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Transnational Land Grabs in Ghana Cause Conflicts

Published in Monday August 20th, 2012 In In the media

August 17, 2012 The recent increasing land acquisitions by transnational corporations (TNCs) is causing conflicts among farmers, pastoralists and other land users in Ghana, and have the potential of leading to the loss of arable land by smallholders, reveals a study. The study, which concentrated on the Prairie Volta Rice Limited in the North Tongu […]

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In the US, evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home

Published in Monday August 20th, 2012 In In the media

August 19, 2012 Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials’ plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents returned home to find out whether their homes were spared. In Idaho, authorities on Saturday issued a mandatory evacuation order for some 350 homes in the area around Featherville […]

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Landslides ‘kill more than previously thought’

Published in Friday August 17th, 2012 In In the media

August 16, 2012 Landslides kill up to 10 times more people across the world than previously thought, according to a study by a UK university. Durham University has calculated that 32,300 people died in landslides between 2004 and 2010. Earlier estimated suggested the toll was between 3,000 and 7,000 people. Weather patterns, deforestation and increasingly dense […]

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Vila Autódromo, in Rio de Janeiro, Resists With Plano Popular

Published in Friday August 17th, 2012 In In the media

With residents of several favela communities in Rio de Janeiro facing resettlement and others having already been removed from their homes to make way for 2016 Olympic infrastructure development, the longstanding community of Vila Autódromo is pushing back with their Plano Popular da Vila Autódromo.

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Guatemalan military evicts dozens squatters camp

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 15, 2012 The Guatemalan Defense Ministry says it has evicted about 100 people from government property and has bulldozed their makeshift homes. Ministry spokesman Col. Erick Escobedo said 12 families initially “invaded” the land in January and the encampment had grown to 32 homes. Escobedo said Wednesday that the country’s National Coordinator for Disaster […]

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Iran’s top leader urges for reconstruction of quake-stricken region

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 16, 2012 Iran’s top leader is urging the reconstruction of the northwestern region hit by deadly twin earthquakes last weekend. State TV showed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visiting the ruins of a village on Thursday that was heavily damaged by the quakes. Khamenei told a gathering of village residents that the area could have […]

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Nigeria: Worst Flood in 50 Years Renders 1,000 Families Homeless

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 15, 2012 Over 1,000 families across seven local government areas in Southern Plateau have been rendered homeless as the worst flood witnessed in 50 years raged through for a second day yesterday washing away homesteads, bridges, farmlands and livestock. The flood was unleashed by three days of torrential rains which fell throughout the weekend […]

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Roma trapped in misery as France demolishes camps

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 15, 2012 The camps weren’t much to begin with: they had no electricity or running water. Grocery carts served as makeshift grills. Rats ran rampant and fleas gnawed on young and old alike. But they were home – and they were better than the new reality for thousands of Gypsies who have been forced […]

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Brazil residents face evictions ahead of 2016 Olympics

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

As many as 170,000 Brazilians are at risk of losing – or have already lost – their homes to make room for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. These forced evictions disregard human rights, leaving homes destroyed and lives disrupted.

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Rio 2016: The race is on to revamp Brazil’s party city

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 The curtain has fallen on the London Olympics, so all eyes are now turning to the next host city – Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has a huge task to get the venues ready, as the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville reports from the city. At the beach’s edge in Barra da Tijuca in Rio […]

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