International
China/India: Water War: This River Could Sink China-India Relations
Apr 19, 2016
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Joel Wuthnow, National Interest
The Chinese and Indian defense ministers will meet in Beijing to discuss border issues. At the top of the agenda will be how to improve…
Afghanistan: Flash Floods Kill 38 People
Apr 19, 2016
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Al Bawaba
Afghan officials said on Monday that the deaths were reported in the country's northern provinces of Takhar, Badghis and Samangan during flash floods that began…
Colombia: Colombia to Use Glyphosate in Cocaine Fight Again
Apr 19, 2016
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Associated Press
Colombia will resume using weed killer to destroy illegal coca crops less than a year after suspending its use due to cancer concerns, the government…
Cambodia: Cheated out of Their Own Land: Land Grabbing in Cambodia
Apr 19, 2016
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Welthungerhilfe
In Cambodia, approximately 70 per cent of the population live from traditional agriculture, that is, predominantly from their harvest. For some, there is a little…
Bhutan: Rethinking Human-Wildlife Conflict
Apr 19, 2016
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Tshering Palden, Kuensel
The agriculture ministry has begun preparing a long-term holistic approach to manage human wildlife conflict in the country. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Bhutan trained…
Liberia: Liberia's Land Authority Act - Deadlock Ends with Unanimous Support from Senate
Apr 18, 2016
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James M. Yarsiah, Open Society Initiative for West Africa
On Wednesday April 13, 2016, Liberia's Senate gave its unanimous endorsement to the draft Bill to set up the Land Authority of Liberia (LAA). The…
Central African Republic: Agriculture is Key to Achieving Lasting Peace in Central African Republic
Apr 18, 2016
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FAO
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera for talks that focused on rebuilding the country's agriculture sector and…
Myanmar: How to Develop Sustainable Waterways in Myanmar
Apr 18, 2016
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Kate Lazarus, Devex
Access to water is crucial. For riverine communities, in particular, access to waterways is vital for every aspect of life, from food security to trade…
Egypt/Ethiopia: Will Drought Fuel Water Conflict between Cairo, Addis Ababa?
Apr 18, 2016
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Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor
Ethiopia’s northern regions have been plagued by one of the worst droughts to face the area in decades. During a visit to one of the…
Ethiopia/South Sudan: Ethiopia Attack: 200 People Dead, 100 Children Missing
Apr 18, 2016
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Reuters
The death toll from a raid carried out by attackers from South Sudan in western Ethiopia has risen to 208 people, an Ethiopian official said,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan to Introduce Advanced Irrigation System to Boost Wheat Crop
Apr 16, 2016
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Rudaw
The Kurdish ministry of agriculture has signed a deal with the UAE-based Aljanani firm to purchase advanced irrigation equipment that are planned to help Kurdish…
Syria: Syria's Kurds Take Control of Oil Fields, Now What?
