Across much of Africa, land is not allocated and inherited under statutory law but through customary practices rooted in kinship. In patrilineal systems, land belongs to men’s families and is inherited through the paternal line. In Zambia, many ethnic groups follow a matrilineal system, where women…

Dans son livre L’Invention du colonialisme vert. Pour en finir avec le mythe de l’Éden africain (Flammarion, 2020), l’historien de l’environnement Guillaume Blanc analyse les ressorts et les conséquences d’une vision idéalisée de la nature africaine héritée de la période coloniale…

Ainda hoje o continente africano tem enfrentado diversos desafios em torno do desenvolvimento dos seus Estados e dos seus povos Por Caroline Matias de Souza *     O governo alemão, depois de mais de cem anos, reconheceu sua responsabilidade num dos primeiros genocídios do século XX, cometido…

Escrito por Matthew Maganga | Traduzido por Camilla Sbeghen   A África do Sul é um país dinâmico e em constante evolução - que nos últimos anos viu o surgimento de marcos que alcançaram reconhecimento global. Na Cidade do Cabo, há a exclusiva fachada do Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa do…

  Le 4 mai dernier, RRI a organisé un stage régional consacré à la justice de genre pour ses partenaires et collaborateurs africains. Les objectifs de ce stage étaient de trois ordres : 1) accroître le degré de sensibilisation concernant l’état des droits fonciers collectifs des femmes dans la…

Près de la moitié de la population mondiale vit dans les zones rurales des pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. La sécurité foncière – à savoir le droit d’accéder aux terres et aux ressources naturelles, comme les forêts, les zones de pâturage communal, les zones de pêche et d’autres ressources…

As part of the launch of the Responsible Land-Based Investment Navigator 2.0, the Land Portal spoke with Nathaniah Jacobs, Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, to hear more about the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project. The…

Nous recherchons une cohorte équilibrée en terme de genre de 16 à 20 personnes jeunes et motivées qui veulent faire partie de cette expérience. Vérifiez si vous répondez aux critères et postulez !   Critères d'attribution de la bourse    Vous avez entre 18 et 35 ans Vous travaillez ou faites du…

A 2021 African land rush seems unlikely, but issues persist Joseph Feyertag is a research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Roger Calow is a senior research fellow at the ODI, and Ben Bowie is a director at TMP Systems. The late 2000s saw a surge of land investments in the…

Diana Kyalo, 26, is a land rights advocate and founder of Land Pages, a resource portal for land issues across Africa. She lives in Kenya.  For Earth Day, Diana shared some challenges and opportunities in the fight against climate change, why youth are leading the drive for action, and her vision…

Advancing women’s land rights is a priority for the international development agenda. Yet, there is no consensus on which rights should be monitored and reported. Three indicators of women’s property rights are widely used in the literature. Each captures a different aspect of women’s land rights,…

Governo vem adotando posicionamento favorável à promoção dos interesses privados em detrimento do exercício do seu papel de proteger efetivamente os direitos das populações no país. Por Isabella Lamas*   A violência armada de contestação do estado moçambicano, que teve início há três anos nas…