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Displaying 521 - 530 of 2403Zimbabwe Land Reforms - Mugabe 'Getting Undue Credit', War Vets Claim
Harare - Zimbabwean war veterans have reportedly claimed that President Robert Mugabe is improperly getting credit for the controversial land reform programme, adding that the veteran leader had "no land reform policy" during the height of the reforms.
Thousands of white commercial farmers and their employees were displaced and left without sources of income during the fast-tracked agrarian reforms that were masterminded by Mugabe's administration in 2000.
Bangladesh: Minorities sinking under high tide of development: Santu Larma
Indigenous community leader Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma came down heavily on the government saying that thousands of people from the minority communities are sinking under the high tide of country’s “so-called development”.
“The government says that high tide of development spreads across the county, but actually thousands of people of the minority communities are sinking by the so called tide,” said the president of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum.
South Africa: Land reform set to reach 30% black-owned target, study shows
Kenya's deadly land invasions blamed on political incitement
Burned-out homes in this dry landscape have become a symbol of the tensions around Tuesday's presidential election as Kenyans prepare for the possibility of yet more deadly violence.
For more than a year now, farms and homes in Laikipia County have been under siege.
Australia: Mining jobs deal helps indigenous tighten grip on futures
Bauxite has played a role more critical than perhaps any other bit of dirt in the modern land rights struggle.
The 1963 Yirrkala bark petitions protesting an Arnhem Land deal to mine the ore used to make aluminium arguably kicked off the drive to legally reclaim indigenous property.
It was to be a profound matter not merely of ownership, but of deep cultural identity; of connection to country.
Uganda: LAND PROBE: How govt land is stolen
After a technical break, the seven-member Land Inquiry 2017 Commission headed by Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire handled two big cases from July 24 –28.
Madagascar Sets an Example for Land Reform
Kenya: Titles of 32 grabbed school land revoked
The National Land Commission has revoked title deeds held 32 schools le deeds held by private developers laying claim on their land.
Through a gazette notice, National Lands Commission chair Muhammad Swazuri revoked 1,100 titles deeds safeguarding 32 public schools and institutions whose lands hand been grabbed.
Lavington Primary in Nairobi whose land had been grabbed by the Kensom Holdings was among the beneficiaries.