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Malawi
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Malawi’s rural land development project gets additional funding

afrol News, 20 November - The World Bank has granted Malawi US$10 million for the Community-Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP). The additional grant will also extend the project for another two years, the bank said.

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Africa | World
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FAO commences work on international land-tenure governance guidelines

afrol News, 27 October - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has begun widespread consultations over the first ever international guidelines on governance of tenure to land and other natural resources such as water supplies, fisheries and forests.

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Africa
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New multi-media tools to help resolve land rights issues in Africa

afrol News, 12 October - The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Rural Development Institute (RDI) are launching a new initiative that will improve the livelihoods of farmers by creating a system of Web-based multimedia tools to illustrate and communicate complex property rights issues in Africa. The initiative is funded with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Kenya
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Kenyan govt all out to fight cattle rustling

afrol News, 15 September - Thirty-One people have been reported killed in a cattle rustling battle between the herdsmen in the northern district in central Kenya.

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Uganda
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Uganda tribal clashes continue into second day

afrol News, 11 September - High tensions and some violence continued in Uganda as security forces faced protestors in the second day of pro-monarchy clashes.

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» 28.08.2009 - Senegal gets land management grant from WB
» 14.08.2009 - State policy should not leave populations homeless, UN expert
» 06.08.2009 - British funding to secure land peace in Rwanda
» 06.08.2009 - US assures women of support in food production
» 04.08.2009 - SA govt makes fresh commitment to uplift the poor
» 27.07.2009 - UN voices concern over SA housing riots
» 22.07.2009 - UN welcomes Abyei ruling
» 29.05.2009 - Tribal clashes claim over 240 lives
» 13.05.2009 - Kenyan law makers accuse Museveni of insulting the nation
» 05.05.2009 - Uganda and Kenya ready to resolve island border issue
» 28.04.2009 - Museveni orders the flag to be lowered in Migingo
» 23.04.2009 - Uganda-Kenya surveyors meeting to resolve Migingo crisis
» 07.04.2009 - Kenyan fisherman arrested in disputed Migingo island
» 01.12.2008 - Zimbabwe rejects regional court ruling
» 08.09.2008 - Kenya urged to open borders for trade
» 27.08.2008 - Kenyan firms in row over land
» 21.07.2008 - Kenyan forces accused of blocking aid
» 24.06.2008 - Tana's wildlife in Kenya at risk
» 12.06.2008 - Land dispute kills 13 in Liberia
» 04.06.2008 - Zimbabwean police detains Tsvangirai
» 14.05.2008 - 'Address Congo's challenges'
» 08.05.2008 - 'Zimbabwe right to nationalise its properties'
» 07.04.2008 - Court can rule on Zimbabwe polls
» 18.03.2008 - Kenya MPs begin crucial tasks
» 18.03.2008 - Army mistreats journalists
» 14.03.2008 - Zim police chief fires threats
» 06.03.2008 - Kenyan militiamen killed
» 03.03.2008 - Ex-minister leads Kenya talks
» 23.11.2007 - 409 Congolese repatriated
» 12.11.2007 - Another blow for EPAs
» 19.10.2007 - Conflict over Malagasy mine
» 19.10.2007 - Uganda conserves habitat
» 27.06.2007 - First land confiscations in Mozambique
» 07.06.2007 - Emirates royals threaten Tanzanian indigenous people
» 13.02.2007 - South Africa's land reform starts with expropriations
» 12.02.2007 - Namibia's San still "landless and marginalised"
» 04.01.2007 - San barred from Botswana reserve despite court order
» 13.12.2006 - San people win over Botswana govt
» 16.11.2006 - White farmers snub Zimbabwe compensation
» 06.03.2006 - Zimbabwe police, war vets surrender farm loot
» 08.02.2006 - Renewed focus on South Africa land reform
» 05.12.2005 - Murder attacks on Zimbabwe farmers continue
» 21.06.2005 - Danes muzzle Kenya over land policies
» 11.02.2005 - San eviction trial goes on in Botswana
» 25.10.2004 - San court case against Botswana govt to resume
» 20.10.2004 - Morocco to sell farmlands to foreign bidders
» 10.08.2004 - "Land claims were behind Congo's Ituri crisis"
» 14.07.2004 - "San people are indigenous to Botswana Reserve"
» 05.07.2004 - Botswana's San gear up for land rights trial
» 22.06.2004 - Botswana President on controversial visit to San camp
» 15.06.2004 - Zimbabwe denies land nationalisation programme
» 08.06.2004 - Zimbabwe govt to nationalise farm lands
» 01.06.2004 - San people to challenge eviction in Botswana court
» 03.05.2004 - Namibia President warns "racist farmers"
» 04.03.2004 - Conflict over Kenya's Ogiek lands turns violent
» 26.02.2004 - Land expropriation in Namibia to begin
» 20.02.2004 - Government warns Namibia's white farmers
» 11.02.2004 - Cameroonian farmers and herders reconcile
» 10.09.2003 - Zim, South African white farmers head for Nigeria
» 16.07.2003 - German boost for Namibian land reform
» 12.06.2003 - Batswana President confirms "Bushmen" can't go home
» 28.05.2003 - Zim communities want to take parks back
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