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Liberia: Liberia Launches Kimberley Process Review to Strengthen Diamond Sector Oversight

Mar 25, 2026 | David Menjor
Liberian Investigator

Liberia has launched a high-level review mission under the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), marking its first comprehensive assessment since 2013 and signaling renewed efforts…

How Wars Change Weather: From Acid Rain to Toxic Fog; the Hidden Impact Revealed

Mar 25, 2026
Times of India

One of the most impactful ways that war affects the weather is through the formation of acid rain. This is caused by war equipment, blasts,…

Myanmar: New Generation of Myanmar Conservationists Deepen Their Connection to the Salween

Mar 25, 2026
International Union for Conservation of Nature

The Salween Youth Engagement Programme is part of IUCN’s pioneering Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE) programme, which aims to build water governance capacities through…

DEADLINE EXTENDED: EnPAx Award for Best Student Paper on Environmental Peacebuilding (8 May 2026)

Mar 25, 2026 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

At the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding (16-19 June 2026), the Environmental Peacebuilding Association will present the Award for Best Student Paper on Environmental…

Egypt/Ethiopia: Egyptian Outrage as Ethiopia Announces Plans for More Dams on Blue Nile

Mar 24, 2026 | Saleh Salem
New Arab

Ethiopia has announced plans to construct three new dams on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River, sparking anger in Egypt, where…

Guinea/Liberia: Boakai Calls on Macron in Liberia-Guinea Border Dispute

Mar 24, 2026
FrontPage Africa

President Joseph Boakai has reportedly sought the intervention of French President Emmanuel Macron regarding Liberia's ongoing border dispute with neighboring Guinea. This comes amid allegations…

Burkina Faso/Mozambique: How Gaps in Land Access Fuel Conflict: Lessons from Burkina Faso and Mozambique for 'Do No Harm' Approach

Mar 24, 2026 | Rick de Satgé and Luis Baquero
Land Portal

These cases are not exceptional. They reflect a systemic problem: the gap between who legally owns land and who can actually use it. This gap…

Planet Launches New Initiative on Planetary Security

Mar 24, 2026 | Andrew Zolli and Andrew Hassanali
Planet Pulse

On a volatile and changing planet, the landscape of security risks is expanding, and our notion of security must expand with it. This is the…

Climate Change: “Renewables Deliver Climate Security, Energy Security and National Security”: UN Secretary-General

Mar 23, 2026
UN

The State of the Global Climate is in a state of emergency. Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is…

Afghanistan: War and Climate Stress Push Afghan Farmers to the Brink

Mar 23, 2026 | Fawad Ali
Dialogue Earth

Afghanistan has lived through over four decades of armed conflict. It is also one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate…

Iran/United States: Why Iran’s Threat to Destroy Water Facilities Could Spell Disaster for Gulf Countries

Mar 23, 2026 | Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Guardian

Iran has threatened “irreversible destruction” of water infrastructure across Gulf countries, if the US follows through on Donald Trump’s threat to attack Iran’s electricity grid.…

Afghanistan: Water Crisis Deepens in Afghanistan as Families Struggle for Access

Mar 22, 2026
Ariana News

As the world marks World Water Day, Afghanistan is facing a worsening water crisis, with millions of people struggling to access safe and reliable supplies.…

Lebanon: Conflict and Drought in Lebanon are Driving 1 Million People into an Unprecedented Water Crisis

Mar 22, 2026
Action Against Hunger

Lebanon is experiencing the worst drought in decades. Reservoir levels are critically low, placing pressure on distribution networks and agricultural production, particularly in rural areas…

Israel/Palestine: Waterkeeper: How Water Can Be a Blueprint for Peace

Mar 22, 2026 | Pacinthe Mattar
Canadian Geographic

For Bashar Alshawwa, water is not just a basic need — it is both the heart of global inequality and the key to peace. After…

Afghanistan: Searching for Water Is a Daily Battle for Many Afghan Families

Mar 22, 2026
International Committee of the Red Cross

In Afghanistan, water is becoming harder to access, afford, and manage. Water scarcity affects daily life, livelihoods, and health. In rural areas protracted crises and…

Guinea/Liberia: Did Guinea Soldiers re-Hoist Flag on Liberian Soil Despite Peace Negotiations?

