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Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Retake Oil Facility in North Iraq, 15 Workers Still Missing
Jan 31, 2015
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Mustafa Mahmoud, Reuters
Kurdish peshmerga forces retook a small crude oil station near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk which Islamic State insurgents seized earlier on Saturday, but…
Libya: Two Million People, a Third of Libya’s Population, May Have Been Affected by Internal Conflict – International Report
Jan 31, 2015
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Libya Herald
A new report out last week estimates that two million people, a third of the Libya population, may have been affected, and close to four-hundred…
South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudan to Renegotiate Oil Fees with Sudan: Official
Jan 31, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
JUBA – South Sudan’s petroleum minister, Stephen Dhieu Dau said his country will consider whether to continue paying Sudan $25 per barrel of oil or…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Sudan Signs Oil Contract with China in Disputed Area with S/Sudan
Jan 31, 2015
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APA
Sudan government has signed an agreement with China for oil production in the disputed area with South Sudan, the oil minister announced on Saturday.Sudan’s minister…
Call for Papers: The 8th International Spatial Socio-Cultural Knowledge Workshop: Defence Regional Engagement - The Role of Human Geography in Enabling Defence Engagement
Jan 30, 2015
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The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and Cranfield University
Proposals for presentations, based on one of the workshop objectives (listed below), are invited from interested parties. Presentations will be 30 minutes in length. Presentations…
Pakistan: Man Stoned to Death in Land-Grabbing Episode
Jan 30, 2015
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The News
Killing over land dispute is a routine matter in rural areas of the country, which has now shifted to big cities after property-grabbing became trouble-free…
Myanmar: New China-Myanmar Oil Pipeline Bypasses Malacca Trap
Jan 30, 2015
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The Hindu
China has taken a firm step to beef up its energy security by inaugurating a pipeline that will bring crude oil from a deepwater port…
Philippines/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam, Philippines Boost Ties to Counter China in Territorial Dispute
Jan 30, 2015
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Geann Pineda, China Topix
The Philippines and Vietnam are boosting defense ties to counter China in the South China sea territorial dispute.
China has maintained an aggressive stance on its…
South Sudan: Report: China Funding S Sudan Govt Militia to Protect Oil Fields
Jan 29, 2015
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Radio Tamazuj
China's state oil company is financing a South Sudanese government militia to protect the Unity oil field, a conflict monitoring-group has discovered.
According to a new…
Sierra Leone: Miners Brace for “Catastrophe"
Jan 29, 2015
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Silas Gbandia, Equal Times
Sierra Leone could lose more than 7,000 mining jobs following a decision by the country’s largest employer to temporarily retrench workers.
Although workers at African Minerals…
Liberia: Land Commission Seeks New Option for Land Disputes
Jan 29, 2015
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Emmanuel Weedee-Conway, Heritage
The Land Commission (LC) has adopted new measures to fast strike the settlement of land disputes outside of court proceedings with the establishment of Land…
Call for Papers: International Association for Conflict Management 2015 Conference
Jan 28, 2015
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The International Association for Conflict Management and the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
The 28th annual conference for the International Association for Conflict Management will address – among other issues – how to manage disputes related to natural…
Nigeria: Nigerian Farmers Face Destitution from 300 sq. km Land Grab Backed by UK Aid
Jan 28, 2015
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Oliver Tickell, Ecologist
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres…
Iraq: Oil Revenues, Economic Growth and Decreased Violence had Little Impact on Iraq's Poor
Jan 28, 2015
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World Bank
In 2012, one-fifth of Iraq’s population lived below the poverty line, and a significant share of the Iraqi people was vulnerable to falling into poverty,…
Afghanistan/India/Pakistan: Focus on Afghanistan, Not Kashmir, India and Pakistan Urged
Jan 28, 2015
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Vikas Datta, New Kerala
Afghanistan, not Kashmir, can be the issue for India and Pakistan to resume a sustainable dialogue, where it will be relatively easier for them to…
Iraq: Shell Signs $11 Billion Deal to Build Petrochemicals Plant in Iraq
Jan 28, 2015
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Saif Hameed, Reuters
Royal DutchShell (RDSa.L) signed a deal with Iraq on Wednesday worth $11 billion to build a petrochemicals plant in the southern oil hub of Basra,…
Myanmar: Sino-Myanmar Crude Oil Pipeline Enters Trial Operation
Jan 28, 2015
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Xinhuanet
China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline ( Myanmar section) was put into trial operation Wednesday after the project was announced basically completed through five years' efforts by…
The Guilty and the Innocent: China and Illegal Logging in Myanmar
Jan 27, 2015
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Yun Sun
The recent escalation of tensions in northern Myanmar as the result of the Myanmar military’s crackdown on illegal logging and timber trade once again pushed…
The Plunder of Myanmar
Jan 27, 2015
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New York Times Editorial Board
China’s exploding appetites have unleashed a wholesale looting of Myanmar’s valuable natural resources. While this often involves outright theft, it also comes in the form…
Iraq: Iraq Lowers Oil Price Forecast in Budget Proposal to $55 a Barrel
Jan 27, 2015
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Reuters
Falling oil prices forced Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday to revise its draft 2105 budget, trimming its forecast for oil to $55 a barrel from $60.
It…
Liberia: A US Green-Energy Blueprint, Meant to Help Liberia, Fails
Jan 27, 2015
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Ronnie Greene and Jonathan Paye-Layleh, Associated Press
On paper, the pitch was simple: A green energy company backed by $217 million in U.S. government loans would convert one of Africa's poorest countries…
Pakistan: Climate Stresses Push Kashmir's Poor Into Militancy, Pakistan Experts Warn
Jan 27, 2015
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Roshan Din Shad, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Financial hardship after a failed apple crop forced Aqeel Ahmed to give up his studies aged 20 and join a militant group fighting Indian rule…
A Clear and Present Danger to Planet Earth: Climate Change
Jan 26, 2015
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Des Browne and Michael Shank
We are facing a new security threat, and, if left unaddressed, it has the potential to kill thousands of people in a single summer. We…
Russia’s "Crimea" Problem in the Far East
Jan 26, 2015
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Nikolay Delchev
It has been almost one year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014. The event caused much controversy and was condemned by the majority…
Ending Grand Theft on a Global Scale: Prosecuting the War Crime of Pillage
Jan 26, 2015
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Travis Roberts
Underneath the forests, hills, and rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo lie billions of dollars in mineral wealth, with millions of that being…
China-India Water Disputes: Two Major Misperceptions Revisited – Analysis
Jan 26, 2015
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Zhang Hongzhou
For years, Indian security analysts, most notably Dr. Brahma Chellaney, have been warning of the coming water wars between India and China. While water issues…
South Sudan: South Sudan Finds Hope in Honey
Jan 26, 2015
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Barbara Lewis, Reuters
A harvest of honey from the equatorial forests of South Sudan will help its struggling poor and, through the pollination of bees, improve the nation's…
Liberia: JFK Sitting On 'Time Bomb' - EPA Alarms
Jan 26, 2015
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Emmanuel Weedee-Conway, Heritage
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has alarmed that the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Medical Center is sitting on a 'time bomb' and could be wiped…
Food Security: ‘Vicious Circles Linking Violence and Hunger’ Must End – UN Agriculture Chief
Jan 26, 2015
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United Nations FAO
Agriculture and food security must be treated as essential components of peacebuilding and conflict resolution, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization…
Iraq: Oil Could Solve the Iraqi-Egyptian Debt Dispute
Jan 26, 2015
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Zachary Toliver, Marcellus.com
Earlier this month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made a visit to Egypt which ended in a series of new agreements between the two nations,…