Dr.

Rick

de Satgé

In November 2018, leaders from nine communities from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) whose land rights and livelihood were affected by the PHC-Feronia large-scale palm oil plantation took a historic step and filed a complaint. They were the first communities to request mediation and to date their issues remain unresolved.

After 14 years of advocacy, the DRC president finally signs new Indigenous peoples law. On Wednesday, the president of the DRC, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi, signed and promulgated the new law on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Indigenous Pygmy Peoples.

The widespread popularity of chocolate has led to a cocoa boom in the DRC, escalating deforestation in the country’s primary forests by impoverished locals in the war-torn region.

Displaced people are often wrongly seen as better off than refugees. This heightens their vulnerability and prolongs their displacement. A more nuanced understanding may benefit aid and development practitioners in their efforts to help displaced people.

Families  near Binga in Zimbabwe, originally removed to make way for the Kariba dam brace for yet another displacement — this time, the result of a coal mining project.

Pastoralists are repeatedly ignored in global debates about climate change and the future of food. Extensive livestock production can and should remain part of a low carbon future

When the government of Zimbabwe started grabbing land from former white farmers, many in the country celebrated, thinking an injustice was being righted. Little did we know that the same laws would one day be abused to grab land from black people.

Among Cameroonian climate activists, there is a growing desire for the rights and voices of women, youth, and communities to be included in the decisions that affect their forests and their future.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a new financing tool called the ‘Food Shock Window’ to address balance of payments needs linked to the global food crisis. Malawi, where hunger among the poor is common, is the first low-income country to open that window.