Apr 15, 2016
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Massoud Hamed, Al-Monitor
Five years into the Syrian revolution, entire cities have been brought to rubble and a population has been forcibly displaced by the Syrian regime or…
Colombia: Land Reform Critical to Lasting Peace in Colombia, Says UN
Apr 15, 2016
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teleSUR
The Colombia office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the U.N. Agency for Refugees reiterated its support Thursday for the Victims…
Phillippines/United States/South China Sea: U.S. Conducts Joint Patrols with Philippines in South China Sea
Apr 14, 2016
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Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
In a military buildup certain to inflame tensions with China, the United States said Thursday it will send troops and combat aircraft to the Philippines…
Iraq: Marsh Loss Shatters Lifestyle of Iraq’s Ma’dan Women
Apr 14, 2016
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Rasha Dewedar, SciDev.Net
Iraq is losing crucial knowledge about water management as marshland depletion is altering the lifestyle of local women, a paper has warned. The indigenous people…
South Sudan: 'There's No Work, No Money': Oil-Rich but Desperately Poor South Sudan Shuts up Shop
Apr 14, 2016
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Simona Foltyn, Guardian
The shortage of fuel – which, like everything else that’s consumed in South Sudan, is imported – is perhaps the most palpable consequence of the…
Afghanistan: Afghan Mineral Wealth Being Looted by Strongmen, Experts Say
Apr 14, 2016
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Lynne O'Donnell, Associated Press
The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli, prized for millennia, is almost uniquely found in Afghanistan, a key part of the extensive mineral wealth that is…
Iraq: Italian Team Arrives as Part of Mosul Dam Repair Project
Apr 14, 2016
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Balint Szlanko, Associated Press
A team of Italian specialists arrived Thursday at the site of the Mosul Dam as part of an emergency campaign to repair Iraq's largest dam…
Haiti: UN Could Have Prevented Haiti Cholera Epidemic with $2,000 Health Kit – Study
Apr 14, 2016
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Ed Pilkington and Joe Sandler Clarke, Gaurdian
The devastating Haiti cholera epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives and will cost more than $2bn to eradicate could have been prevented if the…
Liberia: Some 500 Ivorian, Burkinabe Land Intruders Flee Liberia Following Deployment of Military Troops
Apr 13, 2016
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Global News Network
The people of southeastern Liberia, especially those from Grand Gedeh County have now been released from stress and other emotional inter feelings following the fleeing…
Afghanistan: A Simple Solution for Farmers
Apr 13, 2016
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Mohammad Hanif Ayubi, Asian Development Bank
In this picturesque, mountainous province of central Afghanistan, the rich soil and climate are well-suited for growing vegetables. Bamyan’s carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, potatoes, and onions…
Myanmar: Myanmar to Be Taught How to Fish [Video]
Apr 13, 2016
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BBC
Myanmar is a country rich in water resources, and yet few farmers are used to the idea of breeding fish. It means poor rural households…
Myanmar: Months after Floods, Magwe Communities Struggle to Recover
Apr 12, 2016
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Ei Cherry Aung, Myanmar Now
In the aftermath of the disaster, Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Rescue and Resettlement said it had provided assistance worth nearly 686 million kyats until…
Liberia: Liberian Senate Unanimously Passes Liberia Land Authority Act
Apr 12, 2016
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Global News Network
The Liberian Senate has unanimously voted to pass into law the proposed Liberia Land Authority Act (LLAA) submitted to that body by President Ellen Johnson…
Liberia: ‘GVL Lost US$1.5m to Rioters’ – Management
Apr 12, 2016
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Global News Network
The Management of Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) says it is spending over US$1.5 million to rehabilitate its farms in southeastern Liberia due to riots in…
China/South China Sea: How China’s Fishermen Are Fighting a Covert War in the South China Sea
Apr 12, 2016
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Simon Denyer, Washington Post
In the disputed waters of the South China Sea, fishermen are the wild card. China is using its vast fishing fleet as the advance guard…
Afghanistan: Harvesting Opium in Afghanistan’s Poppy Fields
Apr 12, 2016
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Quinn Kelley, Baltimore Sun
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 19 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to figures from the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics…
Iraq: Iraq Boosts Oil Production to Record Before Output Cap Talks
Apr 10, 2016
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Anthony Dipaola, Bloomberg
Iraq increased crude output to a record level in March, ahead of a meeting in Qatar of OPEC members and other producers on freezing production…
Libya/Islamic States: ISIS 'Sends Large Number of Experienced Terrorists to Northern Libya to Carry out Major Attack on Oil Wells'
Apr 10, 2016
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Tom Wyke, Daily Mail and Reuters
ISIS have deployed a large group of fighters at several strategic oil fields with fears that the jihadi group is planning a deadly attack on…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Rise as an Independent Energy Player
Apr 10, 2016
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Omar Mawji, Geopolitical Monitor
Iraqi Kurdistan and the governing Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is in the midst of a major shift toward autonomy in the northeastern enclave of Iraq.…