Land Forum IV Concludes with New Commitments

The Habitat International Coalition’s Housing and Land Rights Network organized its 4th Land Forum for the Middle East/North Africa, in Tunis, 26–28 March 2013, under the title: “From Broken Promises to People’s Solutions.” This Land Forum

Ethiopia: World Bank told to Investigate links to `Villagisation` Project

Bank`s accountability panel says complaints by Ethiopians of forced evictions in Gambella should be looked into. An independent panel has called for an investigation into a World Bank-funded project in Ethiopia following accusations from refugees that

Angola: Thousands Evicted in Luanda’s Cacuaco District

It adds insult to injury to first evict people with brute force, with no warning or time to prepare, and then imprison them when they are left homeless and destitute. The government should promptly ensure

Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement & Aid

Civil Society on New Global Development Priorities

Upon expiration of the current Millennium Development Goals in 2015, the new “sustainable development goals” to be set at the international level were the subject of recent web-based consultations with global civil society conducted by

Bulgaria: Protected Area Construction Scandal

  A close friend of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has been linked to the scandal that flared in Bulgaria just hours before the arrival of the New Year 2013, over reports illegal

South Africa: Lenasia - the Haunting Abandonment of Humanity

Nepal: Thapathali Squatters on Strike

KATHMANDU—Normal life has been affected in Lalitpur district due to a Lalitpur bandh called by locals to protest the government’s plan to resettle squatters evicted from encroached land in the Thapathali area at Sundarighat, Balkhu.   Shops

Predatory Lender Wells Fargo Bank Forced to Pay

Wells Fargo Bank: A Predatory Lender Pays up   The Baltimore Sun   15 July 2012   Baltimore`s effort to recover millions of dollars in lost revenue stemming from the wave of home foreclosures that followed the collapse of the housing