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Conflict Resources: Officials: Wildlife Products May Finance Terrorism

Jun 16, 2014 | Verena Dobnik, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government is stepping up its crackdown on the illegal trafficking of wild animal products across the nation's borders, saying…

Liberia: Court Official Scuffle With Reporters During Land Dispute

Jun 15, 2014 | AllAfrica

Monrovia — The man in the picture had his hand pointed to a FrontPAgeAfrica reporter who had gone on a reportorial duty to cover an…

Liberia: Robert Sirleaf Establishes Disaster Empowerment Recovery Program

Jun 15, 2014 | Henry Karmo, AllAfrica

Monrovia — The office of Mr. Robert Sirleaf former Chairman of the board of directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) says it…

Myanmar: Mandalay Farmers Begin ‘Plough Protest’ on 3,000 Acres

Jun 13, 2014 | Tun Tun Thein, Democratic Voice of Burma

Some 800 farmers in Mandalay Division began ploughing more than 3,000 acres of farmland last week as a protest for its return since it was…

Iraq: Iraq’s Insurgency and the Threat to Oil

Jun 13, 2014 | Gulf News

Washington: Oil markets are finally rattling after militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) took over a series of key Iraqi…

National Officer for Early Recovery and Rehabilitation (Resident Coordinator's Office)

Jun 12, 2014 | UNDP

This assignment is intended to contribute in strengthening the Resident Coordinator’s Office to carry out its responsibility in the process of early recovery needs assessment…

Chief of Party, Dili, Timor-Leste

Jun 12, 2014 | DAI

DAI seeks a Chief of Party for an integrated economic growth project for sustainable development of the horticulture value chain in Timor-Leste. The anticipated project…

Kenya: Senior Project Officer - REGAL-IR

Jun 12, 2014 | Adeso

The REGAL IR program is a 5 year initiative aiming to reduce hunger and poverty, increase social stability and build strong foundations for economic growth…

Conflict Prevention & Peacebuilding Consultant

Jun 12, 2014 | UNDP

The UNDP Pacific Centre based in Suva, Fiji supports the work of UNDP Country Offices in 15 Island Country States of the Pacific as well…

Call for Applications: OAS-UPEACE Scholarship

Jun 12, 2014 | OAS & University for Peace

The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Department of Human Development, Education and Employment (DHDEE) and the University for Peace (UPEACE), through the OAS…

Why Federalism Must Wait

Jun 12, 2014 | James Adiok Mayik

Many if not all advocates of federalism in South Sudan fail to see many facts as to why South Sudan is not ready for a…

OVL, Partners Weigh Sudan Government’s All-or-Nothing Offer

Jun 12, 2014 | Siddhartha P Saikia, The Financial Express

Despite the separation of South Sudan from the then unified Sudan in July 2011, a joint venture hydrocarbon project between state-run oil companies of India,…

Liberia: GVL Explains Greencon Draft

Jun 12, 2014 | AllAfrica

Golden Veroleum Liberia says it has started presenting its latest draft Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to the people of Nitrain in Kpanyan, Sinoe County.

In…

Conflict Minerals: Cal Poly Student Proposes Ban on Electronics Using 'Conflict Minerals'

Jun 12, 2014 | Nick Wilson, The Tribune

A resolution proposed by a Cal Poly political science student hopes to prevent the university’s purchase of electronics made using “conflict minerals” that are mined…

South Sudan: Roving Emergency Environmental Health Manager

Jun 11, 2014 | International Rescue Committee

The Roving Emergency Environmental Health (EH) Manager will implement rapid emergency WASH response in Unity State and possibly across South Sudan. The program focuses on…

FARC Attacks Setback for Colombia Oil

Jun 11, 2014 | Latin America Advisor

There were 259 attacks on oil pipeline infrastructure in Colombia last year, the highest figure in a decade, according to Defense Ministry data. Who has…

Korea-Japan Electronics Company Coalition on Conflict Minerals Summary

Jun 11, 2014 | JEITA

In the conflict zone in the world, armed groups engage in inhumane acts against local residents, including gender-based violence, plundering, and use of child labor.…

New Push for Montara Oil Disaster Study

Jun 11, 2014 | Gabrielle Dunlevy, The Age

Indonesia's government has added its weight to a new push to make Canberra and the Thai company behind the Montara oil disaster survey for damage…

Forum Tackles Conflict Minerals Due Diligence Difficulties

Jun 11, 2014 | PCBDesign007

At the OECD-UN-ICGLR GoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, May 26-28 in Paris, IPC Director of Government Relations and Environmental Policy Fern Abrams spoke on…

Conflict Minerals Argument Over. Impossible? Over a Thousand Did It

Jun 11, 2014 | 3BL Media

If the SEC posted a filing deadline and no one filed, Section 1502 of Dodd-Frank would have been a failure. Instead, public companies provided a…

IPC Highlights Small Business Difficulties with Conflict Minerals Due Diligence at OECD Forum

Jun 11, 2014 | IPC Blog

At the OECD-UN-ICGLR GoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, May 26–28 in Paris, IPC Director of Government Relations and Environmental Policy Fern Abrams spoke…

Iraq's Insurgency and the Threat to Oil

Jun 11, 2014 | Keith Johnson, FP

Oil markets are finally rattling after militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took over a series of key Iraqi cities Tuesday…

Liberia: Liberia’s First Gold Mine on Track for March Start

Jun 11, 2014 | Natasha Odendaal, Mining Weekly

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The inaugural gold pour from Liberia’s first commercial gold mine was on schedule for March 2015, Aim- and TSX-listed Aureus Mining said…

China/Japan: Japan Protests Chinese Flybys Over East China Sea

Jun 11, 2014 | Martin Fackler, The New York Times

TOKYO — Japan protested to Beijing on Wednesday after Chinese fighter jets flew within 100 feet of Japanese military planes in airspace claimed by both…

In Malakal, a Struggle to Survive in South Sudan's New Normal

Jun 10, 2014 | Mugume Davis Rwakaringi, Voice of America

MALAKAL — Matthew Chol Jok used to work as director general of a sanitation and environment company in Upper Nile state, in the northeast of…

Sierra Leone President Fires Deputy Over Mining

Jun 10, 2014 | AP

Sierra Leone's president fired his powerful chief of staff over how he negotiated a mining agreement and his granting of another company the right to…

US Law Has Helped Limit 'Conflict Minerals', Study Says

Jun 10, 2014 | Phys.Org

A US law, and end efforts by technology firms, has helped limit the use of "conflict minerals" from Africa for consumer electronics, according to a…

Upper Nile Governor Orders Sorghum Distribution in War-Affected Counties

Jun 9, 2014 | Radio Tamazuj

The governor of South Sudan’s Upper Nile state Simon Kun Puoc has recently issued a decision forming a committee headed by the state agriculture minister…

Liberia: Sime Darby Plans up to 100,000 Hectares of Oil Palm in Liberia

Jun 9, 2014 | Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) -- Multinational Conglomerate, Sime Darby Bhd, is planning to plant up to 100,000 hectares of oil palm in Liberia within…

Sudanese Conflict and the Interest of Foreign Countries

Jun 8, 2014 | Pavel Gusterin, ArabInform

Russia, which had an impact on the largest by territory African state, which was Sudan before the secession of South Sudan in 2011, lost its…