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Organized Theft of Land – Cameroon’s Centenary Infrastructure Project

Posted on April 19, 2016 by | Leave a comment

 

This beach will soon be turned into phase II of Kribi Airport

Kribi Port

Kribi is home to Cameroon’s best beaches: the sand is fine, the water crystal clear, fresh fish is guaranteed by local fishermen. Now Kribi has become part of a larger infrastructure project. Continue reading →

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How to protect rights of communities

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Posted on February 18, 2016 by in lawmakers@work

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Ghana: 20,000 US $ compensation / month But: Where is the money?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by | Leave a comment

This is the story of Lolito and 20,000 US$ compensation per month. Sounds good, but Land Grabbing has different faces. Foreign investors acquired land in this community in the Volta Region. In this poor region jobs are more than welcome, actually: any development is welcome. But after the land was taken, the community is not profiting from it.

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Land is the biggest obstacle to women power in agriculture, says female food hero

Posted on January 10, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Published: November 1, 2013

By Peter Jopke

For Susan Godwin, this nation’s role model female farmer, honour came with a sense of irony. At the time Oxfam, the global development civic group, and a network of other NGOs were recognizing her with the award of Nigeria’s Female Food Hero, in far away Washington DC, her landlord broke the tenancy agreement that made her a successful farmer in the first place. Continue reading →

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