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Syria: ISIL Seizes Village in Syria's Oil-Rich Deir ez-Zor
Aug 6, 2014
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World Bulletin
Militants led by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – ISIL – captured Wednesday Suwayda village near Syria's eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, said…
Belgium: Consultant - EU & Responsible Minerals
Aug 5, 2014
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Global Witness
Global Witness' research on conflict minerals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exposed how warring parties make millions of dollars each year…
UK: Assistant to Executive Director and Senior Legal Manager
Aug 5, 2014
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Global Witness
Global Witness is looking for a highly organised and professional Executive Assistant to provide support to the Executive Director and Senior Legal Manager.
This is a…
Will Climate Change Lead to Conflict or Cooperation?
Aug 5, 2014
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IPS
Director of the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, Raleigh thinks that researchers and the media have put too simplistic a spin on the…
Iraq: Middle East Water Wars: Why Islamic State Wants Iraq's Dams
Aug 5, 2014
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Nigel Wilson, International Business Times
When ultra-violent militants sliced through the outskirts of Iraq's northern capital of Mosul in June, central government soldiers quickly melted away into the southern desert…
South Sudan: Document: South Sudan Govt Seeks to Silence Famine Warnings
Aug 5, 2014
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Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s government has issued an advisory to humanitarian organizations not to publish independent statements on the food and nutrition situation in the country without…
South China Sea/Vietnam: Vietnam Orders Fishing Boats to be Armed with Machine Guns
Aug 5, 2014
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Want China Times
The Vietnamese government has issued an order stipulating that boats under the jurisdiction of the country's fishery law enforcement command should be equipped with weapons,…
Philippines: Philippines Sentences 12 Chinese Fishermen to Jail
Aug 5, 2014
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Reuters
A Philippine court on Tuesday found 12 Chinese fishermen guilty of illegal fishing in Philippine waters, sending them to jail for six to 12 years,…
Industrialization and Global Value Chains in Liberia
Aug 4, 2014
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Afribiz
Liberia has participated in global value chains for decades through its export of primary commodities, and the revitalization of this sector after the war has…
Climate Change Will Test Water-Sharing Agreements
Aug 4, 2014
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New Security Beat
Many existing water-sharing treaties should be re-assessed in the context of climate change, write Shlomi Dinar, David Katz, Lucia De Stefano, and Brian Blakespoor in…
Ethiopia: Area Manager
Aug 4, 2014
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Danish Refugee Council
Currently DRC is implementing emergency WASH activities for Leit-Chuor and Kule refugee camps as well as the Burbeiy transit centre which includes standard WASH activities…
Yemen: Survey Generalist for Competitive Agriculture Systems for High Value Crops (CASH)
Aug 4, 2014
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Land O'Lakes International Development
During the first three months of implementation, the CASH project commenced seven analytical studies to develop a clear picture of realities on the ground. The…
Nepal: Faculty Member for Biological and Ecological Disasters
Aug 4, 2014
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Samarpan Academy
The Institute of Crisis Management Studies is a newly established centre for academia focusing on management of crises, those occurring both as a result of…
Liberia: Chief of Party
Aug 4, 2014
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ACDI/VOCA
ACDI/VOCA is currently seeking a Chief of Party for an upcoming multi-year, USAID-funded program in Liberia focused on increasing productivity of the smallholder palm oil…
Call for Papers: Journal of Global Peace and Conflict
Aug 4, 2014
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Journal of Global Peace and Conflict
Journal of Global Peace and Conflict is double blind peer reviewed international academic journal that publishes scientific research papers on every aspect of peace and…
Call for Applications: Doctor of Philosophy in Natural Resources And Peace
Aug 4, 2014
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Egerton University
The Ph.D Degree Programme in Natural Resources and Peace equips graduates to contribute to solving significant environmental and development issues, such as the prevention of…
Call for Applications: Master of Science in Natural Resources and Peace
Aug 4, 2014
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Egerton University
The Master of Science Degree Programme in Natural Resources and Peace equips graduates to contribute to solving significant environmental and development issues, such as the…
South China Sea: China Can Build What It Wants On S.China Sea Isles, Says Official
Aug 4, 2014
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Malaysian Digest
BEIJING: China can build whatever it wants on its islands in the South China Sea, a senior Chinese official said today, rejecting proposals ahead of…
Liberia: Busted
Aug 4, 2014
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AllAfrica
Reviewing the books, financial records and transactions of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), the country's supreme audit institution, the General Auditing Commission (GAC),…
Conflict Minerals: Gold Chains
Aug 4, 2014
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Mark Hay, The New Yorker
A little-known provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires companies using gold, tantalum, tin, and tungsten to file reports that…
Iraq/Kuridstan: Iraq’s Oil: A Factor for Unity or Division?
Aug 4, 2014
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Rudaw
Washington DC - Oil has perhaps never posed a threat as big as it does now to the country’s territorial integrity.
Iraqi Kurds have threatened…
Iraq: Iraq's Islamist Insurgency Puts Its Southern Oil in the Spotlight
Aug 4, 2014
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Rania El Gamal, Reuters
DUBAI, August 4 (Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni Islamist insurgency, crippling further its dream to match the oil power of Saudi Arabia, makes oilfields in the…
Climate Change: Will Climate Change Lead to Conflict or Cooperation?
Aug 4, 2014
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Independent European Daily Express
UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) - The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be complicated according to Clionadh Raleigh.
Director of…
South Sudan: Unity State Authorities Accuse Sudanese Soldiers of Looting Abandoned Oil Equipment
Aug 4, 2014
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Radio Tamazuj
At least four Sudanese army soldiers were killed and another two captured in an ambush laid by SPLA forces at oil fields in Pariang County…
Voices from Nepal: Promoting Women's Climate Leadership
Aug 3, 2014
The magnitude of the problem of climate change and environmental degradation in a mountainous and developing country like Nepal is very alarming.
Rapid population growth and…
Kenya: Musalia Mudavadi Calls for Extensive Investigation into Lamu Land Grabbing, Linking It to Insecurity
Aug 3, 2014
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Standard Digital
Amani coalition leader Musalia Mudavadi says land grabbing in Lamu could be behind the recent insecurity cases in Lamu county. Mudavadi is accusing the government…
Iraq/Kurdistan: ISIS Takes Over Iraq’s Biggest Dam
Aug 3, 2014
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Al Arabiya News
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took over Iraq's biggest dam unopposed by Kurdish fighters, who also lost three towns and…
Sudan: Sudan Receives $183m From Oil Companies in Transit Fees
Aug 3, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
(KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government announced on Sunday that the central bank had received $183 million from oil companies in transit fees per previous agreements.
On…
Africa's oldest nature park counts on sustainability
Aug 2, 2014
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Marc Jourdier
PEOPLE living in and around Africa’s oldest wildlife reserve – Virunga National Park – threatened by armed groups and oil prospectors, are pinning their hopes…
Containing the resource curse: Competition for scarce resources is sorely testing our assumptions about global governance and cooperation
Aug 2, 2014
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Alejandro Litovsky - The Independent
Competition for scarce resources is sorely testing our assumptions about global governance and cooperation, at a time when collective leadership is becoming ever more necessary.…