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HIMMA
HIMMA (vocable Haoussa qui signifie engagement et volonté) a été créée en Août 2003 et agréée par le Gouvernement Nigérien le 23 Août 2004 sous le numéro 333/MI/D/DGAPJ/DLP. Dix neuf (19) membres fondateurs ont été à l’origine de sa création dont 6 femmes issus des horizons divers et ayant capitalisés des expériences multiples et multiformes dans le domaine de développement rural.
Les organes de l’Association :
L’Assemblée Générale (AG)
Le Conseil d’Administration (CA)
Le Commissariat aux comptes
Le Secrétariat Exécutif (SE)
India: Tribals face harassment due lack of rights on forest land
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: The Hans India
Karimnagar: The Tribal people of Telangana agency areas are facing legal problems and police harassment for cultivating the forest lands as they are still not given rights over the lands that rightfully belong to them.
South Africa: Land bill ploughs against grain of redress
By: Anthea Jeffery*
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: Business Day Live
Opinion & Analysis
UNDER cover of the race debate, two senior communists (Thulas Nxesi and Jeremy Cronin) are pushing through Parliament the Expropriation Bill that will greatly harm all South Africans — especially the jobless poor.
Angola: Land-Grabbing As a Path to Riches and Status in Angola
By: Maka Angola
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com
ANALYSIS
Angolan investigative journalist and human rights defender Rafael Marques de Morais has submitted a complaint to the Office of the Attorney General about the behaviour of notorious Kwanza-Sul Governor, General Eusébio de Brito Teixeira, for illegal land-grabbing.
Mexico: Indigenous community in Colima opposes mining project, despite threats.
By: Camilla Capasso
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Latin Correspondent
Esperanza Salazar is a fighter. You can tell by the way she keeps her chin up when she explains why she had to leave Mexico and move to Canada, why she can’t return home.
Zimbabwe: Political expediency reigns supreme as govt abandons national interest
By: Herbert Moyo
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: Zimbabwe Independent
PLANS by government to shift focus of the proposed US$35 million land audit to assessing levels of utilisation instead of naming and shaming multiple farm owners have evoked a sense of déjà vu as government sacrifices national interest on the altar of political expediency.
Herbert Moyo
Pakistan: Land reforms: ‘Feudalism and democracy cannot go hand in hand’
By: Correspondent
Date: January 29th 2016
Source: Express Tribune
KARACHI: Feudalism and democracy cannot stand hand in hand, which is why we need to change the entire system as soon as possible.