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09 May 2012Reuters

Uganda says could eject Oxfam over land grab claims

Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.

06 May 2012The Independent

Museveni angry over NGO report on land grabbing

Two international organisations, Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), face de-registration for what government calls inciting violence over land issues.

06 May 2012The Independent

World Bank under attack for aiding land grabs in Uganda

BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala

03 May 2012Diagonal Periódico

“Las empresas que roban nuestras tierras cultivan café y fruta en ellas”

Janet Mary Akiteng denuncia el acaparamiento de tierras de campesinos de Uganda

03 May 2012FOEI

Land rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the record straight

Responding to concerns raised by Friends of the Earth International and others about the impacts of land grabbing, The World Bank claims that land lease deals in developing countries can reduce hunger and poverty, and build sustainable agriculture. The facts tell otherwise.

30 Apr 2012ULA

Apologise or face closure, Government tells Uganda Land Alliance

The price for Alliance’s investigations into cases of land grabbing has been set so high that once paid it will become extremely risky for anyone to question the vices of land grabbing and forceful evictions of innocent citizens.

26 Apr 2012Boletín Agrario

Un informe destapa las graves consecuencias de inversiones agrícolas en población local de Uganda

Elaborado por Amigos de la Tierra Uganda, denuncia la expansión descontrolada de cultivos bioenergéticos en las islas de Kalangala en el lago Victoria.

23 Apr 2012The Guardian

Campaigners claim World Bank helps facilitate land grabs in Africa

Food shortages and rural deprivation exacerbated by World Bank policy, says NGO ahead of land and poverty conference

23 Apr 2012FOEI

New report uncovers land grab in Uganda

Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, a new report reveals widespread violations of people’s rights and environmental destruction from a land grab initially funded by the World Bank in Uganda.

23 Apr 2012FOEI

Arrêtez l'accaparement des terres: la vie, la terre et de la justice en Ouganda.

John Muyiisha et les communautés de Kalangala, en Ouganda, ont perdu leurs terres. Un jour, la compagnie kenyane BIDCO est venu et leur a dit que la terre ne leur appartenait plus.

18 Apr 2012Ideal

ONG española alerta de responsabilidad de los Estados con el hambre en África

La ONG ha presentando en Madrid el informe "Responsabilidad extraterritorial de los Estados. El expolio de recursos en África Subsahariana"

17 Apr 2012Veterinarios sin fronteras

¿Desarrollo o expolio en África?

Este informe analiza las principales amenazas a la Soberanía Alimentaria en África y recoge tres estudios de caso investigados por Veterinarios Sin Fronteras en tres países africanos