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Over 200 Farmers Risk Eviction in Kenya

Published in Tuesday April 23rd, 2013

Tension is high in Trans Nzoia County after more than 200 farm owners in Chepchoina ADC farm were issued with eviction orders.

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Ethiopian PM Rejects Land-Grab Allegations

Published in Monday April 22nd, 2013 In In the media

Ethiopia remains one of the world’s poorest nations, with its government attempting to attract large-scale foreign investment in a bid to alleviate poverty and create jobs to millions of citizens. Investors from India, China, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are currently eyeing large tracts of land to cultivate cereals, coffee, tea and rice, among others. According to human right organisations, Ethiopia has leased over 600,000 hectares of land to Indian companies alone.

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African slum dwellers get boost to improve living conditions

Published in Monday April 22nd, 2013 In In the media

Unveiled on Tuesday during the ongoing UN-Habitat’s Governing Council in Nairobi, the Community Managed Development Fund targets close to 800,000 slum dwellers living in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Land ownership debate hots up at the National Constitution Convention in Zambia

Published in Monday April 22nd, 2013 In In the media

Heated and protracted debate yesterday characterised proceedings at the National Constitution Convention in Lusaka as delegates deliberated on the issue of land ownership. A number of delegates demanded that land should not be recklessly sold to foreigners because it belonged to Zambians.

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Check our special newsletter on the Security of Tenure Project – Newsletter #33

Published in Thursday April 4th, 2013

In our special newsletter, the Special Rapporteur publicizes the security of tenure report presented to the Human Rights Council in March, as well as the activities scheduled for this semester.

Security of tenure: collaborate with the debate! Send us documents, articles, reports, information about practices for recognition and promotion of security of tenure for urban poor in your country!

Published in Monday April 1st, 2013

This questionnaire is designed primarily to obtain information for the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing’s ongoing study on security of tenure for urban poor and the most vulnerable, including questions related to informal settlements.

Rapporteur promotes consultations on security of tenure on May

Published in Monday April 1st, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

In May, the Rapporteur will conduct two consultations as part of the security of tenure project – one on the 11 in Quito (Ecuador) and another on the 27 and 28 in Johannesburg (South Africa).

Land evictions on despite Museveni directive in Uganda

Published in Monday March 25th, 2013 In In the media

Less than a month since President Yoweri Museveni issued a stern warning against illegal land evictions, the vice seems to be escalating, especially in the central region. This week, a businessman, Robert Mulindwa, threatened to evict over 100 residents of Nangabo in Wakiso district. According to residents, Mulindwa hired Price Company, a private firm, to survey the land without their consent.

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The World Bank must stop underwriting human rights abuses in Ethiopia

Published in Saturday March 23rd, 2013 In Social movement news

A leaked World Bank report calls for an investigation into allegations that a multi-billion dollar aid program in Ethiopia is underwriting the forced relocation of hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities to free up fertile land to lease to investors.

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Land Commission Continues Consultations in Liberia

Published in Tuesday March 19th, 2013 In In the media

The Land Commission is expected to hold a consultative meeting with the media this Wednesday in Monrovia. The one-day meeting, aimed at gathering views and opinions of cross-session of the Liberian population on key issues and recommendations advanced in the draft Land Rights Policy, is in continuation of what the Commission started last year.