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   Post-conflict land governance reform in the African Great Lakes region. Part I - The challenges of post-conflict land reform

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   November, 2016

   Burundi, South Sudan, Uganda

   Land Conflicts

   continuum in land rights

   land

   land conflicts

   land dispute

   land governance

   land ownership

   land reform

   land tenure

   land tenure systems

   tenure security

   Disputes over land are a prominent feature of many situations of protracted violent conflict in Burundi, Uganda and South Sudan. Research conducted as part of the programme ‘Grounding Land Governance’ underscores that war reshuffles access and ownership, but also critically changes the ways in which land is governed. Land issues often come to resonate with other conflicts in society, thereby affecting overall stability. This makes interventions in land governance politically sensitive.