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Conflict Minerals: Survey Reveals Cost of Conflict Minerals Compliance
Oct 27, 2014
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PCBDesign007
The first year of conflict minerals reporting has come and gone, but how much did it cost? What lessons have we learned? A comprehensive Tulane…
Iraqi economy to shrink 2.7 pct in 2014, first time since 2003 war-IMF
Oct 27, 2014
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Reuters
Iraq's economy is likely to shrink 2.7 percent this year, the first contraction since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, after Islamic State militants occupied swathes…
East Africa: Shared Resources, Waters Spark Off Disputes as Region Discovers Oil, Gas
Oct 27, 2014
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John Mbaria, The East African
The global scramble for resources, particularly as it affects the hydrocarbons and fish sectors in East Africa, could degenerate into conflict, thereby jeopardise ongoing economic…
South Sudan: Will Star Shine for South Sudan? Scrutinising South Sudan's First Post-Independence Oil Deal
Oct 27, 2014
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Global Witness
South Sudan’s first post-independence oil deal is high-risk and in urgent need of further scrutiny, according to a new Global Witness report released today. The…
Benin: Assistant technique international, responsable de l’équipe de facilitation, spécialisé en développement rural
Oct 26, 2014
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Belgian Development Agency
Agence belge de développement, la CTB mobilise ses ressources et son expertise pour éliminer la pauvreté dans le monde. Contribuant aux efforts de la Communauté…
Sudan: ‘Ruling Party Manages Sudan Through Private Companies’: Economist
Oct 26, 2014
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Radio Dabanga
A prominent Sudanese economist has reported that the Sudanese government spent at least $65 billion of oil revenues on security measures between 2000 and July…
DRC: DRC Gold Production Set to Quadruple
Oct 26, 2014
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MINING.com
The amount of gold produced by the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to be four times the amount produced last year, thanks largely…
Afghanistan: Deputy Director
Oct 25, 2014
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Dutch Committee for Afghanistan
The Dutch Committee for Afghanistan (DCA?VET) is a Dutch international NGO, working in the animal health sector in Afghanistan since 1988. DCA?VET focuses on veterinary and directly…
The Last Train
Oct 25, 2014
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New York Times
When Secretary of State John Kerry began his high-energy effort to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace, I argued that it was the last train for a…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad
Oct 25, 2014
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Azam Ahmed and Clifford Krauss, New York Times
KIRKUK, Iraq — Roughly two dozen huge oil tankers are idly turning figure eights around the Mediterranean or on the high seas, loaded with oil…
Iraq Crisis: US Warns Buyers and Middlemen Involved in Isis Oil Trade
Oct 24, 2014
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Vasudevan Sridharan, International Business Times
The US has warned Turkish and Kurdish middlemen involved in the lucrative Isis oil trade as the US is determined to choke the extremists' sources…
Iraq: The US Has Intervened to Help Iraq Hold Its Most Important Oil Facility
Oct 24, 2014
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Stephen Snyder, Public Radio International
The refinery, the largest in the country, is surrounded by ISIS fighters and their supporters. It's been shut down since mid-June, but the government is still clinging to…
Liberia: Protecting Liberia's Forest - Liberia-Norway Sign Agreement
Oct 24, 2014
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Al-Varney Rogers, AllAfrica
Monrovia — The Forestry Development Authority says the 150 million agreement signed between the governments of Liberia and Norway is not meant to infringe on…
Intelligent Imagining: Scenarios to Manage Water as the Climate Changes
Oct 23, 2014
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Moushumi Chaudhury, Paul Reig and Tien Shiao
Imagine a world just six years from now, when water governance is weak and there are no laws to manage water in a drying climate.…
Darfur/Sudan: Oil in Darfur Waiting to Be Explored - Expert
Oct 23, 2014
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Sudan Vision
El Fasher — The Darfur region has a great potential for oil exploration, estimated at between five to fifteen billion barrels, as long as the…
Iraq/Syria: U.S. Warns of Sanctions on Buyers of Islamic State Oil
Oct 23, 2014
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Anna Yukhananov, Reuters
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Thursday threatened to slap sanctions on anyone buying oil from Islamic State militants in an effort to disrupt what…
Iraq/Kurdistan: A Mysterious Oil Tanker Might Hold the Key to Kurdish Independence
Oct 23, 2014
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Matthew Philips, Businessweek
At any given time, the Gulf of Mexico is crawling with oil tankers, many of them delivering some of the 7.5 million barrels of foreign…
South Sudan: South Sudan Looks to Livestock to Break Oil Dependence
Oct 23, 2014
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Michael Atit, Voice of America
As South Sudan tries to break its economic dependence on oil, it is looking to another resource it has in abundance: livestock.
