Oil companies are paying billions towards development in the Niger Delta, but it’s having little impact on the ground, say Tijah Bolton-Akpan and Miles Litvinoff.
When Talabitti’s husband died in 2016, her claim to the family land seemed to die with him. Though her husband had worked the family land by himself, upon his death his male cousins laid their claim. If Talabitti attempted to make a competing claim, they threatened to drive her away – with violence, if necessary. Sadly, this threat materialized.
Cosmas Milton Ochieng, an expert in natural resource governance and economic development in Africa, is the Director of the African Natural Resource Centre at the African Development Bank.
In collaboration with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank will host the 3rd Edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa in Abidjan from 25 to 29 November 2019.
In this interview, Ochieng shares key insights into why the conference matters for Africa.
En el marco de la Segunda reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Acuerdo de Escazú (COP2 Escazú), la Plataforma Latinoamericana de Defensores y Defensoras de la Tierra y Territorio contra el Extractivismo, Oxfam, la Coalición Nacional por la Tierra ENI Argentina y la International Land Coalition América Latina y el Caribe llevaremos adelante "Tensiones y riesgos de los defensores y defensoras ambientales en América Latina"
