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China/Vietnam: After HYSY-981: A US-Vietnam Alliance?

Jul 22, 2014 | Ankit Panda, The Diplomat

Carl Thayer, Flashpoints‘ resident South China Sea expert, took a look at the reasons China might have preemptively withdrawn its oil rig from South China Sea…

Iraq: Baiji Refinery Still Under Siege

Jul 22, 2014 | Iraq Oil Report

Elite Iraqi soldiers at Iraq's largest oil refinery are still fending off regular attacks by militants led by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham…

Liberia: In Japanese Oil Deal - What Happened to $8.5 Million Earmarked for Development Projects?

Jul 22, 2014 | Augustus D.R. Bortue, AllAfrica

There is public concern regarding the status of a US$8.5 million, which was reportedly deposited in an Escrow Account at the Central Bank of Liberia…

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

Jul 21, 2014 | World Resources Institute

The discovery of oil in Chad in the 1990s brought new hope to the impoverished, land-locked nation. After the World Bank financed a $4.2 billion…

Disasters and Conflicts: Policy and Field Updates January-July 2014

Jul 21, 2014 | UNEP

UNEP’s Disasters and Conflicts sub-programme which started in 1999, has released policy and field updates from its ongoing its activities and initiatives between January and…

Afghanistan: Undoing Afghanistan's Resource Curse

Jul 21, 2014 | LA Times

Afghanistan is teetering on the edge. A little-known bill just passed the upper house of its parliament that could help counter threats to the country's…

Environmental Peacebuilding Posts Curricula

Jul 21, 2014 | ELI and UNEP

Environmental Peacebuilding has created a new page to share curricula that draws from the environmental peacebuilding knowledge platform and case studies. Curricula materials include example…

India: Armed Bandits Demand Water in Dry Northern India

Jul 21, 2014 | Associated Press

Armed bandits in drought-stricken northern India are threatening to kill hundreds of villagers unless they deliver 35 buckets of water each day to the outlaws…

Liberia: Liberia Clan Fights Palm Oil Land Grab, Accused of Harassing Investors

Jul 21, 2014 | AFK Insider

Liberia’s Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples’ land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according…

Conflict Minerals: Cal Poly Adopts Student's Resolution on Conflict Minerals

Jul 21, 2014 | The Tribune

Cal Poly’s president has signed off on a resolution pledging the university will purchase products using conflict-free minerals whenever available.

Minerals such as tin, gold, tantalum…

Iraq: ISIS Militants Use Water as Weapon of War in Iraq

Jul 21, 2014 | Albawaba

Militants from ISIS now control or threaten key facilities on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, generating fears that the Al-Qaeda splinter group could turn off the taps to the…

Iraq/Syria: Jihadists Sell Syrian Oil to Iraqi Businessmen

Jul 21, 2014 | Global Post

The jihadist Islamic State is selling oil and liquid gas products extracted from fields under its control in Syria to Iraqi businessmen across the border,…

Afghanistan: U.S. troops in Afghanistan Sent Waste to Open Burn Pits, Report Finds

Jul 21, 2014 | David Zucchino, LA Times

Although the U.S. has spent millions to build incinerators in Afghanistan to avoid exposing anyone to toxic smoke from open burning, American troops sent waste…

Iraq: Iraqi Oil Sector Faces Prospect of Independent Kurdistan

Jul 21, 2014 | Walid Khoudouri, Al-Monitor

Iraq has been suffering a continuous series of political crises since the 1980s — the most recent of which include the possible secession of the Kurds to…

South Sudan: Oil Company Donates Agricultural Equipment to Upper Nile Farmers

Jul 20, 2014 | Radio Tamazuj

The Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DPOC) donated twelve pieces of agricultural machinery this month to local authorities of four counties in South Sudan’s oil producing…

Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga Force Secures Kirkuk, Its Oil

Jul 20, 2014 | Jeffrey Young, Voice of America

KIRKUK, IRAQI KURDISTAN — The Kurdistan regional government has sent its Peshmerga troops into the adjacent province of Kirkuk to drive out insurgents, and to…

Iraq: Farm Project May Switch from Mosul to Kurdistan

Jul 19, 2014 | Kira Walker, Rudaw

Part of a foreign-funded project to improve agriculture in Iraq may be switched from Mosul to the Kurdistan Region after the country’s second-largest city fell…

Conflict Minerals Resource Center Launches New 2014 Training Module

Jul 18, 2014 | JustMeans

Seven of the world's largest industry associations collaborated with Source Intelligence and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to launch a web-based training module within the Conflict Minerals…

South Sudan: South Sudanese Rebels Slam China’s Conflicting Roles in South Sudan

Jul 18, 2014 | Sudan Tribune

July 18, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese armed opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) under the leadership of the former vice-president,…

Liberia: Liberia, Sime Darby Ink $10m Palm Oil Factory Project

Jul 18, 2014 | Star Africa

The Malaysian palm oil company, Sime Darby, has broken grounds for the construction of a $10 million palm oil factory in Liberia, the management told…

Afghanistan: University Agribusiness Development Specialist

Jul 17, 2014 | Purdue University

Provide the critical coordination function for capacity building activities within the Kabul University Faculty of Agriculture (KUFA), Kabul, Afghanistan related to establishing an agribusiness degree…

Afghanistan: Food Technology Development Specialist

Jul 17, 2014 | Purdue University

Provide the critical coordination function for capacity building activities with the Herat University Faculty of Agriculture (HUFA), Herat, Afghanistan related to establishing a food technology…

Gaza: Head of Gaza Programme

Jul 17, 2014 | Oxfam

An exciting vacancy is now live with us, and we are hoping to identify a dynamic and experienced senior Head of Programmes to oversee our…

Papua New Guinea: Village Assembly Strengthening Project Manager

Jul 17, 2014 | CARE Australia

CARE PNG is looking to fill the position of Village Assembly Strengthening (VAS) Project Manager. The VAS Project aims to build the organisational capacity of…

Sudan: SRC Country Coordinator

Jul 17, 2014 | Swiss Red Cross (SRC)

The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) is part of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – the world’s largest independent humanitarian organization. The movement has…

Rwanda: Contract and Fiscal Expert

Jul 17, 2014 | Government of Rwanda (GoR)

The Government of Rwanda (GoR) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing the Strategic Capacity Building Initiative (SCBI). Official implementation of…

Haiti: Head of Office / Country Representative

Jul 17, 2014 | German Red Cross (GRC)

The German Red Cross (GRC) is part of a worldwide community assisting victims of conflicts and disasters and people affected by social or health related…

Survey: Climate Change and Fragile Settings

Jul 17, 2014 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

The IISD Resilience Programme is conducting a survey of peacebuilding and development professionals working in fragile states. This survey will improve understanding of how people…

Call for Papers: International Conference on Political Science and International Relations

Jul 17, 2014 | WASET

The conference is the premier interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of political science and international relations.…

Call for Papers: World Water Congress

Jul 17, 2014 | International Water Resources Association (IWRA)

The IWRA World Water Congress invites participation in special sessions  through scientific presentations, posters and articles, exhibition spaces, sponsoring and promotion, or side events. Themes…