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Huila: Matala administration makes available 20,000 hectares for agriculture
Source: ANGOP
Photo: JOSÉ KRITHINAS
Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:10 - Updated Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:30
Huila: Matala administration makes available 20,000 hectares for agriculture
Matala - Over 20,000 hectares of land have been made available for national and foreign entrepreneurs interested in investing in the agricultural sector in Matala Municipality, southern Huila Province, informed on Monday the Matala administrator, Miguel Vicente.
'Help us upgrade, don't evict us': Sierra Leone's slum dwellers battle for their homes
By: Kieran Guilbert
Date: November 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
FREETOWN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When floods struck several slums across Sierra Leone's capital last year, 55-year-old Amienata Bangura was forced to flee as her small shop, stock and years of savings were wiped out.
Kenya: State House to host land summit
By: Patrick Lang'at
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Daily Nation
State House on Sunday promised an engaging summit on land, pledging answers on historical injustices as well as the thorny issue of how much land a person can own.
The summit will be held on Monday at State House, Nairobi, the seventh of a series of summits that the Jubilee administration says are to explain its achievements.
Land rights in Chittagong Hill Tracts a far cry
By: Nure Alam Durjoy
Date: December 02, 2016
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Nineteen years after the peace agreement was signed, a clear roadmap for implementing the CHT Accord is still being discussed.
Proposed Amazon dam would fuel land speculation, deforestation, study says
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: 28 June 2016
Source: Thmoson Reuters Foundation
Construction permits for the Tabajos dam are currently suspended due to concerns over indigenous land rights
Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger
Date: 12 December 2016
Source: The Conversation
Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe’s political and economic challenges. But perhaps more than any other issue in Zimbabwe, it has historically been met with inertia from government and the international community.