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Transparency International (TI) is a global civil society organisation dedicated to tackling corruption in all its forms. Through more than 100 chapters worldwide and an…
KPMG has launched a Challenge Fund on the behalf of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which supports the development and testing of innovative approaches and partnerships for strengthening land governance, with a specific focus on piloting approaches to responsible land-…
By Astrid Haas, London School of Economics and Political Science and Paul Collier, University of Oxford
Uganda's economy has been growing steadily over the past decade. Like many other developing countries, its growth has benefited from a confluence of external events, including a sustained…
By: Baher Kamal
Date: February 1st 2016
Source: Inter Press Service / AllAfrica.com
Cairo — Despite the enormous challenges facing Africa now, the leaders of its 1.2 billion plus inhabitants have decided to spotlight the issue of Human Rights With a Particular Focus on the Rights of Women in…
Seminar suggests need for rigorous, transparent and independent research to ensure inclusive LSLAs ()
In a seminar organised in November 2015 by Mokoro, two experts who have recently returned from the field shared their insights about an agribusiness in Ghana and women’s legal claims to land in Tanzania.
Helen Dancer talked about her fieldwork in Tanzania and presented her new book. She stressed…
By: News Ghana
Date: February 9th 2016
Source: News Ghana
The African Union (AU) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed an agreement to further strengthen their partnership in support of the Great Green Wall initiative, Africa's flagship initiative to combat land…
By: Daniel Pelz
Date: February 12th 2016
Source: DW.com
New studies show that land degradation is advancing and that African countries are among the worst hit. Poorer communities suffer the most though there is some cause for hope.
To establish the scale of land degradation, experts have been…
Date: 22 février 2016
Source: Le Monde.fr
Par Serge Michel (rédacteur en chef du Monde Afrique) et Jérôme Fenoglio (Directeur du "Monde")
Tous les bailleurs de fonds, les agences de développement, les ONG et même les sociétés d’audit le disent : l’amélioration de la condition des femmes est…
By: Fernando Casado, Marie-Alexandra Kurth & Lisa Reudenbach
Date: February 22nd 2016
Source: Citiscope
This week’s Habitat III regional meeting for Africa will be a key indicator of whether the continent’s leaders understand the critical role to be played by local authorities in leading…
By: Mike Cohen and Eric Ombok
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: Business Day Live
JOSEPHINE Mbinya bends from the waist to pluck beans from the black soil on her smallholding south of Nairobi. She throws them in a heap on the side of the field.
"We depend on the farm for all our needs," says Mbinya…
By: David Lawal
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: The Nation
The city of Abuja, under the auspices of the Government of Nigeria, is about to host a strategic event vital to the future of Africa and its citizens.
The Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting of 24-26 February is a crucial spur to the…
By: Ben Ezeamalu
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: Citiscope.org
A key regional meeting ahead of Habitat III resulted in a forward-looking declaration and a landmark document outlining a shared regional stance.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Participants at the Habitat III regional meeting for Africa rose at…