The Land Issue
| :: | A note from the editor |
| 01 October 1998 | |
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| :: | Kenya: Land conflicts cause ethnic bloodshed |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| Since ´91, ethnic violence has erupted with a ferocity and mind numbing regularity, not seen before in Kenya’s 30 years of relatively peaceful independence. The core of the conflict is the issue of land. | |
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| :: | Nepal: Maghi - the black day |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| The medieval slavery system is still alive in Nepal in Asia. The isolated agricultural workers in the far west have for years been exploited ruthlessly but now there seem to be some hope for the workers and their liberation. | |
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| :: | Tanzania: Grazing or farming - land conflict is escalating |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| Despite the livestock sector contributing 18 percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), pastoralists in Usangu Plains claim they are up against harsh resistance from local authorities and farmers. | |
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| :: | Zimbabwe: No clear answer for the poor |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| Eighteen years after the birth of the new Zimbabwe, the majority of the poor still await a much promised solution to the imbalanced land distribution. Land is becoming an ever more debated and controversial topic. | |
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| :: | Mozambique: Knowledge for self-defence |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| For the first time ever, more than 120 organisations – national as well as foreign – have joined forces and resources to inform about the new Land Law in Mozambique. | |
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| :: | Lesotho: New social patterns against old mountain |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| Tremors are shaking the ground below the village of Mapeleng, causing a shake-up of social and physical village structures at the same time. Changes in the wake of realising Lesotho’s ambitious water project. | |
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| :: | Zambia: Land law is a set-back to the dark ages |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| The Land Act is causing millions of Zambians to be deprived of land and livelihood without any form of compensation. Its another apartheid, says an outspoken Zambian land activist, in her personal comment to the situation. | |
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| :: | Zambia: Faith in government and magic |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| In chief Chiawas area on the banks of Zambezi River the village leaders do not worry too much about title deeds and foreign investors. | |
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| :: | Uganda: Women are still not secured |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| A woman’s security in Uganda is determined by her ability to have access to land. But the new Land Law, which was passed by Government on the 2nd of July, did not bring forth the changes, Uganda’s women were hoping for. | |
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| :: | Tanzania: Pastoralists facing harsh penalties |
| 01 October 1998 | |
| An ultimatum by the Kilosa district authorities has been issued to all pastoralists in the district to move to selected areas although authorities admit they are unfit for animal husbandry. | |
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