The arrival of huge mining corporations has left thousands in Marange feeling like prisoners in their own ancestral land.

Residents of Macleantown near East London say wealthy outsiders are grabbing land from them, with the complicity of municipal officials. Buffalo City denies it but has launched a probe. ,  Photo: Johnnie Isaac

Armed men, including two dressed in police uniform, attacked the home of Congolese lawyer Timothée Mbuya earlier this month and told family members they were sent to kill him. Mbuya is also facing a defamation lawsuit after publishing a report alleging encroachment of a protected area by a farm

   Gender equity is also key to land reform since women are under-represented and have not benefited from land reform in any meaningful manner. (Photo: newframe.com / Wikipedia)

Land grabbing is a major cause for concern in Bangladesh. Of course, a huge amount of land is illegally grabbed. According to the Land Ministry, about 1.3 million hectares of government-owned lands are currently grabbed by influential elites. Influential persons illegally grabbed government-owned

Government has introduced the new securitised A2 Model Settlement Permit with advanced security features to curb fake offer letters. This follows the emergence of land ownership disputes countrywide with people in some cases vying for occupation of farms using different offer letters. Lands,

Lucky Mabhiza, a journalist for the Mbare Times reports that the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has cancelled certificates of registration for mining in Uzumba that had been given to a Chinese company, Heijin Mining Company (PVT) LTD.

The population of the Upper Sanaga division, in the centre region of Cameroon, have been going through a night mare to find what to eat on a daily basis. Their crime is that a Chinese agro industry took interest in the agricultural potentials of their farming sites. They were then forced to watch

By the OECD’s estimates, every year countries in Africa are cheated out of more than $50 billion in taxes, mainly by multinational corporations that run mines, oil wells, and plantations on the continent.

Guinea’s September coup sent shock waves through West Africa and the global commodities markets. Guinea is the world’s second largest producer of bauxite, the ore needed to produce aluminum, and has rich iron ore, gold, and diamond reserves.

Landgrabs at  gunpoint escalate in Uganda as the operations of a defender of affected communities are suspended On Friday, 20th August, Uganda's Non-Governmental Organization Bureau suspended 54 organizations for alleged 'non-compliance'. However for multinationals it was time to merry-make as

Suspected land grabbers have encroached on the 60-acre piece of land belonging to Henry Kyemba, a career politician and former minister, and torched his sugarcanes plantation. The land, located in Model Farm Village, Njeru Municipality in Buikwe District, has been used as farmland and is adjacent