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Sudan Signs Agreement to Transport 50% of S. Sudan's Oil

Jun 29, 2014 | Shadia Basheri - Sudan Vision Daily

Khartoum – An agreement was signed yesterday between the Ministry of Petroleum and partners operating in the Petrodar project to transport fifty percent of South…

How the Terrorists Got Rich In Iraq and Syria: ISIS Militants Are Flush With Funds

Jun 28, 2014 | The New York Times

A few feet from the Bab al-Salam border crossing near the Turkish town of Kilis, there is a shabby cafe where the most interesting items…

Sudan Seals New Agreement With Petrodar on Transit Fees

Jun 28, 2014 | Sudan Tribune

The Sudanese government and Petrodar oil company signed an agreement on Saturday, by which the latter pays $19.8 per barrel of oil flowing from oilfields…

Call for Applications: Asian Peacebuilders Scholarship

Jun 27, 2014 | University for Peace

The Asian Peacebuilders Scholarship (APS), a Dual Campus Master of Arts Programme, is a shared initiative of The Nippon Foundation, the UN Mandated University for…

Conflict Minerals: Department of Commerce Hasn’t Met Conflict Minerals Obligations, GAO Says

Jun 27, 2014 | Ken Tysiac, Journal of Accountancy

Although U.S. public companies were required to file their first conflict minerals disclosures earlier this month, a new government report shows that the U.S. Department…

Conflict Minerals: In Conflict Mineral Disclosures, Different Industries Seeing Different Trends

Jun 27, 2014 | Yin Wilczek, The Bureau of National Affairs

Based on their first-ever conflict minerals disclosures, different industries are approaching the Securities and Exchange Commission's conflict minerals requirements in different ways, a consultant said…

Liberia: SIFCA Accused of Violating Communities' Rights in Liberia's Southeast

Jun 27, 2014 | AllAfrica

Monrovia — SIFCA an agribusiness group which operates in Liberia through two subsidiaries Maryland Palm Oil Plantation (MOPP) and Cavalla Rubber Corporation's (CRC) has been…

Myanmar: Myitsone Will Harm China-Burma Relations: Ethnic Politicians

Jun 27, 2014 | Zarni Mann, The Irrawaddy

MANDALAY — Ethnic politicians from Burma have warned the Chinese government that resumption of the Myitsone dam project will harm relations between the two countries,…

Myanmar: UN: 'Poverty and corruption' fueling Myanmar's opium woes

Jun 27, 2014 | Gabriel Dominguez, Deutsche Welle

Myanmar is the world's second largest producer of opium - the raw ingredient for heroin - after Afghanistan, accounting for 10 percent of global production.…

Call for Applications: MA in Conflict, Security & Development

Jun 26, 2014 | King's College

Development and security are inextricably linked, yet all too often both academics and policy-makers address them separately. The MA in Conflict, Security, and Development is…

South Sudan: South Sudan's Oil Output Slips to 160,000 bpd - Ministry Official

Jun 26, 2014 | Carl Odera, Reuters

JUBA, June 26 (Reuters) - South Sudan's oil production is averaging about 160,000 barrels per day (bpd), slipping by about 5,000 bpd on numbers released…

Myanmar: Real Winners of Myanmar’s Oil and Gas Blocks Remain Hidden

Jun 26, 2014 | Global Witness

The majority of companies recently awarded oil and gas blocks in Myanmar have failed to answer questions over who really owns them, said Global Witness as…

Myanmar: The Opaque World of Myanmar’s Oil Industry

Jun 26, 2014 | Michael Peel, Financial Times

A Kazakh gas magnate, a furniture maker and two brothers once under international sanctions are part of a colourful cast flocking largely unnoticed to Myanmar’s…

Myanmar: Lower Supplies Affect Annual Gems Sales in Myanmar

Jun 26, 2014 | May Wong, Channel NewsAsia

NAY PYI TAW: At Myanmar's only annual gems fair in Nay Pyi Taw, sales are expected to hit US$1.5 billion this year, down from US$2.4…

Redrawn Lines Seen as No Cure in Iraq Conflict

Jun 26, 2014 | Robert F. Worth - The New York Times

ISTANBUL — Over the past two weeks, the specter that has haunted Iraq since its founding 93 years ago appears to have become a reality:…

Belgium: Belgians Share Their Land With War’s Reminders

Jun 26, 2014 | The New York Times

YPRES, Belgium — The padlocked cage beside the driveway on the Butaye family farm near this town in western Belgium is almost full of rusting…

Liberia: Liberia's Poor and the Rising Sea

Jun 25, 2014 | Wade C. L. Williams, AllAfrica

Monrovia — Mary B owned a shop in West Point, Monrovia's densely-populated slum community, where she sold liquor just few yards away from the sea.…

Conflict Minerals: Does Furniture Contain Conflict Minerals?

Jun 25, 2014 | Thomas Russell, Furniture Today

HIGH POINT — Publicly held furniture companies acknowledge they have taken steps to determine whether various metals used in their finished product come from mines…

Call for Applications: PhD Candidate in Geography

Jun 24, 2014 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology

A temporary position as PhD candidate in Geography is available at the Department of Geography, NTNU. The appointment is for a period of three years.…

Ford Sustainability Report 2013/2014 - A Step in the Right Direction

Jun 24, 2014 | The Enough Project

On Wednesday, June 18, Ford Motor Company released its Sustainability Report 2013/2014. Available online, the report documents Ford’s efforts to enhance its sustainability through a…

Syria Faces an Imminent Food and Water Crisis

Jun 24, 2014 | Chatham House

Humanitarian aid to Syria must target water authorities’ maintenance and disinfection needs, as both the regime and opposition forces are failing to respond to the…

Communities Protest That UK's Equatorial Palm Oil Are Poised to Seize Land in Liberia

Jun 24, 2014 | Global Witness

The UK-listed company, Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), which is threatening to seize land owned by Liberians in defiance of commitments by Liberia’s President, will today…

Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Timber Products Finances Criminal and Militia Groups, Threatening Security and Sustainable Development

Jun 24, 2014 | UNEP

Global environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development…