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Corruption, Climate Could Trigger Water Wars

Feb 24, 2015 | News Editor, Environment News Service

Cleaning up widespread corruption in the water supply industry is crucial to avert looming water conflicts born of desperation, warns a new United Nations report…


United Kingdom: Policy Adviser

Feb 23, 2015 | ActionAid

With your critical understanding of the underlying causes of all kinds of crises - from natural disasters to conflict to long-term insecurity - you are just the…


Somalia: Research Associate

Feb 23, 2015 | One Earth Future Foundation

Primary Role: The primary role of the Research Associate: Somalia will be to develop an active empirical research program supporting OEF’s core mission and the work…


Colombia: Research Associate

Feb 23, 2015 | One Earth Future Foundation

Primary Role: The primary role of the Research Associate: Colombia will be to develop an active empirical research program supporting OEF’s core mission and peacebuilding in…


Liberia: Sime Darby to Resume Full Operations

Feb 23, 2015 | The New Dawn Liberia

The management of Sime Darby Plantation Liberia (SDPL) says it looks forward to resuming full operations here once the country is declared Ebola-free.


Ethiopia: World Bank Dam and Foreign Land-grab Force out Ethiopian tribes

Feb 23, 2015 | Karen Hardison, Digital Journal

World Bank and China join Ethipoia's government to relocate 200,000 villagers of the Omo River and Lake Turkana Valley, UNESCO protected "Cradle of Mankind," to…


Iraq’s Shortsighted Approach on its Gas Needs

Feb 22, 2015 | Saadallah Al Fathi

Given the growing need for fuels for power generation, Iraq resorted to burning more expensive liquid fuels while the diesel part is mostly imported. But…


Money vs. Morals: A Look at Talisman's Legacy in Sudan

Feb 22, 2015 | Kyle Balx, CBC News

According to a high-level report by Canadian diplomat John Harker in February 2000, oil royalties flowing to the Sudanese government from a Talisman Energy-run oil play were found to be exacerbating the…


Environmental Peacebuilding: Conservation Agreements Reduce People-Park Conflict in Liberia

Feb 20, 2015 | Dr. Eduard Niesten

When I began working in Liberia right after the Accra settlement ended Liberia’s civil war in 2003, I could not help worrying about whether the…


DRC: Dealers Fleece Diggers for a Share of DRC's Illegal Gold

Feb 20, 2015 | African Network of Centres for Investigative Reporting

Western companies mining gold industrially in DRC have diggers on their land, but fear that if they work them the companies will be accused by…


Liberia: 'GVL Must Vacate Our Land'

Feb 20, 2015 | Alloycious David, All Africa Global Media

Aggrieved citizens of Butaw District in Sinoe County are calling on the management of Golden Veroleum Liberia to pay compensation for villages, crops and ancestral…


China: How China is Transforming the South China Sea

Feb 20, 2015 | Gabriel Dominguez, DW

New images reveal the extent of China's land reclamation and construction in the South China Sea. Experts warn the new developments will make it increasingly…


Myanmar: Canadian Mining Firm May Have Breached Sanctions, Rights Group Says

Feb 20, 2015 | Seamus Martov, The Irrawaddy

For many years, Canada’s since-rebranded Ivanhoe Mines was one of the very few Western mining companies involved in Burma through its stake in one of…


Libya: Libyan oil flows resume from largest field

Feb 20, 2015 | Staff Writer, Al Arabiya News

Libya has resumed pumping crude from the southeastern Sarir field to the Hariga port, a spokesman for the state oil operator AGOCO said on Monday.…


Apply to the Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation in Border Regions, Ecuador

Feb 19, 2015 | The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, FLACSO-Ecuador, and the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC)

Border zones can be sites of conflict among states and transnational actors over currency and trade, migration and refugees, environmental threats, and contested sovereignty. Trained,…


United Kingdom: Campaign Leader

Feb 19, 2015 | Global Witness

Do you want to lead and direct a global campaign against land grabbing?

Global Witness is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Campaign Leader to lead…


Liberia: A Dangerous Trend against Corruption Fight

Feb 19, 2015 | All Africa

A consultant hired by the National Legislature to craft the new oil law is a dead man and nobody knows what may have been responsible…


Iraq: Falling Oil Prices Reveal Iraq’s Structural Problem

Feb 19, 2015 | Etienne Lepers - International Policy Digest

Despite all the attention to falling oil prices over the last six months, the impact on the world economy has not and will not be…


China/South China Sea: Fishing Wars: China’s Aggression Could Stoke Future Conflict

Feb 19, 2015 | Johan Bergenas and Ariella Knight, World Politics Review

The Vikings conquered the high seas to plunder and pillage. The British established their empire by dominating the oceans. And in the past 40 years,…


Timor-Leste: Greater Sunrise Is Crucial For Timor Sea Development

Feb 19, 2015 | Lauren Barrett, Hart Energy

Hydrocarbon discoveries in the Timor Sea are plentiful, but there is much conjecture as to whether brownfield or greenfield development is the best way to…


DRC: 'Conflict Minerals' Law Reaps Unforeseen Results

Feb 19, 2015 | Ciaran McEvoy, Investor's Business Daily

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then critics of an obscure provision in the Dodd-Frank Act believe there is a highway…


Myanmar: Myanmar’s Mysterious Uranium is No Panacea

Feb 19, 2015 | Chan Mya Htwe and Phyo Lwin Aung, The Trade Times

A claim of a uranium find in Mandalay Division has sparked debate over whether the country should pursue nuclear power. The billionaire tycoon Tay Za…


Climate Change and Terrorism

Feb 18, 2015 | Keith Kloor

Last month, after the terrorist attacks in Paris, Nature published a Q & Awith an anthropologist who studies the murderous motivations of Islamic extremists. He discussed socio-cultural factors and an allure…


Why Can't Uganda Simply Stamp out Blood Minerals?

Feb 18, 2015 | Jeff Mbanga

Let's talk about blood minerals today. About nine years ago, I was assigned to write a story about Uganda's gold exports. Back then, as it…


South Sudan: Country Director

Feb 17, 2015 | Plan Limited

Plan South Sudan has been responding to the current humanitarian crisis since December 2013, supporting IDPs and vulnerable host communities through its integrated interventions in…


Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone: Country Head

Feb 17, 2015 | BRAC International

The Country Representative will be part of the senior management team of BRAC Iinternational and have shared accountability for programmatic and operational activities. As head of the country…


Central African Republic: Food Security Project Manager

Feb 17, 2015 | Tearfund

Tearfund is looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage the Food Security sector of our post conflict rehabilitation projects in the Central African Republic.…


Nepal: Gender and Natural Resource Management Specialist

Feb 17, 2015 | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

ICIMOD is looking for a gender expert with substantive conceptual and theoretical knowledge and understanding of gender issues in natural resource management, climate change, and…


Cambodia: Project Coordinator

Feb 17, 2015 | WWF - Cambodia

WWF-Cambodia is looking for a qualified Project Coordinator, Supporting Forests and Biodiversity Project (SFB), who will oversee the management and coordination of all SFB related…


Yemen: International Consultant - Integrated Water Resources Management Specialist

Feb 17, 2015 | Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Under the general supervision of the FAO Representative in Yemen and the direct supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor of the project, and in close…