AllAfrica News: Land and Rural Issues

[New Era] Keetmanshoop -- //Kharas governor Dawid Gertze yesterday called for stronger constitutional recognition of traditional authorities and communities living near Namibia's natural resources, saying many residents in the region feel excluded from land reform and resource governance processes.

[Reporter] Zegeye Asfaw, one of the eleven commissioners of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission, has died.

[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu's comprehensive economic restructuring is rebuilding the pillars of Nigeria's economy every state of the federation can depend on, the vice president, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said.

[Nile Post] The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has defended the Mailo land tenure system while attributing persistent land disputes in Uganda to governance failures, slow institutional response, and interference in land administration rather than flaws in the system itself.

[Liberian Observer] Former President of the Grand Gedeh Association in the Americas (GGAA), Henry K. Glay, has praised Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for suspending the controversial Putu Mountain concession process, describing the decision as a timely intervention that could help restore public confidence in the management of Liberia's natural resources.