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Water: 4,000 Years of Conflict over Water: A Timeline
Sep 1, 2024
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Morgan Shimabuku, TyN Magazine
Attacks on water infrastructure and water supplies are not new. Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of…
Climate Change: Africa to Take One Stand on Security, Climate Change and Peace Issues
Sep 1, 2024
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James Wanzala, Standard
President William Ruto has welcomed plans by Africa to take a common position on climate change, peace and security issues facing the continent. This comes…
DRC: DRC Marred by Blatant Failure in Coltan Traceability, Essential for Smartphones
Aug 31, 2024
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Sonia Rolley, Le Monde
In the hills of Masisi, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the guns have fallen silent. Rwanda and its allies, the Congolese rebels…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan to Halt Oil Production Due to Sudan War
Aug 29, 2024
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan will halt oil production that flows through neighbouring Sudan due to the ongoing conflict that has further strained the country’s economy, a parliamentary…
Libya: Libya's Oil Output Falls More Than Half Due to Political Standoff
Aug 29, 2024
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Ayman Al-Warfali, Reuters
More than half of Libya's oil production, or about 700,000 barrels per day, was offline on Thursday and exports were halted at several ports as…
Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to Cooperate over Rare-Earth Metals
Aug 29, 2024
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Sergey Kwan
Kazakhstan’s national atomic company, Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, has announced a new strategic partnership with Tajikistan’s TajRedMet (Tajik Rare Metals) in the…
Liberia: Liberia Closes China Union's Bong Mines for Violations, Regulator Says
Aug 29, 2024
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Reuters
Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency shut down on Wednesday the operations of China Union's iron ore Bong Mines for violating several environmental regulations, the regulatory agency…
Afghanistan: UN Reports 67% of Afghan Families Struggle with Water Access
Aug 28, 2024
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that 67% of Afghan households have difficulties accessing potable water. The office stated…
Building Climate Resilience: How a Flood Protection Wall Revived an Afghan Community
Aug 28, 2024
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Mohammad Osman Azizi
What was once a vibrant community has turned into a ghost town, with hundreds of families forced to leave behind their homes, land, crops, livestock…
The Price of Victory in the Gaza War: Women, Climate, and Peace
Aug 28, 2024
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Amira Saber
Amira Saber, member of the Egyptian Parliament, looks at the environmental damage caused by the war in Gaza. She underscores the compounding ill effects of…
Liberia: Forest Community in Nimba Begins Reforestation in Mine Affected Areas
Aug 28, 2024
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Jerome Saye, FrontPage Africa
Amid the growing wave of deforestation in Liberia, some Forest Communities have begun prioritizing reforestation in their engagements with concession companies as a major option…
Threat Multiplier: Sherri Goodman on Climate and Global Security
Aug 27, 2024
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Catherine Putz, Diplomat
In 2007, Sherri Goodman, who served as the first deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security from 1993 to 2001, coined the term “threat multiplier”…
Climate Change, Conflict Fuel Food Insecurity in Eastern Africa
Aug 27, 2024
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Leon Lidigu
The IGAD Regional Focus of the 2024 Global Report on Food Crises has found that approximately 62.9 million people in Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan,…
A Rise in Water-Related Conflicts around the World
Aug 27, 2024
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Joshua Coe
Fresh water is one of the most basic human needs. But access to water has also long been a source of conflict. Last year saw…
Houthi Attack on Oil Tanker Sparks Red Sea Environmental Fears
Aug 27, 2024
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Steven Ganot
An Iranian-backed Houthi militia attack on the Greek oil tanker Sounion off the coast of Al Hudaydah in Yemen has sparked fears of an environmental…
Yemen: Greek-Flagged Oil Tanker Appears to Be Leaking off Yemen Coast, Pentagon Says
Aug 27, 2024
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Idrees Ali, Reuters
The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker Sounion that was recently attacked by Yemen's Houthis is still on fire in the Red Sea and now appears to…
Water: The Poisonous Global Politics of Water
Aug 26, 2024
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Economist
The water thieves come at night. They arrive in trucks, suck water out of irrigation canals and drive off. This infuriates Alejandro Meneses, who owns…
Environmental NGOs as Tools of State Security Policy: A Growing Trend
Aug 26, 2024
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Peter Schwartzstein
For a group of self-described environmentalists, the roughly two dozen Azerbaijanis who suddenly assembled along the highway near the Armenian border in late 2022 looked…
Afghanistan: Farmers in Helmand Shift from Poppies to Basil Cultivation
Aug 26, 2024
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TOLOnews
According to information from the Helmand Agriculture and Irrigation Department, over a thousand acres of land in the province were planted with basil last year,…
Afghanistan: Clash over Land Dispute Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Nangarhar
Aug 26, 2024
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Yousaf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
A clash between two families over land ownership in eastern Nangarhar province resulted in one death and two injuries, an official reported on Monday.
Iraq/Kurdistan: PMF Forces Withdraw from Garmiyan amid Tensions over Control of Strategic Oil Fields
Aug 26, 2024
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Medya News
Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) began withdrawing from the Garmiyan region near Sulaymaniyah after their deployment sparked tensions over control of the strategic Gilabat-Qumre oil field…
Afghanistan: The Silent Tsunami of Climate Change: Floods Ravage Afghanistan’s Most Vulnerable
Aug 25, 2024
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Amin Kawa, Hasht-e-Subh Daily
International organizations report that Afghanistan is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Since the start of the current solar year (2023/2024), numerous devastating…
Red Sea: Houthi-Struck Fuel Tanker Threatens to Spill Oil in Red Sea
Aug 25, 2024
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Agence France-Presse
The United States warned Saturday of a potential environmental disaster in the Red Sea after Houthi rebels struck an oil tanker off the Yemeni coast.…
Uganda: Great Lakes Govts Keen to Stop Bloody Minerals
Aug 25, 2024
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Kabona Esiara, Monitor
The recent gold scuffle at Kyengera, which happened two weeks after the US government had flagged Uganda as a transit country and market for smuggled…
Water Conflict: The Need for Water Diplomacy Has Never Been Greater
Aug 23, 2024
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Lennart Silvis
While the prospect of fully blown water wars between countries is unlikely any time soon, thousands of people are dying due to water-triggered conflicts. Yet…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Urges Foreign Organizations to Resume Work on Environmental Projects
Aug 23, 2024
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Khaama Press
The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) of Afghanistan said on Tuesday that it had urged international organizations to resume work on 32 small and large…
Australia/Timor-Leste: Australian Academics Collaborate on Energy Projects in Timor-Leste
Aug 23, 2024
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Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia
The Research Institute Strengthening Program element of the partnership supports Australian academics to collaborate with their Timor-Leste counterparts on energy projects.
Bangladesh/India: Unprecedented Floods Fuel Bangladesh-India Tension
Aug 23, 2024
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Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Diplomat
Amid a surge in anti-India sentiment, Bangladeshis accuse India of opening the floodgates of a dam without warning, and demand better transboundary river management.
War, Drought Cause Spike in Violent Water Conflicts
Aug 22, 2024
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Brett Walton
Wars against Ukraine and Gaza, and ongoing drought in farming-dependent regions contributed to a surge of violent water conflicts last year. Violent incidents associated with…
Burundi: New Data Story: Challenges of Securing Land Rights in Post-Conflict Burundi
Aug 22, 2024
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Rick de Satgé, Land Portal
In Burundi, a small landlocked country in Africa's Great Lakes region, land is far more than an economic resource – it is the foundation of…