The world's newest nation…
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone: Ebola Outbreak Prompts Food Scarcity and Threat of Social Conflict
Oct 23, 2014
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Clar Ni Chonghaile, The Guardian
Farmers in Liberia are too frightened to work together in their fields, fertilisers and seeds are stuck on the other side of closed borders, markets…
Liberia: GOL, Norwegian Gov't Sign U.S.$150 Million Agreement
Oct 23, 2014
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Victor C. Hanson Jr, AllAfrica
The Government of Liberia and the Kingdom of Norway have signed US$150 million agreement to improve forest governance, strengthen law enforcement, and support efforts aimed…
Iraq/Syria: U.S. Strikes Cut Into ISIS Oil Revenues, Treasury Official Says
Oct 23, 2014
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Julie Hirschfeld David, New York Times
The American military campaign against the Islamic State has begun to cut into the Sunni militant group’s substantial oil revenues, the top counterterrorism official at…
Haiti: Hearing in Haitians’ Cholera Case
Oct 23, 2014
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Rick Gladstone, New York Times
A federal judge in Manhattan heard arguments on Thursday in the first court proceeding over Haitian cholera victims’ lawsuit against the United Nations. They contend…
New York: Peacebuilding Officer for Economic Issues, UNOPS
Oct 22, 2014
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Peace and Collaborative Development Network
UNOPS mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and…
No Pain, No Gain: The Hassle of Conflict Mineral Audits Might Actually be Worth It
Oct 22, 2014
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TTI, inc.
It is a simple question companies are required to ask and, depending on the direction of the latest appellate court decision, perhaps even answer: do…
Conflict Minerals: Catholic Bishops Press EU on Conflict Minerals
Oct 22, 2014
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Sue Reisinger, Corporate Counsel
Some 70 Roman Catholic bishops from around the world and a global Catholic development agency are urging the EU to make proposed rules for so-called…
Conflict Minerals: Group of Investors Urge European Union to Adopt Stronger Conflict Minerals Legislation
Oct 22, 2014
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Providence Journal
BRUSSELS and SAN FRANCISCO -- Yesterday, global sustainable and responsible investors and investment organisations representing more than EUR855 billion in assets under management sent a…
Iraq/Kurdistan: US Not to Intervene in Baghdad, Erbil Dispute Over Tanker of Kurdish Oil: Official
Oct 22, 2014
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Platts
The Obama administration will not intervene in a legal dispute between Baghdad and Erbil over a tanker of Kurdish oil that has been circling off…
Philippines/South China Sea: Philippines pushes arbitration in China sea row
Oct 22, 2014
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Oliver Teves, Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president said Wednesday that the international arbitration Manila has initiated to challenge China's territorial claims in the South China Sea…
China/South China Sea: China Installs Buoys in Pacific Ocean, Report Says
Oct 22, 2014
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AFP
Beijing (AFP) - China has installed 17 sets of submerged buoys in "key marine areas" of the western Pacific Ocean, state media said, a move…
Conflict Minerals: IT and the Trade in Conflict Minerals
Oct 21, 2014
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Maija Palmer, Financial Times
The next time your mobile phone buzzes in your pocket, think tungsten. The hard, steel-grey mineral is crucial to the component that makes phones vibrate.…