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Land Grabs to Exacerbate Africa's Water Woes

Foreign-backed agriculture projects to grow food and biofuels for export may result in millions of people losing access to water sources that they rely on for their livelihoods, a report warns.

Vanguard

More than 45 million hectares of land were bought in developing countries, with ...

Euan Denholm/IRIN

... two-thirds being in Africa where ...

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... critics say land acquisitions come at a high cost.

Africa: Squeezing Africa Dry - Behind Every Land Grab is a Water Grab

Fahamu, 14 June 2012

Those who have been buying up vast stretches of farmland in recent years, whether based in Dubai or London City, understand that it's the access to water that they get from the… Read more »
Africa: Land Grabs Leave Africa Facing 'Hydrological Suicide' - Report

AlertNet, 12 June 2012

A scramble for cheap African farmland by foreign investors threatens to leave millions of people without water and could ultimately drain the continent's rivers, a report warns. Read more »
Africa: Saudis Invest in African Land

This is Africa, 8 June 2012

Dr Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, minister for agriculture for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, speaks to This is Africa about the government's strategy in Africa. Read more »
Uganda: Is Land Grabbing a Reality?

EA Business, 28 May 2012

Land grabbing and land disputes are common cousins. Read more »
Africa: The Great Food Robbery Targets Africa - Devlin Kuyek

Fahamu, 24 May 2012

Who gets to eat and who doesn't is decided in a few rooms by boards of directors composed mainly of rich men. A handful of people in Northern countries deciding whether Africa is… Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Water, Energy and Land for All?

Guardian Network, 17 May 2012

How do you ensure access to safe water, energy and land in a way that benefits the poorest people on the planet but does not harm the environment? Read more »
Africa: In Corrupt Global Food System, Farmland is the New Gold

IPS, 13 January 2011

Famine-hollowed farmers watch trucks loaded with grain grown on their ancestral lands heading for the nearest port, destined to fill richer bellies in foreign lands. This scene has… Read more »

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13 June 2012
Squeezing Africa Dry: Behind Every Land Grab is a Water Grab

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Behind the current scramble for land in Africa is a global struggle for a commodity increasingly seen as more precious than gold or oil - ... see more »

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Citizens Displaced By UK Company Landgrab, Says Oxfam Report

The revelation is contained in a report, Land and Power, released by British NGO Oxfam, which notes that speculators, pension funds and global agri-businesses from rich countries ... Read more »
- Uganda: UK Company Evicts 20,000
- East Africa: Oxfam Warning On Land Timely

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Land Grabs to Exacerbate Africa's Water Woes

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Squeezing Africa Dry: Behind Every Land Grab is a Water Grab

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Citizens Displaced By UK Company Landgrab, Says Oxfam Report

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