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South Sudan/Sudan: S. Sudan Demands Foreign Intervention to Resolve Dispute with Khartoum

Sep 11, 2014 | Sudan Tribune

(JUBA) – South Sudan had demanded the intervention of the African Union, United Nations and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for it to resolve…

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Legacy and Impact 20 Years Later

Sep 10, 2014 | Elsevier

On November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders were hanged by the Abacha government in Nigeria in a process that former British…

United Kingdom: Campaign Director for Conflict and Fragile States

Sep 10, 2014 | Global Witness

Global Witness is an international organisation that investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses. We…

United Kingdom: Corruptions Campaign Director

Sep 10, 2014 | Global Witness

Global Witness is an international organisation that investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses. We…

Iraq: Ex-Diplomat ‘Laundered Iraq Oil Money’

Sep 10, 2014 | David Taylor, The Times

A former top United States diplomat is fighting allegations of tax evasion and money laundering after Austrian bank accounts in his wife’s name were frozen,…

Timor-Leste: Big Oil Stands By as Con Man Swindles East Timor

Sep 10, 2014 | Tom Allard, The Sydney Morning Herald

As Bobby Boye surveyed his extensive property portfolio, the 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost and other luxury vehicles in the garage, he may well have reflected with…

Myanmar: VP Nyan Htun Contemplates Burma’s Energy Needs

Sep 10, 2014 | Binny Mary Paul, Democratic Voice of Burma

Burmese Vice- President Nyan Htun has raised concerns about energy consumption in Burma.

At the National Energy Management Committee meeting in Naypyidaw on Tuesday, he pointed…

Myanmar: Netherlands to Help Burma Manage Water

Sep 10, 2014 | Ole Chavannes, Democratic Voice of Burma

During the last day of Burmese President Thein Sein’s ten-day tour through Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, the Dutch government announced support for water management…

South Sudan: China Sending 1,800 Peacekeepers to South Sudan

Sep 10, 2014 | Voice of America

China is sending hundreds of troops to join the U.N. peacekeeping force in war-torn South Sudan, where Chinese companies have major oil interests.

Comments from China's…

South Sudan: Juba Sacks 14 Nuer Oil Workers Over Alleged Rebel Links

Sep 10, 2014 | Sudan Tribune

(JUBA) – A group of South Sudanese men of Nuer origin, who were employed by several oil companies, have been denied salary payments and dismissed…

Sierra Leone: Ebola Cuts Sierra Leone Growth to Three-Year Low

Sep 10, 2014 | Yahoo News

Freetown (AFP) - Sierra Leone said Wednesday the Ebola crisis had devastated the economy, with growth projections pared back to single digits for the first…

DRC: DR Congo’s Miners Bear Brunt of Attempts to Make Minerals Conflict-Free

Sep 10, 2014 | The Guardian

Legislation that requires firms to trace the supply chains of minerals sourced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is disrupting people’s livelihoods and creating…

India/Pakistan: In Srinagar, Floodwaters Recede, but Anger Remains

Sep 10, 2014 | Betwa Sharma and Nida Najar, The New York Times

SRINAGAR, Kashmir — As people waited here for rescue on rooftops and balconies, fear was giving way on Wednesday to anger and resentment over what…

Mindanao/Philippines: Philippine Bill Would Give Muslims Autonomy

Sep 10, 2014 | Floyd Whaley, The New York Times

MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday submitted a draft law to the Philippine Congress that would create a self-governed, predominantly Muslim autonomous…

Cambodia: Environmental Group Blasts Forest Council for Certifying Tainted Vietnam Company

Sep 10, 2014 | Radio Free Asia

Environmental advocacy group Global Witness on Wednesday criticized an international forest management council for giving recognition to a Vietnamese state-owned rubber company accused of grabbing…

Somalia: War-Torn Somalia Faces Starvation

Sep 10, 2014 | Allan Olingo, The East African

Somalia is staring at a fresh food crisis due to delayed rains, rising food prices and persistent conflict.

The fragile food security situation in the Horn…

Russia’s Next Land Grab

Sep 9, 2014 | New York Times

WASHINGTON — UKRAINE isn’t the only place where Russia is stirring up trouble. Since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Moscow has routinely supported…

Water Wars: The Water Wars: Conflicts Over Water Sources Continue to Grow

Sep 9, 2014 | David Zetland, Water Canada

Google "water wars" and you will get 1.45 million search returns – more than "nuclear war." Does this statistic mean that water wars are more…

South Sudan/Sudan: S. Sudan Seeks Pipeline Alternative to End Dependence on Sudan

Sep 9, 2014 | World Tribune

WASHINGTON — South Sudan has sought an alternative to the export crude oil pipeline that crosses into its northern rival.

A U.S. government report said South…

Iraq: New Iraq Oil Minister Faces Kurdish Dispute, Security Threats

Sep 9, 2014 | Voice of America

DUBAI—Iraq's new oil minister is a veteran politician who will need to deploy all his experience to resolve disputes over Kurdish oil production and allay…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdish Oil and US Leverage in Iraq

Sep 9, 2014 | Jim Krane and Ted Loch-Temzelides, Forbes

HOUSTON _ As the Obama Administration ratchets up its confrontation with radical Islamists in Iraq, an idled tanker loaded with Kurdish oil off the Texas…

West Africa: Ebola May Disrupt Oil and Gas Operations in West Africa, Threatening Region's Economy, says GlobalData Analyst

Sep 9, 2014 | AllAfrica

London — Oil and gas exploration and production programs in West African states are under increasing risk due to the failure to contain the Ebola…