Zimbabwe: The land issue revisited

Farmers aren't happy with the proposed Mackay Ring Road route that will take over some farming land. Related Stories 06:51 21/05 21/05 20/05 15/05 The Federal Government has finally announced the planned route for the Mackay Ring Road. However not ...

The Sumilao farmers may be happy over Malacanang's decision placing, for the second time since 1990, the 144-hectare property in the province of Bukidnon under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). But the contentious events surrounding ...

Sudha Bharadwaj is a lawyer and a member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karkyakarta Committee). CMM was founded in 1982 by legendary union leader Shankar Guha Niyogi (assassinated in ...

The chairperson of the militant peasant alliance Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP-Peasant Movement of the Philippines), president and No.2 nominee of Anakpawis (toiling masses) political party last week said contrary to state view that it was a ...

Like many other states in the federation, the Federal Capital Territory has a total land mass of 33,489.5 hectares carved out for the development of grazing reserves, but these areas have remained undeveloped over the years. DAVID ADUGE-ANI reports ...

The Movement for Democratic Change has adjusted policies in its election manifesto but is this enough to win against Zanu-PF later this year? New and improved? MDC Women's League delegates dance during part of the programme of the party's policy ...

"Lathi maar maar ke utha lehale anshan wahe/ daktar sahib soochna pahuchain naye mukhyamantri se bataiye da/ hum aapan zamin na dewai/ hame na chahi kuch tumhara." (Police beat protesting farmers and remanded them/ We heard a new CM is coming to ...

Shame on The New York Times for the bias that was so evident in last week's front page story titled "Federal Spigot Flows as Farmers Claim Bias." It clearly implied that even meager restitution was underserved and we were unworthy plaintiffs, ...

The dispossessed farmers of Singur are about to be robbed again. The first was when the Left Front government had taken over their land at dirt cheap rates. And now, whatever little money they received have been siphoned away by chit funds, mostly ...