International News
Palestine: Palestine's Energy Transformation: How Does Energy Scarcity Intersect with Gender Justice?
Aug 22, 2019
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Madeleine Race, The Ecologist
Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Local communities have no sovereignty over their energy supply, due to Israeli occupation since 1967.
The Israeli control…
Liberia: Solidaridad Certificates Young Graduates as Oil Palm Facilitators
Aug 19, 2019
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George Harris, Observer
Oil-palm is one of the emerging sectors attracting investor attention to Liberia from around the globe. The country’s oil palm market has seen an average…
DRC: Woman Killed in DR Congo Illegal Mining Crackdown
Aug 19, 2019
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Agence France-Presse
A woman was killed in clashes between subsistence miners and security forces at a Chinese-owned mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said on…
Uganda: How Karamoja First Policewoman's Land Was Grabbed
Aug 8, 2019
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Joseph Olanyo, Observer
After serving the Uganda Police Force diligently for the last 44 years, Rtd Sergeant Mariam Sunday Lokisa knew she would retire happily to her matrimonial…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan’s Massive Gas Reserves No One Knows about
Aug 7, 2019
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Simon Watkins, OilPrice
Barely a month goes past without another indication of the vast gas potential still largely untapped in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Last…
DRC: $3.7m Fund to Help End Illegal Mining in Congo
Jul 25, 2019
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Kennedy Senelwa, East African
Armed actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s artisanal mining have been dealt a blow with the release of $3.7 million funding by the United…
Liberia: WOMSUD Launches Women’s Participation in Country’s Natural Resources
Jul 25, 2019
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Hannah N. Geterminah, Observer
Women Movement for Sustainable Development (WOMUD) on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, launched the Women’s Participation in the Natural Resources Sectors Report under the title, “Strengthening…
South Africa: Sweeping the Bush, Protecting the Land - The Women Quashing Poaching
Jul 25, 2019
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UNEP
The black mamba is the most venomous snake in sub-Saharan Africa. One bite can kill a person in just a few hours. It is also…
Zimbabwe: War Vets Confront Minister over Land Grab
Jul 24, 2019
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New Zimbabwe
War veterans here have called to order Provincial Affairs Minister Ezra Chadzamira for allegedly trying to remove the former freedom fighters from farms they forcibly…
Inclusive Peace in Afghanistan Means ‘Women at the Centre’ Urges UN Deputy Chief in Kabul
Jul 21, 2019
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UN
The UN deputy chief issued an impassioned plea on Sunday for Afghans to reconcile with the past and put “women at the centre” of all efforts…
Iraq: Iraq Kills Daesh Oil Minister
Jul 20, 2019
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Middle East Monitor
Iraq’s intelligence services have killed the oil minister of Daesh in Syria, according to Iraqi security expert Fadel Abu-Ragheef. Abu-Ragheef wrote on Twitter: “The Iraqi…
Climate Change: House Passes Intelligence Legislation with Climate Rider
Jul 19, 2019
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Nick Sobczyk, E&E News
The House this week passed a measure as part of its annual intelligence authorization bill to create a Climate Security Advisory Council under the director…
Women Key in Peace Negotiations- UN Women
Jul 19, 2019
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Sarah Mazirwe, New Vision
The UN Women has urged the government to increase the engagement of women in peace negotiations in conflicts. Anna Mutavati, the deputy representative UN Women…
Nigeria: Land Grabbing behind Herdsmen-Farmers Crisis – Yuguda
Jul 16, 2019
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Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Vanguard
Former Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda on Tuesday said that land grabbing and population explosion were responsible for the crisis between farmers and herdsmen in…
Afghanistan: Farmer Field Schools Help Afghan Women to Step out from the Shadows
Jul 16, 2019
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ACTED
Working with over 300 female farmers, ACTED provided field school trainings in five provinces across Afghanistan. They aimed at teaching participants new techniques and developing…
India: Water Wars: Tempers Fray as Shortages Bite in New Delhi
Jul 12, 2019
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Joe Wallen, Telegraph
Soaring temperatures and a long delay to the start of the monsoon season are behind some of the most severe water shortages in New Delhi's…
Meet the Woman Risking her Life to Clear Colombia's Minefields
Jul 12, 2019
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BBC News
Paola Sanchez is 24 years old and risks her life every day, finding and deactivating landmines after five decades of conflict in Colombia.
