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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean De-Mining Expertise Ends Deadly Falklands Landmine Legacy
Dec 30, 2019
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Zimbabwe Mail
For the past decade, the Zimbabwean contractors have cleared landmines that Argentina’s army laid – and next year the clearance work will finally end. Deminers…
Request for Applications: Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Dec 30, 2019
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US Institute of Peace
This Request for Applications (RfA) seeks grant applications to support research that will increase the overall understanding of the complex relationships between the environment, violent…
China Quietly Pushing Myanmar to Back Its Development Plan for Irrawaddy River
Dec 30, 2019
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Nan Lwin
Chinese think tanks based in Yunnan have been traveling back and forth between Yangon and the Chinese province’s capital, Kunming, since early 2018. But at…
Myanmar: Moken Fear a Sea Grab in the Myeik Archipelago
Dec 29, 2019
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Hein Thar and Ben Dunant, Frontier
Many Moken are able to make a living, but some fear this livelihood is at risk. The waters through which they once roamed freely are…
China/South China Sea: South China Sea Chaos: How Beijing Is Using Civilian Militia to Harass US Rival Ships
Dec 28, 2019
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Charlie Bradley, Express
South China Sea disputes have led to tense military stand-offs between the US and Chinese navies, but Beijing is gaming long-accepted rules of engagement by…
Iraq: Iraq Shuts Southern Oil Field on Concern over Protesters’ Safety
Dec 28, 2019
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, halted output from a southern oil field as protesters walked close to installations, according to person with knowledge of the situation…
Afghanistan: Reinforcing Afghanistan Water Diplomacy
Dec 27, 2019
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OOSKAnews
Afghanistan has many natural resources, especially in terms of water and mines, but they haven't been tapped effectively so far. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran have…
South Sudan: South Sudan Oil Spill Causes Environmental Damage, Health Problems
Dec 27, 2019
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Dimo Silva Aurelio, Voice of America
Two months after a pipeline ruptured and spilled crude oil over a wide swath of South Sudan's former Unity State, residents and government officials are…
Liberia: Southeast Women’s Land Rights Group Formed
Dec 27, 2019
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Observer
A group whose goal is to protect and promote the rights of women in Southeastern Liberia was formed recently at a regional women’s conference held…
Afghanistan: Japanese Water Advocate Assassinated in Afghanistan
Dec 27, 2019
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The Hindu
Few other foreign nationals have perhaps received as much love and admiration from the Afghans as Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who dedicated his life…
Conflict Minerals: Four Unfinished Dodd-Frank Rules to Watch at SEC in 2020
Dec 27, 2019
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Andrew Ramonas and Andrea Vittorio, Bloomberg Law
The biggest rewrite of Wall Street rules since the last financial crisis isn’t over at the SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission still is working…
Sudan/South Sudan: Sudan, South Sudan Extend Oil Agreement until March 2022
Dec 26, 2019
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Al-Bawaba
Sudan and South Sudan on Monday signed an agreement that will see the current oil deal and other related economic arrangements extended until March 2022.…
Afghanistan: 6 Mining Contracts Inked with Local Companies, 2 in Pipeline
Dec 25, 2019
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Daily Outlook Afghanistan
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed six contracts of sand and gravel excavation with local companies, an official said on Wednesday. Acting Mines…
Iraq/Islamic State: Islamic State Suspected of Oil field Attack Tuesday Near Kirkuk
Dec 25, 2019
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Rawaz Tahir, Mohammed Hussein, and Amir Ali, Iraq Oil Report
One oil facilities protection officer was shot to death late Tuesday in a suspected Islamic State (IS) group attack on a vulnerable well of the…
Afghanistan: Saffron Production Hits Record High in Afghanistan
Dec 25, 2019
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Xinhua
Saffron production in Afghanistan has soared to record levels in 2019, with a 22 percent increase compared to last year, Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation…
