International
Myanmar: Drugs, Land and Mining Issues Plague Shan State
May 17, 2014
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Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma
A four-day regional development workshop responding to the challenges posed by drugs and environmental degradation— identified by contributors as the main issues plaguing the region –…
China, Philippines, Vietnam: China Paper Supports ‘Non-Peaceful’ Steps Against PH, Vietnam
May 16, 2014
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INQUIRER.net
BEIJING – A state-run Chinese newspaper backed the use of “non-peaceful” measures against Vietnam and the Philippines Friday, as it considered the possibility of war…
China/Vietnam: Unrest Poses a Risky Choice for Vietnam
May 16, 2014
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Chris Buckley and Edward Wong, The New York Times
HA TINH PROVINCE, Vietnam — The hundreds of men on motorbikes who roared into Lee Hsueh Ying’s factory compound north of Ho Chi Minh City…
Timor-Leste: Wife of East Timor's P.M. Slams Australia
May 16, 2014
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Emma Alberici, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: East Timor's former first lady has slammed Australia's handling of its relationship with the struggling nation as both countries fight in The…
Liberia: Liberians Successfully Resist UK Company’s ‘Land Grab’
May 16, 2014
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Global Information Network
(GIN)—After years of fruitless court battles by small farmers against major multinational corporations, the Jogbahn Clan across 11 villages in Liberia is celebrating victory over…
Climate Security: Climate Change, Migration, and Nontraditional Security Threats in China
May 16, 2014
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Center for American Progress
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for American Progress released the latest report in a series on the intersecting phenomena of climate, migration, and security.…
South Sudan: East - West Tussle for Oil 'Sparked South Sudan War'
May 16, 2014
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Ramadhan Rajab, AllAfrica
STRUGGLE between the Western and Eastern countries over control of oil fields in Southern Sudan is behind the ongoing conflicts in the country, South Sudan's…
Sudan: Sudan Oil Industry’s Lingering Questions
May 15, 2014
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Alsir Sidahmed, Sudan Tribune
May 15, 2014 - A statement attributed to Petroleum Minister Eng. Makkawi Awad that Sudan’s oil reserves stand at 4 billion barrels raises more questions…
Myanmar: Despite Ceasefire, Army Seizes Land and Tortures Citizens in Southeast Myanmar - Report
May 14, 2014
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Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Myanmar army continues to commit rights abuses - seizing land and detaining and torturing citizens - in the country’s…
Myanmar: Land Grab Report to Inform Parliament Commission
May 14, 2014
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Eleven Media Group
The special report will discuss farmland disputes including the Thilawa Port Project and Migyaungkan evictions and suggest ways to solve these disputes.
“The current methods have…
Myanmar: Coal-fire plant fuels concern in Mon State
May 14, 2014
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Nang Mya Nadi, Democratic Voice of Burma
Several civil society groups in Mon State have united in opposition to a proposed coal-fired power plant.
The Mon Youth Forum (MYF) and Ye Town Social…
Tunisia: Tunisian Discontent Reflected in Protests That Have Idled Mines
May 13, 2014
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Carlotta Gall, The New York Times
GAFSA, Tunisia — Tunisians often say the first uprising of the Arab Spring began not in 2010 after the self-immolation of a fruit vendor, Mohamed…
Ukraine: At Center of Ukraine Talks, Degrees of Decentralizing
May 13, 2014
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David M. Herszenhornd, The New York Times
KIEV, Ukraine — National “round-table” talks seeking to resolve Ukraine’s six-month political crisis by finding a formula for decentralizing power will begin Wednesday against a…
Liberia: Ellen Calls for Agriculture, Food Production
May 13, 2014
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Rewina Juduh, AllAfrica
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has encouraged Liberians to return to the soil and engage in agriculture and food production, noting the rewards are immense "though farming…
Myanmar: Courts, Cops, Cronies—The Three C's Driving Farmers to Ruin, and Jail
May 13, 2014
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Asian Human Rights Commission
The frenzy of land grabbing in Burma (Myanmar) amid the country's transition to nominally democratic government shows no signs of abating. Reports of the number…
Myanmar: Building barriers: Fencing off the Bangladesh border
May 13, 2014
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Democratic Voice of Burma
The construction of a fence along Burma’s border with Bangladesh has resumed in Arakan State.
