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Africa
Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights
How African land deals override locals

afrol News, 9 March - A new study into current land lease and sale contracts in Africa shows how local land users are mostly not even consulted in the process. When consulted, they are often tricked.

South Africa
Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
South Africa to restrict land ownership

afrol News, 24 March - Reviewing land reforms since the end of apartheid, Minister Gugile Nkwinti says government has failed to succeed redistributing ownership. A new focus on sales and ownership restrictions was to rectify this, but nationalisation would be ruled out.

Cape Verde
Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
Cape Verde farmers to reorganise into companies

afrol News, 5 March - The government of Cape Verde is promoting the set-up of agricultural companies by the archipelago's farmers. This commercialisation of agriculture should "boost rural development," the PM holds.

South Africa | Zimbabwe
Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights | Agriculture - Nutrition
Evicted Zim farmers in another ‘victory’

afrol News, 26 February - South Africa has been put on yet another test that could see power relations in the regional bloc, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), fused once more.

World | Africa
Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights | Society
Funding to help countries improve land tenure

afrol News, 8 February - A new partnership between Finland and FAO is to assist countries to develop sustainable and affordable land administration systems to improve tenure security and land governance in both rural and urban areas.

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