Tag Archives: Land grabbing

Conference Sharing on OAU/AU 50th Anniversary with “Land Grabbing in Africa”

May 9, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Dear All, You are cordially invited to attend a Conference Discussion Sharing Forum about “Land Grabbing in Africa” with its devastating catastrophic effects it puts on the People of Africa which in effect is causing harm and is hindering sustainable … read more »

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South Sudan: Land grabbing may soon be of the past

February 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Jacob K. Lupai Recently land grabbing in and around Juba has hit news headlines. The Citizen newspaper of Friday, January 25, 2013 – Vol.7. Issue No. 356 had as a lead news headline ‘Interior Ministry Orders Arrest of Land … read more »

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Land grabs: how the law pushes people off their land

June 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Tomaso Ferrando Subverting the classic vision of the private-public power relationships, some African countries are repeating the same motto that an East European newspaper used on the occasion of the visit of the German chancellor in 1999: ‘We forgive the … read more »

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The great Ethiopian land-grab: feudalism, leninism, neo-liberalism … plus ça change

December 31, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Land in Ethiopia is being leased to agro-industry investors on very long terms and below market rates. The beneficiaries have good political connections. But then land has been the play-thing of centralising authoritarians throughout Ethiopia’s recent history. Ethiopia is the … read more »

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