By: Kinshu Dang
Date: August 5th 2016
Source: NDTV Every Life Counts

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: Chris Arsenault

Date: August 1st 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When it comes to alleviating poverty and allowing people to live up to their potential, prize-winning Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto divides the world into two groups: the ones who have defined property rights and those who do not.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charity arm of the world’s largest news and information provider, today launched Place (Property, Land, Access, Connections, Empowerment), an innovative platform to boost coverage of land and property rights, one of the most under-reported issues worldwide. The new platform has been developed with support from Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar.

By: Ogechi Ekeanyanwu
Date: May 7th 2016
Source: Development Cable

A lot of widows in 35 countries, including Nigeria, do not have equal land inheritance rights.

In March, the gender equality bill, a bill to ensure gender parity, equal economic opportunities, and equality in marriage especially in terms of inheritance and land rights, was rejected by the senate.

By: Paola Totaro

Date: March 16th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One in five people worldwide report having paid a bribe for land, with rates even higher in sub-Saharan Africa where women say they are forced to trade sex for property rights, according to research by a top global anti-corruption watchdog.

By: Moisés Rendón
Date: March 13th 2016
Source: Panam Post

Respect for Private Property Marks the Difference between Poverty and Prosperity

In 1763, immigrants to the North American colonies had more secure property rights than a native-born Venezuelan does in the 21st century.

By: Anthea Jeffrey
Date: March 11th 2016
Source: Rand Daily Mail

In pushing ahead with the bill, the ANC is determined not to allow black farmers to obtain ownership of land acquired for redistribution

In recent weeks, President Jacob Zuma and other ANC leaders have repeatedly identified rural "land hunger" as the major cause of poverty, inequality and unemployment.

By: Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Date: March 3rd 2016

Source: The Himalayan Times

BHAKTAPUR: In a bid to keep up with e-governance service recently introduced by the government, the Bhaktapur District Land Revenue Office (DLRO) has switched to online land registration service.

Officiating secretary at the Ministry of Land Reform and Management Nagendra Jha inaugurated the service on Wednesday.

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 Chiadzwa by the Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa over disputes on his corporate consolidation process.

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 has to borrow money from a friend to give to his child.