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DRC/Rwanda: Trump Eyes Mineral Wealth as Rwanda and DRC Sign Controversial Peace Deal in US

Jun 27, 2025 | Carlos Mureithi
Guardian

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a peace deal in Washington to end fighting in eastern DRC, although questions remain over…

DRC’s Peace Deal with Rwanda Risks Swapping War for Resource Exploitation

Jun 26, 2025 | Lindani Zungu

The United States-mediated peace agreement to be signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on June 27 – a development ostensibly…

Colombia: Indigenous Guards: The Shield of Colombia’s Amazon

Jun 26, 2025 | Daniela Quintero Díaz
Mongabay

Luis Alfredo Acosta, the national coordinator of the Indigenous guard within the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), is from the department of Cauca and…

Global: Dismantling Barriers to Women's Leadership in Building Peace

Jun 25, 2025 | UN OHCHR
UN OHCHR

“Peace needs to be inclusive and requires the participation of every citizen of society, not only half of it. Neglecting women from peacebuilding efforts misses…

Invisible Damage: From Stratosphere to Marine Life, Impact of Ongoing Wars Pervasive & Long-Term

Jun 25, 2025
DownToEarth

Amid the ongoing humanitarian crises in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, and Israel, a quieter but equally serious issue is emerging alongside the conflict: The environmental cost…

Register for a Practitioner Training Course on Environmental Peacebuilding

Jun 25, 2025 | KURVE Wustrow

Building peace can only be truly successful if also the environment is protected. In violent conflicts, ecosystems are often suffering, if not destroyed. The exploitation…

Call for Proposals in Bangladesh

Jun 25, 2025 | UN Women

The United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a Call for Proposals to support local, grassroots, women, and young women’s civil society…

Call for Abstracts: Symposium on the Water-Energy-Peace Nexus

Jun 24, 2025 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and University of Ottawa

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for presentations to be delivered at a one-day…

Stavros Pantazopoulos

Jun 23, 2025

Stavros Pantazopoulos is a legal scholar and practitioner at the forefront of Protection of the Environment in relation to Armed Conflict (PERAC), currently serving as…

India/Pakistan: India Says It Will ‘Never’ Restore Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan

Jun 22, 2025
Al Jazeera

India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with neighbouring Pakistan, and the water flowing there will be diverted for internal use, says federal Home…

Brazil: The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want

Jun 21, 2025 | Katie Surma
Inside Climate News

It was an audacious moment. During a recent government hearing, allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro berated Brazil’s environment and climate minister, telling Marina Silva she…

Building a Climate-Resilient Viet Nam: Strengthening Women’s Role in Agriculture and Leadership

Jun 20, 2025 | Caroline Nyamayemombe and ITO Naoki
UN Women

As one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, Viet Nam is facing an escalating climate crisis. Rising sea levels and increasingly severe disasters…

Myanmar: Myanmar Junta Battles Guerillas for Control of Jade Hub

Jun 20, 2025
Agence France-Presse

Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup guerillas battled over the country’s jade mining hub Friday, a combatant and a local said, displacing desperate civilians as they vied…

DRC: Rebel-Held Coltan Mine Collapses in DR Congo Killing 16

Jun 20, 2025
Agence France-Presse

A pit collapse has killed at least 16 people at the Democratic Republic of Congo's largest coltan mine, controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, local…

Ethiopia: TOR: End Term Evaluation of the Sustainable Chain of Ethiopian Coffee Project

Jun 20, 2025 | Fairtrade Africa

Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is a member of Fairtrade International and the umbrella network organization representing Fairtrade-certified Producer Organizations in Africa and the…

Powering the Future: Striking Deals to Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains

Jun 19, 2025 | Joseph Boudreau

Despite an administration change at the beginning of the year, key US defense priorities have remained the same. Among these priorities is the revitalization of…

Finland/Russia: Finland’s Lawmakers Vote to Leave Land Mine Treaty; Boosts Defenses against Russia

Jun 19, 2025
Associated Press

Finland’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on antipersonnel land mines Thursday as the Nordic country seeks to boost its…

Kenya: Enhancing Renewable Energy Technologies Adoption in Isiolo, Samburr, & Marsabit Counties Targeting Agricultural & Livestock Value Chains

Jun 19, 2025 | Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental,…

Suspending the Indus Waters Treaty: What It Means and Why It Matters

Jun 18, 2025 | Jiedine I.A. Phanbuh

On April 23, 2025, India announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following an attack that killed more than 20 tourists in Indian-administered…

Afghanistan: Kabul’s Daily Battle for Water: A Capital Gasping with Thirst

Jun 18, 2025 | Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Residents of various areas in Kabul say they are facing significant difficulties in securing water due to the escalating water shortage. They note that they…

Food Security: ICRC Special Appeal: Moving from Relief to Resilience, Strengthening Food Security in Conflict

Jun 18, 2025
Climate Centre

The ICRC earlier this month published its special appeal 2025 for strengthened food security, saying that “[m]illions of people all over the world face the…

Tejiendo Autogobierno y Armonía con la Madre Tierra: Propuesta de las mujeres indígenas Iku de Colombia para la Construcción de la Paz Ambiental

Jun 18, 2025 | Yeimy Alejandra Izquierdo Cujar y Natalia Jiménez Galindo

Voces de las mujeres indígenas Iku de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Las mujeres indígenas colombianas pueden ser parte del progreso global que promueve…

Weaving Self-Governance and Harmony with Mother Earth: Proposal of Iku Indigenous Women of Colombia for Building Environmental Peace

Jun 18, 2025 | Yeimy Alejandra Izquierdo Cujar and Natalia Jiménez Galindo

Voices from the Iku Indigenous women of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.

Colombian Indigenous women can be part of the global progress advancing…