New checkpoints will also be built to stop people entering Burma…
World: Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
May 13, 2014
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Coral Davenport, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The accelerating rate of climate change poses a severe risk to national security and acts as a catalyst for global political conflict, a…
Myanmar: Tea industry in steep decline
May 13, 2014
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Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma
Tea-leaf producers in Namhsan, northern Shan State, are struggling to stay in business due to labour shortages and a surge in untaxed tea from neighbouring…
China/Vietnam: China and Vietnam at Impasse Over Rig in South China Sea
May 12, 2014
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Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
HONG KONG — China and Vietnam appear to have reached at least a temporary impasse over a giant drilling rig sent by a state-controlled Chinese…
Liberia: Liberian Police Accused of Brutality in Marshall Land Crisis
May 12, 2014
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Henry Karmo, AllAfrica
Ben Town — Residents of Ben Town, Marshall Road in Margibi County have complained of being brutalized by officers of the Police Emergency Response unit…
Myanmar: Vice President defends land seizures by Tatmadaw
May 12, 2014
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Sithu Maung Maung, Mizzima
Vice President U Nyan Tun defended land seizures by the former military government in comments at a ceremony at Kyaunggone Township in Ayeyarwady Region to…
China/Vietnam: Vietnam Fails to Rally Partners in China Dispute
May 11, 2014
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Mike Ives and Thomas Fuller, The New York Times
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, accused China on Sunday of “dangerous and serious violations” in a territorial dispute that has raised…
China/Philippines: Philippines Jails Chinese Sailors in Fish Dispute
May 10, 2014
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Gerry Mullany, The New York Times
HONG KONG — Raising the stakes in its confrontation with China, the Philippines said Saturday that it had imprisoned 11 Chinese fishermen who were caught…
Russia/Ukraine: Russia Ratchets Up Ukraine's Gas Bills in Shift to an Economic Battlefield
May 10, 2014
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Steven Erlanger, The New York Times
LONDON - Gazprom, the natural gas giant 50.01 percent owned by the Russian government, keeps ratcheting up the bill for Ukraine, increasing the economic pressure…
Sierra Leone/Guinea: Fraud Warning and Fake Kimberley Process Certificates for Sierra Leone and Guinea
May 9, 2014
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US Department of State
The Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection is advising the public on several scams…
Ukraine: Separatists Defy Kiev and Putin on Referendum
May 8, 2014
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C. J. Chivers and David M. Herszenhornc, The New York Times
SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine vowed on Thursday to press ahead with a referendum seeking autonomy, a risky move that seemed to…
China/Vietnam: China Insists It Has Right to Put Rig off Vietnam
May 8, 2014
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Fuel Fix
BEIJING — China insisted Thursday it had every right to drill for oil off Vietnam’s coast and warned its neighbor to leave the area around…
South Sudan: Diplomat Says IGAD Force Will Not Protect South Sudan's Oil
May 8, 2014
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Radio Tamazuj
Sudan’s deputy ambassador in South Sudan says the proposed East African IGAD force in South Sudan will protect only ceasefire monitors and has no other…
South Sudan: African Markets - Factors to watch on May 8
May 8, 2014
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Retuers
South Sudan's government does not have enough money to pay its bills and will have to borrow from oil companies if the four-month rebellion in…
Conflict Minerals Reporting Deadline: Is Your Business Ready?
May 7, 2014
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Jeff Leinaweaver, The Guardian
As US businesses scramble to meet the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals disclosure rule – with the first reporting deadline rapidly approaching 2…