International
Iraq: Low Oil Prices Force Iraq to Pass Austerity Budget As It Struggles to Pay Soldiers Fighting ISIS
Feb 4, 2015
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Campbell MacDiarmid, National Post
ERBIL, Iraq — Low oil prices have forced an austerity budget on Iraq as it struggles to rebuild its army and rally support across the…
Liberia: Could 2015 Be a Breakthrough Year for Community Land Rights?
Feb 4, 2015
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Astrid Zweynert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition of land and resource rights if momentum in protecting the world's forests and…
Resource Curse: Study Suggests Oil Factors Hugely Into Foreign Wars
Feb 4, 2015
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Douglas Main, Newsweek
Oil plays an even bigger role in influencing foreign military intervention than is generally acknowledged, according to a new economic analysis, lending support to so-called…
South Sudan: UN Agency Warns of Catastrophic Food Shortages If Conflict Continues
Feb 4, 2015
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UNICEF
The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is sharply reducing food supplies and slowing humanitarian access to people in need, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF)…
Russia/United States: New Cold War: U.S., Russia Fight Over Energy Future
Feb 4, 2015
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Bradley Klapper and Matthew Lee, Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The United States and Russia are once more locked in what could be a generation-defining conflict, and Europe is yet again the…
Conflict Resources: Russia Presses UN Resolution to Prevent Terrorists from Collecting Ransom and Money from Oil
Feb 4, 2015
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Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS – Russia is pressing for adoption of a new U.N. resolution aimed at preventing terrorists from collecting ransom payments or money from the…
Conflict Minerals: Where Apple Gets the Tantalum for Your iPhone
Feb 4, 2015
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Lynnley Browning, Newsweek
Nobody likes to think his or her iPhone was made from minerals derived from a country where warlords and mass rapists profit from the mines.…
Myanmar: Land Disputes in Myanmar: From Ploughs to Ports
Feb 3, 2015
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Economist
New businesses are opening across Myanmar, literally reshaping its landscape. But some wonder whether the new developments will benefit everyone.
Liberia: Oil Money Raises Eyebrows for Legislative Consultation
Feb 3, 2015
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C. Winnie Saywah-Jimmy, The Inquirer
Contrary to Representatives Emmanuel Nuquay and Prince Moye's claim that the US$ 1.2 million under debate was a single check endorsed by the National Oil…
Conflict Minerals: EU’s Proposed Regulation on Conflict Minerals – Part I
Feb 3, 2015
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Squire Patton Boggs, Dynda A. Thomas, and Kate Stokes, Lexology
The European Union (EU) is considering legislation that would regulate the importation of conflict minerals into the EU. The European Commission announced its proposed regulation…
Climate Security: High North Dialogue Podcast – Interview with Kristin Halvorsen
Feb 3, 2015
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Andreas Raspotnik, The Arctic Institute
In our 2nd podcast for the High North Dialogue 2015 we talked with Kristin Halvorsen, Director of CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research…
Liberia: What Happened to Kuwaiti Oil Deal?
Feb 2, 2015
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Heritage
MONROVIA - There are reports that the announced Kuwaiti Oil Deal has supposedly ended up like the controversial Nigerian and Japanese Oil Agreements(deals) which were…
Iraq: Iraq Oilfield Output Suspended After IS Fighting - Oil Minister
Feb 2, 2015
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Mustafa Mahmoud, Reuters
Production at an oilfield near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk remained suspended on Monday after incurring severe damage during a weekend attack by Islamic…
Myanmar: Burma Puts the Brakes on Resource Exports to China
Feb 2, 2015
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Jonathan Manthorpe. Business Vancouver
The seemingly endless nose-to-tail line of snorting trucks crossing the border from Burma into the far southwestern Chinese town of Ruili was mesmerizing.
Just as transfixing…
Pakistan: Muslim Illegally Seizes and Bulldozes Homes of Christian Families
Feb 1, 2015
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Pakistan Christian Post
KASUR: The influential Muslim men seized and bulldozed homes of seven Christian families in a village of Kasur.
