By: Pia Ranada
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Rappler
The presidential bet says land distribution under the Aquino government is a 'farce' because support services are not being given to farmers
MANILA, Philippines – Under the Aquino administration, farmers have endured a “total failure of
By: Hazel Ndebele
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
GOVERNMENT’S trampling on property rights and Zimbabwe’s viability as a suitable investment destination has been brought sharply into focus by last week’s abrupt shutting down of diamond mining operations of nine companies in
By: Deirdre Fulton
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Common Dreams
While 'food security-driven land grabbing' has subsided in recent years, 'plain old profit-driven agribusiness expansion is now the dominant agenda'
Big Ag's global land grab is huge, growing, and "extending its reach to new
By Ebun Sessou & Damilola Olabiyisi
Date: September 16th 2016
Source: Vanguard
Deputy Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Olumuyiwa Jimoh, who is representing Apapa II, speaks on the newly enacted law criminalising land grabbing in the state.
What is the significance of the
By: Shinovene Immanuel
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: The Namibian
FOREIGN nationals will no longer be allowed to own agricultural, commercial and communal land if a proposed law tabled last week by lands minister Utoni Nujoma is passed in parliament.
Details on how government plans to ban
NEW YORK TIMES
Palm Oil Company Is Accused of Exploiting Liberia's Ebola Crisis
By CLAIR MacDOUGALL
AUG. 1, 2015
Community land rights are only vaguely recognized in Liberia, with current laws granting the government powers to seize land for concessions.
Read the full article at the NY
By: Umaru Fofana
Date: February 5th 2016
Source: Reuters Africa
BO, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone court has convicted six people opposed to a palm oil project in which French conglomerate Bollore owns a major stake of destroying trees and inciting the local population to protest over
Publicado a 09/02/2016 às 16:45 por Ana Teresa Vaz
Este conjunto de seminários tem como objectivo apresentar as recentes reconfigurações da divisão internacional da produção alimentar e de comodities, as formas de penetração do capital nos países em desenvolvimento e os processos de resistência/
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: NTV Uganda
Members of Parliament have condemned government’s move, saying it’s suspect and could fuel land grabbing. They are vowing to oppose the amendment.
By: Mong Palatino
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Global Voices
By: Souha Touré
Date: December 21st 2016
Source: Ecofin Agency
(Ecofin Agency) - In order to curb land grabbing which is growing significantly, Tanzanian authorities have adopted a new land policy that brings to 33 years, from 99, the lease duration for foreigners, Eurasia Review reports.
Via Human Rights Watch
AUGUST 15, 2015
Burma: Land Rights Activists Are Newest Political Prisoners
Arrests in Karen State Target Those Assisting Farmers Fighting Land Grabs