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South Africa: Land reform set to reach 30% black-owned target, study shows
Kenya's deadly land invasions blamed on political incitement
Burned-out homes in this dry landscape have become a symbol of the tensions around Tuesday's presidential election as Kenyans prepare for the possibility of yet more deadly violence.
For more than a year now, farms and homes in Laikipia County have been under siege.
Australia: Mining jobs deal helps indigenous tighten grip on futures
Bauxite has played a role more critical than perhaps any other bit of dirt in the modern land rights struggle.
The 1963 Yirrkala bark petitions protesting an Arnhem Land deal to mine the ore used to make aluminium arguably kicked off the drive to legally reclaim indigenous property.
It was to be a profound matter not merely of ownership, but of deep cultural identity; of connection to country.
Uganda: LAND PROBE: How govt land is stolen
After a technical break, the seven-member Land Inquiry 2017 Commission headed by Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire handled two big cases from July 24 –28.
Madagascar Sets an Example for Land Reform
Kenya: Titles of 32 grabbed school land revoked
The National Land Commission has revoked title deeds held 32 schools le deeds held by private developers laying claim on their land.
Through a gazette notice, National Lands Commission chair Muhammad Swazuri revoked 1,100 titles deeds safeguarding 32 public schools and institutions whose lands hand been grabbed.
Lavington Primary in Nairobi whose land had been grabbed by the Kensom Holdings was among the beneficiaries.
India: Government forcibly grabbing land, alleges CPI (M) leader Julakanti
The Cost of Brazilian President Michel Temer’s Political Survival
Land Professionals Called Upon To Equip Themselves In Developmental Projects
The President of Ghana Institutions of Surveyors (GhIS), Mr. Edwin Addo-Tawiah has said, it is time surveyors take strategic decisions for the development of the country, considering the United Nations Development Goal (UNDG) which has been estimated that, 60% of Africans would be living in the urban areas by 2020.
According to him, there is therefore, the need for land professionals to equip themselves in terms of decision making in developmental projects.
Human Development Research Centre
Human Development Research Centre (HDRC), established in 1999, is a leading multidisciplinary research-cum-action organization in Bangladesh. HDRC, through a team of multidisciplinary experts—comprised permanent research staff and a pool of external experts— has been credited with over 200 completed studies by its name.