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INVESTIGATING LAND AND CORRUPTION IN AFRICA

Posted on May 17, 2018 | Leave a comment

The TRAINING MANUAL FOR JOURNALISTS is now available.

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–> Investigating land and corruption in Africa training manual for journalists

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Women, Land, Corruption

Posted on March 8, 2018 | Leave a comment

 

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Corruption exacerbates gender inequalities in society. Women experience and perceive corruption differently from men and are more vulnerable to specific types of corruption – particularly sexual extortion – due to their social, political and economic roles. Find the study here: Impact of land corruption on Women

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98- year old, blind Elizabeth has to give way for Palm Oil Plantation

Posted on May 19, 2016 | Leave a comment
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98 year old, blind Elisabeth: “I still have two years to go before I am hundred”.

Thousands of people disenfranchised, evicted and deprived of their livelihoods, this is not current affairs but a process over years. Near Kade, Eastern Region of Ghana, a Belgium Oil Palm Farmer promotes biodiversity and drives out residents. GOPDC owns two industrial plantations, in Kwae and Okumaning, with a total concession of 14,153 ha but only 7,700 ha being already developed. One of the evictees is 98-year old Elisabeth.

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ECOWAS Land Policy: CSOs demand publication of documents

Posted on June 21, 2014 | Leave a comment

Conference Land HBS Abuja

The Heinrich Boell Foundation (hbs), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission’s Directorate on Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, held a Roundtable with stakeholders from civil society across West Africa to discuss the ECOWAS land policy. CSOs demand more transparency and ask for publication of the (draft) Land Policy.
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Harmonised Land Policy and Legal Framework on Land Tenure in the ECOWAS Region.

Posted on June 21, 2014 | Leave a comment

Conference Land HBS Abuja

The Heinrich Boell Foundation (hbs), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission’s Directorate on Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, held a Roundtable with stakeholders from civil society across West Africa to achieve the following objectives:
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When law fails to protect small farmers against land grabbers in Sierra Leone

Posted on June 3, 2014 | 2 comments
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Holding unto their land against all odds
In Malen Chiefdom, Sierra Leone, the cries of small farmers echo through prison walls, but authorities turn deaf ears. Reports say corporate organizations and big time farmers collude with authorities in mad grab for ancestral farm lands spanning several hectares from land owners.
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ETUDE COMPARATIVE SUR LES DROITS DE PROPRIETE ET D’UTILISATION DES TERRES DANS TROIS PAYS DE LA CEDEAO: Togo, Ghana et Côte d’Ivoire

Posted on June 3, 2014 | 1 comment

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Cette étude sur la gestion foncière en Afrique de l’Ouest est une contribution de la Fondation Heinrich Boell pour une utilisation rationnelle du patrimoine foncier en Afrique de l’Ouest. Elle se propose principalement de faire, d’une part une analyse approfondie de la question foncière dans trois pays (Togo, Ghana et Côte d’Ivoire), et, d’autre part, de comparer les systèmes de gestion foncière de ces pays avec celui du Niger qui constitue un modèle dans la sous-région ouest-africaine.
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How state limits youth, women access to land in Nigeria

Posted on May 30, 2014 | Leave a comment

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In Nigeria, access to land by citizens irrespective of age and gender has been through inheritance and acquisition through purchase going by the custom. However with the nationalization of land, which vest control on the state, condition for access to land is determined through Land Use Act.
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Land use and legislation in Ghana

Posted on May 30, 2014 | 2 comments

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• Legislation and land laws
Ghana has dual land legislation-statutory and customary, but they operate in parallel manner.
Different land tenure and land management systems coexisting in the country since colonial times have been endorsed by the Constitutions of 1962, 1969, 1979 and 1992.
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Gatte women demand equal access to land in Senegal

Posted on May 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

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Gatte women demand equal access to land in Senegal
• Land ownership: Men only affair
In Gatte, a village in the rural community of Dangalma located in the borough of Ngoye in the Bambeye region, 25 km north of Diourbel, land is an exclusive preserve of the men. It therefore cannot be inherited by women, a recent study in the area shows.
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