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DRC: Cobalt Blockchain Inc. Announces Definitive Joint Venture Agreements on Cobalt Projects in the DRC and Filing of Cobalt Trading and Export License
Mar 22, 2018
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PR Newswire
Cobalt Blockchain Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into two definitive joint venture agreements for cobalt/copper concessions in the Democratic Republic of…
Chad/Niger/Nigeria: Better Governance of Underfunded, Poorly Managed Lake Chad Basin Key to Resolving Conflict, Suffering across Region, Speakers Tell Security Council
Mar 22, 2018
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UN Security Council
The environmental monitoring network in the Lake Chad Basin was inadequate, sparse, poorly funded and badly operated, a representative of the commission overseeing its management…
Myanmar: Hundreds in Myanmar Protest Lack of Payment for Land Confiscated for Pipeline Project
Mar 22, 2018
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Radio Free Asia
About 600 Myanmar protesters on Thursday demanded compensation from the Sino-Myanmar operators of dual pipelines in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state for land they confiscated for…
Liberia: Historical Injustices Should Be Addressed by Land Authority
Mar 22, 2018
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Abednego Davis, Liberian Observer
Dr. Yahannees Gebremedhin, Chief of Party of USAID- funded Land Governance Support Activities on Wednesday said that for Liberians to feel the relevance of the…
Colombia: Colombia Is Trying to Root out the Cocaine Trade, but Farmers Are Relying on It as an 'Insurance Policy'
Mar 22, 2018
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Christopher Woody, Business Insider
Colombia has faced pressure from the US to clamp down on the cocaine surge, but there were a variety of factors that drove it through…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene: First Response in Conflicts & Natural Disasters
Mar 21, 2018
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Sanjay Wijesekera
When disaster strikes, or conflict rages, families soon discover their most urgent need – water. In such precarious situations, access is usually limited or non-existent,…
Emergency Management Specialist
Mar 21, 2018
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is committed to supporting Member Countries and Partners in preparing for and responding to disasters…
Kenya: Regional Emergency Response & Disaster Risk Reduction Program Coordinator
Mar 21, 2018
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Church World Service
Church World Service (CWS) is an International Non-Governmental Organization founded in 1946. The mission of CWS is to transform communities around the globe through just…
Myanmar: Village Link Launches Cutting-Edge Digital Communication Platform for Farmers
Mar 21, 2018
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Mizzima
Village Link, a leading digital service company in Myanmar, officially introduces Htwet Toe, an innovative agri-mobile application for the farmers of Myanmar that aims to…
Liberia: ArcelorMittal Liberia under House Probe
Mar 21, 2018
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Leroy M. Sonpon III, Liberian Observer
The Plenary of the House of Representatives has mandated the committees on Lands, Mines and Energy; the Judiciary, Investment, and Labor to investigate Arcelor Mittal…
Iraq: The Savior of Iraq’s Garden of Eden Says He Knows How to Stop the Next Big War
Mar 21, 2018
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Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffington Post
Azzam Alwash, the man credited with restoring the Iraqi marshlands believed to be the biblical garden of Eden, is ready to say something controversial: He…
South Sudan: US Targets South Sudan Oil Firms with Sanctions to Choke off War Funds
Mar 21, 2018
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Lesley Wroughton and Timothy Gardner, Reuters
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 15 South Sudanese oil operators that it said were important sources of cash for the government, an…
Liberia: Consultancy to Conduct a Legal Review of Carbon Rights in Liberia
Mar 20, 2018
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Conservation International
Conservation International's goal is to protect nature as a source of food, fresh water, livelihoods and a stable climate. CI's work focuses on science, policy,…
A Paradigm for Peace: Celebrating “Environmental Peacemaking”
Mar 20, 2018
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Wilson Center
“Most fundamentally, we turned the ‘resource scarcity drives conflict’ argument on its head and asked, ‘Can environmental interdependence drive cooperation in ways that can be…
