
Deadline extended! Land Portal is hiring researchers (remote work)
6 December 2022
The Land Portal is hiring researchers with expertise on Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Mozambique, Ghana, and The Gambia.

Climate change drowning West African coastline
22 July 2022
Erosion and tidal surges are threatening fishing communities in West Africa. As a result, many people are fleeing inland — losing their livelihoods. The sea has already encroached two meters into the country's interior. Rising sea levels threaten many fishing communities in West Africa…

Canada’s development finance institution and land grabbing in Africa
20 July 2022
This interview is part of a series with unions, non-governmental organizations and academics who are concerned about the Canadian government’s embrace the “blended finance.”
Ghana
projects
Customary land tenure is seen as social trust held by stools, skins, or lineages for past, present and future generations living on that land. More than one quarter of the adult population feels insecure about their tenure rights.

Discussing Gender in LAND-at-scale projects
24 August 2022
This blog describes the common trends and actions across the projects, and is enriched with additional insights from the LANDac Annual Conference 2022 and other events.

The Root of Inequality? Customary Tenure and Women’s Rights to Land in West Africa
This webinar discusses women's land rights under customary tenure