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Tanzania: Address Land Conflicts Now, Premier Urges
Dar es Salaam — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has told regional and district commissioners to address land conflicts in their areas.
The PM issued the directive yesterday in Lindi when he was speaking to the region's authorities on his arrival in Ruangwa.
"Land is a property of the government, but areas which are being used for various activities of development should not be used as a source of conflicts among the people we lead," he said.
Indian Government accused of grabbing land from farmers to build 100 smart cities
By: James Bennett
Date: October 25th 2016
Source: ABC News
It is hot and windy as farmer Parduman Sinh looks out across a salt-encrusted floodplain in India's western state of Gujarat.
The Government has offered Mr Sinh part of the muddy expanse as compensation for his farm to make way for one of India's much touted smart cities.
Philippines: Farmers start life as owners of land
By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr.
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Inquirer Southern Luzon
It was a new day for farmers in an estate in Quezon province who had long been struggling to own the land they were tilling.
For the first time in their lives, farmers in the controversial Hacienda Matias in Quezon were able to keep the income from their harvests.
South Africa: Land Redistribution Programme is on Track
By: Ilze-Marie Le Roux
Date: November 9th 2016
Source: Eyewitness News South Africa
CAPE TOWN - Rural Development and Land Reform Deputy Minister Mcebisi Skwatsha says the land redistribution programme is on track despite “teething problems”.
Philippines: Duterte to push for land reform, free irrigation for farmers
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 land reform,” presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday, February 3.
Beneath the surface of Uganda's 'exemplary' refugee settlement, tensions simmer
By: Tom Gardner
Date: November 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LAKE NAKIVALE, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nyirahubinka Maria, a Congolese refugee and mother of two, lives in "New Congo", the oldest and largest of 86 small villages scattered over the plains and low rising hills that surround Lake Nakivale in southwest Uganda.
Zimbabwe: Govt to Weed Out Multiple Farm Owners - Minister
By: Nyemudzai Kakore
Date: February 11th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Herald
Government has introduced a new data system that will curb multiple farm ownership by not allowing anyone who already has multiple farms under A1 or A2 to be allocated another piece of land.
The new database system is being implemented in conjunction with the Registrar-General's Office and is part of Government strategy to weed out individuals who have multiple farms.
Kenyan widows access to land still a mirage despite favorable laws
Date: 9 December 2016
Source:Coastweek
NAKURU (Xinhua) -- Access to land as a resource for development among widows in Kenya is a distressing issue of discussion despite the laws protecting their rights to land.
The Constitution outlaws violation of an individual’s right to land or property on basis of gender while Matrimonial Property Act clearly stretches out justice to a woman denied access and enjoyment of the respective assets.