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Tanzania repossessing land owned by foreigners

Tanzania repossessing land owned by foreigners

Seven land title deeds were revoked yesterday, bringing to 12 the total number of the documents so far the government has repossessed from non-citizens. Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development Minister, Mr William Lukuvi, revoked the title deeds, maintaining that only Tanzanians have the right to own land as per the Lands Act in the […]

Oil to Worsen Land Wrangles of Local Residents

Oil to Worsen Land Wrangles of Local Residents

Uganda’s discovered oil and gas resources in the Albertine graben is expected to escalate and worsen land wrangles in the oil frontline districts, and further widen the gap between the rich and the poor, a new report by the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) at Makerere University reveals. The report titled, ‘Natural Resources Management in […]

Women Are Critical in Driving Agriculture – Zambia

Women Are Critical in Driving Agriculture – Zambia

Agriculture is an important driver of economic growth in developing countries, Zambia included. Yet it is women who make up the majority of the small-scale farmers and produce up to 80 per cent of the food consumed locally. They play a critical role in driving agriculture in Africa. Zambia’s agriculture sector has seen an increase […]

Ugandan Women Strip to Save Their Land

Ugandan Women Strip to Save Their Land

A group of elderly women in a village in northern Uganda did something culturally taboo to express their anger – they began to strip. In front of two government ministers, soldiers, policemen and hundreds of people from their community, they started removing their clothes. Off came their tops – then some of the women pulled […]

Botswana Worries Over Unutilised Agricultural Land

Botswana Worries Over Unutilised Agricultural Land

Maun — The Ministry of Agriculture is concerned about the unutilised hectares of land allocated for agricultural purposes. Addressing residents at the sixth letsema ceremony in Maun recently, Minister Patrick Ralotsia said the country continued to produce low agricultural yields due to underutilisation of agricultural land. He said his ministry needed contributions from stakeholders before […]

The Danger of Land Price Bubble in Ethiopia

The Danger of Land Price Bubble in Ethiopia

Land price bubble (housing bubble) is a response to basic supply and demand. Bubbles generally occur when speculators enter a market where demand is already high and attempt to profit through short-term buying and selling, further driving up demand. Speculative bubbles may also be defined as persistent, systematic and increasing deviations of actual prices from […]

One of Africa’s Biggest Land Deals Stalls – Shrouded in Secrecy

One of Africa’s Biggest Land Deals Stalls – Shrouded in Secrecy

ANALYSIS By Chris Arsenault Markala, Mali — Malian farmer Balima Coulibaly and his fellow villagers watched with dread as 100,000 hectares of fertile land they have farmed for generations were handed to Libyan investors with no discussion about the impact on their impoverished communities.In one of Africa’s largest and most secretive foreign agricultural investment deals, […]

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