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South Sudan: UN Agency Warns of Catastrophic Food Shortages If Conflict Continues

Feb 4, 2015 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.…

Assistant Professor of Community and International Development

Feb 3, 2015 | Eastern Mennonite University Peacebuilding and Development Program

Position: Three-quarter-time Assistant Professor of Community and International Development; two-year faculty position.

Qualifications: Ph.D. preferred (ABD with field experience seriously considered); three to six years of field experience;…

Myanmar: Land Disputes in Myanmar: From Ploughs to Ports

Feb 3, 2015 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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…

In Uganda, It’s Bust Before Boom

Feb 2, 2015 | Robert Looney

The astonishing oil price drop of late 2014 reminds us of the inherent weaknesses of petro-states. Oil-dependent countries like Russia, Venezuela, and Iran are struggling…

Liberia: What Happened to Kuwaiti Oil Deal?

Feb 2, 2015 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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…

Ethiopia: Chief of Party, BRACED Programme

Jan 31, 2015 | Farm Africa

Farm Africa is a different kind of charity, working to end hunger and bring prosperity to rural eastern Africa. Our sustainable, community-led projects help Africa’s farmers…

Ethiopia: Thematic Director - Crop Productivity Enhancement (TD-CPE)

Jan 31, 2015 | Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)

The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) is seeking a Crop Productivity Enhancement Theme Director (TD-CPE). This position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The TD-CPE…

Ethiopia: Thematic Director - MELS (TD-MELS)

Jan 31, 2015 | Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA)

The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Sharing Thematic Director (TD-MELS) to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The strategic…

Myanmar: Project Manager (Aquaculture)

Jan 31, 2015 | WorldFish

WorldFish is working with partners in Myanmar to support the sustainable growth of aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady Delta (Delta) and suitable agro-ecological areas in the…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurds Retake Oil Facility in North Iraq, 15 Workers Still Missing

Jan 31, 2015 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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…

Call for Papers: The 8th International Spatial Socio-Cultural Knowledge Workshop: Defence Regional Engagement - The Role of Human Geography in Enabling Defence Engagement

Jan 30, 2015 | The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and Cranfield University

Proposals for presentations, based on one of the workshop objectives (listed below), are invited from interested parties. Presentations will be 30 minutes in length. Presentations…