November 28

• Investors to Acquire Limited Land

  Daily News

  THE government has agreed to put a ceiling with regard to what size of land a single large scale investor can be allocated for agriculture. For a large scale investor who wants to... Read more »

November 27

• Ex-ANPP Boss, Two Others Killed

  Vanguard

  Three people, including the District Head of Gudumbali, Zanna Mulima and former local council chairman of All Nigeria Peoples' Party, ANPP, have been reported killed in separate... Read more »

• Undeveloped Urban Land Resource Management System Escalates Losses [editorial]

  Addis Fortune

  If there is one thing that the ruling-EPRDF remains to argue fiercely over, it is the issue of land resources. Its long overdue belief over state ownership of the resources had put... Read more »

• Airport Gets More Land to Expand

  Daily News

  MORE than 1bn/- has been spent to compensate 412 people evacuated from the already acquired 238.8 acres of land, to pave way for the rehabilitation and expansion of Mpanda airport... Read more »

• Makueni Squatters Raise the Alarm Over Grabbing

  The Star

  Hundreds of squatters at Nguu and Kiboko settlement schemes in Kibwezi in Makueni have raised the alarm over increasing cases of land grabbing in the area. Read more »

• Otumfuo Orders Vacant Essumeja Stool to Be Filled

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  THE END of the Essumeja Chieftaincy dispute is in sight as Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has directed the Abusuapanin (head of Aduana Royal family) of Essumeja to... Read more »

• Access to Smart Phones Remains Low

  Daily News

  DESPITE high mobile penetration, access to smart phones remains extremely low, at less than 15 per cent, due to prohibitive prices. Read more »

• Land Transactions Stalled Since February

  The Star

  All transactions on unregistered community land have been paralyzed since February. This is after the cabinet blocked the land ministry from approving any transaction on public or... Read more »

• Shahbal Blames Mombasa Slump On 'Illiterate Mayors'

  The Star

  Mombasa county has not developed well because of uneducated leadership over the years, Mombasa governor hopeful Suleiman Shahbal has said. Shahbal said the Coastal city has elected... Read more »

• Govt Plans to Develop Foreign Land Hits a Snag

  New Times

  A plan to develop inland ports in Mombasa, Isaka and Djibouti is not expected soon as government's efforts to recover the plots of land offered to it by the respective governments... Read more »

November 26

• Minister Nantaba Halts Eviction of 43 Families

  New Vision

  Lands State Minister Idah Nantaba has blocked eviction of over 40 families in Buleega village, Najja sub-county in Buikwe District. Read more »

• The Last Hunger Season - A Fine but Flawed Study of Poverty in Rural Kenya [book review]

  African Arguments

  Reporting Africa is too often a game of big politics: elections, coups, terrorists, oil deals and Julius Malema. You can easily be an expert of all these things by reading... Read more »

• Kibaki Blamed for Delayed Land Commission

  The Star

  The delayed establishment of the National Land Commission is raising a red flag among land experts. Read more »

• NEMA Pays N100 Million Compensation to Land Owners

  Daily Trust

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the weekend paid N100 million as compensation to owners of the land in Kaduna State, where it intends to build its North-West... Read more »

• NEMA Donate N100 Million As Compensation to Land Owners

  Leadership

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has allocated not less than one hundred million naira as compensation to plots and farm owners in respect of the agency's proposed... Read more »

November 25

• No New State Will Emerge From 57 Requests - Ndoma-Egba [interview]

  Leadership

  As the agitation for creation of more states and the amendment of constitution scales up, Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, interacting with the press in Uyo, says there will be no... Read more »

• Over 4,000 Families Get Government Relief Aid in Chicomba

  ANGOP

  At least 4,430 families of Chicomba municipality, southern Huíla province, affected by draught received a food aid on Friday from the provincial Department of Social... Read more »

November 24

• Tanzania Has Capacity of Defusing Territorial Dispute With Malawi [opinion]

  Daily News

  LAST week the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Membe with his Malawian counterpart Ephraim Chiume agreed to disagree over the disputed border... Read more »

• Most Land Injustices Yet to Be Addressed

  The Star

  Most of the land disputes and historical injustices which fueled the post election violence have not been properly addressed. Read more »

• Forest Evictees and IDPs Give Up On Resetlement

  The Star

  Mau and Embobut forests evictees yesterday said they have given up on being resettled before the March 4 elections. Read more »

• Tokwe-Mukosi Dam Construction - Relocations Resume

  The Herald

  The relocation of over 500 families to pave way for the construction of Tokwe-Mukosi Dam in Chivi is set to resume after Government and the Development Trust of Zimbabwe agreed on... Read more »

November 23

• Cross River Accuses Cameroon of Human Rights Abuse

  Daily Trust

  The Cross River State government has raised alarm over what it described as the increasing spate of human rights abuse against Nigerians at the Nigerian/Cameroon border by persons... Read more »

• Bakassi - UN Suspends Nigeria, Cameroon Maritime Boundary Demarcation

  Vanguard

  Following protests embarked upon by the displaced people of Bakassi on Wednesday and Thursday, the Joint Technical Team, comprising the United Nations, Nigerian and Cameroonian... Read more »

• NGO Raises Concern On Slow Land Reforms

  The Star

  Kituo Cha Sheria has warned that the country may experience violence in the near future if land injustices are not addressed. Read more »

• Funds Needed to Deport Illegal Immigrants in Kagera

  Daily News

  AUTHORITIES in Kagera Region have appealed for enough funds to enable them deport hundreds of aliens hiding in various villages in the area. Read more »