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Ethiopia: “We Can Finally Stop Worrying about Our Next Meal” – Conflict-Affected Farmers in North Wollo, Amhara

Feb 17, 2026
International Committee of the Red Cross

In 2025, thousands of households suffered from the devastating effects of conflict combined with growing impacts of climate change, in rural areas of Lasta and…


Liberia: Digital Mapping Key to Urbanization

Feb 17, 2026 | Ishmael F. Menkor
Observer

Geospatial experts in Liberia are urging the government to prioritize digital mapping as a key tool for urban development, saying the technology could transform city…


Afghanistan: Deputy Country Director for Programs

Feb 17, 2026 | Première Urgence Internationale

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) works in 10 areas of intervention and distinguishes itself by the implementation of an integrated approach in its response. This method…


South Sudan: Country Programme Evaluation 2026

Feb 17, 2026 | Finn Church Aid

Finn Church Aid (FCA) is the largest Finnish development cooperation organisation and an important provider of humanitarian assistance. FCA is a rights-based and faith-based organisation…


Sudan: Emergency Activity Manager

Feb 17, 2026 | INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of…


UK/Remote: Peacebuilding Programme Intern

Feb 17, 2026 | Concordis International

UK-based peacebuilding charity seeks programme interns to become actively involved in programmes, providing meaningful assistance to the organisation as it carries out its mission. Concordis…


Syria: Deputy Director for Program and Operations

Feb 17, 2026 | Near East Foundation

NEF’s Syria programme is an integrated, enterprise centred, partnership-first model that combines finance, skills, markets, and systems to help communities recover and move towards dignified…


Ukraine: WASH Expert (For Nationals only)

Feb 17, 2026 | People in Need

People in Need (PIN) has been active in Ukraine since early August 2014. Currently, PIN is one of the major humanitarian actors in Ukraine responding…


Ukraine: Country Director

Feb 17, 2026 | Mines Advisory Group

Since the Russian invasion of 24th February 2022, Ukraine has been subjected to heavy artillery bombardment, missile, and air strikes, as well as the use…


Burkina Faso: Directrice ou Directeur Pays

Feb 17, 2026 | Action contre la Faim France

Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes…


EnPAx Icon Call for Expertise: EnPAx Gender Interest Group Interested in Behavioural Science Expertise for Collaboration

Feb 17, 2026 | EnPAx Gender Interest Group
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

We're seeking GIG members with expertise in behavioral science approaches—particularly using behavioral interventions—within environmental peacebuilding contexts to contribute to a workshop we're developing for the…


Pakistan: International Consultant, Technical Advisor, Trafficking in Persons Research and Capacity-Strengthening

Feb 17, 2026 | International Organization for Migration
ReliefWeb

Project Context and Scope:

IOM Pakistan is expanding its counter-trafficking (CT) and migrant smuggling prevention portfolio by generating new evidence and building local capacity. Recent initiatives,…


Myanmar: In the Shadow of Conflict, a Gold Rush Erupts on the Chindwin River

Feb 16, 2026
Frontier Myanmar

Riverside communities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region worry that gold mining, approved by forces aligned with the National Unity Government, will destroy their agricultural land, poison…


Climate Security Should Be a Bigger Priority at the Munich Security Conference

Feb 13, 2026 | Beatrice Mosello

At the Munich Security Conference (MSC) – long a barometer of global security priorities – climate change is of reduced importance this year. While it…


Water Wars: Are African ‘Water Wars’ on the Horizon as AU Puts the Issue on Its Agenda?

Feb 13, 2026 | Sumayya Ismail
Al Jazeera

From deadly Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar and surging waterborne disease risks across flood-affected Mozambique, to parched land and herds of dead livestock along the Kenya-Somalia…


Climate Change: From Climate Crisis to Lasting Peace: How Smart Climate Action Can Reduce Conflict Worldwide

Feb 13, 2026
CoE-EDP, VisionRI

Climate change is no longer just about rising temperatures or melting ice caps. In many parts of the world, it is becoming a driver of…


Water Wars: Are African ‘Water Wars’ on the Horizon as AU Puts the Issue on Its Agenda?

