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Our Land, Our Future

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In In the media

October 23rd, 2012 by Mr. Ali D. Kaba Liberia’s total land area is approximately ten million hectares. Liberia currently has one of the highest land concession rates in Africa: almost 40% of our nation’s land has already been promised to foreign investors for logging, palm and rubber plantations, and mining across all fifteen counties. Between […]

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Farmer Resists Eviction in Zimbabwe

Published in Wednesday October 24th, 2012 In In the media

October 23rd, 2012 A Beatrice farmer is resisting eviction from State land claiming that he was re-allocated the piece of land under the land reform programme. This has prompted A2 farmer Mr Aaron Madziva to approach the High Court seeking to evict Mr Gerald Douglas Davidson from Xekene Farm on the strength of an offer […]

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Land Reforms Boost Women Rights in Rwanda

Published in Monday October 22nd, 2012 In In the media

Rwanda’s land reforms have allowed the public to safeguard their rights on land which has significantly improved livelihoods among communities, according to the 2012 ActionAid report. The report, titled ‘Lay of the Land Improving Land Governance to Stop Land Grabs’, is a result of a survey that covered 24 countries worldwide.

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Women Want to Own Land in Kenya

Published in Monday October 22nd, 2012 In In the media

October 18, 2012 WOMEN in Kakamega want to own land as a way of fighting poverty. Kakamega county small farmers chairlady Jane Sayo said mothers carry the burden of feeding the family and should therefore be trusted with land management. Speaking yesterday at Khwisero during the World Food Day celebrations Sayo said the county’s poverty […]

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Giving Women Land, Giving Them a Future, in Cameroon

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 16, 2012 Clarisse Kimbi barely ekes out a living from a tiny parcel of land in Kom village in the North West Region of Cameroon. Today, the mother of six finds it hard to put food on the table for herself and her children. But five years ago she, her husband and children were […]

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Land Grabbing Continues Apace in Namibia

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 17, 2012 Residents of the Onayena Constituency in the Oshikoto Region are concerned that some people have started fencing off swathes of land, even though they are not cultivating it. Concerned traditional leaders briefed the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Loide Kasingo, during her recent familiarisation visit to the Oshikoto Region. They suggested […]

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Poverty Worsens As Flood Renders 42 Million Nigerians Homeless

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 17, 2012 As the world marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty today, flood which has been ravaging many states of the country since August has worsened the incidence of poverty in Nigeria, the world’s largest black nation. Currently, the flood, which has affected five of the six geo-political zones of the country, […]

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600,000 Persons Displaced in Kogi State, in Nigeria

Published in Wednesday October 10th, 2012 In In the media

October 9, 2012 Over 600, 000 people were displaced by the flood disaster, which ravaged nine local government areas of the Kogi State. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Yabaji Bologi, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday in Lokoja, said according to the latest report released by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) about 344 communities […]

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500 Families Homeless in Land Row in Kenya

Published in Wednesday October 10th, 2012 In In the media

October 8, 2012 More than 500 families from Laini Moja in Kitale spent the night in the cold after their houses were demolished by alleged Matisi Cooperative Society members. It is alleged that the Matisi Cooperative Society claim that the families settled in their land and hired street boys and goons who demolished their shelters. […]

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53,000 Displaced and 11 Communities Submerged in Delta, Nigeria

Published in Tuesday October 9th, 2012 In In the media

October 08, 2012 No fewer than 53,000 residents of 11 communities in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, have been rendered homeless following the flooding of their homes as a result of the overflow of the River Niger. Their farmlands were also submerged. Ivrogbor, Umeh, Uzere, Ehwen, Edherie and Igbide, in Isoko South Local […]