International
Afghanistan: Trouble in Afghanistan’s Opium Fields: The Taliban War on Drugs
Sep 12, 2024
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International Crisis Group
The Taliban have instituted a ban on narcotics in Afghanistan. While that has led to a massive drop in production, it is hitting the rural…
Myanmar: Extreme Weather Blights Farmers’ Lives in Impoverished Myanmar
Sep 11, 2024
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Irrawaddy
High temperatures, irregular rainfall and floods resulting from the El Nino weather phenomenon have delivered another blow to farmers in central Myanmar who are already…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Egypt-Ethiopia Nile Dam Incident Takes on Military Overtones
Sep 11, 2024
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Atalayar
The tension continues. Egypt, which has opted for a more aggressive approach in its duel with Ethiopia over the Nile Dam, is beginning to mobilise…
Colombia: Colombia Deadliest Country for Environmentalists in 2023, Rights Group Says
Sep 10, 2024
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Oliver Griffin, Reuters
Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a…
Conflict Minerals: Why Conflict-Free Gold Doesn’t Reduce Conflict
Sep 10, 2024
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Ty Burke, Chicago Boothe Review
US policymakers hoping to reduce violence in the DRC included in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act a requirement that companies…
Mozambique: Empowering Women Facing Conflict and Climate Change Effects in Mozambique
Sep 9, 2024
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CARE
The humanitarian situation in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province is deteriorating rapidly. This has been worsened by a severe climate change-induced drought that has exacerbated…
DRC/Rwanda: Congolese Refugees Imagine a Peaceful Agrarian Future with Their Rwandan Neighbors
Sep 9, 2024
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Nicolas Parent, Peace News
Over 82,000 Congolese refugees are in Rwanda, with many there for nearly three decades. The vast majority (88%) inhabit one of five camps located in…
Timor-Leste: In Diesel-Dependent East Timor, Renewable Energy Transition Remains Slow Despite Government Pledges
Sep 9, 2024
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Victoria Milko, Associated Press
East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world’s youngest countries — has made…
Jamaica: Jamaica's Female Farmers Rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through Women-Led Cash Voucher Program
Sep 6, 2024
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira
Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…
South Sudan: Oil-Rich South Sudan Slams Operators for Harming Environment
Sep 4, 2024
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Okech Francis and Simon Marks, Bloomberg
Oil companies pumping crude from South Sudan, including a unit of Malaysian oil and gas giant Petroliam Nasional Bhd, should restore the environment after years…
Colombia: Gold and Coca: The Curse Fuelling War in the Putumayo Rainforests
Sep 4, 2024
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Javier Alexander Macías and Puerto Guzmán, Vorágine
Illegal armed groups have plunged the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá and Amazonas into a deadly confrontation over the gold in their territories.
DRC: Artisanal Mining Harming Forests, Wildlife in Eastern Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Sep 3, 2024
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Shimali Chauhan, DownToEarth
In the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a recent study found that artisanal mining, a small-scale and informal mining operation using simple tools,…
Climate Change: Cloud Seeding and the Water Wars of Tomorrow
Sep 3, 2024
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Nicola Stoev, Geopolitical Monitor
Some states manipulate clouds using a technique called ‘cloud seeding.’ The first cloud seeding techniques date back to the 1940s and involve making clouds merge…
Climate Change: Impacts of Climate Change Threat to Peace and Security, Says Report
Sep 3, 2024
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Gilbert Koech, Star
A new report has painted a grim picture of how climate change affects security of Africa. The Africa Climate Security Risk Assessment report analyses interlinkages…
Water: The Midwest and Great Plains Are Gearing up for Water Fights Fueled by Climate Change
Sep 3, 2024
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Kate Grumke, Iowa Public Radio
Transforming Women’s Cultural Roles into Bridges for Peacebuilding: Recounting the Journey of Mrs Ariet Philip in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia
Sep 3, 2024
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Peace Direct
Located in Southwest Ethiopia, Gambella is a region with multiple layers of conflicts, including the protracted Anywa-Nuer conflict. Competition over resources such as water and…
Colombia: Thousands of Indigenous People in Colombia Pressure Government over Violence and Land Disputes [Video]
Sep 2, 2024
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Associated Press
Thousands of Indigenous people from southwestern Colombia took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Tuesday, demanding that the government of President Gustavo Petro…
Water: 4,000 Years of Conflict over Water: A Timeline
Sep 1, 2024
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Morgan Shimabuku, TyN Magazine
Attacks on water infrastructure and water supplies are not new. Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of…
Climate Change: Africa to Take One Stand on Security, Climate Change and Peace Issues
Sep 1, 2024
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James Wanzala, Standard
President William Ruto has welcomed plans by Africa to take a common position on climate change, peace and security issues facing the continent. This comes…
DRC: DRC Marred by Blatant Failure in Coltan Traceability, Essential for Smartphones
Aug 31, 2024
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Sonia Rolley, Le Monde
In the hills of Masisi, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the guns have fallen silent. Rwanda and its allies, the Congolese rebels…
Sudan/South Sudan: South Sudan to Halt Oil Production Due to Sudan War
Aug 29, 2024
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Sudan Tribune
South Sudan will halt oil production that flows through neighbouring Sudan due to the ongoing conflict that has further strained the country’s economy, a parliamentary…
Libya: Libya's Oil Output Falls More Than Half Due to Political Standoff
Aug 29, 2024
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Ayman Al-Warfali, Reuters
More than half of Libya's oil production, or about 700,000 barrels per day, was offline on Thursday and exports were halted at several ports as…
Liberia: Liberia Closes China Union's Bong Mines for Violations, Regulator Says
Aug 29, 2024
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Reuters
Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency shut down on Wednesday the operations of China Union's iron ore Bong Mines for violating several environmental regulations, the regulatory agency…
Afghanistan: UN Reports 67% of Afghan Families Struggle with Water Access
Aug 28, 2024
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Fidel Rahmati, Khaama Press
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that 67% of Afghan households have difficulties accessing potable water. The office stated…
Liberia: Forest Community in Nimba Begins Reforestation in Mine Affected Areas
Aug 28, 2024
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Jerome Saye, FrontPage Africa
Amid the growing wave of deforestation in Liberia, some Forest Communities have begun prioritizing reforestation in their engagements with concession companies as a major option…
Threat Multiplier: Sherri Goodman on Climate and Global Security
Aug 27, 2024
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Catherine Putz, Diplomat
In 2007, Sherri Goodman, who served as the first deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security from 1993 to 2001, coined the term “threat multiplier”…
Yemen: Greek-Flagged Oil Tanker Appears to Be Leaking off Yemen Coast, Pentagon Says
Aug 27, 2024
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Idrees Ali, Reuters
The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker Sounion that was recently attacked by Yemen's Houthis is still on fire in the Red Sea and now appears to…
Water: The Poisonous Global Politics of Water
Aug 26, 2024
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Economist
The water thieves come at night. They arrive in trucks, suck water out of irrigation canals and drive off. This infuriates Alejandro Meneses, who owns…
Afghanistan: Farmers in Helmand Shift from Poppies to Basil Cultivation
Aug 26, 2024
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TOLOnews
According to information from the Helmand Agriculture and Irrigation Department, over a thousand acres of land in the province were planted with basil last year,…
Afghanistan: Clash over Land Dispute Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Nangarhar
Aug 26, 2024
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Yousaf Zarifi, Pajhwok Afghan News
A clash between two families over land ownership in eastern Nangarhar province resulted in one death and two injuries, an official reported on Monday.