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Afghanistan: Trouble in Afghanistan’s Opium Fields: The Taliban War on Drugs

Sep 12, 2024 | International Crisis Group

The Taliban have instituted a ban on narcotics in Afghanistan. While that has led to a massive drop in production, it is hitting the rural…

Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan

Sep 11, 2024 | Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, and Caitlin Welsh

In April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces spread into a deadly civil war across Sudan. Now, 16…

Elsewhere in Focus: DR Congo—An Absent Peace, Conflict Minerals and Governance

Sep 11, 2024 | Daily Kos

There have been multiple attempts at peace agreement in DR Congo but peace seems to be long time coming. The US, for example, has been…

Myanmar: Extreme Weather Blights Farmers’ Lives in Impoverished Myanmar

Sep 11, 2024 | Irrawaddy

High temperatures, irregular rainfall and floods resulting from the El Nino weather phenomenon have delivered another blow to farmers in central Myanmar who are already…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt-Ethiopia Nile Dam Incident Takes on Military Overtones

Sep 11, 2024 | Atalayar

The tension continues. Egypt, which has opted for a more aggressive approach in its duel with Ethiopia over the Nile Dam, is beginning to mobilise…

Georgia: Project Analyst, Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction

Sep 10, 2024 | UN Women

In October 2024 UN Women, with the generous support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launched a project Gender in Disaster Risk…

Colombia: Colombia Deadliest Country for Environmentalists in 2023, Rights Group Says

Sep 10, 2024 | Oliver Griffin, Reuters

Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a…

Conflict Minerals: Why Conflict-Free Gold Doesn’t Reduce Conflict

Sep 10, 2024 | Ty Burke, Chicago Boothe Review

US policymakers hoping to reduce violence in the DRC included in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act a requirement that companies…

DRC. How Cooking Demonstrations Can Save lLives in a Village: the Story of Kasendami Muamba

Sep 9, 2024 | COOPI

In the heart of Central Kasai Province, in the Kalomba Health Zone, lies the village of Tshitadi, where the fight against child malnutrition is making…

Mozambique: Empowering Women Facing Conflict and Climate Change Effects in Mozambique

Sep 9, 2024 | CARE

The humanitarian situation in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province is deteriorating rapidly. This has been worsened by a severe climate change-induced drought that has exacerbated…

If UN PKO Are to Successfully Fulfill Their Mandates, Climate Change Needs to Be Taken into Account

Sep 9, 2024 | Mission Permanente de la France auprès des Nations Unies à New York

Today, the Security Council convenes for an Open Debate on UN Peacekeeping Operations. France, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Switzerland,…

DRC/Rwanda: Congolese Refugees Imagine a Peaceful Agrarian Future with Their Rwandan Neighbors

Sep 9, 2024 | Nicolas Parent, Peace News

Over 82,000 Congolese refugees are in Rwanda, with many there for nearly three decades. The vast majority (88%) inhabit one of five camps located in…

Timor-Leste: In Diesel-Dependent East Timor, Renewable Energy Transition Remains Slow Despite Government Pledges

Sep 9, 2024 | Victoria Milko, Associated Press

East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world’s youngest countries — has made…

Jamaica: Jamaica's Female Farmers Rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through Women-Led Cash Voucher Program

Sep 6, 2024 | Gabriela Aoun Angueira

Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…

Regenerative Production as a Vehicle for Environmental Peacebuilding? An Exploratory Case from Uganda

Sep 5, 2024 | Richard Marcantonio

The number of active armed conflicts is growing around the globe. One key influencer, though importantly not determinant, in these events is environmental change—mostly caused…

DRC Is the World’s Largest Producer of Cobalt – How Control by Local Elites Can Shape the Global Battery Industry

Sep 4, 2024 | Raphael Deberdt and Jessica DiCarlo

The mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often portrayed as a victim of exploitation by China, the US and Europe in their competition…

The US Military Leads Climate Change, the Rest of Society Should Follow

Sep 4, 2024 | Sherri Goodman

Accelerating climate risks are also accelerating our global security risks. From new sea lanes in the Arctic, to prolonged drought across parts of Africa and…

South Sudan: Oil-Rich South Sudan Slams Operators for Harming Environment

Sep 4, 2024 | Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg

Oil companies pumping crude from South Sudan, including a unit of Malaysian oil and gas giant Petroliam Nasional Bhd, should restore the environment after years…

Colombia: Gold and Coca: The Curse Fuelling War in the Putumayo Rainforests

Sep 4, 2024 | Javier Alexander Macías and Puerto Guzmán, Vorágine

Illegal armed groups have plunged the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá and Amazonas into a deadly confrontation over the gold in their territories.

Women Hold the Solutions to Tackling Climate Change and Hunger. Just Ask Them

Sep 4, 2024 | Michelle Nunn

In Diffa, one of the poorest regions of Niger, climate change has led to more frequent droughts and floods that have created severe food insecurity and malnutrition.…

DRC: Artisanal Mining Harming Forests, Wildlife in Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Sep 3, 2024 | Shimali Chauhan, DownToEarth

In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a recent study found that artisanal mining, a small-scale and informal mining operation using simple tools,…

Climate Change: Cloud Seeding and the Water Wars of Tomorrow

Sep 3, 2024 | Nicola Stoev, Geopolitical Monitor

Some states manipulate clouds using a technique called ‘cloud seeding.’ The first cloud seeding techniques date back to the 1940s and involve making clouds merge…

Climate Change: Impacts of Climate Change Threat to Peace and Security, Says Report

Sep 3, 2024 | Gilbert Koech, Star

A new report has painted a grim picture of how climate change affects security of Africa. The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment report analyses interlinkages…

Water: The Midwest and Great Plains Are Gearing up for Water Fights Fueled by Climate Change

Sep 3, 2024 | Kate Grumke, Iowa Public Radio

Transforming Women’s Cultural Roles into Bridges for Peacebuilding: Recounting the Journey of Mrs Ariet Philip in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia

Sep 3, 2024 | Peace Direct

Located in Southwest Ethiopia, Gambella is a region with multiple layers of conflicts, including the protracted Anywa-Nuer conflict. Competition over resources such as water and…