By: Armando Mombelli

Date: October 14th 2016

Source: Swissinfo.ch

The worrying rise in foreign investors buying up land in poor countries is set to get worse in future, taking valuable resources from local populations. A report out later this month by a Bern database into ‘land grabbing’ should dig deeper into the problem.  

By: Liga Rudzite

Date: October 14th 2016

Source: TOL.org

Human rights watchdogs are asking for their release, arguing that their protests did not breach any law. 

By: Marie O'Halloran

Date: October 12th 2016

Source: The Irish Times

Independent TD accuses horse industry of ‘gobbling up’ huge tracts of lands

Independent TD Mattie McGrath has renewed his call for a tax on land purchases in excess of 750 acres, accusing conglomerates in the horse industry of “gobbling up” huge tracts of land.

By: Michael Sena Dzansi

Date: October 11th 2016

Source: News Ghana

CARITAS Ghana has stated that though Ghana has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the new global framework for development, the country faces the risk of failing to attain some of these goals due to the negative impact of land grabbing throughout the country.

By: Esther Yu Hsi Lee

Date: October 10th 2016

Source: ThinkProgress

About 60 percent of the country’s population is comprised of indigenous people.

By: Mark Keith Muhumuza

Date: October 10th 2016

Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor

Kampala — Land owners will have to sell their land to the government if a prospecting mining company makes a discovery.

In the ongoing review of the Mining Act 2003 and Mining Policy, landowners will no longer be required to negotiate with investors - mineral rights holders - for compensation on their land if a mining company wants to carry out mining activities.

Date: October 7th 2016

Source: NGO News Africa

By: Kieran Cooke

Date: October 5th 2016

Source: Middle East Eye

After food costs spike, Saudis spent billions buying up farm land around the world. Who benefits exactly and can the spree continue?

Date: October 5th 2016

Source: Slow Food

Democratic Republic of Congo to disclose large-scale agricultural contracts

In partnership with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, documents will be available via a new online repository

By: Jatindra Dash

Date: October 3rd 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

BHUBANESWAR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Villagers in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand vowed to continue their protest against a coal mine after four people were killed when police opened fire during clashes at the weekend, forcing a halt to operations at the site.

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: September 29th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One of the world's biggest gold mining firms has pledged to improve its dispute resolution practices following an 18-month investigation into a bitter, ongoing conflict over land between farmers and its Peruvian subsidiary.