India-Land and Development Conference (ILDC) – 2020 held in New Delhi from March 2 to 4 saw a lively debate on a wide range of issues relating to India’s land sector. More than 100 academicians, young researchers, activists and policy makers made their presentations in the conference spread across 34 thematic and two plenary sessions. More than 350 delegates participated in the event.
The passing of the Land Expropriation Without Compensation bill by the South African parliament with overwhelming support by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has instigated uncertainties in the country's property rights and agricultural production.
“This plot is not for sale” are the six words you will find, marked on a lot of properties and plots of land in Uganda. The words are meant to ward off quack land or property brokers and conmen. Most of the cases handled in courts in Uganda, and Kampala in particular, are fraud-related cases (like selling land while the true owners are away using counterfeit titles) and land transaction fraud (when fake land titles are obtained and sadly some officers in the land registry are involved).
Date: 20 août 2019
Source: Ici Lome
Par: Mouvement Martin Luther King / La voix des sans voix
On dit qu'ils sont une poudrière au Togo. Les litiges fonciers dominent les affaires qui sont pendantes à la justice togolaises. Et souvent, cela fait le business de certains magistrats qui en profitent allègrement. Une situation qui amène le MMLK à interpeller les autorités municipales et les préfets.
Date: 31 juillet 2019
Source: VOA
Par: Emmanuel Jules Ntap
De nombreux dysfonctionnements affectent le règlement des conflits agro-pastoraux au Cameroun, d’après une récente étude des experts locaux en gouvernance foncière.
Les personnes défavorisées et vulnérables au Cameroun paient le plus lourd tribut des dysfonctionnements dans le règlement des conflits agro-pastoraux.
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Date: 8 juillet 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab, France 24
Par : Guy Marie BANDOLO | Michel MVONDO | Simon BATOUM
Date: 27 mai 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab, GRAIN et al.
Huile de palme au Cameroun : les juridictions françaises doivent ordonner au groupe Bolloré de respecter ses engagements en faveur des riverains et travailleurs des plantations de Socapalm.
Date: 14 mai 2019
Source: Famlandgrab, FPP
Par: Madeleine NGEUNGA
Sous la menace de l’accaparement de la société agro-industrielle Biopalm, des femmes autochtones Bagyeli du département de l’Océan disent non à la production du palmier à huile dans leurs forêts.
Cameroun, Village of Mounguè : « Nda Bagyeli »
Maritza Losada moved to Puerto Guadalupe five years ago when her husband found a job with a large biomass energy company that grows sugar cane. She and her husband purchased a lot in the town’s poorest neighborhood, Barrio Nuevo. The district remains today much like it was in 1995 when the government created the housing project for future agro-laborers: no roads, no sewage, no gutters.