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4 October 2022
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- In July 2021, an Angolan diamond mine leaked large amounts of polluted water into the Kasai River Basin which stretches across Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Twelve people were killed, a further 4,400 fell ill and an estimated 1 million more were affected by the polluted water.
3 October 2022
India
A report released by IRCDUC observes the key issue in the issuance of sale deeds is the non-transfer of land to TNUHDB by other departments.
3 October 2022
Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The talks in the DRC's capital, Kinshasa, are informal but meant to allow various countries and green groups to take stock of political positions ahead of COP27 -- the United Nations climate gathering of world leaders in Egypt next month.
3 October 2022
Bangladesh
Land prices surged over twenty-seven-fold, flat prices over seven-fold in the past 21 years, says study
2 October 2022
India
The communication regarding the special drive for updating land records has been sent to respective departments
2 October 2022
Mongolia
In the first part of a monthly series, CNA looks at the threat of desertification in Mongolia.
1 October 2022
Tanzania
Rights groups said Friday’s ruling sends a dangerous message that Indigenous peoples can be evicted from their land in the name of conservation.
30 September 2022
South Africa
The Expropriation Bill was adopted by the National Assembly late on Wednesday evening after the opposition DA, EFF, IFP, Freedom Front Plus and African Christian Democratic Party put their objections on record.
30 September 2022
Namibia
This was revealed by president Hage Geingob on Friday while delivering his speech at the inaugural session of the Botswana-Namibia bi-national commission in Gaborone, Botswana.
Geingob said Namibia continues to make good progress in cross-border trade.
28 September 2022
Somalia
The United Nations has warned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, with 200,000 people in danger of starvation.
27 September 2022
Senegal
Global
26 September 2022
China
China first proposed its "red line" scheme in 2011 to put an end to decades of "irrational development" that had encroached on forests, wetlands and other precious ecosystems.