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Women in Honduras and Guatemala defend their communities from land grabbing by agribusiness
Date: December 6, 2016
Source: Land Rights Now
“We live right next to the plantation and the guards are always passing the house. They shout at us, they scare the children, they insult me and threaten that they will shoot me. The children don’t want to go to school any more. They threw tear gas at us once when I was pregnant.”
Angola: Land-Grabbing As a Path to Riches and Status in Angola
By: Maka Angola
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com
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Angolan investigative journalist and human rights defender Rafael Marques de Morais has submitted a complaint to the Office of the Attorney General about the behaviour of notorious Kwanza-Sul Governor, General Eusébio de Brito Teixeira, for illegal land-grabbing.
Tanzania government adopts new policy to stop land grabbing
By: Souha Touré
Date: December 21st 2016
Source: Ecofin Agency
(Ecofin Agency) - In order to curb land grabbing which is growing significantly, Tanzanian authorities have adopted a new land policy that brings to 33 years, from 99, the lease duration for foreigners, Eurasia Review reports.
Namibia: N$30 billion to restore rangelands
By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: New Era
Windhoek - Namibia is to spend a staggering N$30 billion in real terms over the next 20 years in a drastic effort to restore its rangelands and alleviate bush encroachment.
Ecuador’s leading environmental group fights to stop forced closure
NGO Acción Ecológica responds to the government’s attempt to close the organization down
Members of one of Latin America’s most well-known environmental organisations, Acción Ecológica, are fighting for their survival against a controversial attempt by Ecuador’s government to shut them down.
South Africa: 50 Communities to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Act
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: SABC
Civil Society will head to the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act on Tuesday.
The Act re-opened the land restitution process for another five years.
50 communities will hold a night vigil at the Constitutional Court to voice their disapproval of the timing of the new process.
Philippines: Basilan farmers acquire lands fought for 17 years
By: By John Unson
Date: March 2nd 2016
Source: Philstar.com
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – It was a tedious and expensive 17-year uphill struggle for land ownership they will never ever forget.
The 54 peasants who fought it out had finally been grouped Tuesday into a communal bloc, the Maloong-Canal Farmers Agrarian Reform Multi-Purpose Cooperative, as a positive aftermath of a battle stymied by lack of money and connections.