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Mali: 'A Drastic Loss': Satellite Imagery Reveals Mali's Farmers Forced off Land by Militias

Jul 10, 2020 | Kaamil Ahmed

A surge in fighting in central Mali has forced hundreds of villagers from farmland they depend on and could leave them without enough food to…

South Sudan: Tackling South Sudan’s Oil Spills in Court

Jul 10, 2020 | Ed Reed, Energy Voice

South Sudan is the outlier. A legal challenge mounted in late April by Hope for Humanity Africa in the East African Court of Justice, in…

Myanmar: Timber Smuggling Continues in Sagaing Despite Ban, Virus

Jul 10, 2020 | Khin Su Wai, Myanmar Times

The number of illegal logs seized in the first nine months of the fiscal year shows that timber smuggling remains rampant in Sagaing Region despite…

Colombia: Colombia Lost More Than 158,000 Hectares to Deforestation in 2019

Jul 9, 2020 | Reuters

Colombia lost 158,894 hectares (392,636 acres) of forest in 2019, a 19% drop from the previous year, the government reported on Thursday, amid fears that…

The Power of Women on Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions

Jul 9, 2020 | Linda Coady

When we think about transforming our energy systems, we need to make sure that transformation happens in a way that is not only innovative and…

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Spin New Careers by Reviving Ancient Silk Road Crafts

Jul 9, 2020 | Stefanie Glinski, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Once an important Silk Road trading hub, the Afghan city of Herat has long been a cultural centre, but decades of war have ravaged its…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Glencore Restructures $500 Million Oil Loan With Iraqi Kurdistan

Jul 9, 2020 | Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Bloomberg

Glencore Plc has restructured a $500 million oil-for-cash loan to Kurdistan in northern Iraq, reducing payments for 2020 as the semi-autonomous region struggles due to…

Myanmar: Efforts to Fix Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mine Issue Face Obstacles

Jul 9, 2020 | Nan Lwin, Irrawaddy

In the wake of the disaster, the government has set up a committee to investigate the accident, while Myanmar’s military sacked the Kachin State security and border…

Mainstreaming Gender When Incorporating Advanced Technology In Agriculture

Jul 8, 2020 | Novela Acharya

With the globalization, massive technological advancement has been observed which has revolutionized the whole world and transformed our daily lives. This digital revolution has not…

Iraq: Shrinking Water Supplies Threaten to Put Fragile Iraq 'on the Edge'

Jul 8, 2020 | Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation

As lower oil prices and a coronavirus-driven downturn batter Iraq's economy, availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions, security experts warned…

Climate and Environmental Justice Issue Focus Landscape Mapper and Consultant

Jul 7, 2020 | Urgent Action Fund

Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights is a global women’s fund that protects, strengthens and sustains women and trans* human rights activists and the…

Why Investing in Women's Land Rights Helps Overall Gender Equality

Jul 7, 2020 | Karol Boudreaux

It is depressing, discouraging, infuriating – pick your word – to see the scale and scope of abuse and discrimination aimed at women and girls…

NORCAP Seeks Housing, Land and Property Advisers

Jul 7, 2020 | Norwegian Capacity

In countries with a high degree of displacement, conflict or unrest, issues of housing, land and property are of vital importance. People may be forcibly…

Egypt and Ethiopia: The Curse of the Nile

Jul 7, 2020 | Marina Ottaway

A slow-motion crisis has been developing in the Nile Valley since the Ethiopian government announced the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on…

Falklands Land Grab: UK Sent Warning as South American States Rally around Argentina

Jul 7, 2020 | Brian McGleenon, Express

Argentina has reaffirmed its claim over the Falklands Islands and now the country has gained support from the South American common market of countries such…

Myanmar: Corruption, Weak Rule of Law Cited as Myanmar Probes Latest Jade Disaster

Jul 7, 2020 | Radio Free Asia

A team appointed by the Myanmar government to probe a massive landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has begun its investigation into the…

Indonesia: Women, Peace and Security and Indonesia's Foreign Policy

Jul 7, 2020 | Retno LP Marsudi

The issue of women, peace and security is one of the priorities of Indonesia’s foreign policy. This priority is manifested also in our support for…

Climate Woes Growing for Women, Hit Worst By Displacement and Migration

Jul 7, 2020 | Megan Rowling

From sexual violence in displacement camps to extra farm work and greater risk of illness, women shoulder a bigger burden from worsening extreme weather and…

Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs Resolves Boundary Disagreement in Rivergee; as Minister Sirleaf Stresses Peaceful Co-Existence

Jul 6, 2020 | FrontPage Africa

Residents of two Districts of Rivergee County namely Chedepo and Potupo have finally settled their long-running boundary dispute, days after a dialogue initiated by the…

Countdown to a Bitter Battle Over the Water of the Nile?

Jul 6, 2020 | Ricard González

In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, the idea that water would drive the wars of the future took hold among analysts and…

Depopulating Military Installations Because of Sea Level Rise

Jul 6, 2020 | Marc Kodack

In case you missed it, an audit of the U.S. Department of Defense’s installation climate resilience from last year, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, found that…

Iraq/Lebanon: Lebanon, Iraq Discuss Exchanging Oil for Food

Jul 4, 2020 | Middle East Monitor

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar discussed on Friday exchanging Iraq’s oil with Lebanon’s food and other industries, news…

Myanmar: ‘I Thought I Would Die’: Inside Myanmar’s Risky Pursuit of Jade

Jul 3, 2020 | Saw Nang and Richard C. Paddock, New York Times

Mr. Aung Kyaw Htay was one of hundreds of unauthorized jade pickers scavenging on the edges of the Wai Khar open-pit mine in Kachin State,…

Join Now: The Friends of CEOBS Community

Jul 2, 2020 | Conflict and Environment Observatory

The purpose of the voluntary Friends of CEOBS community is to increase CEOBS' technical capacity, and to give individuals an opportunity to become more involved…

DRC: Report Accuses Israeli Mogul of Setting up Global Network to Launder DR Congo Money

Jul 2, 2020 | i24 News

An Israeli mining mogul set up a global money laundering network to work around American sanctions and extract mineral wealth from the Democratic Republic of…

Unlocking the Biggest Resource We Have to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change: Women in STEMM

Jul 2, 2020 | Anna Madlener and Natalie Unterstell

In times of the Covid-19 outbreak, social isolation is illuminating the gender gap perhaps like never before. Just count how many online “manels’’ (a panel…

Exploitation Of The Environment In War Or Armed Conflict Is Inevitable; Three Case Studies Including Gaza Strip, Yemen, And Iraq

Jul 2, 2020 | George Stacey

Any kind of war or armed conflict is a miserable thing as it kills numbers of innocent civilians. Conflict destroys communities, cultures, infrastructure, and most…