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Displaying 1991 - 2000 of 2403Nigeria: Land grabbing to become a criminal offence in Lagos
By: Eromosele Ebhomele
Date: April 22nd 2016
Source: The News Nigeria
A bill for a law to prohibit forceful entry and occupation of landed properties in Lagos state, western Nigeria is being planned for passage. The bill seeks to criminalise what has come to be known as land grabbing in the state.
Landless quake victims missing out as Nepal rebuilds, Oxfam says
By: Matthew Ponsford
Date: April 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after the deadly earthquake in Nepal, thousands of people, especially women, are being deprived of funds to rebuild because they do not own land or cannot prove they owned the land where they lived, Oxfam said on Friday.
Ethiopia: "Political will and skills development essential for good land governance"
By: Hasabe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: New Business Ethiopia
The 2030 Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals) cannot be achieved without the introduction of modern land management systems accompanied by good land governance, Ethiopian President said.
With climate deal, activists seek land rights for native people
By: Sebastien Malo
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With world leaders converging in New York to sign a landmark climate deal, activists along with actor Alec Baldwin called on Thursday for a halt to deforestation, a contributor to global warming, by giving indigenous people rights to their land.
Salupongan International: Fighting for the rights of indigenous people
By: Malou Liwanag-Bledsoe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: Asian Journal
ALTHOUGH the conflict between the Philippine government and the communist rebels in Mindanao has been a long problem that has affected thousands of indigenous people in the area, not many are aware that another issue that is facing them is the violation of their human rights, specifically the displacement and environmental degradation that is facing their ancestral land.
Rwanda: Activists Call for Flexible Land Laws
By: Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Date: April 19th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The New Times
Women activists have called for policy changes to allow people jointly owning a piece of land that is less than an hectare in size to use it as they please.
Tanzania's Inheritance Law Still Undermines Women's Rights - HRW
By: Anne Kidmose Jensen
Date: April 19th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Citizen
Dar es Salaam — Human Rights Watch has urged the government to 'immediately' amend provisions of the inheritance law, saying it violates the rights of women.
Under the existing laws, women are often left with nothing when their husbands die and coerced to leave their land, which is against international agreements on women's rights.
Brazil's most isolated indigenous tribes face "annihilation" - campaigners
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: April 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous tribes in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, who have had little or no contact with the outside world, are facing "annihilation" from illegal loggers, ranchers and miners who want their land, a campaign group said on Tuesday.