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Myanmar: Many Buried in Jade Mine Landslide

Mar 8, 2015 | Eleven

Many raw jade miners are feared dead after a 1,000-foot-high heap of soil collapsed in Hpakant, Kachin State. “I ran as soon as I heard…

Syria: Air Strike on Islamic State-Run Refinery in Syria Kills 30-Monitor

Mar 8, 2015 | Reuters

A U.S.-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the border with Turkey on Sunday,…

Iraq/Kurdistan: ISIS Blows up Mekhmour Oil Fields to Thwart Airstrikes

Mar 7, 2015 | Rudaw

Fighters with the Islamic State have responded to a wave of crippling coalition airstrikes targeting the Mekhmour front by exploding
two oil fields in the…

Iraq/Syria: UN Condemns 'Destruction' of Ancient Iraq City of Hatra

Mar 7, 2015 | I24News

The United Nations cultural body on Saturday condemned what it said was the destruction of the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq by the Islamic…

Blog: Will Congress Revisit the Conflict Minerals Rule?

Mar 6, 2015 | Cydney Posner

According to a Bloomberg BNA report, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, one of the plaintiffs in National Association of Manufacturers, Inc. v. SEC, the conflict minerals case currently…

How A Fight Over Natural Resources Is Quietly Driving The World’s Response To Ukraine

Mar 6, 2015 | Igor Volsky and Kiley Kroh

On Thursday, the fast-moving crisis in Ukraine took another surprising turn as the de facto authorities of Crimea, the semi-autonomous Ukrainian republic that is currently…

Water Wars: Why Water Shortages Are the Greatest Threat to Global Security

Mar 6, 2015 | Zeeshan Aleem, Policy Mic

If you were to ask the average American to list what the cause of the next global conflict would be, they'd likely list the threats…

Myanmar: Banking on the Farm Vote

Mar 6, 2015 | Thurein Htway, Nikkei

The Myanmar Farmer Development Party is proposing to set up a bank that will provide financial support to farmers to improve their productivity -- and…

Palestine: Gaza's Farmers on Front Lines of Perpetual War

Mar 6, 2015 | Dylan Collins, Al Jazeera

Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip are struggling to recover from the 51-day war between Israel and Palestinian armed groups that ended with a ceasefire…

United Kingdom: Head of Economy & Peacebuilding

Mar 5, 2015 | International Alert

OverviewThe Head of Economy and Peacebuilding (E&PB) manages a team within the Peacebuilding Issues Programme (PIP). He or she provides conceptual and hands-on leadership for…

Drilling down into the Connection Researchers are Making between Climate Change and Conflict

Mar 5, 2015 | Keith Kloor

The Carbon Brief, a UK website created in 2011, is a destination for many seeking non-partisan information and analysis on climate change related news and research. I like…

Myanmar: Farmers Launch Boycott of MPs Who ‘Didn’t Stand Up for Us’

Mar 5, 2015 | Myanmar Times

A meeting of about 700 farmers at Mandalay’s Bayda Institute on February 28 released a seven-point statement demanding that the government stop “destroying farmers’ lives”…

Iraq/Kurdistan: ISIL Torches Oil Field Near Tikrit as Militia Advance

Mar 5, 2015 | Saif Hameed and Dominic Evans, Reuters

Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit to obstruct an assault by Shi'ite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers…

Conflict Minerals: FTA Issues Statement on Conflict Minerals to Highlight Drawbacks on Draft Regulation

Mar 5, 2015 | Foreign Trade Association

The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) has published a statement on conflict minerals to highlight certain drawbacks associated with a draft regulation discussed by the European…

South Sudan: South Sudanese Minister Signs Mining Order

Mar 5, 2015 | Sudan Tribune

South Sudan’s petroleum and mining minister on Thursday signed an order meant to regulate the extraction of minerals in the world’s youngest nation.

The order, Stephen…

Liberia: Catholic Priest Wants Lawmakers to Account for Oil Money

Mar 5, 2015 | Antoinette Sendolo, The Inquirer

The Director of the Catholic Media Center (CAMCAM), Father Ambrose Dayouga Kroma, has urged the National Legislature to provide what he termed as detailed account…

South Sudan: Abandoned Oilfield a Toxic Wasteland in South Sudan

Mar 4, 2015 | Al Jazeera

The Thar Jath oilfield in South Sudan's war-torn Unity state has been abandoned.

The unmaintained facility, which lies inside rebel-held territory, is slowly rotting and leaking…

Libya: ISIS Fighters Take Over Major Libyan Oilfields

Mar 4, 2015 | Jared Malsin, Time

Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) took over at least two oilfields in Libya and attacked another on Tuesday, according…

South Sudan: Enough Project Calls for Targeted US Sanctions on Sudan Gold Exports

Mar 4, 2015 | Sudan Tribune

The United States should move swiftly to impose sanctions on gold produced in Sudan’s conflict zones, a think-tank group said.

“After studying this regime for 25…

South Sudan: Looted and Leaking, South Sudan's Oil Wells Pose Health Risk

Mar 3, 2015 | The Guardian

Thick black puddles and a looted, leaking ruin are all that remain of the Thar Jath oil treatment facility, once a crucial part of South…

Environmental Protests: Mapping the Global Battle to Protect Our Planet

Mar 3, 2015 | The Guardian

In 2012 protests erupted in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina over the demolition of a much beloved local park to build a business complex. A…

Liberia: Liberia Extractive Media Watch Formed

Mar 3, 2015 | SPY Ghana

The Liberia Extractive Media Watch has been formed. The Extractive Media Watch (EMW) has been officially registered as a not-for-profit organization under the laws of Liberia.The…

Liberia: NOCAL Responds To Global Witness Allegations on Oil Bid

Mar 3, 2015 | Front Page Africa

The attention of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) has been drawn to misleading allegations made by Global Witness and carried by FrontPageAfrica newspaper…

Call for Applications: The United Nations Mandated University for Peace is Now Accepting Applications for 2015-2016 Academic Year

Mar 2, 2015

UPEACE embraces an innovative and inter-disciplinary approach to both the pedagogy and content of post-secondary learning. Our nine master programmes offer specialized, multi-disciplinary courses and…