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Liberia: Following Allotment of Huge Salaries to Executives, NOCAL Concedes Bankruptcy, Calls for Merger?
Jun 10, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, GNN Liberia
The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) is said to be on the verge of collapse due to the departure of millions of dollars oil…
Tajikistan: Second President Says about Threat of Water Wars in Central Asia
Jun 10, 2015
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Azerbaijan Business Center
More and more leaders of Central Asian states support the forecast of Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan, on a threat of wars due to water…
China/Japan/East China Sea: Don’t Blame the Oil Rigs for Unrest in East China Sea
Jun 10, 2015
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Emily Meierding, Time
A year ago last month, China moved its oil drilling rig, the HD-981, into waters around the Paracel Islands. China’s exploratory drilling provoked a confrontation…
Myanmar: Myitkyina District Court Charges Chinese Timber Smugglers under Public Property Protection Act
Jun 10, 2015
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Eleven Myanmar
The court in Myitkyina District, Kachin State, charged 85 Chinese timber smugglers under the Public Property Protection Act. The law carries a sentence of at…
DRC: 'We Will Win Peace' - On 'Conflict Minerals', Humanitarian Advocacy and Congo
Jun 10, 2015
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African Arguments
In 2010, the United States Congress passed the expansive sounding ‘Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’. Its section 1502 contained a requirement which…
Ukraine Seeks New Russia Gas Deal as Military Tensions Rise
Jun 9, 2015
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Elena Mazneva
Ukraine needs to negotiate a new natural-gas deal with Russia just as the conflict between the two countries risks escalating again.
A gas-price agreement with Russian…
Adaptation, Resistance, or Subversion: How Will Water Politics Be Affected by Climate Change?
Jun 9, 2015
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Anders Jägerskog, Anton Earle, & Ashok Swain
One of the primary ways climate change is expected to affect international relations is through water. There are more than 270 bodies of water that cross over…
Israel/Jordan/Palestine: SIWI Advances Water Cooperation in the Lower Jordan River Valley
Jun 9, 2015
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Stockholm International Water Institute
In their opening remarks, EcoPeace Middle East Directors from Jordan, Palestine and Israel highlighted how the current ecological and economic demise of the valley is…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Warns Oil Output at Risk of Collapse on Lack of Funds
Jun 9, 2015
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Firat Kayakiran and Grant Smith, Bloomberg
Oil producers in Iraqi Kurdistan will have to close operations if they don’t receive agreed export payments, according to the regional authorities.
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi, Kurdish Officials Clash over Oil Shipments, Payments
Jun 9, 2015
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Reuters
Iraq paid the autonomous Kurdistan region only around half its monthly share of the national budget in May as part of other spending cuts, the…
DRC: UK Oil Firm 'Paid Congolese Officer who Offered Bribe to Virunga Park Ranger'
Jun 9, 2015
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John Vidal, The Guardian
British oil company Soco International paid $42,000 (£27,000) to a Congolese military officer who allegedly tried to bribe opponents of its oil exploration in Africa’s…
Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform Expands Listing of Courses, Seeks Additional Courses to Include
Jun 8, 2015
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ELI & UNEP
Three environmental peacebuilding courses by Outward Bound Peacebuilding have been added to the Environmental Peacebuilding Knowledge Platform. They are the "Palestinian and Israeli Emerging Leaders…
The Sahel Beyond the Headlines: Underlying Demographic, Environmental Trends Erode Resilience
Jun 8, 2015
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Carley Chavara, Theo Wilson, and Schuyler Null
Between the Sahara to the north and savanna to the south lies the semi-arid Sahel, a region stretching from Senegal to Sudan that has experienced…
What is Peru’s Biggest Environmental Conflict Right Now?
