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Kenya: State House to host land summit
By: Patrick Lang'at
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: Daily Nation
State House on Sunday promised an engaging summit on land, pledging answers on historical injustices as well as the thorny issue of how much land a person can own.
The summit will be held on Monday at State House, Nairobi, the seventh of a series of summits that the Jubilee administration says are to explain its achievements.
Ethnic Mongolians Protest Loss of Traditional Grazing Lands Outside Banner Government
By: Qiao Long
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: Radio Free Asia
Traditional herding communities in a county-level district in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia have stepped up protests over the loss of their grasslands this week, local sources said.
One hundred thousand people expected to participate in India's upcoming Jansatyagrah rally
Land rights in Chittagong Hill Tracts a far cry
By: Nure Alam Durjoy
Date: December 02, 2016
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Nineteen years after the peace agreement was signed, a clear roadmap for implementing the CHT Accord is still being discussed.
The victory of non-violent struggle in India : agreement to a national land reform!
An agreement was signed today in front of thousands of marchers of Jan Satyagraha on the COD Ground of Agra, India, between the Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh, and PV Rajagopal. This is a tremendous victory for non-violent struggles in favour of land rights for the poor and the marginalised. To read more see the attached press release.
Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger
Date: 12 December 2016
Source: The Conversation
Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe’s political and economic challenges. But perhaps more than any other issue in Zimbabwe, it has historically been met with inertia from government and the international community.
Latin America Can Slash Poverty with Property Rights
By: Moisés Rendón
Date: March 13th 2016
Source: Panam Post
Respect for Private Property Marks the Difference between Poverty and Prosperity
In 1763, immigrants to the North American colonies had more secure property rights than a native-born Venezuelan does in the 21st century.
In India gandhian non-violence shows it power
A long and detailed article by Magda Fahsi relating the steps of the Jan Satyagraha 2012 March for Justice to the signature of the agreements on October 11th. Read in full details below.
Scotland: Budget increased to bring greater transparency to land reform
By: Roseanna Cunningham
Date: January 4th 2017
Source: Scottish Housing News
Overall funding for land reform will be increased by £3.4 million in 2017, with the existing Scottish Land Fund budget maintained at £10m, the Scottish Government has announced.
