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Field Reseach and Desk Study Report

Comprehensive coherent land conflict management mechanisms in Teso sub-region

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
cadastral register
community land rights
gender equity in access to land
land conflicts
land governance
land titling
Teso Initiative for Peace (TIP) received funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) that has been delegated through Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) under a project titled “Responsible Land Policy in Uganda” (RELAPU). In its pursuit to reduce extreme poverty and hunger in the world under its Field of Action 6 i.e.
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Community Land Regulations (LN No. 279 of 2018).

Regulations
November, 2017
Kenya
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
land
customary law
land registration
cadastres
gender equity in access to land
farmland
land dispute resolution
These Regulations of the Cabinet Secretary for Land and Physical Planning implement provisions of the Community Land Act, 2016 ("Act") with respect to, among other things, recognition, protection and registration of community land rights, community land management committees, registration of communities, conversion of community land, settlement of disputes relating to community land, conversion of group representatives, a national programme for public education and awareness on provisions of the Act and the rights of communities over community land, and the preparation of Community Rules an
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Ordonnance n° 2017-025/P-RM du 30 mars 2017 portant création de la Direction nationale des Domaines.

Legislation
March, 2017
Mali
Land Conflicts
land-use planning
land dispute resolution
cadastres
land registration
La présente ordonnance crée une Direction nationale des Domaines dont la mission est d’élaborer les éléments de la politique nationale relative au domaine et au foncier et d’assurer et d’assurer la coordination et le contrôle de la mise en œuvre de ladite politique.A ce titre, il est chargé de: élaborer et de mettre en œuvre la législation et la réglementation domaniale et foncière; réaliser des études pour l’amélioration des recettes domaniales et foncières; gérer le patrimoine immobilier non bâti de l’Etat; procéder à la location des immeubles non bâtis de l’Etat au profit des tiers; proc
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Loi n° 2017-15 du 26 Mai 2017 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 2013-01 du 14 août 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Benin.

Legislation
May, 2017
Benin
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
farmland
customary law
use rights
land-use planning
land registration
environment
fisheries
land management
cadastres
forest land
land dispute resolution
forest conservation
gender equity in access to land
La présente loi supprime les dispositions des articles 16, 501 de la loi n° 2013-01 du 14 août 2013 portant code foncier et domanial en République du Benin.
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Sectional Titles Amendment Regulations, 2017 (No. R. 427 of 2017).

Regulations
May, 2017
South Africa
Land Conflicts
land dispute resolution
cadastres
land subdivision
land ownership
land registration
These Regulations amend the Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 with respect to various matters, with various references to the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act, 2011. Matters concern mainly documentation and certification. Regulation 30 on management rules as contemplated in section 35 (2) (a) of the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 and regulation 39 on arbitration are repealed.

Amends: Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986. (1988-04-08)
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Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 10 of 2017).

Legislation
January, 2017
Malawi
Land Conflicts
land
public ownership
land governance
land registration
cadastres
private ownership
land dispute resolution
This Act amends the Local Government Act in provisions concerning land matters consequential upon the enactment of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 2016 and the Land Act 2016. Also the word "Local Authority" is replaced by the word " Local Government Authority" wherever it occurs in the principal Act and provisions regarding the delegation of functions to committee by an Authority, the disposal of land, the designation of an area as a rateable area, the valuation of property, and charges on property. Three new sections are inserted in the principal Act (78A-C).
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Role of Land Governance in Improving Tenure Security in Zambia: Towards a Strategic Framework for Preventing Land Conflicts

Journal Articles & Books
August, 2017
Zambia
Land Conflicts
cadastral administration
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
land governance
land-use planning
landlessness
property
tenure security
Zambia is one of the countries in Africa with a high frequency of land conflicts. The conflicts over land lead to tenure insecurity. In response to the increasing number of land conflicts, the Zambian Government has undertaken measures to address land conflicts, but the measures are mainly curative in nature. But a conflict sensitive land governance framework should address both curative and preventive measures.
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LAND GOVERNANCE IN URBAN AREAS CASE OF NAIROBI CITY COUNTY

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
cadastral administration
intensive land use
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land information systems
land management
land use
land-use planning
land valuation
sustainable land use
urban planning
urbanization
Globalisation and urbanisation trends in developing countries present both opportunities for growth and development on one hand while contributing to the complex myriad challenges of managing urbanisation on the other hand. Cities and urban areas play a critical in the development of a country. They provide platforms that incorporate intense combination of economic, cultural and political factors of a country or region. Nairobi city is Kenya’s economic capital and is a major economic hub in Africa.
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Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
cadastral administration
cadastral register
capital value (land)
communal ownership
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
deed registration
displacement
eminent domain
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land investments
land ownership
land registration
land titling
land use
land valuation
management rights
natural resources management
research
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
title deeds
women
youth
Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country

and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing

interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However

most of the land earmarked for compulsory acquisition comprises of un- registered land whose interests
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District Multi-stakeholder Forums: An Unexhausted Opportunity for Securing Land Rights; the Tanzanian Experience

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Tanzania
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agrarian reform
agropastoral systems
capacity development
customary land rights
grazing land rights
land administration
land conflicts
Administration of land in Tanzania is more decentralized from the president to the village level. The law gives power to village councils and village assemblies to administer village land. The District authorities are given advisory and supervisory mandates over villages and represent the commissioner who takes overall administrative powers. Despite decentralization, institutions responsible for land administration, land have continued to be cause of many conflicts for years. Conflicts have been escalating and lead loss of lives and property.