Oromo nationals in Berlin staged a peaceful demonstration to protest against Meles Zenawi’s sale of farmlands in Oromia to local and international land speculators and to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

Legislation and practices aiming to safeguard customary land rights are largely failing to give real decision-making authority to communities affected by large-scale land acquisitions in sub-Saharan Africa, says a recent report by the Center for International Forestry Research.

The China Green company wants to acquire 10,000 acres of farmland in Pakistan on lease to grow fruits and vegetables.

Foreign investors aren't just after land in Africa. Access to water is essential – which can bring them into direct competition with the needs of local communities

The project will be the biggest overseas investment made by a Chinese agricultural enterprise and China's largest overseas production base for cooking oil.

Women are at the forefront of being evicted in Cambodia.

In the past three days, peasants, pastoralists and indigenous peoples have come together from across the world for the first time to share with each other their experiences and struggles against land-grabbing.

China will increasingly look to Africa over the next decade as the world's most populous nation seeks to ensure it has sufficient food supplies, according to a study published Wednesday.

Polling for the Michael Fay-led consortium trying to buy the Crafar dairy farms shows an “overwhelming desire for the government to stop in and stop the sale” to the would-be Chinese buyer, Pengxin International.

Foreign investors have snapped up more than $12 billion in Australian farm land and agribusiness during the past year.

President Yangouvonda who is now visiting Qatar said that there are a number of investment fields in his country such as agricultural, cattle breeding, tourism and mineral resources.

US company with 100,000 ha in Guinea now looking to expand into The Gambia and Sierra Leone.