
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Carey L. Biron, Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers here are urging President Barack Obama to put transparency in the extractives sector at the centre of an upcoming trip to Myanmar.
While…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Problems Persist for Oil Companies in Kurdish Iraq
Oct 15, 2014
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Anthony McAuley, The National
DNO, the Norwegian oil exploration company, said on Wednesday that it faces continued delays to plans to ramp up production at its Tawke oilfield in…
Iraq/Kurdistan: How A Dispute Over Tanker United Leadership Explains The Role Of Oil In The Fight Against ISIS
Oct 15, 2014
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Erin Banco, International Business Times
A ship filled with Kurdish oil that departed from Turkey recently, and stopped abruptly in the waters just south of Cyprus, may help explain a key…
Mozambique: Mozambique Heads to Polls Amid Claims of Chinese Landgrabs – In Pictures
Oct 15, 2014
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Sara Assarsson, The Guardian
Mozambique is holding elections on Wednesday, with the ruling Frelimo party, in power since independence in 1975, facing a testing time at the polls from…
Myanmar: Plaintiff Fails to Show Up at the Second Court Hearing of Land-Grabbing Case
Oct 15, 2014
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Eleven Myanmar
The commander of No 360 Field Artillery Regiment failed to show up for the second court hearing at Loikaw District Court on October 14, as…
Conflict Minerals: The Phone Co-Op Offers UK's First Ethical Smartphone
Oct 15, 2014
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The Guardian
The Fairphone, the first smartphone to be marketed as being free of “conflict minerals”, has arrived in the UK this week, after the Phone Co-op…
North Africa: Companies Abandon Ambitious Desert Solar Project
Oct 14, 2014
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Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — It sounded like a good idea: build massive solar energy plants in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East to…
Iraq/Syria: IEA: ISIS Oil Production Reduced by Air Strikes
Oct 14, 2014
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Sam Wilkin, Reuters
U.S.-led air strikes have significantly reduced Islamic State of Syria and Iraq’s ISIS) ability to produce, smuggle and refine oil, the International Energy Agency said…
Iraq/Kurdistan: World Oil Slump Limits Appetite for Kurdish Crude
Oct 14, 2014
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Sharmila Devi, Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A slump in the world price of oil is adding to the woes of the Kurdistan Regional Government, where the fight…
Liberia: Timber Union Rejects $150 Million Deal
Oct 14, 2014
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Winston W. Parley, AllAfrica
The Liberia Timber Union Association or LTA has strongly rejected a US$150m forest deal recently signed between Liberia and Norway, demanding a public debate on…
Conflict Minerals: Church Leaders Call for EU Rules on Conflict Resources to be Binding and Consistent
Oct 14, 2014
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CIDSE
In a joint statement, supported by CIDSE, the international alliance of Catholic development agencies, they warn that European citizens expect guarantees that they are not…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Security Council Extends UN Peacekeeping Force in Abyei Through February 2015
Oct 14, 2014
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United Nations
The Security Council today extended the United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei – a resource-rich area contested by Sudan and South Sudan – as part…
South Sudan/Abyei: Abyei Belongs to Us: Warrap Leadership
Oct 14, 2014
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Ariik Atekdit, Gurtong
JUBA - State Information Minister and Spokesman Paul Dhel Gum told the press that Abyei region is politically and geographically in Warrap State.He called upon…
Papua New Guinea: PNG Governors Concerned About Land Grabbing
Oct 14, 2014
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Radio New Zealand
The Governor of Papua New Guinea’s Oro province says there’s a lot of concern about land grabbing among Governors of the country’s twenty provinces.
Land-related issues…
Somalia: ACT Alliance Preliminary Appeal: Drought and Food Insecurity in Somalia
Oct 14, 2014
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Elisabeth Gouel, ACT Alliance
The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains dire with drought alerts being sounded. Somalia has been characterized by clan and armed conflict which still continue in…
Iraq/Syria: Islamic State Loses Its Oil Business
Oct 14, 2014
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Matthew Philips, Bloomberg
It’s been a month since President Obama announced that the U.S. would engage in a sustained campaign of airstrikes against Islamic State, the militant Sunni…
Liberia: Community Land Mapping in Liberia Captured on Film
Oct 14, 2014
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Namati
The work of Namati’s Liberian partner, the Sustainable Development Institute, has been captured on film by the climate change campaign organisation If Not Us Then…
Sudan: Roundup: Economic Circles in Sudan Optimistic Over Breakthrough in Economy
Oct 14, 2014
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Global Post
KHARTOUM -- Sudan's economic circles are optimistic that the country's economy could see key improvement as monthly inflation rate has significantly dropped to 39.2 percent.On…
Liberia: Timber Assciation Threatens Anti-Forest GOL Letter of Intent
Oct 14, 2014
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Edwin M. Fayia III, AllAfrica
Barely two weeks after the Liberian Government's 'Letter of Intent' agreement with the Norwegian Government, the Liberia Timber Association (LTA) has threatened legal action to…
Food Security: Conflict and Ebola Outbreak Threaten Food Security in Africa
Oct 14, 2014
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Derrick Mbatha, United Nations
The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa and conflict in South Sudan are causing food shortages, according to the President of the…