Many of the…
Land Rights and Livelihoods Key to Achieving Sustainable Development for Kenya’s Indigenous Women
Jul 11, 2019
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Global Forest Coalition
Governments gathered today at the High-level Political Forum at United Nations Headquarters in New York are discussing Sustainable Development Goal 13, on climate action. But…
Los Derechos a la Tierra y a los Medios de Vida son Clave para que las Mujeres Indígenas de Kenia Logren un Desarrollo Sostenible
Jul 11, 2019
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Coalicion Mundial por los Bosques
Los gobiernos que están hoy reunidos en el Foro Político de Alto Nivel en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, están discutiendo…
South Sudan: The Plight of South Sudanese Sexual Assault Survivors
Jul 10, 2019
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Osman Mohamed Osman, Aljazeera
Dadaab, Kenya - Teresa* (not her real name) gathers her three children outside her shanty, which was provided by aid agencies in Dadaab, a sprawling refugee camp…
Climate Change: Pentagon Pushed to Put Price Tag on Climate Vulnerability
Jul 10, 2019
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Dean Scott, Bloomberg Environment
The U.S. military already knows it faces increasing vulnerabilities from a warming planet, from Virginia naval installations facing more frequent flooding to Air Force bases…
Afghanistan: UN-backed ‘Local Peace Initiative’ Culminates in Pact to End Longstanding Land Dispute in Kunar
Jul 10, 2019
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UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
A UN-backed ‘local peace initiative’ has helped two tribes reach agreement on ending a 40-year conflict over land in the eastern province of Kunar. For…
Kenya: How Women in Kenya Mobilised for Peace after Surviving Violence
Jul 10, 2019
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Sierra Leone Times
Women are rarely represented adequately at peace negotiations yet they make up half the population of any country in conflict or at war. This remains the case…
Gov’t, Int’l Partners Endorse Liberia’s Action Plan for Women Empowerment
Jul 10, 2019
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Alline Dunbar, FrontPage Africa
Several officials of the Liberian government and international partners on Tuesday, July 9, gathered at the Mamba Point Hotel in Monrovia to endorse and validate…
Veterans and Farmers Can Make an Ideal Team
Jul 9, 2019
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HudsonValley360
Imagine you’re an Army veteran returning from tours of duty in Afghanistan relatively unscathed physically but burdened by post-traumatic stress disorder, and you have an…
Liberia: Land Rights Education Will Empower Women, Girls
Jul 9, 2019
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Alvin Worzi, Observer
The Land Rights Act (LRA), which was passed into law in 2018 by members of the 54th Legislature, will serve as an impetus that will…
US Sets up Commission for Human Rights Advice
Jul 8, 2019
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Deutsche Welle
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced a new commission to review the idea of human rights and how it shapes US foreign policy. Critics…
DRC: Congo’s Swing Producers Turn to Copper after Cobalt Meltdown
Jul 8, 2019
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William Clowes, Bloomberg
Production of hand-dug cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to drop sharply after prices tumbled, prompting many of the country’s thousands of…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women Entrepreneurs to Receive 5 Percent Quota to Strengthen Economic Participation
Jul 8, 2019
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Xinhua
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has announced to reserve a minimum quota of 5 percent for women entrepreneurs in a bid to improve their participation…
Bangladesh/Myanmar: Flood Submerges Rohingya Camp on Borders
Jul 6, 2019
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Cox's Bazar
A Rohingya camp on the borderline between Bangladesh and Myanmar was flooded by sudden onrush of hilly water on Thursday. Makeshift shades at a camp…