By: David Lumu
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: New Vision Uganda
Key among the solutions is reforming the land laws in the country to provide escape routes for Government in case land owners refuse compensation
BY ADRIANA BRASILEIRO
December 2nd 2015
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Maria Valdenice Nukini believes it's her duty to protect her ancestral territory in northern Brazil and raise awareness of the role indigenous communities play in protecting nature.
That's why she recently
By Mphatso Nkhoma
Date: April 4th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Nyasa Times
Local business traders in the capital city Lilongwe has grabbed land belonging to an Asian businessman in Malangalanga which is to be shared among them.
According to the 'land grab 'group spokesperson, Fredrick Malata, they
By: Rina Chandran
Date: August 10th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last year's twin earthquakes in Nepal disproportionately affected single women, underlining the need for equal land ownership to increase their resilience in disasters, a women's
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 8th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Under rental agreements, small-scale landowners retain their title deeds, but larger companies with access to capital and machinery pay for the right to use the land to grow their crops
By: Liga Rudzite
Date: October 14th 2016
Source: TOL.org
Human rights watchdogs are asking for their release, arguing that their protests did not breach any law.
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
Date: February 6th 2016
Source: ShanghaiDaily.com
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's cabinet on Saturday urged local governments to register migrant workers as urbanites and encourage farmers to buy homes in cities.
By: TA Ameerudheen
Date: April 6th 2016
Source: Scroll in
Advasis, one of the most marginalised communities in the state, feel successive governments have failed to keep their promises on the redistribution of land.
By: Shihab Sarkar
Date: August 11th 2016
Source: The Financial Express
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: Hu Jiye
Date: October 23rd 2016
Source: Global Times