“Fool’s Gold: The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan’s Conflict Gold Trade” – Enough – March 4, 2015
“Gold coming from Sudan is conflict-affected, high-risk, and helping to destabilize the country’s main conflict-zones of Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, according to this new Enough Project report. “Fool’s Gold: The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan’s Conflict Gold Trade” details how civilians living in communities near these Sudanese gold mining sites have suffered killings, mass […]
“Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change” – The New York Times – March 2, 2015
On March 2, 2015 The New York Times reported on a study published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Science that draws “evidence that the 2007−2010 drought contributed to the conflict in Syria” and concludes “that human influences on the climate system are implicated in the current Syrian conflict.” You may read the article […]