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India: LAND ENCROACHED ON FOR 8 YRS; AUTHORITIES DID NOTHING
By: Chetan R, Bangalore Mirror Bureau
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Bangalore Mirror
In a curious case, a routine hearing at the state information commission on denial of information exposed a 20-acre land grabbing case in the real estate hotbed of Doddaballapur.
Nigeria: Ogun Police Read Riot Act On Land Grabbing Activities
By: Channels Television
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: Channels Tv.com
It may not be business as usual for land grabbers in Ogun State, South West Nigeria whose activities have been responsible for many deaths and breakdown of law and order.
The Police authority in that state has reiterated its commitment to move against the practice by those popularly referred to as “omo onile”.
India: Senior citizens take battle to land sharks
By: TNN
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: The Times of India
CHENNAI: A small plot of land Bagwati Sundar, a senior citizen living in Tambaram, bought in 1986 near Hindu College was safe, ironically, only till the state government showed interest in acquiring it.
Tanzania: New Rights Group Comes Aboard
By: Ludovick Kazoka
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Tanzania Daily News
Human rights activists have launched a coalition, Mama Ardhi Alliance, with the aim of advocating for the amendments of the existing laws which are still infringing upon women's rights denying equal access to ownership of land and property.
South Africa: 50 Communities to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Act
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: SABC
Civil Society will head to the Constitutional Court in Braamfontein to challenge the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act on Tuesday.
The Act re-opened the land restitution process for another five years.
50 communities will hold a night vigil at the Constitutional Court to voice their disapproval of the timing of the new process.
Zimbabwe: Land plan 'recipe for disaster'
By: Staff Reporter
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: Times Live
The land reform plan President Jacob Zuma envisaged in his State of the Nation address on Thursday will prompt a mass exodus of foreign investors, AfriBusiness has warned.
AfriBusiness said Zuma was "creating more investment uncertainty" and that it would oppose any legislation licensing land expropriation.
Pakistan: No Lake for Fishermen
By: Jan Khaskheli
Date: February 15th 2016
Source: International News Magazine
Indigenous people and local fishermen in one of the poorest parts of the country in recent years have seen various mafia groups on political patronage scrambled to grab lands they have inhabited for generations.
Sierra Leone: CSOs criticise conviction of land rights activists
By: APA
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: Star Africa.com
A coalition of civil society activists have condemned the verdict against a group of land rights activists jailed last week after confrontation with a French agri-business firm over land ownership.
The men, who are part of the Malen Land Owners Association (MALOA), were jailed for a maximum of five months after a protracted trial for destroying palm trees belonging toSocfin.