International
Ukraine/Russia/Sudan: Russia Is Plundering Gold in Sudan to Boost Putin's War Effort in Ukraine
Jul 29, 2022
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Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Tamara Qiblawi, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Mohammed Abo Al Gheit, and Darya Tarasova, CNN
Days after Moscow launched its bloody war on Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane stood on a Khartoum runway, a strip of tarmac surrounded by red-orange…
DRC: DR Congo Launches Controversial Auction for Oil and Gas Blocks
Jul 28, 2022
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Agence France Presse
The Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday launched a controversial auction of 30 oil and gas blocks, despite warnings that drilling in the country's rainforests and…
This Is What Happens When You Treat Fossil Fuels as a National Security Issue
Jul 28, 2022
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
The Manchin climate compromise continues the worrisome trend of treating oil and gas infrastructure as a security necessity—even though they endanger more than they protect.
Jamaica Launches Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan
Jul 27, 2022
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Santana Salmon, Caribbean National Weekly
Jamaica has launched a gender and climate change strategy and action plan (GCCSAP) that it says has been developed and guided by a national gender…
Afghanistan: The Trans-Afghan Railway Line: Back on Track?
Jul 26, 2022
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Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi, Diplomat
The Trans-Afghan railway project is gathering momentum as Uzbekistan seeks access to Pakistan’s ports. But can the project overcome security, geographic, and financial hurdles?
Ukraine: Hundreds of Professionals Gather to Discuss Violence Against Women in Conflict-Affected Ukraine
Jul 26, 2022
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Council of Europe
On 21 July 2022, five hundred and twenty professionals who provide services to victims of violence against women, and ensure coordination of these services, participated in a one-day…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Investigations Underway after Missile Attack on Oil Field in Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 26, 2022
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Morningstar
Investigations are under way after a rocket attack on the Khor Mor gas field in the Chamchamal district of Slemani in Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday…
CAR: Come Follow the Redwood Trees – Tracking Wagner’s Forestry Business in CAR
Jul 26, 2022
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All Eyes on Wagner
Alongside the European Investigative Collaborations network, the authors have identified a new company specialised in the timber business in the Central African Republic related to…
Colombia: Tensions between Indigenous and Plantation Owners in Southwest Colombia
Jul 25, 2022
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
President-elect Gustavo Petro called on Colombia’s sugar association and indigenous to negotiate the use of land in the southwest Of the country. The Nasa people…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Needs Oil and Gas and Revenue-Sharing Laws: PM Barzani
Jul 24, 2022
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Dler S. Mohammed, Kurdistan 24
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani stressed that Iraq requires oil and gas and revenue-sharing laws during his meeting with the Speaker of the Iraqi…
Colombia: Petro Calls for Dialogues to Analyze Land Problems in Cauca
Jul 23, 2022
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California18
The president elect Gustavo Petro spoke after the recent disturbances of public order that occurred after the irregular occupation of sugar mill properties in the…
Liberia: Liberia’s Forest Communities to Take Driver’s Seat in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in New Project
Jul 22, 2022
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Global News Network
The Forestry Development Authority together with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 22 July 2022 ,launched a…
Climate Change: Why Climate Change Could Spark Conflict
Jul 21, 2022
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Jack Graham, Thomson Reuters Foundation
From record-breaking and deadly heatwaves in western Europe to a severe drought in the Horn of Africa, the impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly…
Afghanistan/Pakistan: The Afghan Refugees Turning Barren Soil into Fertile Land in Balochistan
Jul 20, 2022
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Hazar Khan Baloch, Independent
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that there are around 300,000 people displaced in refugee camps in the southwestern region of Balochistan…
Myanmar: Myanmar Military’s Land Mine Use Amounts to War Crimes: Amnesty
Jul 20, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Myanmar junta troops are committing war crimes by laying land mines on a “massive scale” around villages where they are battling anti-coup fighters, rights campaign…
Libya: Libya Says Oil Exports Resumed after Monthslong Hiatus
Jul 20, 2022
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Samy Magdy, Associated Press
Libya resumed oil exports Wednesday, ending a hiatus that lasted months. The resumption came after the country restarted production at oil fields following the firing…
Liberia: Land Tension Sparks Again in Ganta
Jul 19, 2022
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Ishmael F. Menkor, Observer
Another wave of land tension has sparked again in Ganta just days after President George Weah and his Cabinets ended their Nimba trip. This comes…
Somalia: For Somalia, Nature Is Key to Lasting Peace
Jul 19, 2022
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Modern Diplomacy
Just over two years ago, Christophe Hodder was selected as the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor to Somalia. Since then, he had spearheaded…
Sudan: Sudan’s Gold Mining Effects Health of Many Due to Toxic Chemicals Left behind
Jul 19, 2022
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has wondered for long why her youngest kid Talab was born blind and paralyzed, now she accused the loads of toxic…
Ukraine: Ukraine’s Farmers become the Latest Target of Russian Missiles
Jul 19, 2022
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Dalton Bennett, Washington Post
Fires are the latest scourge that farmers face in the Mykolaiv region. With the planting season delayed by fighting to retake the area from occupying…
India Legislators Vote for President, Tribal Woman Likely to Win
Jul 18, 2022
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Al Jazeera
India: In a First, Eight Women in Team of NDRF’s Rescuers
Jul 18, 2022
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The Times of India
If a pregnant woman gets stuck in any flooded area in the state and is unable to reach the hospital for delivery, now women in…
Venezuela: A Safe Space for Venezuela’s Indigenous Women
Jul 16, 2022
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UN News
Afghanistan: Taliban Again Raise Coal Prices amid Booming Exports to Pakistan
Jul 16, 2022
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Ayaz Gul, Voice of America
Afghanistan’s cash-strapped Taliban government has tripled prices for coal in less than a month to raise revenue from its mining sector amid a lack of…
Colombia: JEP Receives the Report 'Women: Dispossessed Bodies and Territories in Bajo Atrato'
Jul 15, 2022
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Nick Quaz
Before the Chamber for the Recognition of Truth, Responsibility and Determination of Facts and Conduct of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) was handed over in…
Myanmar: China-backed Illegal Rare Earth Mining Surging in Northern Myanmar
Jul 15, 2022
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Yan Naing, Irrawaddy
Illegal rare earth mining has surged in northern Kachin State since last year’s coup in areas along the border with China controlled by a militia…
Afghanistan: Cash-Strapped Taliban 'Exploiting' Afghanistan's Natural Resources to Boost Revenue
Jul 15, 2022
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Abubakar Siddique, Gandhara
Cash-strapped and cut off from international aid, the Taliban-led government is tapping into Afghanistan's natural resources to boost revenue. Since the Taliban toppled the Western-backed…
Climate Change: In World Convulsed by Climate-Driven Conflict, Are Peace Parks an Answer?
Jul 14, 2022
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Saul Elbein, Mongabay
In 2020, Aishwarya Maheshwari floated an outlandish but seductive proposition in the journal Science: Declare the snow leopard’s home territory a “peace park” — a…
Bangladesh: Cash Grants and Training Empower Women in the Face of Climate Change
Jul 14, 2022
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World Food Programme
Faced with land erosion, rising seas and frequent cyclones, islanders in Kutubdia and Moheskhali need continued support from the World Food Programme.
Colombia: $245-Million Initiative to Create and Maintain Protected Areas in Colombia
Jul 14, 2022
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Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay
A new multi-million-dollar conservation initiative in Colombia aims to create numerous new protected areas and biological corridors across the country, bringing it closer to meeting…