By: Siraje Lubwama
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Observer
Capt Gertrude Njuba, the head of the State House Land department, wants the proposed amendments to the Land Act to include strict provisions that make it extremely difficult for courts of law and land agents to aid land
By: Andrew Mambondiyani
Date: October 31st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brian van Buuren, a white former farmer in Burma Valley, eastern Zimbabwe, couldn't hide his anger as he recalled how he lost almost everything during the country's
1 April, 2015
Golden Veroleum and Golden Agri-Resource’s palm oil operations in Liberia are compounding poverty and food insecurity by taking land without community consent and making hollow promises of development benefits, says new report
By: Megan Rowling
Date: February 3rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conditions are ripe for a global leap forward in recognizing the land rights of indigenous people and forest communities, but investors and the public need to pressure governments to
By: Niranjani Roland and Asanka Fernando
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: UCA News
Property rights should be included in the island nation's constitution, activists say
Punchirala Somasiri feels helpless whenever his oldest child asks for extra money to buy things for school. Most of the time he
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The guidelines aim to ensure small farmers are consulted about land deals that affect their property
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Campaigners and human rights lawyers said the move reflects increasing global recognition of the severity of environmental crime
By: Patrick Lang'at
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Daily Nation
State House on Sunday promised an engaging summit on land, pledging answers on historical injustices as well as the thorny issue of how much land a person can own.
The summit will be held on Monday at State House, Nairobi, the
The Huffington Post
The Land Battle: 15 Organizations Defending Land Rights
Posted: 07/29/2015 4:22 pm EDT Updated: 07/29/2015 4:59 pm EDT
By: Shabir Ahmad
Date: February 5th 2016
Source: Kashmir Reader
ANANTNAG: A day after the Vigilance Organisation of Kashmir (VOK) booked congress leader and former PHE minister, Taj Mohiudin for grabbing the forest land in Shopian district, environmental activists demanded action against all the
By: Khine Kyaw
Date: March 10th 2016
Source: The Nation / Myanmar Eleven
CIVIL SOCIETY organisations (CSOs) and local residents living near the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) have called for action from the Japanese, Myanmar and Thai governments to tackle human rights violations before
By: Ron Corben & Bryan Lynn
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: VOA
An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A “land grab” relates to taking land quickly, forcefully and often illegally.