Africa: Study Gives Warning on Land Deals

A study has revealed that African nations risk giving investors access to large areas of land in deals that fail to deliver real benefits or create new social and environmental problems.

Some farmers in Cheffa Valley were lucky and retained their crops, despite flash floods.

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