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Poppies a Target in Fight Against Taliban http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/world/asia/29afghan.html?r=1&hpw By DEXTER FILKINS Published: April 28, 2009 ZANGABAD, Afghanistan — American commanders are planning to cut off the Taliban's main source of money, the country's multimilliondollar opium crop, by pouring thousands ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, conflict, security

BOTSWANA Less development revenue as diamonds lose their shine http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=83784 JOHANNESBURG, 3 April 2009 (IRIN) Diamondrich Botswana has so far managed to avoid Africa's "resource curse" a term for conflicts sparked or maintained by commodities but is unlikely to escape the global recession unscathed ... Other labels: blog, botswana, diamonds, economy, shocks

Report, From Conflict to Peacebuilding, The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA7PFNZ2?OpenDocument Executive summary Since 1990 at least eighteen violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources. In fact, recent research suggests that over the last sixty years at least forty ... Other labels: blog, report, peacebuilding, conflict

In Bolivia, a Tight Grip on the Next Big Resource http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/world/americas/03lithium.html?hp By SIMON ROMERO Published: February 2, 2009 UYUNI, Bolivia — In the rush to build the next generation of hybrid or electric cars, a sobering fact confronts both automakers and governments seeking to lower their reliance on foreign ... Other labels: blog, bolivia

Photo Essay, Cholera in a Time of War http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?storyid=4554 <A href="www.foreignpolicy.com" target="new"><IMG align="right" border="0" height="250" hspace="5" src="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/images/081113congo7.jpg" width="260"></IMG></A> With its bounty of natural resources ... Other labels: blog, congo

Blood burgers feed Congo conflict http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,245012775012895,00.html October 16, 2008 12:00am FOR years, African militias have used proceeds from precious natural resources to fund conflicts a practice dramatised in the 2006 film Blood Diamond. Now, there's a new ... Other labels: blog, conflict, congo, trade, livestock

Oil-rich Iraqi town poised to become new arena of conflict http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?editionid=10&categid=2&articleid=96 345 Saturday, September 27, 2008 Amal Jayasinghe Agence France Presse KHANAQIN, Iraq: A mirror image of Kirkuk, the Kurdish town of Khanaqin, near the border with Iran, that holds ... Other labels: blog, iraq, security, governance

Militants step up 'oil war' in Niger Delta http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0916/p99s01duts.html By Jonathan Adams from the September 17, 2008 edition Militants in southern Nigeria have sharply stepped up attacks on foreign interests after declaring an "oil war" Sunday. The campaign, which the militants have ... Other labels: blog, oil, nigeria, conflict, security

AFGHANISTAN Opium and alternative livelihoods InDepth: BitterSweet Harvest: Afghanistan's New War http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=21&ReportId=63020 The experience from other countries where narcotic production has been successfully reduced or eradicated shows that when dealing with poor farmers ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, security

Bitter-Sweet Harvest Afghanistan's New War AFGHANISTAN: Poppy eradication: The issues, the players and the strategies http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=21&ReportId=63018 <A href="http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=21&ReportId=62938/ " target="new"><IMG align="right" border="0" height="250 ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, institutions, conflict