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Myanmar: Field Officer for Improvement of Hygienic Environment
Feb 17, 2015
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Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development
NICCO is currently implementing a project for the improvement of hygienic environment and the provision of primary healthcare in the border areas in the Kayin…
Yemen: Irrigation Specialist
Feb 17, 2015
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Under the general supervision of the FAO Representative in Yemen and the direct supervision of the Chief Technical Adviser of the project, and in close…
Bangladesh: Iftekharuzzaman: State Patronising Festival of Land Grabbing in CHT
Feb 17, 2015
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Abid Azad, Dhaka Tribune
The state has been patronising a grand festival of land grabbing in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, said International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) member Dr…
South Sudan: S. Sudan Halts Parliamentary Activities over Lack of Funds
Feb 17, 2015
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Sudan Vision
JUBA – South Sudan’s parliamentary speaker has admitted that almost all parliamentary activities have been halted due to a lack of funds.
In an exclusive interview…
Iraq: Baghdad-Erbil Accord Over Oil Sales Breaking Down
Feb 17, 2015
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World Bulletin
The Dec. 5 oil-revenue sharing agreement between the Kurdish Regional Government, or KRG, and the Iraqi central government is unwinding, observers and experts said on…
Sierra Leone: Land Owning Families in Eastern Sierra Leone Sue Chinese Company and Paramount Chief to Recover Land
Feb 17, 2015
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Sonkita Conteh, The Sierra Express
Land owning families in Nimiyama Chiefdom, Kono District, Eastern Sierra Leone have commenced legal action in the country’s High Court against Orient Agricultural Ltd –…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq's KRG PM Threatens to Withhold Oil Exports Without Budget Share
Feb 16, 2015
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Reuters
Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government may withhold crude oil exports if Baghdad does not send its share of the budget, Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani…
Timor-Leste: Call for New Approach to Timor Sea Negotiations
Feb 16, 2015
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Darren Mara, SBS
A new government has been sworn in in East Timor after the resignation of Xanana Gusmao from the post of Prime Minister.
Rui Araujo will now…
Myanmar: Jade Trade Bedevils Burma’s Transparency Aspirations
Feb 16, 2015
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Seamus Martov, The Irrawaddy
While Burma pushes ahead with plans to become a full-fledged member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global standard promoting openness in the…
Conflict Diamonds: HSBC and Shimon Yelinek: Arms, Drugs, Diamonds and Terrorism
Feb 16, 2015
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Aliaume Leroy, McGill International Review
Shimon Yelinek is an Israeli businessman based in Panama. Behind this facade however, he is one of the most notorious criminals you may find among…
Iraq Has Lost Billions from Gas Flaring
Feb 15, 2015
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Saadallah Al Fathi
Last week I discussed the announcement of the Iraq-Shell petrochemical project in Basra and estimated to cost $11 billion (Dh40.3 billion). I surmised that the…
Iraq: Iraq Has Lost Billions from Gas Flaring
Feb 15, 2015
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Saadallah Al Fathi, gulfnews.com
In June 2012, the IEA estimated that the implied value of the gas flared in southern Iraq to 2020 would be $70 to $100 billion…
Liberia: Taylor-Era Wartime Timber Company Penalized, Accused of PUP Breach
Feb 15, 2015
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Front Page Africa
The Danish timber giant Dalhoff Larsen and Horneman (DLH), a company accused of buying conflict timber during Liberia’s civil war, has been stripped of its…
Sudan (Darfur) : Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst
Feb 13, 2015
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UNEP
UNEP’s projects in Darfur aim to show how improving effective and inclusive natural resource management can support sustainable recovery from natural and man-made disasters, strengthen…
Call for Papers: Humanitarian Evidence Programme
Feb 13, 2015
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Oxfam GB and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University
The Humanitarian Evidence Program has launched a Call for Proposals to synthesize evidence on the topics of (1) acute malnutrition, (2) market support interventions, and (3)…
Suspending EPA-L Boss Sign of Political Patronage?
