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Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil, Baghdad to Form High-Level Committee to Protect Kurdistan Region Oilfields
Mar 19, 2026
New Region
Erbil and Baghdad are set to form a high-level committee to safeguard the Kurdistan Region’s oilfields and thwart renewed threats to energy infrastructure, The New…
Iran: The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran
Mar 19, 2026
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Ahmad Baydoun, Chris Osieck, Nilo Tabrizy, and Wim Zwijnenburg
New Lines Magazine
On the evening of March 7, the Israeli military confirmed that a new set of strikes on Iran was underway. This time, it was targeting…
The Kenyan Kalaazar Caregivers Holding the Line Against a Deadly Disease That Chooses No Tribe and No Child
Mar 19, 2026
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Faith Kathambi Mutegi
Environmental Peacebuilding Association
March 2026, West Pokot: For three days, the rain has fallen without pause. The road leading to Sigor Subcounty Hospital, usually a lifeline for families…
ENMOD: Dodo, Dormant or Presciently Divine?
Mar 18, 2026
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Vanessa Murphy and Helen Obregón Gieseken
At the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in October 2024, Nigeria and European Union Member States pledged, among other things,…
Don’t Lock in Future Fossil Fuel Insecurity in Response to the Iran War
Mar 18, 2026
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Grace Alexander
The Israeli-US war with Iran is disrupting global fossil fuel supply chains and, while states increasingly recognise that renewables reduce exposure to geopolitical shocks, there…
Colombia/Ecuador: Border Tensions: Ecuador-Colombia Conflict Escalates
Mar 18, 2026
Devdiscourse
Ecuador's president denies claims of bombing Colombian territory amid increasing border tensions. Colombian President Petro accuses Ecuador; however, evidence is lacking. Bilateral relations worsen as…
Liberia: LLA Leads Boundary Identification Exercise between Pleebo and Gbolobo Clans in Maryland
Mar 18, 2026
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Peter P. Toe, Jr
FrontPage Africa
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), in collaboration with civil society organizations, human rights institutions, and media representatives, has successfully conducted an exercise to identify the…
Uganda: Alupo Launches African Pastoralist Women Network to Boost Land Rights
Mar 17, 2026
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Eddy Enuru
Nile Post
Vice President Jessica Alupo has officially launched the African Pastoralist Women Network (ARPWN) and a Learning Centre aimed at advancing gender justice, climate resilience, and…
Colombia: Ethnic Land Rights Fail to Provide Afro-Colombians with Economic Security
Mar 17, 2026
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Joe Stafford
University of Manchester
The legal rights designed to protect Afro-Colombian communities are not lifting them out of economic precarity - and are leaving them vulnerable to the illegal…
India/Pakistan: ‘Water War’ Rages as India-Pakistan Tensions Reach Boiling Point
Mar 17, 2026
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Leah Schroeder
Responsible Statecraft
Last week, water became a focal point in the Iran war, as airstrikes hit desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain. Further east, a slower motion…
Guinea/Liberia/Sierra Leone: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Meet to Resolve Border Dispute
Mar 17, 2026
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone pledged to resolve a border dispute through dialogue, after Conakry deployed troops to its frontier.
Request for Proposals to Host the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
Mar 17, 2026
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) invites proposals to host the Sixth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2030.
This RFP provides…
Iran: How Does the Iran War Affect Fertiliser Supplies, Prices and Food Security?
Mar 16, 2026
Reuters
As the US-Israel war with Iran enters its third week, analysts warn it is severely disrupting fertiliser markets and endangering food security for developing countries…
Women-led Peacebuilding
Mar 16, 2026
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Carlito G. Galvez Jr.
Manila Bulletin
When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City last March 10, he carried with him a clear…
Iraq’s Oil Paralysis: A Self-Inflicted Wound and a Gift to Tehran
Mar 16, 2026
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Yerevan Saeed
With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to maximize the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) is no…
Iran/Israel/United States: What to Know about Impact of US-Israel-Iran War on Global Food Security?