DRC: What Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mining Reform Means for Africa
Mar 20, 2018
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Stephen Yeboah, BBN Times
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has undertaken a bold reform in its mining sector. This month, DRC’s its president Joseph Kabila signed into law…
Myanmar: Protest against Myanma Gems Bill-2017 Held in Hpakant
Mar 20, 2018
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Aung Hein Min, Eleven
A protest against the Myanma Gems Bill-2017 yesterday was held in Hpakant Township, Kachin State jointly organized by Kachin National Congress-KNC, Kachin Democratic Party-KDP and…
How Oil Drives the South China Sea Conflict
Mar 19, 2018
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Tim Daiss
While it’s no secret that China has been intensifying its building frenzy, including military installations on islands, reefs and inlets in the heavily disputed South…
Q&A: Getting Women's Land Rights Recognized
Mar 19, 2018
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Philippine Sutz
Philippine Sutz describes work under way to help secure land rights for women in Senegal and Tanzania, and explains how accessing land gives them greater…
Iraq: The Explosive Battle to Build an Iraqi National Park [Photos]
Mar 19, 2018
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Peter Schwartzstein, National Geographic
If a determined band of local environmentalists get their way, all this might soon form part of Iraq’s first international standard national park. Undeterred by…
Liberia: Forest Dependents Hold Consultation on Community Resources Management
Mar 19, 2018
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FrontPage Africa
Under the auspices of the Liberia Forest Sector Project (LFSP), a team from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headed by the LFSP Focal Person, Z.…
Myanmar: ‘Excessive Mining’ Blamed for Kachin Water Shortage
Mar 19, 2018
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Aung Hein Min, Eleven
Residents of Kachin State have said “excessive jade mining” is a reason for a water shortage in the hot season. The Lonekhin village-tract where the…
South Sudan: Cows in the Classroom: Inside South Sudan's Cattle Camp Schools
Mar 19, 2018
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Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Aid agencies are starting to provide mobile education in the remote cattle camps amid fears that South's Sudan's latest civil war is creating another "lost…
Iraq: Iraq Weighs Building an Island to Boost Oil-Exporting Capacity
Mar 19, 2018
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
OPEC’s second-biggest producer is ramping up efforts to expand capacity to pump and export oil, with plans that include the injection of seawater into crude…
Iraq: Oil Was Supposed to Rebuild Iraq
Mar 19, 2018
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Krishnadev Calamur, Atlantic
In the lead-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq 15 years ago, one factor in the debate was the notion that the the war would…
New DRC Mining Code Will Not Alter Positive Outlook
Mar 18, 2018
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BMI Research
The executive decision was made following the passing of the new mining code by the DRC parliament and Senate in December/January 2018 and in the…
Afghanistan: Gemstone Smuggler Says Badakhshan Mines out of Govt Control
Mar 18, 2018
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Tamim Hamid, TOLOnews
A suspected gem stone smuggler has said mines in Badakhshan’s Karan-o-Manjan district, especially those extracting Lapis Lazuli, are out of government’s control and are being…
Afghanistan: ‘Killed, Shovel in Hand’: Afghan Farmers Are Latest Victims of a Chaotic War
Mar 18, 2018
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Zabihullah Ghazi and Mujib Mashal, New York Times
Afghanistan has experienced a rise in violence in recent weeks, even before the official start of what is expected to be another bloody fighting season,…
Myanmar: Senior Environmental Policy Officer
Mar 17, 2018
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World Wide Fund For Nature
WWF’s work has evolved from saving species and landscapes to addressing the larger global threats and forces that impact them. Recognizing that the problems facing…
Somalia: Consultancy for Development of Livelihood strategies of Galkayo, Mudug
Mar 17, 2018
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Danish Refugee Council
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world. DRC…
Below the Radar, the US Is Making Steady Progress on the Climate-Security Nexus
Mar 17, 2018
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Ellen Laipson
From the homeland security folks who respond to national disasters to the armed forces planning for hostile encounters with state or nonstate adversaries, the U.S.…