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China/India: What Dispute? India and China Ignore Land Squabble

Aug 30, 2014 | Tim Sullivan, Associated Press / ABC News

For more than 50 years, it has pitted India against China — a smoldering dispute over who should control a swath of land larger than…


Call for Papers: ICMDHS 2015 : International Conference on Migration, Development and Human Security

Aug 29, 2014 | WASET

The ICMDHS 2015 : International Conference on Migration, Development and Human Security is the premier interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new advances and research…


Turkey: WASH Coordninator

Aug 29, 2014 | GOAL

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2012, responding to the acute needs of conflicted affected communities. GOAL is working in Idlib Governorate delivering food,…


South Sudan: Programme Advisor

Aug 29, 2014 | ZOA

ZOA – South Sudan is looking for an experienced Programme Advisor. ZOA – South Sudan is active in the sectors FSL, Wash and Education with…


NATO Urged to Recognise Natural Resource Governance as Crucial to Afghanistan’s Future Stability and Security

Aug 29, 2014 | Global Witness

NATO’s hopes for stability in Afghanistan – and a lasting legacy from its 11 year combat mission there – will be deeply undermined without action…


Iraq: Water Wars: The Islamic State and the Mosul Dam

Aug 29, 2014 | Archinect

Water has become a central focus for both the Islamic State and its combatants in the current struggle being waged over the large geographic area…


Afghanistan: NATO Urged to Recognise Natural Resource Governance as Crucial to Afghanistan’s Future Stability and Security

Aug 29, 2014 | Global Witness

NATO’s hopes for stability in Afghanistan – and a lasting legacy from its 11 year combat mission there – will be deeply undermined without action…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurds Expand Autonomy as ISIS Reorders the Landscape

Aug 29, 2014 | Helene Cooper and Michael R. Gordon, New York Times

WASHINGTON —  The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has thrown Iraq into crisis, precipitated the ouster of Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as prime minister and…


Iraq: Chalabi Predicts Iraqi Oil Could Net IS up to $150 Million in 2014

Aug 29, 2014 | Nidal al Laythi, Al-Monitor

Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam al-Chalabi said on Aug. 27 that estimates from  reliable reports confirm that the Islamic State (IS) would reap between $100-150 …


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Shipments Reach 8.8 Mln Barrels - Turkish Minister

Aug 29, 2014 | Reuters

ISTANBUL Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan has shipped 8.8 million barrels of oil from the Turkish port of Ceyhan since May, Turkish Energy Minister…


Myanmar: No Quick Fix for Rangoon Land-Grab Victims: Govt

Aug 29, 2014 | Yen Snaing, The Irrawaddy

RANGOON — Rangoon’s divisional government has said hundreds of land-grab cases brought to its attention will not be resolved by the end of its current…


Sudan: Karti Urges China to Increase Investments in Sudan’s Non-Oil Sector

Aug 29, 2014 | Sudan Tribune

August 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s foreign minister, Ali Karti, has called on Chinese officials to increase investments in the country’s non-oil sector, while expressing…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Loses Bid to Seize Kurdish Oil Near Texas

Aug 29, 2014 | Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service

 HOUSTON (CN) - Refusing to let Iraq seize 1 million barrels of oil aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge found…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Tanker with $100 Million Cargo Goes Missing off Texas Coast

Aug 29, 2014 | Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman, The Independent

An oil tanker loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared of the coast of Texas in the latest development in a…


United Kingdom: Campaigner - Conflict Resources

Aug 28, 2014 | Global Witness

Global Witness is an international NGO that exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked…


Papua New Guinea: Peace and Development Specialist

Aug 28, 2014 | UNDP

Background: Between 1988 and 1999, Bougainville, then North Solomon’s Province and now an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea (PNG), suffered a violent conflict that…


Myanmar: Tenasserim to Allot Land for Refugees

Aug 28, 2014 | DVB Media

Government officials of Tenasserim Division [Tanintharyi Region] claimed that refugees residing in a camp in Thailand would soon be able to return to Burma as…


Myanmar: New $480m Solar Power Project Planned

Aug 28, 2014 | Reuters

U.S. investors will help finance a $480 million solar power project in Myanmar's northeastern Mandalay region, which will ultimately provide up to 12 percent of…


Myanmar: Land Prices Skyrocket after Unveiling of Rangoon Development Plan

Aug 28, 2014 | DVB Media

The announcement on Friday that Rangoon’s divisional parliament had approved a proposal to implement a city expansion plan has caused land prices to skyrocket overnight…


Iraq: Jihadists Burn Three Iraq Oil Wells as Kurds Attack

Aug 28, 2014 | AFP

Retreating jihadists set three wells ablaze at a northern Iraq oil field Thursday as they battled Kurdish forces who launched a major attack nearby, officials…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Recapture Iraq Oil Fields, Advance on Rebel-Held Towns

Aug 28, 2014 | Bloomberg

Kurdish and Iraqi forces recaptured two oil fields and mounted an offensive to retake the town of Zummar, part of a broader bid to recover…


Sierra Leone: Golden Saint Reach Agreement Over Diamond Recovery in Sierra Leone

Aug 28, 2014 | London South East

Golden Saint Resources Ltd Thursday said four yellow stones have been discovered by its Sierra Leone subsidiary, Golden Saint Diamonds.

The company said four yellow stones…


Iraq: Iraq to Appeal US Court Decision on Kurdish Oil

Aug 28, 2014 | Reuters

The Iraqi oil ministry said on Aug. 28 it would challenge a U.S. court decision that stopped U.S. Marshals from seizing some one million barrels…


Myanmar: Myanmar’s Solar Ambitions Kickstarted With $480 Million ACO Pact

Aug 28, 2014 | Cathy Chan, Bloomberg

Myanmar will expand its sources of clean energy through an agreement with ACO Investment Group, a U.S.-based private-equity fund focusing on Asian emerging markets, to…


Haiti: Regional Director for Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods

Aug 27, 2014 | Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)

Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is a US based non-profit organization that has been promoting ecological sanitation in Haiti since 2006 (www.oursoil.org). We are currently…


DRC: Spécialiste de restauration des moyens de subsistance / Livelihoods Lead

Aug 27, 2014 | rePlan

rePlan provides social assessment, advisory and management services to natural resource companies and financial institutions around the world. We help natural resource companies to understand…


United States: Fall Research Intern: Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management

Aug 27, 2014 | Environmental Law Institute

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a non-profit policy research and education organization, seeks an off-site intern to conduct research and assist in editing on a…


Indonesia/ Timor Leste: State Firms to Set Up Joint Venture on Oil, Gas Development

Aug 27, 2014 | Global Post

Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina planned to establish a join venture company with Timor Leste's state company to develop oil and gas…


Iraq: Access to Oil Makes ‘Islamic State’ a Greater Threat than Al-Qaeda

Aug 27, 2014 | Investor Intel

Iran, the Arab States of the Persian Gulf region and North Africa discovered oil in the first half of the 20th century. They used the…


India/Pakistan: Skirmishes Put Feeling of Wartime on India-Pakistan Border

Aug 27, 2014 | Ellen Barry and Salman Masood, New York Times

JORA FARM, India —  The habits of wartime have crept back into life here along the border between India and Pakistan.In the mornings, villagers stitch…