Mar 16, 2026
Xinhua
The ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is sending shockwaves across the globe and affecting multiple sectors. As attacks between the warring…
Ukraine: Food Waste Reforms Could Boost Food Security in Ukraine
Mar 16, 2026
University of Portsmouth
Improving how food waste is managed in Ukraine’s retail and hospitality sectors could help strengthen food security, according to new study published this week. The research suggests that…
Legal and Operational Issues in the Strait of Hormuz: Transit Passage Under Fire
Mar 15, 2026
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Mark Nevitt
The Strait of Hormuz — a narrow chokepoint through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil transits — is now an active conflict zone.…
Iraq/Kurdistan: KRG Says Will Export Iraqi Oil If Embargo, Militia Attacks Addressed
Mar 15, 2026
New Region
The Kurdistan Region on Sunday responded to claims by Baghdad that it is unwilling to export oil through Ceyhan pipeline, blaming the Iraqi government for…
South Sudan: Juba Officials Press Oil Producers for $2.5bn amid Accountability Queries
Mar 15, 2026
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Julius Barigaba
East African
South Sudanese officials could have taken more than $2.5 billion from oil producers against crude output, amid accountability queries as the country’s treasury battles to…
Sudan: Sudan’s Gold: A Wartime Refuge or a Smuggler’s Paradise?
Mar 15, 2026
Sudan Tribune
As missiles arc across the Middle East and global oil markets tremble, a quiet frenzy has taken hold of the dusty gold markets of Khartoum.…
Iran: Toxic Skies and Scarce Water: How the Iran Conflict Threatens the Middle East Environment
Mar 14, 2026
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Mohammad Ehsan Leghari
Friday Times
The US–Israel–Iran conflict has entered its tenth day, birthing a profound and complex environmental crisis alongside regional security threats. While global attention remains fixed on…
Somalia: Somalia’s Unregulated Gold Mining Creates Continental Governance Crisis
Mar 14, 2026
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Muflih Hidayat
Discovery Alert
Across the developing world, remote territories rich in valuable minerals frequently operate outside traditional regulatory frameworks, creating what economists term "governance voids." These spaces emerge…
Liberia: Liberia Urged to Act against Illegal Foreign Settlers in Forests
Mar 13, 2026
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Edwin N. Khakie
New Dawn
Othello Garblah, publisher of The New Dawn, has called on the Liberian government to take immediate action to remove foreigners living illegally in Liberia’s forested…
Iran: War Disrupts Fertiliser Supplies, Puts Food Security at Risk
Mar 13, 2026
Channel News Asia
With production in the Gulf countries at a standstill and gas prices rising, the war in the Middle East is disrupting the supply of fertilisers…
In Context: Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers on the Middle East Conflict’s Impacts on Civilian Infrastructure
Mar 11, 2026
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Stimson Center
Recent attacks on critical infrastructure in Iran and the Persian Gulf mark a troubling escalation in the widening regional conflict. Since the US and Israel…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil Rejects Exporting Oil for Baghdad without Conditional Deal
Mar 11, 2026
Asharq Al Awsat
Two Kurdish officials ruled out allowing Iraqi oil exports through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline to Türkiye’s Ceyhan port “without a deal and conditions.” Their remarks…
Myanmar: China Quietly Moves Its Border Fences into Myanmar
Mar 11, 2026
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Athena Awn Naw
Irrawaddy
Since December last year, along Shan State’s border, residents have described the same slow transformation: fences rising deeper into Myanmar territory, fields cut in half,…
Liberia: Border Shooting Reportedly Leaves Liberian Injured as Guinean Troops Occupy Disputed Area in Lofa
Mar 11, 2026
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Selma Lomax
FrontPage Africa
A tense situation has developed along the Liberia-Guinea border in Sorlumba Clan after Guinean soldiers allegedly fired gunshots into Liberian territory, injuring a local resident…
Kenya & Ethiopia: When Women Intervene: The Quiet Peacebuilders of South Omo
Mar 10, 2026
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Daisy Cheruto Kosgei and Dorina Prech
International Alert
How do you build peace in a place where climate change is making it harder to find water and grazing land? Where communities have lived…