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Our Land, Our Future

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In In the media

October 23rd, 2012 by Mr. Ali D. Kaba Liberia’s total land area is approximately ten million hectares. Liberia currently has one of the highest land concession rates in Africa: almost 40% of our nation’s land has already been promised to foreign investors for logging, palm and rubber plantations, and mining across all fifteen counties. Between […]

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Farmer Resists Eviction in Zimbabwe

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In In the media

October 23rd, 2012 A Beatrice farmer is resisting eviction from State land claiming that he was re-allocated the piece of land under the land reform programme. This has prompted A2 farmer Mr Aaron Madziva to approach the High Court seeking to evict Mr Gerald Douglas Davidson from Xekene Farm on the strength of an offer […]

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Russia: Halt Forced Eviction for Olympics Road

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In Social movement news

Human Rights Watch adresses the Russian authorities to stop the impending forced eviction of a Sochi family to make way for road construction ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. They also claim that International Olympic Committee (IOC) should urgently review the case and insist that the Russian authorities provide the family with fair compensation.

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Clinton hails Haitian post-quake reconstruction

Published in Tuesday October 23rd, 2012 In In the media

October 23, 2012 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday hailed Haitian reconstruction since the massive 2010 earthquake, drawing parallels between the “American dream” and the “Haitian dream.” Clinton was speaking at the formal opening of an industrial zone meant to help boost economic development and create 37,000 jobs in the impoverished country still […]

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Land Reforms Boost Women Rights in Rwanda

Published in Monday October 22nd, 2012 In In the media

Rwanda’s land reforms have allowed the public to safeguard their rights on land which has significantly improved livelihoods among communities, according to the 2012 ActionAid report. The report, titled ‘Lay of the Land Improving Land Governance to Stop Land Grabs’, is a result of a survey that covered 24 countries worldwide.

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Women Want to Own Land in Kenya

Published in Monday October 22nd, 2012 In In the media

October 18, 2012 WOMEN in Kakamega want to own land as a way of fighting poverty. Kakamega county small farmers chairlady Jane Sayo said mothers carry the burden of feeding the family and should therefore be trusted with land management. Speaking yesterday at Khwisero during the World Food Day celebrations Sayo said the county’s poverty […]

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Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future

Published in Friday October 19th, 2012 In In the media

October 08, 2012 The first global fund to give poor people direct control over urban development spending is having more than just a local impact Rose Molokoane, who helps allocate millions of dollars to urban improvement projects around the world, lives in a South African informal settlement. She has spent more than 20 years organising […]

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Honduras court bans private cities project

Published in Friday October 19th, 2012 In In the media

October 18, 2012 The Honduran Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a project to build privately-run cities, with their own police and tax system. The “model cities” project was backed by President Porfirio Lobo, who said it would attract foreign investment and create jobs By 13 votes to one, Supreme Court judges decided that the proposal violated […]

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Giving Women Land, Giving Them a Future, in Cameroon

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 16, 2012 Clarisse Kimbi barely ekes out a living from a tiny parcel of land in Kom village in the North West Region of Cameroon. Today, the mother of six finds it hard to put food on the table for herself and her children. But five years ago she, her husband and children were […]

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In Serbia, Belvil forced eviction highlights need for new laws

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 17, 2012 The new Serbian government must introduce legislation which prohibits forced evictions, Amnesty International said in a briefing published today. After Belvil: Serbia needs new laws against forced eviction looks into the devastating impact on the lives of almost 1,000 Roma who were forcibly evicted on 26 April 2012 from the informal settlement […]

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