Mar 21, 2026 | Laymah Kollie
Dubawa

Early Tuesday morning, March 17, 2026, social media got flooded with news of Guinean Soldiers re-entering Liberia’s territory to re-hoist their flag on Liberia’s soil.…

Afghanistan: Ghazni Farmers Seek Improved Seeds, Water Projects to Combat Climate Change

Mar 20, 2026 | Wahidullah Jumazada
Pajhwok Afghan News

Some farmers in southern Ghazniprovince are calling for the implementation of projects providing improved seeds, standard fertilisers and water-management systems. They say such measures could…

DRC: DRC Uses Geoscience Data to Strengthen Oversight of Mining Sector

Mar 19, 2026
Ecofin Agency

The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a new program to strengthen oversight of its mining sector by improving the production and use of geoscientific…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil, Baghdad to Form High-Level Committee to Protect Kurdistan Region Oilfields

Mar 19, 2026
New Region

Erbil and Baghdad are set to form a high-level committee to safeguard the Kurdistan Region’s oilfields and thwart renewed threats to energy infrastructure, The New…

Iran: The Noxious Smoke Enveloping Tehran

Mar 19, 2026 | Ahmad Baydoun, Chris Osieck, Nilo Tabrizy, and Wim Zwijnenburg
New Lines Magazine

On the evening of March 7, the Israeli military confirmed that a new set of strikes on Iran was underway. This time, it was targeting…

The Kenyan Kalaazar Caregivers Holding the Line Against a Deadly Disease That Chooses No Tribe and No Child

Mar 19, 2026 | Faith Kathambi Mutegi
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

March 2026, West Pokot: For three days, the rain has fallen without pause. The road leading to Sigor Subcounty Hospital, usually a lifeline for families…

Colombia/Ecuador: Border Tensions: Ecuador-Colombia Conflict Escalates

Mar 18, 2026
Devdiscourse

Ecuador's president denies claims of bombing Colombian territory amid increasing border tensions. Colombian President Petro accuses Ecuador; however, evidence is lacking. Bilateral relations worsen as…

Liberia: LLA Leads Boundary Identification Exercise between Pleebo and Gbolobo Clans in Maryland

Mar 18, 2026 | Peter P. Toe, Jr
FrontPage Africa

The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), in collaboration with civil society organizations, human rights institutions, and media representatives, has successfully conducted an exercise to identify the…

Colombia: Ethnic Land Rights Fail to Provide Afro-Colombians with Economic Security

Mar 17, 2026 | Joe Stafford
University of Manchester

The legal rights designed to protect Afro-Colombian communities are not lifting them out of economic precarity - and are leaving them vulnerable to the illegal…

India/Pakistan: ‘Water War’ Rages as India-Pakistan Tensions Reach Boiling Point

Mar 17, 2026 | Leah Schroeder
Responsible Statecraft

Last week, water became a focal point in the Iran war, as airstrikes hit desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain. Further east, a slower motion…

Guinea/Liberia/Sierra Leone: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Meet to Resolve Border Dispute

Mar 17, 2026
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone pledged to resolve a border dispute through dialogue, after Conakry deployed troops to its frontier.

Request for Proposals to Host the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Mar 17, 2026
Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Peacemaking Association® (EnPAx®) invites proposals to host the Sixth International Conferences on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2030. 

This RFP provides…

Iran: How Does the Iran War Affect Fertiliser Supplies, Prices and Food Security?

Mar 16, 2026
Reuters

As the US-Israel war with Iran enters its third week, analysts warn it is severely disrupting fertiliser markets and endangering food security for developing countries…

Women-led Peacebuilding

Mar 16, 2026 | Carlito G. Galvez Jr.
Manila Bulletin

When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City last March 10, he carried with him a clear…

Iraq’s Oil Paralysis: A Self-Inflicted Wound and a Gift to Tehran

Mar 16, 2026 | Yerevan Saeed

With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to maximize the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) is no…