Mediation between Bunong indigenous communities in Busra and rubber company Socfin Cambodia has concluded with agreements to end a long-standing Mondulkiri province land dispute. The conflict began in 2008, although mediation did not begin until 2016.

Signatures were added to the final agreements in September, said Khloek Keosingieb, a community representative involved throughout the negotiation process. “I can’t tell you about the compensation today but we will release details when the company provides it in early 2022,” said Keosingieb.

This free e-learning course shows how to gather data for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 1.4.2, which monitors security of land tenure rights.

The course is aimed at officers of national statistics organizations, land registries among others, responsible for collecting and reporting official national data on land tenure security, as well as other stakeholders involved in monitoring of land governance and tenure security.

M. le coordonnateur, le lancement de la mise en œuvre de la politique foncière au Niger et de son plan d’actions 2021-2025 a eu lieu, il y a quelques jours à Niamey. Quelle est l’importance de cette étape dans le processus de la politique foncière rurale au Niger ?

Le ministre de l’Équipement, M. Hamadou Adamou Souley a présidé le 9 novembre 2021 à Niamey, la cérémonie de lancement de la mise en œuvre de la Politique Foncière Rurale au Niger et de son plan d’actions 2021-2025. Plusieurs acteurs impliqués dans l’élaboration de cette Politique et la mise en œuvre du plan d’actions ont pris part à cette cérémonie, dont des membres du Gouvernement, le représentant des partenaires techniques et financiers, le secrétaire permanent du Code Rural, etc.

As Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique mop up after Cyclone Ana, scientists caution that South Africa’s east coast could be hit by intense tropical cyclones.

Over the past week, the first seasonal cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean killed at least 34 people in Madagascar and two in Mozambique, and left large swathes of Malawi without power. 

Failed government leadership, the lack of accountable partnerships between aid partners and the government, rampant corruption, and psychological dependence on aid have kept Somalis on life support.

YET another Chinese miner, Monalof, is embroiled in a bitter wrangle with villagers in Binga who are resisting is bid to evict them from their ancestral lands.

The villagers were recently given a three months’ notice to vacate their homes and pave way for the establishment of a coal mine by Monalof.

This was revealed during a consultative meeting held between the villagers and management from the Chinese company last week.

The world’s first famine caused by climate change rather than conflict continues amid insufficient domestic and global attention.

Nigeria’s smallest yet most populous state continues to destroy informal settlements in defiance of the courts.

On the night of 8 April 2017, the people of Otodo Gbame went to bed thinking they were safe. The previous year, the Governor of Lagos had promised to destroy this crowded waterfront community, but a November 2016 court ruling had forced the state government to suspend its plans.

• 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 owned by former DRC president Joseph Kabila.
• Campaigners say both the lawsuit and the violent assault on the lawyer’s home fit a pattern of harassment of environment and human rights activists in the country.