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Malaysian politician and land rights activist shot dead
By: Beh Lih Yi
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The gunning down of a Malaysian opposition politician follows his campaigning for indigenous land rights
ActionAid new report on a land grab in Tanzania under the G8 New Alliance
In the Bagamoyo District, a lease of over 20.000 hectares of land is being secured for the next 99 years to a Swedish-owned company called EcoEnergy, for a sugar-cane plantation project supported by the African Development Bank, the International Fund for Agriculture and Development, and the Swedish International Development Agency.
A Time for Change? Comments on Chad's draft Land Code
Written by Thierry Berger and Lorenzo Cotula from IIED, this short report summarises comments and recommendations on the draft land Code in Chad (January 2014 version). In addition to an analysis of the draft Code in light of international trends, this note draws on earlier reports concerning the draft Code prepared by Tearfund partner Entente des Eglises et Missions Evangéliques au Tchad (EEMET) (2014) and by Tearfund (2015).