Follow AllAfrica News: Land and Rural Issues, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-land Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:20:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXP84oXoXx7KkbG7Iy_4u0x9 [allAfrica.com] Johannesburg -- Some of the iconic images people call to mind when speaking about the African continent is wide open expanses like those seen in Kenya's Masaai Mara and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. These open spaces are part of what is called rangelands, which can be regarded as land carrying natural or semi-natural vegetation, and provides a suitable habitat for herds of wildlife or livestock.]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:10:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXP84oXoXx7KkbG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPZOSBwUBUYswm0QkxGtqLL [Mozambique] The planned Mphanda Nkuwa dam, just downstream from Cahora Bassa, will force 1400 families to move. Development projects take priority over lands rights, but people forced off their land must be properly resettled. This has not happened with coal mines in Tete, gas and rubies in Cabo Delgado, and other projects, causing conflicts and protests lasting decades.]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:26:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPZOSBwUBUYswm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXM61D74W9LLoHHnycKeoCpf [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Digital Strategist Dennis Itumbi has written to the Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) seeking prosecution of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi over the Ruaraka land saga.]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:27:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXM61D74W9LLoHHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOdr9nTarJrXu-bbeigX9oC [GroundUp] The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which owns the land, plans to have a meeting with the community later this month]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:32:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOdr9nTarJrXu-bbeigX9oC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPfLpq_-CjFIO4DA87rvhPr [IPS] Bonn -- The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8.]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:36:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPfLpq_-CjFIO4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNYZnW-twpLKofjc6hd5eWF [Daily News] Arusha -- THE East African Business Council (EABC) has commended President Samia Suluhu Hassan for donating and handing them over a piece of land.]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:01:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNYZnW-twpLKofjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPSHC7qdSTEY0ZPHFZJLI3I [Ghanaian Times] On Tuesday, the Asante­hene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, expressed grave concern about the impunity with which some of his traditional leaders have involved themselves in double sale of lands and others forci­bly snatching lands from their owners over expired lease.]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:29:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPSHC7qdSTEY0ZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPSHC7qdSTEY6gHTd9OkkKt [GroundUp] High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:28:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPSHC7qdSTEY6gHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPSHC7qdSTEY6JCIqJppjfU [GroundUp] Company must rebuild homes of the "Airfield Community" on land near Waterkloof base]]> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:25:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPSHC7qdSTEY6JCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOHlwRngfapzCVCAQLB0bf5 [Ghanaian Times] The Global Con­vergence of Land and Water Struggles, West Africa in collaboration with Youth Volunteers for Environment Ghana (YVE), has organised a three-day Post-Conference of Parties (COP27) Climate Caravan in the Oti, Volta and Great­er Accra Regions to create awareness on land and water security.]]> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:40:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOHlwRngfapzCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMiXuteFrKxG8fGo0LrnZNO [Capital FM] Nakuru -- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has filed an urgent case in Nakuru, seeking to recover Sh1.6 billion Egerton University grabbed land.]]> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:26:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMiXuteFrKxG8fGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOxSRZ8O1IGGdaXKMm36c-X [New Zimbabwe] THE High Court has granted over 4000 families from Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba who were facing eviction an interim relief to stay, stopping Vevhu Resources from conducting the re-pegging exercise.]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:01:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOxSRZ8O1IGGdaXKMm36c-X https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPcIFELRT-Iun-fx8LWuXng [Capital FM] Malindi -- A close relative of former US President Barack Obama is embroiled in a land ownership dispute with a German national within the Kilifi/Jimba settlement scheme in Kilifi County.]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:57:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPcIFELRT-Iun-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMcnGJVIzk2eO9WSSr4-0sP [IPS] Nairobi -- Tanzania's policies on conservation and its ongoing impacts on Maasai people in Ngorongoro district highlight how communities historically marginalized by oppression still wrestle with colonial policies.]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:23:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMcnGJVIzk2eO9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOUpelwsDkBX3tuT6pSmY81 [Capital FM] Kisumu -- Land offices at Awasi, Nyando Sub County went up in flames on Saturday evening.]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:58:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOUpelwsDkBX3tuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXM6X_1H4qgx20oy9CZgXDJO [Daily News] PRESIDENT Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan has given residents of at Kiingale Ward in Kondoa District a part of land belonging to King'ang'a Prison to end a three-decade long land dispute between the residents and the prison.]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:07:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXM6X_1H4qgx20oy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXM6X_1H4qgx220dX84dnP8Y [Daily News] Dodoma -- THE Ministry of Land, Housing and Human Settlement Development has collected 75 per cent of its land rent target in a period between July and December last year.]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:07:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXM6X_1H4qgx220dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNGQi5YDfgePaJCIqJppjfU [The Herald] Farmers following the initial forecasts of normal-to-above-normal rains, and then seeing the rains actually fall, have 1,9 million hectares of maize, marking a 40 percent jump from the 1,5 million hectares planted last year.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2023 11:12:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNGQi5YDfgePaJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPw5uCoWx7nmLmyhX6zo8SW [Namibian] THE secretary general of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo), Joseph Kauandenge, yesterday said it seems some officials in the ministry of land are acting as middlemen in the land resettlement process.]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:26:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPw5uCoWx7nmLmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPzC1rKvuHq_n1d0VB8z-7c [AI London] Reacting to the news that two Nigerian communities, which have been devastated by oil spills, have filed claims against Shell at the High Court in London, Amnesty International's Head of Business and Human Rights Mark Dummett, said:]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:55:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPzC1rKvuHq_n1d0VB8z-7c