UN Report on DPs and Refugees in Africa
Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/134 on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa. It updates information contained in the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Assembly
Published : 26 September 2016
Sri Lanka: Forced Evictions & Land Grab of Fisherfolk
In 2010, 350 families of farmers and fisherfolk living in Paanama, a coastal village in the east of Sri Lanka, were forcibly and violently evicted from lands they had cultivated and lived on for over
Published : 26 September 2016
Murder and eviction: New Era of Global Land rush
Millions of people face being displaced from their homes as new data shows land sales covering an area the size of Germany are now under contract, warns Oxfam. Seventy-five percent of the more than 1500 land deals
Published : 26 September 2016
Colombia: From Land Conflict to Civil War to Peace?
Land conflicts feared in wake of Colombia peace accord BOGOTÁ—Conflicts over land in Colombia are likely to increase following a peace deal to end half a century of war as once no-go areas in the Andean
Published : 24 September 2016
$133 M for South Sudan Refugees, Displaced
KAMPALA, Uganda — The State Department says the United States is pledging nearly $133 million in additional humanitarian assistance to South Sudan`s refugees and internally displaced people. The aid comes amid discussions over whether the U.S.
Published : 23 September 2016
S. Sudan: UNHCR Condemns Attacks on Refugee Settlement
September 22, 2016 (JUBA) - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has strongly denounced what it described as the spreading violence in South Sudan’s Greater Equatoria region in past weeks, including recent attacks at Lasu
Published : 22 September 2016
ICC to Pursue Land Grab as Series Crime
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has declared that it would start treating cases involving the illegal exploitation of natural resources, misuse and illegal dispossession of lands and environmental destruction as serious crimes. The Hague-based Court made
Published : 15 September 2016
Chile: Heavy Price of Water Privatization
When it comes to water, Chile is failing its citizens. In Santiago, the nation’s capital, millions of people are regularly left without running water for days at a time and experts are warning of water scarcity to come across
Published : 15 September 2016
South African Court Halts Eviction
South African Constitutional Court orders “meaningful engagement” in urgent forced eviction The South African Constitutional Court has extended the Olivia Road case to urgent forced evictions, requiring meaningful engagement between the local authority and tenants—or occupiers
Published : 14 September 2016
