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South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Production down about 50%: US Envoy

May 22, 2014 | Agence France Presse

Five months of fighting in South Sudan has cut the country's economically vital oil production by nearly 50 percent, the United States special envoy to…

North Korea/South Korea: Koreas Trade Artillery Fire Across a Line in the Water

May 22, 2014 | Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — Naval vessels from North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire on Thursday, raising tensions along a disputed maritime boundary. Neither hit…

Myanmar: ‘Land Grab’ Tensions Could Trigger Uprising, Warns Ruling Party MP

May 22, 2014 | Min Min, Mizzima

Tensions over unresolved land ownership disputes could spark a nationwide uprising if the issue was not dealt with soon, a senior member of the ruling…

Myanmar: Burma’s Nargis Refugees Demand Shelters Closer to Home

May 22, 2014 | New Europe

In southwest Burma, more than 1,000 people are living in refugee camps set up in Latuputta Township in the Ayeyawaddy region. They are the survivors…

Dry Land/Rain Fed Agriculture Consultancy: Rain Water Harvesting

May 21, 2014 | People in Need (PIN)

People in Need (PIN) Afghanistan is seeking an Evaluation/Research Consultant with expertise in Dry Land/Rain-fed Agriculture, and specifically improved rain-water capture, storage and utilisation interventions…

Head of Economy & Peacebuilding - Peacebuilding Issues Programme

May 21, 2014 | International Alert

International Alert is recruiting a hands-on leader to join their Peacebuilding Issues Programme (PIP), which consists of a team of experts focusing on training, advocacy…

Call for Papers: Business, Peace and Sustainable Development Journal

May 21, 2014 | Greenleaf Publishing

Business, Peace and Sustainable Development (BPSD) is a peer-reviewed, online journal that explores the role of the business sector in enhancing peace, reducing violence and…

Timor-Leste: Diplomatic Confusion, Energy Policy

May 21, 2014 | Eddy Purwanto, The Jakarta Post

After the furor over bugging, the government has lodged a protest against Australia for repeated territorial violations by the Australian Navy. The apology offered by…

Sudan/South Sudan: No Success Here: Sudanese Seccession Leaves Behind Shattered Economy

May 21, 2014 | Al Bawaba

The civil war raging in South Sudan has cost the lives of thousands and internally displaced close to a million people. The humanitarian costs have…

Libya: Libyan Unrest Will Force Oil Prices Higher

May 21, 2014 | Alessandro Bruno, InvestorIntel

Industrialized countries may be faced with the prospect of a shrinking oil supply and higher prices in the second half of the year unless a…

Myanmar: Factbox: Myanmar's Oil Sector Attracts Investment

May 21, 2014 | Reuters

(Reuters) - The opening up of Myanmar's economy after decades of isolation has led to a jump in oil demand, attracting local and foreign investors…

TOR for livelihoods & WASH project baseline survey, Nyaung U Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

May 20, 2014 | Plan Myanmar

Plan Myanmar will be implementing the WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) and livelihood project in six villages under Taung Bi Lay village tract in Nyaung-U…

Sudan: Sudan Welcomes Russian Gas Specialists

May 20, 2014 | Vestnik Kavkaza

A week ago, rebels in South Sudan, a republic that had broken away from Sudan, demanded oil extraction to be stopped, threatening to take over…

Africa: UN Eyes Africa Oil Levy to Fight Disease

May 20, 2014 | Global Post

The United Nations has begun talks with African leaders over a levy on oil that could rake in huge sums to fight disease in developing…

Myanmar: Letpadaung Mine Workers’ Release Comes with Right to Use Seized Land: Farmers

May 20, 2014 | Zarni Mann, The Irawaddy

MANDALAY — Farmers from the Letpadaung copper mining area in Sagaing Division say they will soon begin to sow crops on their confiscated lands, having…

Myanmar: Myanmar's Pending Ceasefire Jeopardized by Skirmishes over Illegal Logging

May 20, 2014 | Hereward Holland, National Geographic

Myanmar's forests are the final frontier for the logging of tropical hardwoods in mainland Southeast Asia.

Until a few weeks ago as many as a hundred…

Myanmar: Resentment of China Spreading in Myanmar

May 19, 2014 | Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

BANGKOK — A flare-up of resilient hostility toward China among its neighbors has infected central Myanmar, where a Chinese company operating a copper mine has…

Myanmar: Minister Touts Massive Land Redistribution Program

May 19, 2014 | Bill O’Toole and Noe Noe Aung, Myanmar Times

During a visit to Mandalay on May 11, Minister for the President’s Office U Soe Thein made an ambitious claim. Speaking at the Youth and…

Toward a Secure and Sustainable Water Future for Kurdistan and Iraq

May 18, 2014 | Tessa Manuello

As tensions between Erbil and Baghdad resumed earlier this year, some voices in the Kurdistan Region called for waging a “water war” against the central…

Sudan: Sudan's Oil Output Falls by 10-20,000 bpd

May 18, 2014 | Radio Dabanga/Reuters

SINGAPORE (REUTERS) (18 May.) - Production of Sudan's Nile Blend has dropped to around 90,000 barrels per day (bpd), down from 100,000-110,000 bpd two months…

South Sudan: Oil Fans Flames of South Sudan War

May 18, 2014 | Newvision

Despite heavy international pressure, a second ceasefire this month for the world's youngest nation has crumbled, in a war that has already claimed thousands --…

Balkans: Catastrophic Floods Hit Balkans, Raising Fears for Land Mines and Power Plants

May 18, 2014 | Rick Lyman, The New York Times

WARSAW — At least 33 people have died and tens of thousands have been evacuated in Serbia and Bosnia during three days of torrential rains…

Crimea: In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves

May 17, 2014 | William J. Broad, The New York Times

When Russia seized Crimea in March, it acquired not just the Crimean landmass but also a maritime zone more than three times its size with…

Myanmar: Drugs, Land and Mining Issues Plague Shan State

May 17, 2014 | Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma

A four-day regional development workshop responding to the challenges posed by drugs and environmental degradation— identified by contributors as the main issues plaguing the region –…

COOL, Conflict Minerals, GMOs & Beyond: Much Hangs in the Balance of DC Circuit En Banc Rehearing in Commercial Speech Case

May 16, 2014 | Chip English

Americans are naturally curious and interested about the food we eat and the products we buy—e.g., non-GMO labeling, country of origin labeling (“COOL”) and “conflicts…