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Squatter Eviction to Be Supervised By Law in Kenya

Published in Friday September 14th, 2012 In In the media

September 13, 2012 A Bill seeking to regulate future forced evictions of people occupying illegal land was introduced in the House yesterday for the first reading. The Evictions and Resettlement Procedures Bill, sponsored by Kisumu Town East MP Shakeel Shabbir, seeks to protect people occupying land from unlawful and non-procedural evictions. The purpose of the […]

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West African Floods Bring Back the Same Old Problems

Published in Thursday September 13th, 2012 In In the media

September 12, 2012 This story was written under the auspices of the TRF/NORAD Journalism Training project. Amid the commotion in the flooded Saga district of Niger’s capital Niamey, on the left bank of the Niger river, Issa Ali and his two wives are scrambling about in the water. With their four children already safe from […]

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Squatters to march against evictions

Published in Tuesday September 11th, 2012 In In the media

September 10, 2012 THE squatters who were evicted from an industrial site in Marlboro, Johannesburg, by the City of Johannesburg, have vowed to take their fight to the street after losing a court battle two weeks ago. About 150 families, who are now staying in six military tents, a few metres from where they were […]

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‘Floods Kill 137 Since July’ in Nigeria

Published in Tuesday September 11th, 2012 In In the media

September 10, 2012 Floods across Nigeria have killed 137 people and displaced more than 30,000 since the beginning of July, the Red Cross said yesterday. Nigeria, which has a rainy season from May to September, suffers from seasonal flash floods, which are sometimes lethal, especially in rural areas or overcrowded slums where drainage is poor […]

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Fresh Floods Render Thousands Homeless and Destroy Crops in Taraba, Nigeria

Published in Tuesday September 11th, 2012 In In the media

September 10, 2012 More floods have hit Northern and Central Taraba, ravaging communities on the banks of River Benue. The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government,Dr Jalo Buba, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Sunkani on Monday. He said more than 3,000 hectares of crops, mainly rice, had been destroyed by the floods in 13 […]

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Cameron and Clegg unveil planning reforms in the UK

Published in Monday September 10th, 2012 In In the media

September 06, 2012 Coalition announces measures designed to boost housing and growth through cash injection and loosening of laws David Cameron and Nick Clegg have announced a package of measures designed to boost the housing industry and growth through an injection of cash, looser planning laws and the lifting of requirements for developers to build affordable […]

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Nicaragua eruption forces 3,000 to evacuate

Published in Monday September 10th, 2012 In In the media

September 09, 2012 The San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua rumbled to life Saturday with three explosions, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 residents, authorities said. Television footage showed a column of smoke and ash rising from the cone of the volcano, Nicaragua’s tallest at 1,745 meters (5,725 feet), in the northeast. The civil defense agency said […]

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Planning policy in the UK: Don’t blame the countryside for our lack of housing

Published in Monday September 10th, 2012 In In the media

September 06, 2012 Britain is desperately inefficient in its land use, and there are still no measures to bring empty property back on the market The government’s learning curve on planning is like an ant climbing a mountain. Desperate for someone to blame for the lack of growth, David Cameron has fallen back on the […]

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UN stresses positives of urban growth with new tool to track city prosperity

Published in Thursday September 6th, 2012 In In the media

September 05, 2012 Cities should be seen as drivers of economic growth and human development, says report published at World Urban Forum A new index to measure and track the prosperity of cities has been unveiled by UN-Habitat, the UN human settlements programme, in a bid to encourage a more upbeat view of the world’s […]

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In Ruined Apartments, a Symbol of Ireland’s Fall

Published in Wednesday September 5th, 2012 In In the media

September 3rd, 2012 To visit Graham Usher’s dream apartment in Priory Hall, the most notorious of Ireland’s ruined ghost developments, is to see what Ireland aspired to be, and what it became instead. The apartment, bought for $315,000 in early 2006, is now covered by a brick facade that looks as if some giant creature had raked […]

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