The Guardian view on Nagorno-Karabakh: new interests in an old conflict
Editorial: A long-running dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been supercharged by Turkey throwing its weight behind Baku
February 2019
Potential dangers to the Chagos Islands
Letters: Jonathan Hunt says most of the islands are uninhabitable and Paul Tattam says there is a risk of China playing Britain at its own game of gunboat diplomacy
October 2018
Other lives
Lynda Thorn obituary
Other lives: Planning expert who negotiated with governments, engineers and banks
June 2017
This ruling allows councils to boycott Israel. It’s a crucial victory
Ben Jamal
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s judicial review is a win for the rule of law, meaning action can be taken against Israel for its violations of international law
November 2016
Belgium and Netherlands agree to swap land to simplify border
Countries agree to cede small, uninhabited parcels of land to reflect change in course of river, with Belgium giving more land than it will receive
September 2016
ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction cases
In change of focus, Hague court will prosecute government and individuals for environmental crimes such as landgrabs
May 2016
Paraguay battles over land rights in the courts and across the airwaves
As soya companies appropriate land in Paraguay, many small-scale campesino farmers are forced out to cities. For those who stay to fight for their land, the conflict can turn bloody
January 2016
Disappearing world: Paraguay's Ayoreo people fight devastating land sales
The long read
The refugee who took on the British government
June 2015
UK development finance arm accused of bankrolling 'agro-colonialism' in Congo
Report claims workers of palm oil company part-owned by DFI earn a pittance, live in harsh conditions and have had their land taken illegally, though DFI says it is trying to improve pay and conditions for workers
April 2015
World Bank breaks its own rules as millions lose land and livelihoods
World Bank lending: how the organisation rode roughshod over its own rules – interactive
March 2015
Field posts
Palestine field post: 'I am not your normal human rights campaigner'
Ugandan farmers take on palm oil giants over land grab claims
February 2015
Africa urged to protect its communities by taking control of its land
After signing up to guidelines that would protect vulnerable people from being pushed off their own land, African heads of state need to implement them
January 2015
#OccupyPlayGround: police used teargas on our children, but for now we celebrate the win
Land rights in Burma – in pictures
Commodity boom extracting increasingly heavy toll on Amazon forests
Local Ethiopians miss out as big agriculture firms struggle in Gambella
November 2014
Stop investing in Colombian blood: land activists appeal to the UK
Colombians are being kept off their farms by armed groups and illegal businesses. Those fighting for land restitution have a blunt message for British firms and politicians, writes Sam Jones
