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Tanzania: Land grabbing gets worrisome
By: SOSTHENES MWITA
Date: February 18th 2016
Source: Daily News Tanzania
Kenya: Elders Dismiss Attempt By Parliamentary Committee to Resolve Land Disputes
By: Vivian Jebet
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Elders from Somali, Borana, Samburu and Turkana communities have dismissed attempts by a Parliamentary committee on Lands to resolve disputes in Isiolo.
The elders said they were disappointed by recent visit by the legislators and the manner in which they conducted investigations as per the Okoa Jahazi Sacco lobby petition.
Namibia: Big Brother watching rangeland conditions
By: New Era Staff Reporter
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: New Era
Windhoek - The European Union (EU) Rangeland Monitoring Project is just one of many facets of the Namibia Rangeland Management Policy and Strategy.
India: HP Cabinet okays land rights to houses built on encroachment
By: Press Trust of India
Date: February 17th 2016
Source: Business Standard
After the implementation of the decision, decks would be cleared for regularisation of encroachments on land.
Clouds Gather Over Bolivia’s Change Process as US Intervenes
By: W. T. WHITNEY
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Counterpunch
Progressive political movements in Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil have recently encountered reverses. Bolivian President Evo Morales is his country’s longest serving president and first indigenous one. Now his 10 – year old socialist and anti-imperialist government faces a hurdle.
Indonesia: Young farmers seen as key to national food security
By: Arya Dipa
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Jakarta Post
An architect by training, 26-year-old Ronaldiaz Hartantyo has decided to make a living as a farmer, a career choice most Indonesian people of his age would never think of.
Affordable Housing: India’s challenge Of Disordered Urbanization
By: Manish Kumar
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: India Infoline News Service
About 377 million people from India’s total population of 1.21 billion are urban dwellers. With more than 10 million people migrating to cities and towns every year, the total urban population is expected to reach about 600 million by 2031.
Zimbabwe: Mugabe regime turns against land grab beneficiaries
By: Correspondent
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Zim Daily
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe’s government has reportedly sent eviction notices to at least 90 people who benefited from the country’s controversial land reform programme.
The affected beneficiaries – “flourishing” tobacco and crops farmers – were from the south west of the country’s capital Harare.
They received the farms at the height of the country’s land reform programme in 2002.