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Liberia: Concern Mounts Over U.S.$8.5 Million Escrow Account

Jul 23, 2014 | AllAfrica

Civil society groups are mounting concern over the status of the US$8.5 million placed in the escrow account at the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL).…

Liberia: 'Don't Sell Our Oil Blocks' - Citizens Mount Pressure On Lawmakers

Jul 23, 2014 | AllAfrica

Monrovia — With information that there are ongoing discussions for the 53rd National Legislature to hastily ratify agreements for the sale of additional oil blocks…

Environmental Peacebuilding Expands Library Functionality

Jul 22, 2014 | ELI and UNEP

Environmental Peacebuilding has expanded the online Library of information on environmental peacebuilding. New functionality enables people to find library resources more effectively. There is now…

China/Vietnam: After HYSY-981: A US-Vietnam Alliance?

Jul 22, 2014 | Ankit Panda, The Diplomat

Carl Thayer, Flashpoints‘ resident South China Sea expert, took a look at the reasons China might have preemptively withdrawn its oil rig from South China Sea…

Iraq: Baiji Refinery Still Under Siege

Jul 22, 2014 | Iraq Oil Report

Elite Iraqi soldiers at Iraq's largest oil refinery are still fending off regular attacks by militants led by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham…

Liberia: In Japanese Oil Deal - What Happened to $8.5 Million Earmarked for Development Projects?

Jul 22, 2014 | Augustus D.R. Bortue, AllAfrica

There is public concern regarding the status of a US$8.5 million, which was reportedly deposited in an Escrow Account at the Central Bank of Liberia…

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

Jul 21, 2014 | World Resources Institute

The discovery of oil in Chad in the 1990s brought new hope to the impoverished, land-locked nation. After the World Bank financed a $4.2 billion…

Disasters and Conflicts: Policy and Field Updates January-July 2014

Jul 21, 2014 | UNEP

UNEP’s Disasters and Conflicts sub-programme which started in 1999, has released policy and field updates from its ongoing its activities and initiatives between January and…

Afghanistan: Undoing Afghanistan's Resource Curse

Jul 21, 2014 | LA Times

Afghanistan is teetering on the edge. A little-known bill just passed the upper house of its parliament that could help counter threats to the country's…

Environmental Peacebuilding Posts Curricula

Jul 21, 2014 | ELI and UNEP

Environmental Peacebuilding has created a new page to share curricula that draws from the environmental peacebuilding knowledge platform and case studies. Curricula materials include example…

India: Armed Bandits Demand Water in Dry Northern India

Jul 21, 2014 | Associated Press

Armed bandits in drought-stricken northern India are threatening to kill hundreds of villagers unless they deliver 35 buckets of water each day to the outlaws…

Liberia: Liberia Clan Fights Palm Oil Land Grab, Accused of Harassing Investors

Jul 21, 2014 | AFK Insider

Liberia’s Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of Indigenous Peoples’ land and forests for palm oil plantations. But according…

Conflict Minerals: Cal Poly Adopts Student's Resolution on Conflict Minerals

Jul 21, 2014 | The Tribune

Cal Poly’s president has signed off on a resolution pledging the university will purchase products using conflict-free minerals whenever available.

Minerals such as tin, gold, tantalum…

Iraq: ISIS Militants Use Water as Weapon of War in Iraq

Jul 21, 2014 | Albawaba

Militants from ISIS now control or threaten key facilities on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, generating fears that the Al-Qaeda splinter group could turn off the taps to the…

Iraq/Syria: Jihadists Sell Syrian Oil to Iraqi Businessmen

Jul 21, 2014 | Global Post

The jihadist Islamic State is selling oil and liquid gas products extracted from fields under its control in Syria to Iraqi businessmen across the border,…

Afghanistan: U.S. troops in Afghanistan Sent Waste to Open Burn Pits, Report Finds

Jul 21, 2014 | David Zucchino, LA Times

Although the U.S. has spent millions to build incinerators in Afghanistan to avoid exposing anyone to toxic smoke from open burning, American troops sent waste…

Iraq: Iraqi Oil Sector Faces Prospect of Independent Kurdistan

Jul 21, 2014 | Walid Khoudouri, Al-Monitor

Iraq has been suffering a continuous series of political crises since the 1980s — the most recent of which include the possible secession of the Kurds to…

South Sudan: Oil Company Donates Agricultural Equipment to Upper Nile Farmers

Jul 20, 2014 | Radio Tamazuj

The Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DPOC) donated twelve pieces of agricultural machinery this month to local authorities of four counties in South Sudan’s oil producing…

Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga Force Secures Kirkuk, Its Oil

Jul 20, 2014 | Jeffrey Young, Voice of America

KIRKUK, IRAQI KURDISTAN — The Kurdistan regional government has sent its Peshmerga troops into the adjacent province of Kirkuk to drive out insurgents, and to…

Iraq: Farm Project May Switch from Mosul to Kurdistan

Jul 19, 2014 | Kira Walker, Rudaw

Part of a foreign-funded project to improve agriculture in Iraq may be switched from Mosul to the Kurdistan Region after the country’s second-largest city fell…

Conflict Minerals Resource Center Launches New 2014 Training Module

Jul 18, 2014 | JustMeans

Seven of the world's largest industry associations collaborated with Source Intelligence and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to launch a web-based training module within the Conflict Minerals…

South Sudan: South Sudanese Rebels Slam China’s Conflicting Roles in South Sudan

Jul 18, 2014 | Sudan Tribune

July 18, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese armed opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) under the leadership of the former vice-president,…

Liberia: Liberia, Sime Darby Ink $10m Palm Oil Factory Project

Jul 18, 2014 | Star Africa

The Malaysian palm oil company, Sime Darby, has broken grounds for the construction of a $10 million palm oil factory in Liberia, the management told…

Afghanistan: University Agribusiness Development Specialist

Jul 17, 2014 | Purdue University

Provide the critical coordination function for capacity building activities within the Kabul University Faculty of Agriculture (KUFA), Kabul, Afghanistan related to establishing an agribusiness degree…

Afghanistan: Food Technology Development Specialist

Jul 17, 2014 | Purdue University

Provide the critical coordination function for capacity building activities with the Herat University Faculty of Agriculture (HUFA), Herat, Afghanistan related to establishing a food technology…

Gaza: Head of Gaza Programme

Jul 17, 2014 | Oxfam

An exciting vacancy is now live with us, and we are hoping to identify a dynamic and experienced senior Head of Programmes to oversee our…

Papua New Guinea: Village Assembly Strengthening Project Manager

Jul 17, 2014 | CARE Australia

CARE PNG is looking to fill the position of Village Assembly Strengthening (VAS) Project Manager. The VAS Project aims to build the organisational capacity of…

Sudan: SRC Country Coordinator

Jul 17, 2014 | Swiss Red Cross (SRC)

The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) is part of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – the world’s largest independent humanitarian organization. The movement has…

Rwanda: Contract and Fiscal Expert

Jul 17, 2014 | Government of Rwanda (GoR)

The Government of Rwanda (GoR) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing the Strategic Capacity Building Initiative (SCBI). Official implementation of…

Haiti: Head of Office / Country Representative

Jul 17, 2014 | German Red Cross (GRC)

The German Red Cross (GRC) is part of a worldwide community assisting victims of conflicts and disasters and people affected by social or health related…