Today, a local native Boota Masih reached…
Colombia: Colombia’s Rebel Reintegration Quagmire
Feb 1, 2015
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Global Politics
Colombia has endured more than five decades of civil discord. Peace negotiations between FARC representatives and the Colombian State have, though, been ongoing since 2012…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Retake Oil Facility in North Iraq, 15 Workers Still Missing
Jan 31, 2015
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Mustafa Mahmoud, Reuters
Kurdish peshmerga forces retook a small crude oil station near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk which Islamic State insurgents seized earlier on Saturday, but…
Libya: Two Million People, a Third of Libya’s Population, May Have Been Affected by Internal Conflict – International Report
Jan 31, 2015
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Libya Herald
A new report out last week estimates that two million people, a third of the Libya population, may have been affected, and close to four-hundred…
South Sudan/Sudan: South Sudan to Renegotiate Oil Fees with Sudan: Official
Jan 31, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
JUBA – South Sudan’s petroleum minister, Stephen Dhieu Dau said his country will consider whether to continue paying Sudan $25 per barrel of oil or…
Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Sudan Signs Oil Contract with China in Disputed Area with S/Sudan
Jan 31, 2015
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APA
Sudan government has signed an agreement with China for oil production in the disputed area with South Sudan, the oil minister announced on Saturday.Sudan’s minister…
Pakistan: Man Stoned to Death in Land-Grabbing Episode
Jan 30, 2015
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The News
Killing over land dispute is a routine matter in rural areas of the country, which has now shifted to big cities after property-grabbing became trouble-free…
Myanmar: New China-Myanmar Oil Pipeline Bypasses Malacca Trap
Jan 30, 2015
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The Hindu
China has taken a firm step to beef up its energy security by inaugurating a pipeline that will bring crude oil from a deepwater port…
Philippines/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam, Philippines Boost Ties to Counter China in Territorial Dispute
Jan 30, 2015
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Geann Pineda, China Topix
The Philippines and Vietnam are boosting defense ties to counter China in the South China sea territorial dispute.
China has maintained an aggressive stance on its…
South Sudan: Report: China Funding S Sudan Govt Militia to Protect Oil Fields
Jan 29, 2015
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Radio Tamazuj
China's state oil company is financing a South Sudanese government militia to protect the Unity oil field, a conflict monitoring-group has discovered.
According to a new…
Sierra Leone: Miners Brace for “Catastrophe"
Jan 29, 2015
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Silas Gbandia, Equal Times
Sierra Leone could lose more than 7,000 mining jobs following a decision by the country’s largest employer to temporarily retrench workers.
Although workers at African Minerals…
Liberia: Land Commission Seeks New Option for Land Disputes
Jan 29, 2015
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Emmanuel Weedee-Conway, Heritage
The Land Commission (LC) has adopted new measures to fast strike the settlement of land disputes outside of court proceedings with the establishment of Land…
Nigeria: Nigerian Farmers Face Destitution from 300 sq. km Land Grab Backed by UK Aid
Jan 28, 2015
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Oliver Tickell, Ecologist
Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres…
Iraq: Oil Revenues, Economic Growth and Decreased Violence had Little Impact on Iraq's Poor
Jan 28, 2015
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World Bank
In 2012, one-fifth of Iraq’s population lived below the poverty line, and a significant share of the Iraqi people was vulnerable to falling into poverty,…
Afghanistan/India/Pakistan: Focus on Afghanistan, Not Kashmir, India and Pakistan Urged
Jan 28, 2015
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Vikas Datta, New Kerala
Afghanistan, not Kashmir, can be the issue for India and Pakistan to resume a sustainable dialogue, where it will be relatively easier for them to…
Iraq: Shell Signs $11 Billion Deal to Build Petrochemicals Plant in Iraq
Jan 28, 2015
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Saif Hameed, Reuters
Royal DutchShell (RDSa.L) signed a deal with Iraq on Wednesday worth $11 billion to build a petrochemicals plant in the southern oil hub of Basra,…