International
South Africa: Women Miners in South Africa Break Barriers with Mentors' Help
Aug 9, 2021
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Linda Givetash and Zaheer Cassim
The mining industry has long been one of South Africa’s largest sectors, but women are still a minority in its workforce. Now, a group called…
Liberia: Victims of Liberian Gold Mine Disaster See Groundbreaking Complaint against Development Banks Accepted
Aug 9, 2021
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Global News Network
In a precedent-setting case, more than 10,000 people harmed by the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia have had a complaint accepted against the German…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq, Kurdistan Region Look to Resolve Long-Standing Oil Dispute
Aug 9, 2021
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Charles Kennedy, Oilprice.com
The federal government of Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan pledged on Sunday to cooperate in resolving their differences in energy issues, hoping to…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s $1000 Billion Worth of Natural Assets in Taliban’s Custody
Aug 6, 2021
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Najibullah Lalzoy, Khaama Press
Afghanistan is rich geography when it comes to mines and natural resources. Some of these mines are ready to be excavated while others are being…
Afghanistan: Drought Compounds Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan as Conflict Intensifies
Aug 6, 2021
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Kanupriya Kapoor, Reuters
Millions of Afghans are struggling to put food on the table as prolonged drought disrupts supplies in a country reeling from a surge in violence…
Afghanistan: Afghan Troops Foil Another Attack on India-Built Salma Dam
Aug 5, 2021
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Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times
Afghan security forces have thwarted a Taliban attack on the India-built Salma Dam in Afghanistan’s Herat province, the third such assault since last month on…
Liberia: Port Authority Head in Dispute with River Cess Community over Customary Land
Aug 5, 2021
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Eric Doue, Bush Chicken
For months, residents in this area of Gbarsaw Clan have watched with increasing alarm as hundreds of men with heavy machinery have cut down trees…
DRC/Rwanda: How ‘Blood Mineral’ Traders in Rwanda Are Helping Fund Congo Rebels – and Undermining Global Supply Chains
Aug 4, 2021
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Geoffrey York and Judi Rever, Globe and Mail
New evidence from a United Nations report and a high-profile The investor arbitration case is shedding a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in the sophisticated smuggling…
Food Security: A Widespread Famine Accelerated by Floods, Droughts — and Guns
Aug 3, 2021
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Thalif Deen, InDepthNews
A recent joint press release by the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization had an arresting headline: Famine Relief Blocked by Bullets,…
Myanmar: ‘Weapons, Power and Money’: How Rare Earth Mining in Kachin Enriches a Tatmadaw Ally
Aug 3, 2021
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Juaman Naw, Emily Fishbein, and Ronja Pilgaard, Frontier Myanmar
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare…
Climate Change: Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery
Aug 2, 2021
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Bellingcat
In late April, dozens were killed, hundreds were injured and thousands of civilians fled their homes during border clashes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It was…
Afghanistan: China and India Wrestle over Afghanistan's Mineral Resources
Aug 1, 2021
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Florence Jenikns, Germany Eye
The promising, threatening and haggling have begun. Americans and Europeans have packed their weapons and left, and now ministers and diplomats from neighboring countries are…
How Drones Are Impacting Land Mine Reduction Globally
Aug 1, 2021
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sUAS News
In late November 2019, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining organized the “Mine Action Technology Workshop,” where Humanity & Inclusion and Mobility Robotics presented data to…
DRC: Hard to Breathe: Gold Mining Damages Miners, Forests
Jul 31, 2021
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Noella Nyirabihogo, Global Press Journal
Mining has ravaged the soil that locals had used to farm. So instead, they join the hunt for gold. And the consequences continue to mount…
Mali: Building Resilience to Conflict and Climate Change in Mali
Jul 30, 2021
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People in Need
Rising temperatures, coupled with decreases in annual rainfall, granivorous bird attacks, armed conflict between the Malian Armed Forces and radical jihadists groups, the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Afghanistan: Afghan Gov't to Build 1,000 Greenhouses
Jul 29, 2021
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Xinhua
Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock has said that plans are underway to construct 1,000 greenhouses in different provinces of the conflict-battered country.
Iran: Is Iran on the Verge of Sparking a Water War?
Jul 29, 2021
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The Week
Years of mismanagement has left Iran facing “irreversible” water shortages that threaten to trigger conflict across the Middle East, an exiled former minister has warned.
Afghanistan: Afghan Taliban: Floods Kill 150 People in Northern Nuristan Province
Jul 29, 2021
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TRT World
At least 100 homes destroyed in Taliban-controlled area, say government officials with limited access, after flash floods wash away homes, burying villagers in mud and…
2021 Risk Award Recognizes Vietnamese Women Fighting Climate Change
Jul 28, 2021
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UNDRR
A mangrove restoration project in Vietnam which combines building the resilience of a disaster-prone coastal community with risk-themed theatre was announced today as the winner…
Yemen: Conflict and Economic Collapse in War-Torn Yemen Worsening Hunger Crisis
Jul 28, 2021
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Lisa Schlein, Voice of America
The World Food Program warns Yemen's already alarming hunger crisis is worsening due to ongoing conflict and a rapidly declining economy that are sending food…
Iraq/Kuwait: UN Panel Pays $600M to Kuwait Oil Firm for Invasion by Iraq
Jul 27, 2021
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Associated Press
A United Nations panel paid out $600 million to Kuwait’s national oil company Tuesday as compensation for Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait three decades…
Iran: Iran Urges Regional Cooperation on Environmental Issues
Jul 26, 2021
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Tasmin News Agency
The president of Iran called for collaboration among regional and neighboring countries to settle environmental problems. In comments after inaugurating a number of projects via videoconference…
Iraq: Iraq Oil Expert: Baghdad Shouldn't Replace Oil with Renewables
Jul 26, 2021
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Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com
It is not in Iraq's best interest to adopt renewable energy at the expense of fossil fuels, energy and oil expert Hamza al-Jawaheri told local…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leoneans Want a Share of Mining Profits, or They Want Compensation
Jul 23, 2021
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Abdul Brima, Mail & Guardian
Kumaro village residents used to get by on subsistence farming and artisanal mining. But with their lands mostly destroyed, so are their livelihoods. Three years…
Water Resources: Defusing Conflict, Promoting Cooperation
Jul 23, 2021
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Michael Keller, ETH Zurich
Researchers have developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers. The model-based procedure allows for participatory planning and cooperative management of water…
Libya: Libya's Battle to Protect Its Endangered Forests
Jul 20, 2021
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Hendia Alashepy, Deutsche Welle
While Libya has been torn by conflict between various political and armed factions over the past decade, some have been waging a different kind of…
Climate Change: Converging Climate Risks: Government, Military, and Business at NATO 2030
Jul 20, 2021
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Elsa Barron and Lily Feldman, Center for Climate and Security
There are few challenges more “transatlantic” in nature than the climate crisis. No single nation can fix the issue at hand, yet through strong partnerships,…
Soloman Islands: Sustaining Peace through Customary Land Recording
Jul 20, 2021
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Soloman Times
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Solomon Islands, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, has supported the customary land recording in…
Iraq/Kuwait: Video Claiming Kuwait Drilled for Oil on Border Fabricated: Iraq
Jul 19, 2021
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Kuwait Times
Basra Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil denied on Monday the authenticity of a video clip on social media about purported oil drilling…
Colombia: Coca Replaced by Cattle - The Shift in Southern Colombia's Deforestation
Jul 19, 2021
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Juan Pablo Pérez and Manuela Galvis, Insight Crime
The deforestation in the rainforest of Guaviare is the result of decades of state neglect. And the road, which makes life easier for the inhabitants of…