Sierra Leone: Land Grabbing Intensifying in Forest Reserve
Land grabbing around the Western Area Peninsular Forest Reserve is presently intensifying primarily for housing purposes. The Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security is directly responsible for the protection of forests in the country
Published : 10 November 2016
Namibia: Land Grabbing Continues at Katima
THE grabbing of council land at Katima Mulilo has increased due to the influx of people from rural areas to the town in search of employment opportunities, town mayor Regina Mwiya-Simataa said in a press
Published : 09 November 2016
Law on Public-Private Partnership Allows Land-Grabbing
Due to pressure from the World Bank and some other foreigners, President Ghani endorsed the Law on Public-Private Partnership through a legislative decree about three weeks ago, but the law, according to jurists, doesn’t accord
Published : 09 November 2016
Uganda: Reject State-organised Land Grabbing
Grabbing with Impunity A significant portion of my 2016 presidential campaign underscored the need for immediate actions to halt the land-grabbing scourge. Land grabbing, here refers to large-scale land acquisitions, mainly, by foreign agribusiness invest ors,
Published : 08 November 2016
Myanmar: Kayin Farmers Fighting Land Grabs
Kayin State villagers are losing their land and are routinely persecuted through threats, arson and arbitrary arrest if they attempt to fight the unlawful seizures, according to a report released by an international rights group
Published : 04 November 2016
Stop European Money Fueling Land Grabs
Around the world, companies and speculators are engaged in a frantic rush for land. Millions of hectares are being bought up, citizens violently turfed off their land and critical ecosystems irrevocably damaged, in order to
Published : 04 November 2016
USA: Homeless Camps Offering Democracy Lesson
Overlooked in the elections, Portland’s homeless are organising their own camps on their own terms, but fear evictions. PORTLAND, Oregon—When Marge Pettitt`s seven-year-old daughter broke down in tears in a homeless shelter in 2009, she made
Published : 04 November 2016
Indigenous Rights Key to Saving Forests
Indigenous rights are key to preserving forests, climate change study finds. Leaving forests in communal hands cuts carbon emissions from deforestation, helps communities and offers long-term economic benefits: “Everyone wins.” RIO DE JANEIRO—The world’s indigenous communities
Published : 02 November 2016
EU Declares Israel Boycott Protected as Free Speech
Palestinians hail Federica Mogherini’s statement, but she stresses that the union ‘rejects the BDS campaign’s attempts to isolate Israel’. the European Union’s foreign policy chief recently affirmed the right of EU citizens to boycott Israel, citing
Published : 31 October 2016
