An Ayoreo group in the Chaco whose ancestral land was sold to international ranchers in 2012 is battling for its return – and to hang on to their way of life
By Toby Stirling Hill
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Uganda: Mabirizi Promises Tribunal to Protect Land Rights
By: John Okot
Date: January 12th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com
Gulu — Independent presidential candidate Elton Joseph Mabirizi has pledged to set up a land tribunal that will fight cases of land grabbing when elected into office.
Speaking to residents in Cerelenu market, Gulu, at the weekend, Mr Mabirizi said he will ensure the people in the north don't lose their source of livelihood to land grabbers.
Kenyans sound alarm over election threat to public land
By: Katy Migiro
Date: December 29, 2016
Source:Thomson Reuters Foundation
NAIROBI, Nov 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Kenya counts down to elections in 2017, public schools and hospitals should map their boundaries, fence them and get title deeds to protect them from irregular acquisition by politicians seeking re-election, experts and campaigners said on Tuesday.
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India: LAND ENCROACHED ON FOR 8 YRS; AUTHORITIES DID NOTHING
By: Chetan R, Bangalore Mirror Bureau
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Bangalore Mirror
In a curious case, a routine hearing at the state information commission on denial of information exposed a 20-acre land grabbing case in the real estate hotbed of Doddaballapur.