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Is S Sudan Falling into Oil Resource Curse?
Jun 7, 2014
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Malek Cook-Dwach
The notion of resource curse has engulfed African countries, which are rich in natural resources and heavily depend on revenues from these resources. The resource…
Call for Applications: PhD Fellowships at Department of Food and Resource Economics
Jun 6, 2014
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University of Copenhagen
Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) is offering a number of PhD scholarships from the 1 November 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.
IFRO…
Myanmar: Thein Sein Rails Against Corruption and Global Warming
Jun 6, 2014
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Eleven
Corruption is more likely to destabilise Myanmar’s development than terrorism, President Thein Sein told a gathering in Nay Pyi Taw to mark World Environmental Day…
Myanmar: Displaced Thilawa Villagers Descend on Tokyo
Jun 6, 2014
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Zaw Zaw Hlaing, Democratic Voice of Burma
A group of residents living in Rangoon’s Thilawa have travelled to Tokyo to lodge a formal complaint to Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA).
JICA is leading…
Conflict Minerals: Disclosures Put Conflict Minerals on Companies' Agenda
Jun 6, 2014
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David Nicklaus, STL Today
An African civil war isn’t usually a top-of-mind business concern for a St. Louis chemical company, but this week Sigma-Aldrich paid close attention to violence…
Conflict Minerals: Conflict Minerals Filings Show Common Thread: The Most Comprehensive Reports Used California-Based Supply Chain Intelligence Firm
Jun 6, 2014
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Broadway World
Dozens of companies filing some of the most comprehensive conflict minerals reports this week counted on a San Diego-area investigative data management firm to dig…
Libya: Libya’s Oil Output Drops Further
Jun 6, 2014
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Joe DeCapua, Voice of America
Libya has much of the world’s highest quality crude oil. But since the fall of long-time leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, production has been sporadic…
Call for Applications: Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Jun 5, 2014
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The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program
Scoville Fellows interested in "Environmental and Energy Security, including the Nexus of Climate Change and Energy Use, Conflict, and Resource Scarcity" will support and participate…
The Morning Ledger: Conflict-Metals Disclosures Reveal North Korean Surprise
Jun 5, 2014
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James Willhite
Dozens of firms found an unwelcome surprise in their supply chains beyond a connection to mines controlled by armed groups in the Congo region, which…
Courses: Updated Conflict Minerals Training Course Now Available from WeComply
Jun 5, 2014
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WeComply, Inc.
WeComply, Inc., a Thomson Reuters business and leader in web-based ethics and compliance training, has announced an updated version of its Conflict Minerals training course. The…
South Sudan: China Takes More Assertive Line in South Sudan Diplomacy
Jun 5, 2014
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Drazen Jorgic, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
JUBA (Reuters) - China is swapping its reserved diplomacy for a hands-on approach to help resolve a more than five-month-old rebellion in South Sudan that…
Myanmar: Dozens of New Flora, Fauna Species in Myanmar
Jun 5, 2014
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Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A dragon fish with intricate, maze-like markings on every scale, a frog with rough, chocolate-colored skin and a ginger plant are…
Conflict Minerals: The Conflict Over Conflict-Free Minerals
Jun 5, 2014
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Ian King, Bloomberg Businessweek
Like most advanced chips these days, Intel’s (INTC) contain tantalum, gold, tin, and tungsten—elements that can be mined on the cheap in war-torn parts of…
Liberia: House Requests U.S.$700,000 Explanation
Jun 5, 2014
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Necus M. Andrews, AllAfrica
The House of Representatives has mandated its joint Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditure to investigate the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) to provide…
Myanmar: Land Rights Activist Murdered in Burma
Jun 5, 2014
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Moe Zaw, Voice of America
RANGOON — An opposition land rights activist in Burma, also known as Myanmar, has been shot and killed in a remote village in northern Shan…
Myanmar: Demolition of Riverside Squats Leaves Families Homeless
Jun 5, 2014
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Democratic Voice of Burma
Local authorities have demolished 50 huts belonging to squatters on the banks of the Irrawaddy in Mandalay Division.
The villagers had been forced onto higher ground by…
China/Philippines: Philippines Reports Chinese Ship Movement Around Disputed Reefs
Jun 5, 2014
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Floyd Whaley, The New York Times
MANILA — China is moving ships around disputed reefs in the South China Sea that could be used to reclaim land and build structures, President…
Water Wars in the Middle East - $1 Trillion is at Stake
Jun 4, 2014
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Garikai Chengdu
Water is to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th ... the commodity that determines the wealth and stability of nations, writes Garikai…
New MEPs must tackle conflict minerals
Jun 4, 2014
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Gavin Hayman
Europe’s nearly half a billion consumers are driving a rising global demand for minerals such as tungsten, tantalum, and gold.
These minerals, used in many consumer…
Chief of Party - Food for Peace Program, Nepal
Jun 4, 2014
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Save the Children
Save the Children is currently recruiting for a Chief of Party (COP) who will be responsible for the delivery, performance and management of a five-year…
Chief of Party - Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Ethiopia
Jun 4, 2014
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International Rescue Committee (IRC)
The IRC is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) for an anticipated USAID-funded Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project in Ethiopia, which will focus on…
Water Wars in the Middle East - $1 Trillion is at Stake
Jun 4, 2014
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Garikai Chengdu
Water is to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th ... the commodity that determines the wealth and stability of nations, writes Garikai…
China/Philippines: China Refuses to Defend its South China Sea Claims to UN Court
Jun 4, 2014
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Bloomberg
China refused to defend its territorial claims in the South China Sea to a United Nations tribunal because it doesn’t recognize international arbitration of its…
China/Philippines: Tribunal orders China to respond to PHL’s complaint over sea row
Jun 4, 2014
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GMA News
A United Nations-backed international arbitral tribunal has ordered China to respond to the Philippines' claim that Beijing illegally occupied certain areas in the South China…
East Africa: East African states plan single consultant for oil pipeline: official
Jun 4, 2014
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George Obulutsa, Reuters
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan are expected to invite bids this month for a single consultant to oversee the building of an…
Myanmar: Mangrove Planters Take Fight to Naypyidaw
Jun 4, 2014
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Democratic Voice of Burma
Twenty-three farmers from Dedaye, Irrawaddy Division have travelled to the capital Naypyidaw, with the hopes of meeting President Thein Sein.
The farmers object to their regional…
Myanmar: Police Rip Down 200 Homes in Hlegu Township
Jun 4, 2014
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Eleven
Police and security guards destroyed the homes of about 200 families who have been unable to find suitable housing since being evicted from a village…
South Sudan: Campaign Group Demands 'Immediate' Suspension of Oil Contracts
Jun 4, 2014
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Sudan Tribune
June 4, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudan government must “immediately” issue suspension on all new contracts in its oil industry, the campaign group, Global Witness…
Conflict Minerals: A Call for Conflict-Free Phones
Jun 3, 2014
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Laura Secorun Palet, USA Today
Despite his serene demeanor, Bas Van Abel once got so furious, he smashed his 11-year-old's Nintendo DS. It wasn't his son's fault; it was the…
Conflict Minerals: Tesla Motors Outlines Difficulties In Tracking Conflict Minerals In Its Supply Chain
Jun 3, 2014
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Angelo Young, International Business Times
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) said this week in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it’s having difficulty determining the source for some of the…