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Woman in the fields in Sierra Leone, 2012
8 March 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Anne Hennings
Western Africa
Sierra Leone
Global

Celebrating Women's International Day, we take a tour to Sierra Leone and put our lens on specific factors that affect women's perception of being insecured in their lands. This data story is based on fresh data from partner organisations Green Scenery, Resource Equity and the University of Groningen.

8 September 2022
Africa
Western Africa
Senegal

Senegal has the particularity of being the westernmost point of the African continent, which is located at the tip of Almadies in Dakar, the country's capital. With an area of 196,722 km2 , Senegal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. The Gambia, a country located on either side of the river bearing the same name, forms an enclave within Senegal. The relief of Senegal is generally flat and low, with an average altitude of less than 50 metres over three quarters of the territory.    

women’s land rights in Francophone Africa
20 September 2021
Authors: 
Joy Imbuye
Western Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 13 percent of women aged 20-49 have rights to land, according to research by the World Bank. Therefore, securing their land rights remains a very crucial matter to boost their socio-economic empowerment

30 July 2021
Authors: 
Daniel Myers
Western Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Brazil
Indonesia

Addressing the land and conservation communities’ discomfort in discussing the relationships between migrants, Indigenous peoples, and tropical forests in the fight against climate change.

4 August 2020
Authors: 
Catherine-Lune Grayson
Western Africa
Mali
Iraq
Global

From Mali to Iraq, people in conflict zones are proving especially vulnerable to climate extremes

An estimated 100,000 people died and livestock were decimated when a long drought hit West Africa in the 1970s.

Isa, a 61-year-old community leader from northern Mali, recalled: “At that time, we only had to search for food. We could move freely with our animals. Now, we can’t even search for food. We are forced to stay in place or move to cities because of the insecurity.”

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23 April 2020
Western Africa

Source: Pressafrik.com

Par: Ibrahima Arona DIALLO,
Professeur de droit public, Coordonnateur du Réseau d’excellence sur la Gouvernance foncière en Afrique de l’Ouest et  Expert foncier international et membre associé à l’Ipar.

Date: 13/04/2020

 

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12 March 2020
Western Africa
Mali

Date : 09 Mars 2020

Source: bamada.net

Qu’on appelle cela problème foncier ou dépossession foncière, c’est toujours une situation délicate qui provoque des troubles, sinon des drames humains. Les environs de Bamako, anciens villages devenus des quartiers populeux, en sont devenus des théâtres plus ou moins fréquents.

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20 December 2019
Western Africa
Côte d'Ivoire

Date: 18 décembre 2019

Source: News Abidjan

Ousmane Coulibaly, Directeur Général du Guichet Unique du Foncier de Côte d’Ivoire, explique le renforcement de la valeur juridique des actes délivrés, en l’occurrence l’Arrêté de Concession Définitive (ACD).

Monsieur le Directeur Général, on parle de lenteur dans la délivrance de l’Arrêté de Concession Définitive (ACD). Qu’en est-il ?

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31 October 2019
Western Africa
Côte d'Ivoire

Date: 25 octobre 2019

Source: ActionAid

Une entreprise belge s'est lancée dans la monoculture d’hévéas sur leurs terres... sans leur consentement !

Les habitantes et habitants de Groumania, en Côte d'Ivoire, ont besoin de vous pour se faire entendre alors qu'une nouvelle étude d'impact est annoncée...

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