Nigeria: Elephant Herd Sighted in Nigeria’s Boko Haram Warzone
Dec 25, 2019
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Rosie Collyer, Radio France Internationale
A herd of some 250 elephants has been spotted in Nigeria’s far northeast, close to the borders with Cameroon and Chad. It is the first…
Liberia: NaFAA Establishes Women in Maritime Liberia Chapter
Dec 24, 2019
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FrontPage Africa
Liberia has joined others countries in Africa in the establishment of a chapter of Women in Maritime in Africa (WIMAFRICA) in partnership with the International…
Iraq/Islamic State: At Kirkuk Oil Plant, ISIS Targets Iraq Energy Police Second Time in 5 days
Dec 24, 2019
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Kurdistan 24
Members of the so-called Islamic State on Tuesday clashed with local security forces near an oil plant located in the western part of Iraq’s disputed…
Conflict Minerals: Civil Society Exasperated at Inflexible Kimberley Process
Dec 24, 2019
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Africa Intelligence
The coalition of civil society members given the status of Kimberley Process (KP) observers came away disappointed from the international diamond certification institution's latest plenary…
Nigeria: Nigeria Plans to End Herder-Farmer Conflicts
Dec 24, 2019
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Oluwatosin Adeshokan, Africa Report
Nigeria is breathing new life into its Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) project by relaunching it with a new name. The government has rebranded RUGA as…
Iran/Iraq/Syria: Iran Militias Revive Islamic State Oil Trade into Syria from Iraq: Sources
Dec 24, 2019
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Herman Wang and Brian Scheid, S&P Global Platts
Iranian proxy militias are thought to be smuggling crude oil from western Iraq to Syria, picking up a lucrative business left behind by the Islamic…
Liberia: Two Communities Sign Logging Contracts, but Sector Woes Loom
Dec 23, 2019
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James Harding Giahyue, FrontPage Africa
There are huge expectations throughout Korninga after this remote chiefdom in Gbarpolu’s Bopolu District signed a logging contract with Coveiyalah Investment Enterprises. Like in all…
Afghanistan: For Women in Kabul, ‘It Is Just Me and the Water’
Dec 22, 2019
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Fatima Faizi and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times
Though the city has become markedly more politically progressive in the nearly two decades it has been governed by a Western-backed democracy, Kabul is still…
Geoengineering's Gender Problem Could Put the Planet at Risk
Dec 21, 2019
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Sarah Sax
A group of British scientists had a plan for a groundbreaking geoengineering test. Working from a disused military airstrip in Norfolk, U.K., they would attach a 3,000-foot…
What If Nazi Germany Won by Seizing the Middle East (And Its Oil)?
Dec 21, 2019
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Warfare History Network
Key point: Nazi Germany didn't have enough oil, but that may not have single-handedly cost them the war. With Rommel driving on Egypt and the British…
Brazil: ‘The Forest is Shedding Tears’: The Women Defending Their Amazon Homeland
Dec 21, 2019
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Jonathan Watts, The Guardian
It is midnight at an almost deserted bus station and one of the Amazon’s most courageous warriors is sitting on a plastic chair and breastfeeding…
Editorial: Strengthen Water Diplomacy!
Dec 20, 2019
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Afghanistan Times
Afghanistan has many natural resources, especially in terms of water and mines, but they haven't been tapped effectively so far. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran have…
CFFP Volunteer Lea Börgerding Speaks with Dorothy Nalubega, a Ugandan Minority Rights Activist, Feminist and Environmentalist
Dec 19, 2019
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Lea Börgerding and Leonie Schmid
Lea Börgerding (LB): Dorothy, you are a minority rights activist and environmentalist. Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your work?
Dorothy…
Nigeria: GBV Manager
Dec 18, 2019
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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is one of the largest aid organisations in the Nordic region. We are there in disasters and emergencies to provide water and…
Dominican Republic: Team Leader, Gender Based Violence Evaluation
Dec 18, 2019
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Panagora Group
Panagora Group, a woman-owned small business specializing in global health and international development, seeks a Team Leader for an upcoming evaluation of USAID programming in…