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Reflections from Zimbabwean farmers on West Africa Peasants’ Seed Fair
28 марта 2023
The 7th annual West Africa Peasants’ Seed Fair, hosted by the West African Committee for Farmers’ Seeds (Comité Ouest Africain de Semences Paysannes – COASP), was held in Zoungbonou, Benin, from 9-11 March 2023, bringing together 75 exhibitors from 25 countries, predominantly from the West African community but also including farmers from East Africa, government officials and academics.
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Zimbabwe’s resettlement experience from 1980 to 2000
03 апреля 2023
Ian Scoones reviews land reform related resettlement schemes which formed part of the post-Independence land reform efforts from 1980 to 2000. These initiatives had phases,reflecting the wider political economy, especially via the legal framework for land appropriation and redistribution by the state.
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Robin Palmer – the original land campaigner and scholar activist
27 марта 2023
Robin Palmer sadly died on February 19th. Historian, lecturer, land campaigner, NGO worker and consultant, he was the original scholar activist. The large numbers of tributes that have been shared on many platforms (see here and here) are witness to his influence on many over several decades.
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Risk-informed water governance, a critical tool to avert hunger and conflict
23 марта 2023
World leaders are currently coming together in New York from 22 – 24 March for the first water UN Water Conference in more than 40 years: their aim, to avert a global water crisis. But for farmers in Eastern Africa facing catastrophic food insecurity due to the sixth failed rainy season, or pastoralists who have lost over eleven million animals since drought started in 2020, the crisis is already here.
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How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty cash
23 марта 2023
Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme in which billions of dollars’ worth of gold is smuggled every month from Zimbabwe to Dubai, allowing criminals to whitewash dirty money through a web of shell companies, fake invoices and paid-off officials.
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Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act that ‘recreates the Bantustans’ heads to ConCourt
20 февраля 2023
In South Africa rural citizens argue that by signing the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act, the President made the abusive actions of traditional leaders legal. However they have no issue with the fact that, at last, the law recognises Khoi and San leaders and communities.