International
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Denounce 'Unjust' Oil and Gas Ruling as Energy Feud Escalates
Feb 16, 2022
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Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
The long-running saga of the Iraqi-Kurdish energy feud escalated late on Tuesday, when Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region hit back at an order by the country's top…
Middle East: Water-for-Energy Deal Could Help Prevent Climate Conflict in the Middle East
Feb 16, 2022
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Anastasia Kapetas, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
The climate crisis is both a multiplier of current security crises and a driver of new threats. This relationship between a worsening climate and conflict…
Russia: Russia Halts Grain Exports to Ex-Soviet Republics
Feb 15, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
Russia, a major supplier of grain, has put a stop on exports to four former Soviet countries to secure domestic supplies and avoid a spike…
Yemen: Yemen’s Forgotten Environmental Crisis Can Further Complicate Peacebuilding Efforts
Feb 15, 2022
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Hadil al-Mowafak, Yemen Policy Center
The peace and security of Yemen is increasingly threatened by waning environmental stability. Dwindling water resources, changing weather patterns, and worsening soil, water, and air…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional
Feb 15, 2022
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Rowena Edwards and Moataz Mohamed, Reuters
Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand…
Afghanistan: China Wants to Invest in Afghanistan's Solar Power & Mining
Feb 15, 2022
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Wadsam
The Chinese ambassador in Kabul met with the islamic Emirate's Foreign Minister and announced that his country wants to invest in solar power and mining.…
Climate Change: Climate Migration Fuels Conflicts in Bay of Bengal Region
Feb 15, 2022
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Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Military and civil conflicts could intensify along the Bay of Bengal coastline, fuelled by climate change-linked migration, land loss and displacement, researchers said on Tuesday.…
Myanmar: Kachin Tycoon Draws Controversy over Gold Mining at Myitsone
Feb 11, 2022
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Emily Fisbhein, Jaw Tu Hkwang, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Frontier Myanmar
The confluence, known as Myitsone in Burmese and Mali N’Mai Zup in Kachin, captured global attention in 2011 when then-President U Thein Sein suspended a…
DRC/Uganda: UN's Top Court Orders Uganda to Pay $325 Million to DR Congo
Feb 10, 2022
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UN
Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998…
Iran: Iran’s Water Woes Worsen Despite Warmer Taliban Ties
Feb 9, 2022
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Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor
Iranian and Taliban officials have issued conflicting claims about how water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan will be used, amid worsening shortages in Iran…
Uganda: LWF Urges Uganda to Protect Vulnerable Women
Feb 9, 2022
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The Lutheran World Federation
In a Shadow Report to the CEDAW committee, partners call on governments to support women in refugee communities.
Ireland: Covid-19 has Created a 'Pandemic Within a Pandemic' of Gender-Based Violence
Feb 9, 2022
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Maeve Lee
The Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (ICGBV) has demanded increased efforts to stop violence against women, warning that Covid-19 has created “a pandemic within…
Vietnam: Women Coffee Growers in Vietnam Boost Climate Mitigation Through Agroforestry
Feb 9, 2022
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Julie Mollins
Greater gender equity benefits reforestation efforts.
The Congo Unearthed: A Look at the Republic of the Congo’s Mining Sector
Feb 8, 2022
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Damon Biesold, Energy Capital & Power
The Republic of the Congo is endowed with abundant mineral deposits, yet its mining sector remains largely underdeveloped. Overdependence on oil and gas revenues has…
Colombia: Forest Rule to Outshine Colombia Auction Plans
Feb 8, 2022
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Paul Harris, Mining Journal
Details of the areas are expected to be made available when the pre-qualification process opens. The government offered five small copper areas for auction in…
Colombia: In Colombia, Escobar’s Hippos Spawn Another Problem: Wildlife Trafficking
Feb 8, 2022
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Diana María Pachón, Mongabay
For many people in Doradal, John Aristides Saldarriaga’s hometown, the fishing story is just that: a tall tale. The prevailing rumor is that Saldarriaga had…
South Korea: The South Korean Election’s Gender Conflict and the Future of Women Voters
Feb 8, 2022
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Darcie Draudt
In South Korea, gender equality and the feminism movement have become politicized and polarizing issues, especially among the younger generation, leading up to the March…
Sudan: ‘Democracy Is Life’: The Grass-Roots Movement Taking On Sudan’s Generals
Feb 7, 2022
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Abdi Latif Dahir
In a bare, dusty field in a neighborhood north of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, about a hundred people — gray-haired men in white robes and…
Near East and North Africa Countries Focus on Nutrition, Climate, Resilience, Water and Gender
Feb 7, 2022
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African Business
The 36th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC36) started today with a focus on improving nutrition, building resilient rural communities, optimizing water management,…
Chile: Chile Sets a Record with Environment Ministry Going to a Woman
Feb 6, 2022
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Stephanie Alzate
Maisa Rojas, a renowned climate expert is Chile’s new Minister of Environment among 14 women getting relevant positions in new government out of a total…
Pakistan: Award of Mining Leases Protested
Feb 5, 2022
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Dawn
People of minerals-rich Bara Kamangara locality of Nawagai tehsil here on Friday held a protest demonstration against the authorities for awarding mining leases to an…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Face Increasing Violence and Repression Under the Taliban After International Spotlight Fades
Feb 4, 2022
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Mia Bloom
The Taliban reportedly captured 40 people in Mazar-e-Sharif, a medium-sized city in Afghanistan, at the end of January 2022. Taliban members then allegedly gang-raped eight…
Guyana: Caricom Preparing Position on Gender Development in Context of Climate Change
Feb 4, 2022
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Jamaica Observer
As Caricom prepares its position ahead of the next conference of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 66), stakeholders in gender development in…
Colombia: Fires in Colombia's Amazon Spark Alarm over Deforestation
Feb 4, 2022
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Oliver Griffin, Reuters
Intense fires in Colombia's Amazon region so far this year point to rising deforestation by people clearing land for ranching and other uses, alarming environment…
Azerbaijan: Women's Role in Post-War Rehabilitation Eyed at Baku Conference
Feb 3, 2022
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Sabina Mammadli
Azerbaijani women's role in post-war rehabilitation has been discussed at an international conference in the capital Baku, ombudsman.az has reported.
Ukraine: Amidst Conflict, Ukrainian Jewish Women Are Thriving — and Preparing for Whatever Happens Next
Feb 3, 2022
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Vlada Nedak
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to mount, a chorus of male voices from the Soviet Jewish Diaspora, and an older generation of Jewish…
Jordan: Jordan's Ambitious Push for Gender Equality
Feb 3, 2022
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Jennifer Holleis and Kersten Knipp
Jordan is pushing for more gender equality. It's the official government policy, and there has even been an amendment to the constitution. But women's activists…
Azerbaijan: Integration of Arable Land at Azerbaijani Liberated Territories into National Crop Rotation to Improve Food Security - FAO
Feb 3, 2022
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Trend
Integration of arable land from the liberated territories of Azerbaijan into national crop rotation could potentially improve food security, FAO official told Trend. The official…
Colombia: Understanding the Role of Natural Resources in Colombia’s Conflicts
Feb 3, 2022
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Tatiana Pardo Ibarra, Diálogo Chino
On 15 December 2020, the Colombian government auctioned off nearly 200 kilograms of gold that former guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Emerald Mountains [Photos]
Feb 2, 2022
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Agence France-Presse
In Afghanistan's Panjshir Province, former police officers and soldiers scrape together a living by digging emeralds out of the frigid Hindu Kush Mountains.