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Women Hold the Key to Curbing Climate Change
Mar 8, 2019
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Katharine Wilkinson
In 1911, over one million people took to the streets of Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland for equal rights and suffrage. It was the first International Women's…
Colombia: Colombia Mines Minister Aims for Greater Transparency
Mar 8, 2019
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Peter Kennedy, Resource World
Colombia Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez is aiming for greater transparency in the way the country’s resources are managed. She said Colombia hopes to achieve…
Climate Change: Empowering Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change
Mar 8, 2019
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UN Environment
While the scene is age-old, the number of women farmers—and those performing traditionally male roles—has grown out of the impacts of climate change and environmental…
Women Underrepresented in Formal Peace Process, Study Finds
Mar 7, 2019
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Nyein Nyein
YANGON—More than 670 women are contributing to peace building in Myanmar, representing nearly 400 organizations, but only about one quarter of them serve as delegates…
Armenia: "Armenia Has To Stop Using Water As a Political Tool Against Azerbaijan"-Anastasia Lavrina
Mar 7, 2019
During the 40th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, assistant to President of the International Eurasian Press Fund (IEPF), political analyst Anastasia…
Congo: 'We Are Fighters, Too'
Mar 7, 2019
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Allison Shelley
Since the perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide fled into eastern Congo, the region has been consumed by war. Armed groups proliferated, some from Rwanda…
Myanmar: Villagers Say Banana Business Threatens Their Way of Life
Mar 7, 2019
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Myanmar Times
Villagers and farmers protesting against the practices of a nearby banana plantation held a press conference at Mandalay monastery in Myitkyina township of Kachin State…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese Ship Sinks Vietnamese Fishing Boat off Paracel Islands
Mar 7, 2019
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Viet Tuan, VnExpress
A Chinese vessel rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat off the central coast Wednesday, but its five-member crew was rescued unscathed. The boat was…
Myanmar: Land Seizures, Protests, and Arrests in Myanmar
Mar 7, 2019
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Maximillian Mørch, Diplomat
Land confiscation is rife in Myanmar. Confiscation of land for plantations, Special Economic Zones, development projects or for use by the military or other armed…
Afghanistan: Improving Livelihoods of Afghan Women through Credit Shura
Mar 7, 2019
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Wadsam
One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In addition, many women…
Afghanistan: 'Chilling Reality': Afghanistan Suffers Worst Floods in Seven Years
Mar 6, 2019
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Haroon Janjua and Karen McVeigh, Guardian
Afghanistan has been hit with the worst flooding in seven years, with 20 dead, thousands of homes swept away and many families, already displaced by…
Sahel: Persistent Needs in Sahel, Conflict Driving Massive Displacement
Mar 6, 2019
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, and Save the Children
Top United Nations and non-governmental aid officials today sounded the alarm over rising conflict and insecurity that have accelerated forced displacement across the Sahel, where…
Iraq: After IS, Mosul Tackles another Terror: Super-Resistant Bacteria
Mar 6, 2019
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Maya Gebeily, Agence France-Presse
Doctors around the globe are sounding the alarm over bacterial infections immune to modern medicine, but their prevalence in Mosul -- where thousands of patients…
Afghanistan: USAID Improves Livelihoods for Afghan Women through Credit Shura
Mar 6, 2019
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ReliefWeb
Balkh, Afghanistan – One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In…
Iraq: CPECC Agrees to Build Natural Gas Liquids Plant in Iraq
Mar 5, 2019
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Michael Marray, Asset
China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) and Basra Gas Company (BGC) have signed a contract to build a natural gas liquids (NGL) plant in…
South Sudan: UN Accuses Oil Firms of Fuelling Armed Conflict in South Sudan
Mar 5, 2019
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Kevin J. Kelley, East African
Transnational oil-production companies controlled by Asian interests have been complicit in South Sudan government military offensives that involved killings of civilians. "There has been a…
Myanmar: Naga Women in Myanmar Dream of Inheriting Land
Mar 5, 2019
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Morung Express
In November 2014, the Conference of Naga Nationals adopted a resolution that committed the indigenous Naga people in Myanmar to the Convention on the Elimination…
Myanmar: Mandalay Starts to Streamline Land Records
Mar 5, 2019
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Phyo Wai Kyaw, Myanmar Times
The Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) has begun streamlining land records such as maps, surveys and title deeds, to be in line with rules and…
'Greening the Desert': What Drives Militants' Environmentalism?
Mar 5, 2019
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Austin Bodetti, New Arab
Though al-Qaeda would appear to have little in common with the likes of the Earth Liberation Army and the Earth Liberation Front, it apparently shares…
DRC: DRC President, Felix Tshisekedi, Ambiguous on Application of New Mining Code
Mar 4, 2019
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Miningmx
Felix Tshisekedi, the newly elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), gave mixed messages on how he would implement a recently promulgated mining…
Myanmar: Myanmar ups Efforts to Save Marine, Wildlife
Mar 4, 2019
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Myanmar Times
“Life below water: for people and planet” was the theme of World Wildlife Day 2019, which was celebrated on Sunday to raise awareness about the world’s…
Climate Change: The Urgency of Tackling Climate-Related Security Risk in Africa
Mar 4, 2019
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KAD Africana
The African Union Peace and Security Council has been commended for dedicating its 828th session to climate change. During an open session on the theme:…
Afghanistan: Heavy Rains, Floods Kill 20 Afghans
Mar 3, 2019
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DTN Progressive Farmer
A UN humanitarian agency says at least 20 people died as heavy rains and flooding over the past few days swept away their homes and…
Guatemala: Women Land Defenders Face 'Extreme Criminalisation', Added Risks
Mar 2, 2019
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Anna-Cat Brigida
El Estor, Guatemala - Since her teen years, Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, now 39, has defended the natural resources of El Estor, a predominantly Mayan…
Iraq: Iraq State Company Denies Shiite Militia Smuggling Mosul Oil
Mar 2, 2019
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Rudaw
Iraq’s North Oil Company (NOC) denied on Sunday that Shiite militia groups were smuggling oil from Nineveh to Syria and Iran, saying that the company…
Myanmar: Understand Customary System before Implementing Laws
Mar 1, 2019
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Morung Express
In 2014, the residents of Somra, a Naga village in Myanmar, found a new signboard posted on the side of the road inside the community…
Myanmar: Myanmar Land Ownership Law Could Displace Millions of Farmers
Mar 1, 2019
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Peter Yeung and Carlotta Dotto, Deutsche Welle
Under a land reformation act, millions of farmers across Myanmar could be forced from land they have tilled for generations. Many are unaware of the…
Somalia: Set of Milestones to Meet Somalia’s Obligations under Environmental Conventions Agreed at a High-Level Meeting in Mogadishu
Feb 28, 2019
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UNDP
A set of milestones to meet three Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification were agreed at a high-level environment meeting this month, which was…
Myanmar: Land Legacies, Segregation Could Deter Rakhine Investment Push
Feb 28, 2019
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Thompson Chau, Myanmar Times
The State Counsellor called for investments “implemented with responsibility” as a crucial force in “putting Rakhine’s development trajectory on track” at a Japan-sponsored investment forum…
South Sudan: Conflict to Blame for Extreme Hunger in South Sudan
Feb 27, 2019
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Norwegian Refugee Council
Around 6.4 million people are currently at risk of hunger according to a recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report into the escalating food…