By: Frederic Musisi
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Kampala — The new proposed amendments to the Land law that seeks to provide for compulsory acquisition of land for government development projects such as roads and other infrastructure have sparked outrage, with sections of Ugandans now accusing the government of trying to grab their land.
By: Darshan Kunwar|
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: Times of India
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat has directed top officials across the state to identify those responsible for grabbing the state government land illegally to expand ashrams, especially in holy places like Haridwar, and initiating action against them.
Date: August 26, 2016
Source: Action Aid press release
In Malawi, women’s land rights are often governed by customary laws, which are unwritten and lead to the marginalisation of women. Incredibly, women own just 1% of Africa’s land. In the village of Chikojo in Malawi, Maureen Adson is taking a stand.
Find out how you can support women like Maureen here!
By: Naresh Sankepally
Date: August 26th 2016
Source: The Hans India
Hyderabad: In an explosive finding the Task Force Committee constituted by the State Government, which probed encroachment of lands, has concluded that thousands of acres of land in and around Hyderabad have been encroached upon with the tacit connivance of certain bigwigs.
By Sally Hayden
Date: August 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ethiopian silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa, who did not return home after staging a protest against his government at the Rio Olympics, said on Thursday he feared for his life if he went back and vowed to keep up his fight for land rights.
By: Helen Davidson
Date: August 24th 2016
Source: The Guardian
By: Anjaya Anparthi|
Date: August 25th 2016
Source: Times of India
By: Denise Dennis
Date: August 24th 2016
Source: Jamaican Information Service
The Government is finalising a draft Bill to amend legislation governing land registration and ownership.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said amendments will be made to the Registration of Titles, Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification (Special Provisions) Act, to reflect a more culturally relevant legislation.
By: Betty Mutesi (International Alert)
Date: August 23rd 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In rural Rwanda, as in most developing countries, owning and controlling land determines whether you are rich or poor. In a country where some 57% of the population live below the poverty line, land is a prime resource.
The DFID-funded LEGEND (Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development) programme is commissioning an analytical paper on "Addressing land disputes in private sector or development interventions". The LEGEND Core Land Support Team (CLST) is looking to contract one or more experts to prepare this paper. Please find attached the TORs for this paper.