By: Lizabeth Paulat
Date: April 27th 2016
Source: Voice of America News
KAMPALA, UGANDA—Uganda has just finalized a deal to build a pipeline to Tanzania’s Tanga port, a deal that brings the country a step closer to exploiting its vast oil reserves. But gaps in land governance law could stand in
By: Seth J. Bokpe
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: Graphic.com
Ghana needs to regulate and limit the size of land companies can acquire for any purposes, including real estate and agriculture.
This was the view of participants in a workshop to disseminate the findings of a research on large-
Press release by War on Want
Date: November 2nd 2016
Source: War on Want
Land concentration and food security in Central America (es)
By: Hour Hum
Date: February 2nd 2016
Source: Radio Free Asia
Villagers in Cambodia’s Pailin province are accusing authorities of allowing a powerful local police officer to grab nearly two hectares of mountainous public land for his own use.
By: Anabel Lemos
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Truth Out
This article was drawn from an interview with Anabela Lemos, and conducted, edited and condensed by Simone Adler.
Anabela Lemos is cofounder, campaign coordinator and board member of Justiça Ambiental, the Mozambique branch of Friends of
Press Release
Date: June 7th 2016
Source: European Parliament News
Filipino Fishers Living in a Scenic Cove Fight to Save Their Homes From Demolition and Land Grabbing
By: Karlo Mikhail Mongaya
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: Global Voices
By: Kizza Besigye
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
OPINION
Does international law favor companies over people?
A new article by Lorenzo Cotula explores this question by examining human rights and land rights in the context of international investment law. The article, “Property in a shrinking planet: fault lines in international human rights and
By: Patrick Langat
Date: February 4th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
The National Land Commission and the Ministry of Education have directed schools to acquire title deeds.
Only 7,000 of the 32,000 schools countrywide have the documents, NLC chairman Mohammad Swazuri said.
Dr Swazuri
By: Segun Adebowale
Date: March 9th 2016
Source: The Eagle Online