On June 18, the 2013 G8, under UK leadership, announced bold steps to strengthen land governance and improve transparency in land transactions. G8 leaders expressed support for and announced a series of concrete steps to accelerate implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security and the African Union Land Policy Initiative (LPI).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2013Sudan, South Sudan, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, France, Germany
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Library ResourceOctober, 2012Central African Republic, Nigeria
According to a recent NPR article, lead poisoning from illegal gold mining has killed more than 400 children in northern Nigeria. Thousands more children have been left sick and mentally stunted.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksSeptember, 2013Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
The G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition aims to lift 50 million people out of poverty in ten years through a partnership between G8 members, African nations and the private sector. In order to increase production at a rate needed to achieve food security, the New Alliance seeks to accelerate responsible investment in African agriculture and commit to coordinated policy reforms.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2013Sudan, South Sudan, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, France, Germany
On June 14, the United States announced a Partnership with Burkina Faso, in coordination with the G8, to improve land governance and strengthen transparency. The Partnership will build on progress achieved under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact and the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Country Cooperation Framework with Burkina Faso, which support a number of the principles of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of the Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.
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