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Africa: Shrouded in Secrecy, One of Africa's Biggest Land Deals Stalls
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 May 2015
Malian farmer Balima Coulibaly and his fellow villagers watched with dread as 100,000 hectares of fertile land they have farmed for generations were handed to Libyan investors with… Read more »
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Mali: How One Town Is Trying to Fight Against Hunger
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 14 May 2015
Dust blows through the dry fields of Djimebougou village of central Mali as a dozen men, some in ripped jeans and others in traditional robes, dig into hard-packed sand to… Read more »
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Mali: Drought, Expanding Deserts and 'Food for Jihad' Drive Conflict
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 April 2015
Life has never been easy in Moussa Majga's corner of northern Mali, a desert region of leafless trees, mud huts and roaming gunmen. Read more »
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Mali: FAO and Government Team Up to Restore Food Security in Northern Mali
FAO, 1 April 2015
33,000 families to benefit from new agricultural production rehabilitation programme - World Bank supporting activities Read more »
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Mali: As Rains Worsen, 'Hunger Season' Fuels Deforestation
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 25 September 2014
For Kaidia Samake and her 14 family members, what the people of Mali call the "hunger season" may not end in October, when the first harvests are due. Read more »
Shrouded in Secrecy, One of Africa's Biggest Land Deals Stalls
The 100,000 hectares in the agricultural heart of Mali, was provided rent-free, with water rights included, on condition that Libya builds infrastructure and engages in farming.
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The guerrilla growers do not own the land they're cultivating but property rules aren't stopping them from trying to feed themselves in one of the world's poorest countries, writes ... Read more »
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According to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world, Africa is the main target for "land grabs" by foreign investors. Read more »
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As the country emerges from its political crisis, aid agencies are warning that immediate food aid needs to get to extremely vulnerable communities in the north. Read more »
