Russia’s Rosreestr, FAO agree on cooperation towards better food security
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: FnBnews
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South Africa: New land expropriation law nears completion
By: Jenni Evans
Date: January 26th 2016
Source: News24
Cape Town - A proposed new expropriation law is nearing completion, with MPs putting the final touches to a key element of the government's land reform programme.
Kenya: Why titles given to Waitiki land beneficiaries may be irregular
By: F.T. ODHIAMBO
Date: January 21st 2016
Source: Standard Digital
The validity of the title deeds issued to the beneficiaries of Waitiki land in Mombasa County recently is suspect as the procedure used is not supported by any existing land law. Maybe this is because the process was actually the formalisation of an illegality to benefit those who had invaded the land.
Uganda: Mabirizi Promises Tribunal to Protect Land Rights
By: John Okot
Date: January 12th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com
Gulu — Independent presidential candidate Elton Joseph Mabirizi has pledged to set up a land tribunal that will fight cases of land grabbing when elected into office.
Speaking to residents in Cerelenu market, Gulu, at the weekend, Mr Mabirizi said he will ensure the people in the north don't lose their source of livelihood to land grabbers.
For Myanmar’s farmers, land rights still stuck in past
By Caitlin J Pierce
Date: December 22nd 2015
U Myint Tun was alone in his field in Sagaing Region when four officers pulled up in a military jeep with the bad news: His land now belonged to the government and he could no longer farm it. This was April 1996.
Land ownership and conflict of laws in South Sudan
Land in South Sudan is a prickly thing, complicated even further by the confusion associated with legal land ownership. The parallels and discrepancies between provisions in the laws and practice on the ground have driven the confusion. The absence of sound government policy on land ownership has made it even worse.
A Time for Change? Comments on Chad's draft Land Code
Written by Thierry Berger and Lorenzo Cotula from IIED, this short report summarises comments and recommendations on the draft land Code in Chad (January 2014 version). In addition to an analysis of the draft Code in light of international trends, this note draws on earlier reports concerning the draft Code prepared by Tearfund partner Entente des Eglises et Missions Evangéliques au Tchad (EEMET) (2014) and by Tearfund (2015).