Uganda
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22 Dezembro 2021
Much of the land in Uganda is subject to customary tenure. Because it is not officially registered, land users fear that they may be forced off their land. Registering land has many benefits: it gives the users more security and means they can invest in the land and pass it on to their children.
A…
6 Dezembro 2021
On 2 December 2021 the mayor of Mbale City, Cassim Namugali, issued 511 Certificates of Customary Ownership in a colourful ceremony. The event took place at Wanale Division Hall in Mbale City. These are the first ever such certificates to be issued in an urban area in Uganda. Several hundred Mbale…
28 Outubro 2021
L’Ouganda a exporté entre octobre 2020 et septembre 2021, «un volume record de 6,49 millions de sacs de café (1 sac = 60 kg)», affichant une hausse de 21% par rapport à la campagne précédente qui avait engrangé 630 millions de dollars de recettes, d’après les chiffres de l’Autorité ougandaise de…
28 Outubro 2021
The recent arrests of staff of a Ugandan civil society organization, the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), have been criticized as an attempt to stifle defenders of human rights and the environment in the East African country. AFIEGO has been prominent in campaigns against sugarcane…
20 Outubro 2021
With a total of 65 participants (37% women) from 14 countries (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Pakistan, Sudan and Uganda) the 10th and last Capitalization Meeting of the EU Land Governance Transversal Project, was virtually…
12 Setembro 2021
River Rwizi is located in Ankole Sub-region, western Uganda. River Rwizi, which covers approximately 8,200km, is the source of water for livelihood to both people and animals in Rakai, Lyantonde, Isingiro, Lwengo, Kiruhura, Mbarara, Bushenyi, Buhweju, Sheema and Rubirizi.
The river is served by…
10 Setembro 2021
The Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency (RVO), the Netherlands Embassy in Kampala (EKN), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) are pleased to announce their collaboration for a LAND-at-scale project in Uganda. In a virtual…
7 Setembro 2021
Landgrabs at gunpoint escalate in Uganda as the operations of a defender of affected communities are suspended
On Friday, 20th August, Uganda's Non-Governmental Organization Bureau suspended 54 organizations for alleged 'non-compliance'. However for multinationals it was time to merry-make as…
2 Setembro 2021
The State Minister for Lands Sam Mayanja has responded to critics who accuse him of spearheading a plot by government to abolish the Mailo land tenure system and replace it with a freehold land tenure system. Mayanja has explained that the new proposals are instead aimed at strengthening ownership…
20 Agosto 2021
Suspected land grabbers have encroached on the 60-acre piece of land belonging to Henry Kyemba, a career politician and former minister, and torched his sugarcanes plantation.
The land, located in Model Farm Village, Njeru Municipality in Buikwe District, has been used as farmland and is adjacent…
12 Agosto 2021
Dozens of lives have been lost and several investment projects delayed as land disputes rear an ugly head in Lango Sub-region, Daily Monitor has learnt.
Police tallied at least 92 murder cases from North Kyoga region (Lango) between January and May. The vast bulk of the murders were occasioned by…
12 Julho 2021
Aos 32 anos, Bidal Abraham já teve que fugir de seu país, Sudão do Sul, por três vezes. Em todas elas, ele foi acolhido por sua nação vizinha, Uganda. Mas, a cada vez que enfrentava uma nova viagem migratória, percebia que existiam cada vez menos árvores pelo caminho. “A primeira vez que vim,…