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Give Peace a Chance? Why Sustainability Requires More Than Stability
Jun 2, 2025
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Richard Marcantonio
Conflict and environmental risks are both on the rise around the world, and they’re often connected in complex ways. In the past five years, the…
Colombia: Aiming a Blow at Narcos, Colombia Pays Farmers to Uproot Coca
Jun 2, 2025
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David Salazar
Agence France-Presse
With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia's government is testing a pacific approach to its narcotics problem: paying farmers to uproot crops of coca,…
Afghanistan: Taliban Award Mining Contracts Worth over $2.6 Billion in Five Months
Jun 2, 2025
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Yasin Shayan
Amu TV
Taliban have awarded four major mining contracts valued at approximately 180 billion Afghanis (about $2.6 billion) over the past five months, according to a review…
Nigeria: Nigeria Bets on Farming-Based Reintegration Plan to Tackle Rural Insecurity
Jun 2, 2025
Ecofin Agency
The Nigerian government is stepping up efforts to curb insecurity by shifting part of its strategy away from the battlefield and toward the farm. On…
Afghanistan: Taliban's 'Green Force' Battles Illegal Logging in Afghanistan's Vanishing Forests [Video]
Jun 1, 2025
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Osama Bin Javaid
Al Jazeera
Afghanistan’s forests have shrunk dramatically due to decades of illegal logging by armed groups, with only 10% of tree cover remaining in some areas. The…
Iraq: Black Gold, Broken Promises: Basra's Youth Demand Justice amid Oil Profits and Pollution
Jun 1, 2025
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Kamaran Aziz
Kurdistan 24
Petroleum graduates in Basra protest joblessness amid oil wealth, corruption, and pollution. Security forces crack down as locals suffer from toxic gas flaring. Calls grow…
DRC: Legal Action over Huge DR Congo Lithium Project on Hold as US Battles China’s Dominance
Jun 1, 2025
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Jevans Nyabiage
South China Morning Post
Australia’s AVZ Minerals has suspended its arbitration case against the Democratic Republic of Congo until later this month, following US encouragement to resolve the dispute…
Afghanistan: Trespassers on Their Land: Nomads Displaced by Afghanistan’s Conservation Zones
May 31, 2025
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Manija Mirzaie
Fair Planet
Kuchi herders of Afghanistan have for centuries lived in harmony with the land, migrating seasonally in search of grazing pastures for their livestock. Today, conservation…
Austria/Slovenia: Only Two European States Have Net Zero Military Emissions Target, Data Shows
May 31, 2025
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Ajit Niranjan
Guardian
Just two of 30 European countries have set a date to stop their militaries from emitting planet-heating emissions, a Guardian analysis has found, raising concerns…
Sweden: OSCE Workshop Tackles Gender, Climate, Security
May 30, 2025
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Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Mirage News
How gender intersects with climate-related security risks was one of the questions explored by experts and practitioners at the "Gendered Perspectives on Climate and Security:…
Soaring Global Military Spending Threatens Global Climate Action
May 30, 2025
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Ellie Kinney
No matter which way you look at it, the rapid rises in global military spending threaten climate action, undermining our collective security. A new joint…
United Kingdom: UK Must Consider Food and Climate Part of National Security, Say Top ex-Military Figures
May 30, 2025
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Matthew Taylor
Guardian
Former military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include climate, food and energy measures in advance of…
Myanmar Opium Production: War-Displaced Turn to Poppy Cultivation to Survive [Video]
May 30, 2025
Al Jazeera
Myanmar is on track for another year of record opium production, after overtaking Afghanistan as the largest producer in the world. The number of farmers…
OPINION: Why Gender-Responsive Action Must Anchor Africa’s Climate Summit 2025
May 29, 2025
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Salome Owuonda
Citizen Digital
As Africa prepares to convene in Addis Ababa for the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS) in September 2025, the continent stands at a critical intersection.
The…
Cambodia: Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy, a Force for Peace
May 29, 2025
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UN Women Asia and the Pacific
UN Women Asia and the Pacific
"I was the first woman from my village to become a peacekeeper,” says Lieutenant Colonel Sorm Leangy, her voice steady with pride. “At first, people…
Liberia: From Farm to Market: Digital Platform Connects Women Farmers to Buyers
May 29, 2025
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Tina Mehnpaine
Front Page Africa
When scrolling through the UN Women and Orange Foundation-supported ”Buy from Women digital platform, the faces of four Liberian women farmers appear. Fifty-six-year-old Gertrude Kpoleh,…
Is Sudan’s War the Reason for South Sudan’s Economic Crisis? What’s Really Going on with Oil Revenue
May 29, 2025
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Jan Pospisil
The civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023, has had an impact on its…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq’s Federal Oil and Gas Law Falls between Constitutional Texts and Political Disputes
May 29, 2025
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Hamdi Sanjari
Arab Weekly
Once again, disputes are reigniting tensions, this time triggered by recent contracts signed by the Kurdistan Region with two American companies in the gas sector.…
Stimson Center Welcomes New Leadership to Environmental Security Program
May 29, 2025
Stimson Center
The Stimson Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauren Herzer Risi as Senior Fellow and Director of the Environmental Security Program. Sally Yozell,…
Mexico: Women Who Nourish the Earth: Yuridia Hernández and the Feminine Strength in Sustainable Agriculture
May 28, 2025
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Sarah Martínez Gámiz
Cimmyt
In the lands of Oaxaca’s Mixteca, where rainfall no longer comes as it once did and the soil begins to feel the weight of years…
Blood Batteries: How Congo’s Conflict Is Shaking the World’s Rare Earths Market
May 28, 2025
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Veer Puri
The recent bout of violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has translated into a systematic shock for rare earth…
How Illicit Gold Fuels Insecurity in Latin America
May 28, 2025
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Fernanda Rios Herrera
Gold has become an increasingly attractive asset for non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Latin America due to its soaring price, low risk and high profitability…
Afghanistan: 1 Killed, 8 Injured over Land Dispute in Afghanistan
May 28, 2025
Xinhua
One person has been confirmed dead and eight others sustained injury as two families clashed over a land dispute in eastern Afghanistan's Kapisa province, said…
Iraq: Basra’s Wealth Extracted, Its People Abandoned
May 28, 2025
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Kamaran Aziz
Kurdistan24
Basra, the city often hailed as Iraq’s economic engine and the heart of its oil wealth, is now synonymous with suffering. Despite its vast petroleum…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Tension in Abyei as Sudan’s War Affects the Disputed Region
May 28, 2025
Ayin Network
While the oil-rich disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan has remained relatively calm over the past few years, recent escalations may destabilise this…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Files Lawsuit against US over Kurdistan Oil Contracts
May 27, 2025
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Charles Kennedy
Oilprice.com
Iraq has filed a lawsuit against the United States over oil contracts between American companies and the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, escalating a…
Yemen: Community Led Implementation Consultant (Fisheries Management Plan)
May 27, 2025
CTG (Committed To Good)
CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. CTG…
Syria: Request for Proposal - Consultancy Services for the Detailed Design of a Pilot Mini Hydropower Project for Syrian Arab Red Crescent
May 27, 2025
Norwegian Red Cross
The Norwegian Red Cross (NoRC) is one of 192 Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) national societies across the globe and has been part of…
Somalia: Water & Habitat Energy Project Manager, Mogadishu
May 27, 2025
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We…
DRC: Responsable de Recherche Unité Santé Publique
May 27, 2025
IMPACT Initiatives
Depuis 2016, IMPACT, - actuellement présente à Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu et Kalemie - fournit à travers ses trois initiatives REACH, AGORA et PANDA des évaluations…