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Call for Proposals: Environmental Peacebuilding Panel at the 2026 NERPS Conference in Tokyo

Sep 15, 2025

Tobias Ide and Aleksandra Balinskaia will organise a panel on environmental peagebuilding at the 5th Conference of the Network for Education and Research on Peace and…

Call for Submissions: Path to Ottawa Initiatives

Sep 13, 2025
Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the University of Ottawa

In the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding–taking place in June 2026 in Ottawa, Canada–the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx®) and Conference partners are…

Call for Contributions: Visual Story Gallery (A Path to Ottawa Initiative)

Sep 13, 2025
Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace

As part of the Path to Ottawa Initiatives, the Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) is pulling together a visual "Story…

Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan: Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal and the Paradox of Central Asian Water Politics

Sep 11, 2025 | Kamila Fayzieva
Diplomat

As climate change accelerates and water resources in Central Asia continue to shrink, the construction of the massive Qosh Tepa Canal in northern Afghanistan is…

Sudan/South Sudan: Abyei Authorities Disseminate Land Act Ahead of Demarcation

Sep 11, 2025
Radio Tamazuj

The Ministry of Information and Communication in Abyei Administrative Area over the weekend launched a two-day program to disseminate the South Sudan Land Act 2009…

Kenya: Feasibility Study

Sep 11, 2025 | Sign of Hope

Sign of Hope (SoH) is a Christian motivated organisation for Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance and Development Cooperation. From its base in Constance, Germany, SoH is…

South Sudan: Manager of Programme Quality

Sep 11, 2025 | ZOA

ZOA supports people who have lost everything due to armed conflict or natural disaster. With 900 employees and (local) partners ZOA is active in Africa, South…

Syria: External Evaluation – Solarizing & Rehabilitating Water Systems

Sep 11, 2025 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…

Sudan: Emergency Program Manager - Zalengei

Sep 11, 2025 | Solidarités International

Solidarités International (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and…

DRC: Experte ou Expert Plaidoyer

Sep 11, 2025 | Action Contre la Faim France

Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes…

South Sudan: Program Manager - Malakal-Ulang

Sep 11, 2025 | Solidarités International

The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for launching and leading Solidarités International's (SI) response in the Sobat area, with an initial focus on Ulang and…

Ukraine: Disaster Management Delegate (m/f/d)

Sep 11, 2025 | German Red Cross

The German Red Cross (GRC) International Cooperation is dedicated to alleviating human suffering. True to the mandate of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent…

Ukraine: Technical Experts (VERITAS UKR)

Sep 11, 2025 | SoCha LLC

SoCha is an international monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) firm that delivers evidence-driven insights to help development and humanitarian actors make adaptive, impactful decisions. We…

Liberia: EU Envoy Warns of Sahel Crises Consequences in Liberia

Sep 10, 2025 | William Q. Harmon
Observer

The European Union’s Special Representative for the Sahel has warned that the ongoing crises in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger pose far-reaching security and migration…

Liberia: EU Envoy Warns Liberia's Cocoa, Timber Exports at Risk over Deforestation, Burkinabè Influx

Sep 10, 2025 | Lennart Dodoo
Liberian Investigator

The European Union's head of delegation to Liberia has warned that the country's credibility as a cocoa exporter could be undermined if production continues to…

Kenya/South Sudan/Uganda: How Kenya, Uganda Profit from South Sudan’s Illegal Gold and Charcoal Trade

Sep 10, 2025 | James Anyanzwa
Nation

As South Sudan grapples with a deepening economic collapse driven by years of civil war and plummeting oil revenues, a shadow economy is thriving—one that…

Afghanistan: Dispute over Land Ownership Claims 2 Lives in E. Afghanistan

Sep 10, 2025
Xinhua

A Dispute over a piece of land between two brothers in the eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has claimed two lives, provincial police spokesman Sayed Tayeb…

Colombia: Mennonites in Colombia to Repair Environmental Damage

Sep 10, 2025 | Josep Freixes
ColombiaOne

The Mennonite community that has lived for nine years in the Meta region of Colombia expressed its willingness to repair the environmental damage caused by…

We Are Missing the Peace in Climate Action

Sep 9, 2025 | Nazanine Moshiri

Despite the prevalence of climate diplomacy, its policy discussions often have a critical blind spot: The people who are worst affected rarely feature in summits,…

Afghanistan: 4 Water Supply Networks Launched in Afghanistan's Samangan Province

Sep 9, 2025
Xinhua

Afghan authorities have initiated construction on four new water supply networks in northern Samangan province, representing a key advancement in enhancing clean water access for…

Liberia: FDA, Firm Ask Court to Dismiss US$5M Lawsuit

Sep 9, 2025 | Emmanuel Sherman
The Daylight

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a logging company have asked the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice to dismiss a US$5 million lawsuit…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Halting Region's Oil Exports Has Caused $28 Billion in Losses to Iraq, Says KRG Official

Sep 8, 2025
Kurdistan24

The prolonged halt of the Kurdistan Region's oil exports has inflicted staggering financial damage on the Iraqi state, amounting to more than $28 billion in…

If Linked Mainly to Mineral and Business Deals, Peace Efforts in DRC Congo and Rwanda Will Not Go Far

Sep 7, 2025 | Bharat Dogra

Although a peace process involving Rwanda and DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) is supposed to be in place, this has not stopped eruption of violence,…

Afghanistan: Water Crisis and Water Mafia in Kabul: Situation Becomes More Critical Each Day

Sep 6, 2025 | Elina Qalam
Hasht-e-Subh Daily

Groundwater levels in Kabul have severely declined due to continued drought, excessive use of water resources, and weak management, bringing the water crisis in this…

Uganda: Regional Pact Brings Hope to Artisanal Miners 15 Years Later

Sep 6, 2025 | Philip Wafula
Monitor

A 15-year-old resolution by 12 member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has breathed life into Uganda’s Artisanal and Small-scale…

Poland/Ukraine: Polish Farmers Block Border with Ukraine

Sep 6, 2025 | Milena Bogdanova
Fakti.bg

Polish farmers have once again blocked the movement of Ukrainian trucks through the Medika-Shegyny checkpoint on the border with Ukraine, the State Border Service of…

Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Uzbekistan: The EU–UNEP Partnership to Support Locally Led Climate Actions in Fergana Valley

Sep 5, 2025
European Union

The regional initiative for Central Asia, funded by the European Union, within the EU–UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment and Peace, was launched on 25 August…

Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan: Central Asia and Afghanistan Heading for “Confrontation” over Water-Thirsty Canal, Warns Analyst

Sep 5, 2025
bne IntelliNews

Water-stressed Central Asia and Afghanistan are heading for a “confrontation” over the Taliban’s building of the Qosh Tepa Canal, which will divert up to a…

Liberia: As Climate Change Drives More Farmers into the Forests, Ambitious Boakai Forestry Sector Reform Is Yet to Help Local Communities

Sep 5, 2025 | Eric Opa Duoe
New Narratives

Marthaline Gbar is among dozens of residents in the Garwin Authorized Community Forest who say they’ve been left impoverished by broken promises from Tetra Logging,…

Indus Waters Treaty: From Cooperative Vision to Calculated Confrontation

Sep 4, 2025 | Medha Bisht

Instead of believing that strategic patience would breed stability, the Modi government’s strategic escalation has made Indus water flows a tool of coercive diplomacy.