1st Arab Conference on Land Governance
Dubai Land Department announces the conclusion of the first Arab land governance conference The conference, organized in partnership with the World Bank, the Global Land Tool Network, UN-HABITAT, the League of Arab States and the Arab
Published : 28 February 2018
DRC Violence Displaces Thousands of Children
Thousands of Children Displaced by Ethnic Violence in DRC’s Ituri Province. GENEVA—The U.N. children’s fund reports at least 90,000 children have been forced to flee their homes in the face of escalating inter-communal violence in
Published : 24 February 2018
Peru: Shipibo-Konibo Forced from Forest to Slum
Forced from rainforest, Peruvian tribe faces new woes in Lima slum LIMA—Wedged between the rubbish-choked Rimac River and lanes of traffic belching fumes, the Cantagallo slum in downtown Lima is a far cry from the Amazon
Published : 20 February 2018
Homeless and Hungry in Paris
Of Emmanuel Macron`s many bold promises since sweeping to power last year, his pledge to completely banish homelessness from the streets of France was perhaps the boldest. The president gave himself until the close of 2017
Published : 17 February 2018
Zimbabwe: Probe into State Land Sales Begins
The Commission of Inquiry into the sale of state land in and around urban areas since 2005 begins work on Monday as government moves to investigate and ascertain actors in allocations, occupation and use of
Published : 15 February 2018
Kenya: Eviction Threats against Sengwer Continue
The Sengwer indigenous people who live in the Embobut forest in the western highlands of Kenya continue to face threats of violence and evictions. The latest round of violent evictions started at the end of December 2017.
Published : 15 February 2018
Canada: Trudeau’s New Indigenous Rights Initiative
Trudeau promises new legal framework for Indigenous people “We need to get to a place where Indigenous peoples in Canada are in control of their own destiny,” PM says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a
Published : 14 February 2018
Peru: Chaparrí Land Defender Tortured, Killed
José Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas murdered for opposing land traffickers seeking to clear land in the Chaparrí Ecological Reserve, say local witnesses A criminal gang involved in land trafficking has tortured and murdered a community leader in
Published : 14 February 2018
USA: Tenants Say Trump Budget "Dead on arrival"
HUD Tenant Leaders Demand Congress Declare Trump’s 2019 Budget “Dead on Arrival” Elected leaders of the national US tenant union today demanded immediate rejection by Congress of President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget request, released on February
Published : 13 February 2018
