Society / Land
Articles about Land, ordered by date. 
Where did the land go?
Despite Robert Mugabe’s redistribution programme, Zimbabweans are still desperately short of land, with cronyism and political corruption not helping matters as Cyril Zenda reports.
Pushed back and pushed on
The treatment meted out to asylum-seekers in Lithuania has hardened since Belarus opened up a migration channel into the country. Severia Bel speaks to people trapped in the political crossfire.
Roads for the rich, tents for the poor
Kenyan social justice activist Anami Daudi Toure speaks to Amy Hall about how he and his neighbours in Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Njenga settlement are picking up the pieces after violent mass evictions.
Nice little earner
What connects the retirement savings of US teachers with inflating land and food prices in Brazil? Maria Luisa Mendonça and Daniela Stefan explain.
For whose protection?
A target to turn 30 per cent of the world’s land into protected areas for nature by 2030 is set to be agreed by world leaders in December. But not everyone is happy about it, as Amy Hall reports.
Land back
For generations, Indigenous-led actions have been pushing for the return of traditional lands across the US and Canada. Riley Yesno explores how that spirit has been turned into a movement – embodied in schemes to redistribute wealth from non-Indigenous hands.
Unwanted attraction
For decades, Indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts have lived under the violence of military rule. Hana Shams Ahmed reports on how the Bangladesh government’s push for tourism in the region is further threatening their right to land.
Land - The Facts
Whose farm?, land deals, trashing the place, city folk.
Action & info
Initiatives, action, and further reading on land rights.
The land is ours
We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.
Who will protect the land?
Hazel Sheffield explores how the history of failed land reform in Colombia threatens both people and planet. Illustrations by Léo Hamelin.
Agony Uncle: Is my daughter harbouring antisemitic views?
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.
Southern Exposure: Nyani Quarmyne
Nyani Quarmyne’s bird’s-eye view of a community gathering in Ghana.
The politics of grazing
Report from West Cameroon by Natalia Riley.
'I will never give up my land'
Roxana Olivera talks to Goldman Environment Prize winner Máxima Acuña.
Stop forced closures!
Amy Hall reports on the threat to remote communities in Australia.
Cementing Gaza's suffering
Reconstruction is being hampered by Israel, which is stopping building supplies getting through, says Abedalqader Hammad.
Canal controversy in Nicaragua
Bryan Kay on a possibly calamitous plan.
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