Feb 13, 2015
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Morris T. Koffa, Sr.
It has come to the attention of the Africa Environmental Watch (AEW) that Hon. Anyaa Vohiri, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia…
Myanmar: EITI Board Members Rap Govt over Mine Death
Feb 13, 2015
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Thomas Kean, Myanmar Times
Civil society members of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s International Board have slammed the government over the death of a protester at the Letpadaung copper…
Timor-Leste: As Xanana Gusmao Departs, Timor Must Prepare for When the Oil Runs Dry
Feb 13, 2015
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Tom Allard, Sydney Morning Herald
In the annals of East Timor's extraordinary emergence as a nation state after 500 years of foreign domination, no figure has loomed as large as…
Liberia: NOCAL ‘Lawyer’ Whistleblower in 25K Oil Saga Dead
Feb 13, 2015
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Mae Azango and Al Varney Rogers, Front Page Africa
Monrovia - Cllr. Michael Allison, the former consultant to the National Oil Company of Liberia who reportedly blew the whistle that had led to an…
Towards an Integrated Approach to the Material Legacies of War: Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War and Environmental Contamination
Feb 12, 2015
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Matthew Bolton and Doug Weir
The world is infused with all kinds of risks – to our security, to our livelihoods, to our environment – that are interwoven in complex…
Natural Resource Management as a Key to Peace in the Central African Republic
Feb 12, 2015
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Kathrine Edelen
Beginning in late 2012, a rehabilitated coalition of ex-rebel militia fighters, known as Séléka, reignited conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) over what it…
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Country Director
Feb 12, 2015
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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
The WWF Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) programme has a large portfolio of field programmes in different landscapes, including Salonga, Lac Tumba, Virunga, Itombwe and…
Iraq: Iraq's Oil Exports Dip by 14 Percent in January
Feb 12, 2015
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Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
Iraq's Oil Ministry said on Thursday that crude exports averaged 2.535 million barrels a day in January, a decrease of nearly 14 percent from the…
South Sudan: Conflict a Cause of Hunger in South Sudan
Feb 12, 2015
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Norwegian Refugee Council
“The critical food situation is worsening for the 2.5 million people at risk in South Sudan. There is an urgent need for a solution on…
Liberia: Danish Timber Giant Kicked Out of Forest Stewardship Council Certification Scheme for Trading Illegal Timber
Feb 12, 2015
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Global Witness
Danish timber giant Dalhoff Larsen and Horneman (DLH) has been expelled from the world’s leading timber certifier, the Forest Stewardship Council, following evidence presented by…
Afghanistan: Watchdog: DOD Ignored Troop Health Risks, Continued to Burn Trash in Afghanistan
Feb 12, 2015
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Heath Druzin, Stars and Stripes
The U.S. military knowingly put troops’ health at risk and wasted tens of millions of dollars on shoddy contracts while operating dangerous open-air burn pits…
Conflict Minerals: Apple Takes Initiative in Verifying Smelters for Approaching Conflict Minerals Reporting Deadline
Feb 11, 2015
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3BL Media
The world's second largest technology company, Apple, has acknowledged that the best way to ensure a conflict free supply chain is by having a process…
South Sudan: S. Sudan’s Oil Production Showing Signs of Recovery: Minister
Feb 11, 2015
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Hellenic Shipping News
South Sudan’s oil ministry said production is starting to recover for the first time since conflict erupted more than a year ago, severely disrupting exploration.
Petroleum…
South Sudan: South Sudan Eyeing Mining to Reduce Dependency on Oil
Feb 11, 2015
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Sudan Tribune
Concerned about the current decline in prices of crude oil in the global market, South Sudan is turning to mining sector to reduce dependency on…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: China Must Abide by Sea Ruling, Philippine Justice Says
Feb 11, 2015
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Andrea Tan, Bloomberg
China must comply with any ruling on competing territorial claims with the Philippines in the South China Sea even if it refuses to participate in…