Jun 8, 2015
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David Hill
Tia Maria has been one of the country’s main news stories over the last couple of months, with local people protesting, a “State of Emergency”…
Iraq: Iraq to Form Special 'Oil Army' to Fend off ISIL Threat
Jun 8, 2015
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Andrew Critchlow, The Telegraph
Iraq is mobilising a 27,000 strong army of security personnel to protect its oil and energy facilities from attacks by Islamic State insurgents. Adel Abdel…
Climate Security: Harper Faces Tough Talk on Climate Change, Security Threats at G7 Summit
Jun 7, 2015
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Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press
The G7 leaders started their annual meeting Sunday during which Prime Minister Stephen Harper was expected to face discussions on a topic he has been…
Iraq: Iraq’s Oil Industry Needs to Reassert its Claims
Jun 7, 2015
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Saadallah Al Fathi, Gulf News
The seminar held by the Iraqi Forum of Intellectuals and Academics - and which I talked about last week - had a good presentation about…
Liberia: Charges against Oil Company 'Bribery' Indictees Dropped
Jun 7, 2015
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Front Page Africa
Knowing that corruption was prevalent among public officials in government and the negative impact it has made on the lives of ordinary Liberians over the…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s Kurdistan Reports Record Oil Exports
Jun 6, 2015
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Press TV
The KRG has announced that nearly 18 million barrels of oil were exported in May. That’s about 578,000 barrels of oil per day. The rare…
South Sudan: South Sudan Fighting Escalates in Oil States Before Peace Talks
Jun 6, 2015
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Fighting between rebels and government forces in South Sudan’s oil-producing states intensified, the army said before the two sides meet on Monday for peace talks.…
Oil and Sustainable Peace in South Sudan
Jun 5, 2015
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Gurtong
Shortly after independence, the National Legislative Assembly enacted two important pieces of legislation: Petroleum Act (2012) and Petroleum Revenue Management Act (2013). These two laws…
Revealed: How America Could Stop China in the South China Sea
Jun 5, 2015
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Robert A. Newson and Lauren Dickey
Beijing’s release of its new military strategy has surely captured the attention of many. Now, more than ever before, the Chinese military has made clear its intentions…
The Danger of False Narratives: Al-Shabaab’s Faux Ivory Trade
Jun 5, 2015
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John Campbell
Elephants are being slaughtered and their tusks sold, in order to finance deadly attacks by Somalia’s terrorist group al-Shabaab. This narrative linking poaching and al-Shabaab…
Conflict Minerals: Businesses Trying to Comply with 'Conflict Minerals' Law
Jun 5, 2015
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Carrie Wells, Baltimore Sun
The argument goes that using a smartphone made from materials mined in war-torn Africa is no better than buying so-called blood diamonds. Rebel groups in…
Cote d'Ivoire/Liberia: Land Conflict Still Brewing at Liberia/Ivorian Border: Fear Mounts
Jun 5, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, GNN Liberia
Continued land disputes between Liberia and Ivory Coast are still ongoing as Liberians in some towns in Grand Gedeh County say Ivorians are encroaching on…
Liberia: ‘FDA Management Ambushed’
Jun 5, 2015
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The New Dawn Liberia
The indicted former Managing Director of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority or FDA, Mr. Moses Wogbeh, has told court proceeding that he and his co-indictees were…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Presses Ahead with Challenge to Timor Sea Oil and Gas Treaty
Jun 5, 2015
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Daniel Hurst, The Guardian
Timor-Leste is set to resume a formal challenge against an oil and gas treaty that became mired in controversy following claims Australia bugged the cabinet…
Myanmar: CPI Pushes for Restart of Myitsone Dam
Jun 5, 2015
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Ye Mon and Clare Hammond, Myanmar Times
President U Thein Sein has suspended the Myitsone Dam project until the end of his current term. Once this is over, CPI Yunnan International Power…
Myanmar: Profits of Drug Trade Drive Economic Boom in Myanmar
Jun 5, 2015
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Thomas Fuller, New York Times
Visitors flying into this buzzing tropical metropolis step into a modern glass-and-steel airport that symbolizes both Myanmar’s aspirations to rejoin the wider world after years…
Liberia: Garbage Causes Flood in Monrovia
Jun 4, 2015
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Cholo Brooks, GNN Liberia
Improper garbage disposal by residents, meanly those engaged in swamp land development is said to have contributed to a wave of flooding in recent days…