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 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:34:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXP6kK5yVrUqK2W0GqTRQSgk [Capital FM] The story is told of a Greek King called Augeas who was reputed to own more livestock than anyone else. Each night, his immense flock would be herded into stables that grew very dirty with time as they were never cleaned. To rid them of the choking filth, the Greek hero Heracles had to divert a river through them.]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXP6kK5yVrUqK2W0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMDhxPo0652si1Ly282xAAw [New Dawn] The Multi-Actor Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia (MAP Liberia) Land Platform has inducted its National Steering Committee members in Ganta, Nimba County.]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:37:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMDhxPo0652si1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXODW2rBV66NJxhSCv31NykC [The Herald] CCC councillor for Harare's Ward 42 in Hatcliffe, Elvis Ruzani, is embroiled in an alleged land scam, accused of parcelling out land earmarked for recreation and schools to desperate home seekers.]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:17:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXODW2rBV66NJxhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXP8EnR9wG-TRLDXWBZfdr71 [UN News] A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050.]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:42:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXP8EnR9wG-TRLDXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNbnlo2Hiogfem6srrLMsqK [New Era] Land reform minister Calle Schlettwein has moved to debunk assertions that foreigners under the draft Land Bill will be allowed to lease communal land for 99 years, saying no foreigner, nor Namibian, can own land under a freehold title on communal land.]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:21:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNbnlo2Hiogfem6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMOFAu01l0UcLb9ICM-PHur [DA] The ANC would rather expropriate your property than attempt to repurpose its own properties.]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:15:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMOFAu01l0UcLb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNVF8aSCPD_Grb9ICM-PHur [GhanaToday] The government has started the regularization of all the private properties on the land belonging to the Animal Research Institute (ARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at Frafraha, Adenta in the Greater Accra Region (GAR) which was illegally taken by encroachers.]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:48:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNVF8aSCPD_Grb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPVUPDgJIUBRnHnycKeoCpf [AIM] Maputo -- The British company Plexus, which had a commitment to purchase cotton from 50,000 peasant farmers in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has suddenly announced that it is pulling out, alleging security reasons, although it is known to be in deep financial trouble, reports the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:11:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPVUPDgJIUBRnHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPy5ENArSho8yuZukmJ4mr4 [GroundUp] Fate of farm dweller facing eviction still in limbo]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 07:02:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPy5ENArSho8yuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMxnCBx8v7A-cqq6eZJzUh9 [Ghanaian Times] The government will from next week commence the process to regularise the stay of encroachers on the 900 acres of land situated at Frafraha in the Adentan Municipality belonging to the Animal Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMxnCBx8v7A-cqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPxzMn4fWZQ884HQhe4ZUzd [Vanguard] In this interview with some journalists, the lawmaker representing Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency of Cross River State in the House of Representatives, Dr Alex Egbona, speaks on the crisis that engulfed Nko community of Yakurr, leading to the invasion of the village by soldiers and appealed to the soldiers to pull out of the village. Excerpts:]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:24:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPxzMn4fWZQ884HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOeQ3JJpQgA2N3hDS9njgCr [International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity] Nairobi -- How could it be that we possessed and protected this land for millennia and this sacred link is in danger of disappearing from Tanzania's history in merely 60 years?]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:19:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOeQ3JJpQgA2N3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMIHHrN2kpQOSRFMxTa8z4W [IPS] New Orleans -- When I first met Dr. Roland Bunch, I have to be honest--he scared me. As one of the most well-respected leaders on agronomy and resilient land management, he offers extremely prescient predictions on how famines take root when soils fail--and also has an admirably clear-eyed view of what we need to do better.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:50:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMIHHrN2kpQOSRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXN8ABZRRdw_uEoy9CZgXDJO [Thomson Reuters Foundation] From the Amazon rainforest to Indonesia, indigenous groups see little progress on protecting forests since COP26 climate summit]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:34:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXN8ABZRRdw_uEoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMu_jcYEnwu--Gkz6RCC25z [Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- Ms Cecilia Abenaa Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has cautioned private developers to stay away from the Electricity Company of Ghana's (ECG) transmission site at Adoato, in the Ashanti Region.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:32:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXMu_jcYEnwu--Gkz6RCC25z https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPCZLMlJwfeHlLv-B9hV9S2 [GhanaToday] The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has started the demolition of unauthorized structures at the Animal Research Institute (ARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given to the encroachers to relocate.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:56:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPCZLMlJwfeHlLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNRWGTaY7Hw8Ifjc6hd5eWF [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A regional civil society group "Friends of the Earth Africa" has launched a campaign intended to urge ECOWAS to put in place a moratorium on new land-based concessions for industrial plantations.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:38:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXNRWGTaY7Hw8Ifjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPpqENLi46D9HKSkciKEY1s [New Zimbabwe] Social welfare Minister, Paul Mavima has said government will avail more land for the expansion of Tongogara Irrigation Scheme in Chipinge South as part of efforts to improve the livelihoods of refugees and host communities.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:43:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXPpqENLi46D9HKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOtl8RbcYXRNP9M7fKGWt0o [Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned men against spending money on secret lovers at the expense of their families.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:40:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOtl8RbcYXRNP9M7fKGWt0o https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOtl8RbcYXRNH1d0VB8z-7c [Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday kicked off the latest phase of the national title deeds issuance programme that will see the immediate issuance of one million title deeds to land owners across the country.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:40:21 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/haf0uoC5YXOtl8RbcYXRNH1d0VB8z-7c