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Namibia donates land at Walvis Bay port to Botswana

30 September 2022

 

This was revealed by president Hage Geingob on Friday while delivering his speech at the inaugural session of the Botswana-Namibia bi-national commission in Gaborone, Botswana.

Geingob said Namibia continues to make good progress in cross-border trade.

He added that the donation was not only a gesture of goodwill, but also meant to facilitate the import and export of goods and services.

South Africa: Mining firm must account for the dam burst disaster resulting in loss of lives and destruction

13 September 2022

The mining executives responsible for the Jagersfontein mine dam wall burst, which has claimed lives and caused major destruction to the community, must be held accountable for the loss of lives, homes and people livelihoods, Amnesty International South Africa said today.

According to reports three people were killed and more than 40 people injured when the banks of the mining dam burst in the Free State town on Sunday.

Sierra Leone passes globally unprecedented legislation related to climate and the environment

09 August 2022

Freetown, August 8, 2022 – Sierra Leone’s Parliament has passed two groundbreaking bills that transform communities’ ability to protect their land rights and the environment. The new legislation serves as a model for the rest of the world.

 

Passed by unanimous votes, the Customary Land Rights and National Land Commission Acts will, among other things:

El Frente Institucional Militar de Venezuela llamó a rechazar la entrega un millón de tierras cultivables a Irán

04 August 2022

Con el título “El único dueño del país son sus ciudadanos”, el Frente Institucional Militar (FIM), organización que agrupa a 256 oficiales de diverso rango, exige que al país se le explique y se aclare sobre el anuncio de permitirle a Irán utilizar un millón de hectáreas de territorio venezolano, según el acuerdo que informó Mohsen Kushki Tabar, viceministro para asuntos económicos iraní, se hizo entre los dos países. Lo grave es que la decisión, que puede traer consecuencias muy graves para el país caribeño, la tomó Nicolás Maduro sin el conocimiento ni auto

Public-private Agriculture 4.0 greenhouse deal struck

01 February 2022

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on January 21 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three companies geared towards the production of a minimum of 400 tonnes of additional vegetables per year to supply the domestic market and ship abroad.

The signatory companies of the MoU, entitled “Agriculture 4.0 and Greenhouse Cooperation: Transforming Farmers to Agropreneurs”, were listed in a post on agriculture minister Veng Sakhon’s Facebook page as Agri-Sambathkhmer Co Ltd, PLMP Venture Capital Co Ltd and ISBP Group-Sun Business Investment Globe Co Ltd.

Ugandan activists’ arrest slammed as threat to space for rights defenders

28 October 2021

The recent arrests of staff of a Ugandan civil society organization, the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), have been criticized as an attempt to stifle defenders of human rights and the environment in the East African country. AFIEGO has been prominent in campaigns against sugarcane plantations in the country’s western Bugoma Forest, as well as defending the rights of communities affected by Uganda’s growing oil industry.

Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations

23 July 2021
  • A new report highlights systemic social and environmental problems that continue to plague the Indonesian palm oil industry and ripple far up the global palm oil supply chain.
  • The report looked at local and Indigenous communities living within and around 10 plantations and found that their human rights continued to be violated by the operation of these plantations.

Malawi Govt Must Not Be Guided By Politics in Handling Land 'Barter' Deal

26 November 2020

There is a raging debate with regards to viability and legality of the barter deal that was agreed between Malawi government and an investor.

For the starters, we understand that, to address shortage of housing among police officers, Worldwide Construction Company was awarded a K9.9 billion contract to construct 140 houses (i.e. K70 million per house) at Area 30 in Lilongwe.

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