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Iraq: Iraq Reports 34 Percent Revenue Decrease in Four Months

Jul 2, 2025 | Hastyar Qadir
Rudaw

Iraq’s finance ministry on Wednesday reported revenues of 28 trillion dinars (about $21.3 billion) in the first four months of 2025, a 34 percent increase…


DRC/Rwanda: Mineral Smuggling from Congo to Rwanda at ‘Unprecedented Levels’, UN Says

Jul 2, 2025
Bloomberg

Mineral smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into neighboring Rwanda has reached “unprecedented levels” amid the occupation of a large swath of the region…


Ukraine/Russia: Russia Turns Water into Weapon in Ukraine, Expert Explains

Jul 1, 2025
RBC-Ukraine

The number of conflicts caused by water resources is growing globally, and this issue could become a new challenge for global security, including Ukraine. Amid…


Iraq/Kurdistan: Baghdad-Erbil Oil Talks Stall over Federal Refusal to Sign Written Deal

Jul 1, 2025
Rudaw

Negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on resuming Kurdish oil exports have stalled, as the two sides have failed to reach consensus on a formal, written…


DRC: Solar Minigrid Brings Light and Hope to a Goma Neighborhood, Offering Blueprint for Rest of Congo

Jun 30, 2025 | Tammy Webber, Justin Kabumba, and Moses Sawasawa
Associated Press

In several Goma neighborhoods where almost nobody had electricity just five years ago, a small solar network is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread…


Colombia: Women in Colombia Pioneer Coca Leaf Ink, Turning Stigma into Opportunity

Jun 30, 2025 | Darvin Salamanca
Colombia One

Colombian designers Mónica Suárez and Daniela Rubio run Ginger Blonde, a graphic design and visual communication studio pioneering the use of coca leaves as a…


Who’s Blowing up Oil Tankers That Carried Russian Oil?

Jun 30, 2025 | Jim Geraghty

Limpet mines are explosives placed on the side of ships, usually attached with magnets. At least four, and perhaps five oil tankers getting damaged by…


Climate Change: The Climate-Space-Security Nexus

Jun 30, 2025 | Christine Nam
Open Access Government

At first glance, the words climate, space, and security appear disconnected. Yet, as we will show, they are intrinsically intertwined in modern society’s peace and…


DRC/Rwanda: Congo Gold Miners Forced to Work without Pay by M23 Rebels

Jun 30, 2025 | John Zadeh
Discovery Alert

In a significant escalation of eastern Congo's ongoing conflict, Chinese-owned Twangiza Mining SA has reported that M23 rebels have completely seized control of its gold…


Call for Abstracts and Papers: Seminar on Protection of Environment during War and Armed Conflict

Jun 30, 2025
Indian Society of International Law

The Centre for Advanced Studies in International Humanitarian Law and Military Law at the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) is pleased to announce a…


Afghanistan: UN Food Organization Establishes over 2,000 Cold Storage Units for Farmers in Afghanistan

Jun 29, 2025
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced the establishment of over two thousand simple and smart cold storage units for…


Afghanistan: Abundant Crops, Empty Pockets: Afghanistan’s Farmers Struggle to Sell

Jun 28, 2025 | Avizha Khorshid
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Amid a surge in watermelon and melon production, several farmers and vendors in Afghanistan are voicing concerns over the lack of a viable market for…


Afghanistan: From Drought to Greenery: Some Nimroz Farmers Turn to Drip Irrigation

Jun 28, 2025 | Shaima Sediqi
Pajhwok Afghan News

While consecutive droughts in Nimroz province have severely impacted agriculture, recently some farmers have revived their cracked and dried lands by adopting the modern method…


India/Pakistan: The Hague Court Delivers Major Blow to India’s IWT Suspension

Jun 28, 2025 | Nasir Iqbal
Dawn

In a major boon for Pakistan in its dispute over the ‘one-sided’ suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the Permanent Court of Arbitration in…


Red Lines of the Indus

Jun 27, 2025 | Alexander Limansky

India’s decision to impose a water blockade on Pakistan threatens to destabilise the region once again. What are the reasons behind this latest hostile move…


Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda Mineral Deals Actually Save Lives?

Jun 27, 2025 | Dan M. Ford and Kenya Sanchez

There may be a light at the end of the tunnel as representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are hoping to end…


Critical Minerals, Fragile Peace: The DRC-Rwanda Deal and the Cost of Ignoring Root Causes

Jun 27, 2025 | Mvemba Phezo Dizolele

On Friday, June 27, in Washington, DC, the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are set to sign the…


Experts React: The DRC and Rwanda Agreed to a US-backed Peace Deal. Can Critical Minerals Help End This Conflict?

Jun 27, 2025 | Atlantic Council

On Friday, the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a US-brokered peace deal aimed at ending a brutal…


Chocolate Hope: A Mission to Develop Sustainable Agriculture in Colombia

Jun 27, 2025 | Diana Drake

Olivia Ospina-Lerner is working with farmers to improve cacao production in La Argentina, a small, isolated community, and to provide infrastructure, fertilizer, and education. She…


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…


EnPAx Icon 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…