News on Land

By: News Ghana

Date: February 9th 2016

Source: News Ghana

The African Union (AU) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed an agreement to further strengthen their partnership in support of the Great Green Wall initiative, Africa's flagship initiative to combat land degradation, desertification and drought.

By: Beverly Bell

Date: February 17th 2016

Source: Truth Out

By: Shinovene Immanuel
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Namibian

Urban and rural development minister Sophia Shaningwa said an investigation into land sales at Okahandja had uncovered serious irregularities in the manner the municipality dished out plots.

She, however, said some of the illegal transactions will be legalised while others will be nullified.

By: Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Date: March 3rd 2016

Source: The Himalayan Times

BHAKTAPUR: In a bid to keep up with e-governance service recently introduced by the government, the Bhaktapur District Land Revenue Office (DLRO) has switched to online land registration service.

Officiating secretary at the Ministry of Land Reform and Management Nagendra Jha inaugurated the service on Wednesday.

By: Doris Atwijukire

Date: 18 July 2016

Source: newvision

The many land wrangles in Bunyoro further led to the issuing of a ban on processing land titles in the Oil region by the President in 2009.

Currently, the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is undertaking certification of customary land exercise in Kasese district.

By: Johnson Okanlawon
Date: March 13th 2016
Source: National Mirror

By: Shondiin Silversmith

Date: August 3rd 2016

Source: PRI.org

For the first time in history, Taiwan’s government has apologized to the indigenous people of the island for generations of abuse.

The country’s President Tsai Ing-wen gave an official apology this week outside her office building in Taipei.