September 21, 2020
Africa: Africa's Land Governance Issues Under Spotlight in Virtual Nelga Meeting
In their quest to help strengthen Africa's weak land governance and insecure land rights issues which remain major development challenges for the continent, technical experts met… Read more »
May 28, 2020
Africa: Now Is the Time for Africa to Digitize Land Registries, Says Joan Kagwanja
The ongoing coronavirus crisis (COVID-19) has added impetus to the need for African nations to create comprehensive, up to date land registries to safeguard ordinary people's land… Read more »
March 03, 2020
Kenya: Curricula Development Workshop On Land Governance in Africa Underway in Nairobi
A team of experts have gathered in Nairobi for a sensitization workshop from 3-6 March to develop guidelines for curricula development on land governance in Africa. The objective… Read more »
January 23, 2020
Africa: ECA Gives Impetus to the Southern African Regional Agenda On Land Policy Reform
The issue of access to land by women, youth and other marginalized group was on top of the agenda at today's policy dialogue on land policy reform and social-economic… Read more »
November 29, 2019
Africa: Land Conference Ends With Call for Actions to Help Root Corruption Out of Sector
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan Friday with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders in coming up with solutions to land… Read more »
November 27, 2019
Africa: Land Policy in Africa - Expert Panel Calls for "Fair, Efficient Land Management"
Experts attending this year's conference on Land Policy in African have called for fair and efficient land management to support moves to transform the continent. Read more »
November 28, 2019
Cameroon: How Partnerships Are Driving the Cameroun Land Reform Process
My name is Amaelle Seigneret. I work as a Research and technical support consultant with IIED (the International Institute for Environment and Development), a research institute… Read more »
November 26, 2019
Africa: With Better Land Governance, Africa Can Stop Spending $35 Billion Annually On Food Importations
As a rich continent with vast agricultural and land resources, Africa should be able to feed all her people without any problems, Benjamin Laag, Counsellor for Economic Cooperation… Read more »
November 25, 2019
Africa: Fighting Corruption in the Land Sector Must Be Underpinned By Effective Land Governance
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened Monday, with resounding calls for effective land governance as critical to fighting corruption achieving Africa's continental… Read more »
November 22, 2019
Africa: All Set for the 2019 Conference On Land Policy in Africa
All is set for the third edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2019) which kicks off Monday in Abidjan. Read more »
May 17, 2019
Africa: Experts Develop Draft Guidelines On Land, Ethnicity and Conflict in Africa
Experts from all regions of Africa have met from 6-11, May 2019 and developed guidelines to prevent and address land, ethnicity and conflict in Africa. The Guidelines are expected… Read more »
November 29, 2018
Africa: Adopt Harmonised Land Policy, Experts Urge Members States
The two days Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting (AEGM) on the theme "Land, Identity and Socio-Economic Transformation in Southern Africa" has ended today with experts urging Member… Read more »
November 28, 2018
Africa: Enable Access to Land for All Socio Classes - Says ECA's Adejumobi
Southern African countries have been urged to ensure regional frameworks on land are carefully interrogated to guarantee access for all social classes. The Economic Commission for… Read more »
November 09, 2018
Africa: Steering Committee Commends the African Land Policy Centre for Building Synergies of Partner Initiatives On Land Governance in Africa
The second Steering Committee Meeting for the AU-ECA-AfDB African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) for 2018 was held at the African Union headquarters on 09 November 2018. Read more »
October 10, 2018
Malawi: Stakeholders in Malawi Undergo Training to Domesticate Guidelines On Large Scale Land Based Investments
In response to a request from the Government of Malawi, the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development undertook a… Read more »
June 06, 2018
Africa: Stakeholders to Gather for Advocacy and Communication Training On Land Governance Issues
Stakeholders working on land governance issues will assemble in Addis Ababa for a 2-day communication and advocacy training workshop organized by the African Land Policy Centre… Read more »
May 08, 2018
Africa: ECA's Armah Urges Africa to Plan for Its Expanding Urban Population
Africa should plan for its expanding urban population, increase awareness of sustainable production and consumption, and commit to expanding energy access, particularly for rural… Read more »
March 08, 2018
Africa: ECA Marks International Women's Day With Seminar On Rural Women
The United Nations family in Ethiopia on Thursday marked International Women's Day with a panel discussion on rural and urban activists transforming women's lives. Read more »
March 02, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Takes Steps to Integrate Land Governance Concerns in Agriculture
Senior officials from the Government, Ministry of Land Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, and the national commission on land reform (CONAREF) along with the national alliance of… Read more »
November 04, 2017
Africa: Second Land Policy Conference in Africa Discusses Youth Role in Land Governance
Africa's land policy conference opened in Addis Ababa Tuesday with a clarion call for governments to properly manage land for the benefit of its people, in particular ensuring… Read more »
November 16, 2017
Africa: Journalists Receive Training On Writing Punchy Women's Land Rights Stories
Journalists covering the ongoing 2017 conference on land policy in Africa on Thursday were trained on how to write about women's land rights in a session organized by the Economic… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Land Challenges to Be Addressed By Reforms
The problems surrounding access and ownership of land in Sierra Leone will be solved by the implementation of the National Land Policy, said country representatives at a session on… Read more »
November 15, 2017
Africa: The African Land Policy Centre Unveiled in Addis Ababa
The Land Policy Centre (ALPC), formerly the Land Policy Initiative, was officially unveiled at the on-going Conference on Land Policy in Africa being held in Addis Ababa. Read more »
November 05, 2017
Africa: Bribery Levels Still High in Land Sector
study by Transparency International shows that in some parts of Africa, about 70 percent of the citizens have paid a bribe to access a service, at the various stages of the land… Read more »
November 04, 2017
Africa: An African Conference Debates Youth Role in Land Governance
The Second Conference on Land Policy in Africa was opened with a call to properly manage land to benefit current and future generations of Africa. Read more »