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31 Maio 2020
Gambia
Although there is normalcy and routine to The Gambia’s mis-governance, the one true outlier is the state-sanctioned robbery of Kombo lands – under guises of “land legislation”. A cursory glance at these legislations unearths a staggering and wide-ranging systematic injustice and abuse of state powers.
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16 Julho 2020
Gambia
I write to you as a Kombo native; and as a Gambian, to express my concern at the continuing expropriation of customary lands. The gravity of the crisis is causing a sense of insecurity in Kombo’s traditional landowners.
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29 Abril 2019
Gambia
Kombo, the most attractive region for estate agencies in particular, has been experiencing communal and other clashes over land. Last month, a dispute between Gunjur and Berending in Kombo South over land resulted to the death of one person and the injury of many others.
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09 Junho 2022
Gambia
The vice president of The Gambia has urged lands minister to put an embargo on foreign real estate development in The Gambia, saying if all the land is sold, the next generation will be deprived of shelter.
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09 Fevereiro 2022
Ecuador
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has ruled that an Indigenous community’s right to free, prior and informed consultation was violated by oil projects, and called for stronger protections to guarantee Indigenous communities’ rights to decide over extractive projects in their territories.
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16 Novembro 2022
Global
Transparency International is inviting experts to work on a consultancy about how land corruption affects discriminated and marginalised groups.
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23 Novembro 2022
Georgia
The land governance context in Georgia in detail
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23 Novembro 2022
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau has been described as a country of “precarious complexity”. Home to more than 20 ethnic groupings Guinea-Bissau fought one of the longest wars on the African continent to end centuries of Portuguese control. It finally obtained independence in 1974. Since 1980 the history of Guinea-Bissau has been marked by multiple military coups and extreme fragility. This political instability has driven up poverty and stalled legal reforms to secure land rights. In 2008 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Guinea-Bissau to be Africa’s first ‘narco state’. By 2019 Guinea-Bissau was the 12th poorest country in the world. It has also been identified as highly vulnerable to climate change with low lying coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels and flooding.
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23 Novembro 2022
India
A new country portfolio unpacks the complexity of governing land in India.