Feb 13, 2026 | Sumayya Ismail
Al Jazeera

From deadly Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar and surging waterborne disease risks across flood-affected Mozambique, to parched land and herds of dead livestock along the Kenya-Somalia…


The Munich Security Conference's Uncomfortable Truth: Fossil Fuels Are Now a Security Risk

Feb 12, 2026 | María Mendiluce

At Munich world leaders will talk about defence readiness, economic resilience and strategic autonomy, but energy and climate change should be understood as central to…


Reimagining Land, Justice, and Post-War Responsibility in Liberia

Feb 12, 2026 | Ysyndi Martin-Kpeyei

Nations emerging from conflict are not rebuilt by rigidity, but by vision anchored in humanity. In Liberia, it is unproductive and ultimately visionless to suggest…


DRC: Trump Aides Urged Sale of Congo Lithium Claim to a US Company

Feb 12, 2026 | Joe Deaux, Sheridan Prasso, William Clowes, and Michael J Kavanagh
Bloomberg

During a meeting at the White House last month, Trump administration officials urged an Australian mining executive to sell his firm’s interest in a major…


Afghanistan: Clashes over Land Seizure in Baghlan Leave Two Injured

Feb 12, 2026
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Local sources say that on Tuesday, residents of the “Dahan Piyazqol” area in Doshi district of Baghlan province clashed with “Gujar and Kuchi settlers” over…


Afghanistan: Experts Urge Better Management of Ghazni Solar-Powered Groundwater

Feb 12, 2026 | Wahidullah Jumazada
Pajhwok Afghan News

Some residents and environmental experts in southern Ghazni province have raised concerns over the excessive extraction of groundwater for agricultural purposes using solar power, warning…


DRC: Scrutiny Grows over DRC-US Minerals Deal, Even as Other African Nations Sign up

Feb 12, 2026 | Elodie Toto
Mongabay

On Feb 4, the US hosted the Critical Minerals Ministerial, a summit bringing together delegations from more than 50 countries, including seven African countries, with…


Peru: In Peru’s Andes, Quechua Women Turn Human-Wildcat Conflict Into Coexistence

Feb 11, 2026 | Mongabay
Mongabay

A new film, Women Secure a Future with Pumas in the Andes, examines how the fear of predators like the puma (Puma concolor), pampas cat…


Venezuela’s Democratic Transition Needs Women, Including Machado

Feb 11, 2026 | Caroline Hubbard
Council on Foreign Relations

Women have been on the frontlines fighting Maduro’s dictatorship, and other countries’ transitions show that women’s participation is vital for democracy to succeed. 


Power Shift: Can Syria's Oil Fields Reshape Its Energy Future?

Feb 11, 2026 | Cian Ward

Following the government’s takeover of much of northeast Syria from the Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in recent weeks, Syria’s vast oil fields now have…


Water, Power, and the Future of Conflict

Feb 11, 2026 | Nick Kraft and J. Carl Ganter

In 2026, water is emerging as one of the world’s most contested shared resources. Water is becoming the protagonist in a story of global disruption and…


DRC: Congo Says It Would Seek Other Partners if US Minerals Framework Fails

Feb 11, 2026 | Clara Denina and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila
Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo will look for other partners if its minerals cooperation framework with the US does not lead to concrete projects, the…


Climate & Policing

Feb 10, 2026 | Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Climate change is changing policing roles. Besides crime, police are now also expected to handle disaster management, help with evacuation, rescue, control traffic, secure relief…


Afghanistan: Taliban Factions Clash over Gold Mine in Northern Afghanistan

Feb 10, 2026 | Siyar Sirat
Amu TV

Armed clashes broke out between rival Taliban factions in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province over control of a gold mine, local sources said on Monday, underscoring…