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United Kingdom: Executive Director

Mar 31, 2015 | Global Witness

Global Witness is seeking a new Executive Director. The Executive Director has overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of Global Witness and is responsible for…

Washington, DC: Director of Policy

Mar 31, 2015 | Enough Project and The Sentinel

The Director of Policy will work closely with the Enough Project’s Founding Director to shape Enough’s policy and research agenda, as well as Enough’s strategies…

Washington, DC: Associate Director, Sudans and Horn of Africa

Mar 31, 2015 | Enough Project and The Sentinel

The Associate Director position requires deep policy knowledge of the region as well as experience in team leadership. The Associate Director will carry out and…

Seeking Input on the Definition of "Environmental Peacebuilding"

Mar 31, 2015 | Environmental Peacebuilding

For many years, we have brought together a wide range of researchers, practitioners, and decisionmakers working at the intersection of peacebuilding and natural resources and…

Iraq: Iraq Plans to Sell Crude Oil on Prepay

Mar 31, 2015 | Hellenic Shipping News

Minister of Finance , Hoshyar Zebari revealed, that the federal government seek to sale quantities of oil reserves on prepay.

Zebari said, “The government is planning…

Syria: Syria Needs Millions of Dollars for Food Security

Mar 31, 2015 | The Crop Site

The ongoing crisis in Syria has severely disrupted agricultural production and trade, leading to an urgent need for aid, said the UN Food and Agriculture…

Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Book to Be Published on April 3

Mar 30, 2015 | Helen Young and Lisa Goldman

In developing countries around the world, local natural resources – such as charcoal, wildlife, and fisheries – have strong microeconomic and cultural importance. So vital…

Linking Water Security With National Security

Mar 30, 2015 | Muhammad Zamir

Everyone needs to be worried about water security, pollution and the environment. We need to accord these factors the priority that they deserve.

As we observed…

Free Speech Inc.

Mar 30, 2015 | Cass R. Sunstein

The most illuminating free-speech case of 2015 has nothing to do with political speech, or civil-rights protests, or hate speech, or any other issues we used…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Has World's 8th Oil and Gas Reserves

Mar 30, 2015 | Kurdish Globe

DOR Organization for Kurdistan Oil and Gas Information has recently published a report about Kurdistan Region?s oil and gas sector and announced that Kurdistan Region…

Iraq: Iraq, IOCs Eye Changes in Oil Contracts to Mitigate Impact of Falling Crude

Mar 30, 2015 | Platts

Iraq's Oil Ministry and international oil companies are moving toward a shared vision on contract changes that will mitigate the impact of low oil prices…

Iraq/Kuwait: Kuwait Signs Two Memos with Iraq on Oil, Gas

Mar 30, 2015 | Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait and Iraq have signed two memorandums of understanding regarding oil fields on their shared border and the possibility of Kuwait importing natural gas from…

Liberia: CNDRA Completes Storage of 93% of Land Records

Mar 30, 2015 | Wilfred Gortor, LINA

The Center for National Documents and Records Agency (CNDRA) has disclosed that it has organized and stored 93 percent of land records in Liberia over…

South Sudan: War Economy: Irrecoverable Losses at South Sudan Oil Fields

Mar 30, 2015 | Radio Tamazuj

South Sudan has suffered huge production losses amounting to about 20 million barrels of crude oil as a result of the 15-month shutdown of oil…

Cambodia: WWF Conservation Programme Manager

Mar 29, 2015 | World Wildlife Fund

WWF-Cambodia is looking for a qualified and energetic Conservation Programme Managerwhois responsible for the implementation of the Country Conservation Programme and contributing to the Greater Mekong Programme…

South Sudan/Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan to Exchange Electricity for Oil

Mar 29, 2015 | Radio Tamazuj

South Sudan may supply Sudan with crude oil in exchange for imports of electricity, according to a tentative agreement signed Wednesday.

An official at Sudan's Ministry…

Liberia: Liberia Transparency Body Warns Resource Companies Over Tax Records

Mar 29, 2015 | Hints News Network

A Liberian body that advises the country on corporate transparency on Friday named dozens of companies for failing to disclose tax payment records to it…

Liberia: Liberia Transparency Body Warns Resource Companies Over Tax Records

Mar 29, 2015 | Hints News Network

A Liberian body that advises the country on corporate transparency on Friday named dozens of companies for failing to disclose tax payment records to it…

Vietnam/China/South China Sea: Vietnam Has Much at Stake in S. China Sea

Mar 28, 2015 | Pierre Tran, Defense News

Vietnam's national security and economic development are tied up in a risk-laden dispute over the South China Sea with China, the neighboring giant whose policies…

Register Today for Roundtable: Energy Security Worldviews in Asia

Mar 27, 2015 | Sigur Center for Asian Studies’ Rising Powers Initiative and the Carnegie Corporation of New York

How susceptible are Asian countries’ energy policies to being “securitized” toward nationalist preferences over market oriented and international strategies?  What strategies are being promoted? Where does the…

The Civilian Health Risks from TNT in Syria’s Barrel Bombs

Mar 27, 2015 | Doug Weir

The TRWP was recently asked to help identify a substance associated with partially detonated barrel bombs in Syria. Syria’s White Helmets, the volunteers who daily…

Turkey: Reconciliation Process Helps Oil Operations in Northern Iraq

Mar 27, 2015 | Daily Sabah

The reconciliation process is permitting Turkey to explore for oil in northern Iraq, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız said yesterday. Turkey's reconciliation process…

Yemen: War in Yemen Could Threaten One of the World's Most Important Oil Choke Points

Mar 27, 2015 | Armin Rosen, Business Insider

Oil prices are surging after Saudi Arabia began a military operation against Iranian-supported Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen:

Yemen isn’t a world-shaking oil producer, churning out…

Myanmar: Minister Faces Land-Grab Accusations

Mar 27, 2015 | Wa Lone, Myanmar Times

Minister for Agriculture U Myint Hlaing has been embroiled in allegations that he oversaw the confiscation of thousands of acres of land while military commander…

China/Philippines/South China Sea: China 'Seriously Concerned' by Philippine's Building in South China Sea

Mar 27, 2015 | Channel News Asia

China's Foreign Ministry expressed serious concern on Friday after the Philippines said it would resume repair and reconstruction works on disputed islands in the South…

South Sudan/Sudan/Abyei: More Than 30, 000 Flee Clashes in South Sudan’s Disputed Abyei region

Mar 27, 2015 | StarAfrica

The South Sudan government has disclosed that more than 30, 000 people have been displaced from Abyei State, a disputed area with neighbouring Sudan following…

Don't Torpedo The Dam, Full Speed Ahead For Ethiopia's Nile Project

Mar 26, 2015 | Gregory Warner

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is under construction near Assosa, Ethiopia. When it's completed, the dam will have be able to produce 6,000 megawatts of…

From Food Security to Regional Security: How Community Resilience Can Prevent Conflict in Africa

Mar 26, 2015 | Darius Mans

If we're going to prevent people from being susceptible to the false promises of extremism, then the international community has to offer something better... We…

DRC: DRC Will Learn from Zambia Tax U-turn

Mar 26, 2015 | David McKay, Miningmx

Commenting on a review of the DRC's mining code, which includes increases in the tax burden, Jacobs said: "I think what happened in Zambia this…

Sudan: U.S.: Schlumberger 'Willfully' Violated Sanctions

Mar 26, 2015 | David J. Graeber, United Press International

For six years, a division of oil services company Schlumberger "willfully" violated U.S. sanctions against Iran and Sudan, the Justice Department said.

"Over a period of…