https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The Kenyan government insists on maintaining provisions of the Seed Act that the court nullified: farmers and legal experts question the motive. Communities file second complaint against World Bank-funded project over failed redress in Tanzania. A Ugandan minister is in the hot seat over the grabbing of land from a peasant in Kiryandongo district. More than 500 Masindi residents live in fear as a tycoon targets their land. Community stories written by community members that highlight local impact (both positive and negative), community struggles on land tenure and sustainable agriculture, featuring narratives of volunteership, cultural traditions, and both community and personal triumphs over adversity. Using agroecology as a climate adaptation strategy and fighting extreme weather: A case of a retired teacher farming on a rocky terrain in Mukono, Uganda. A Global Report reveals that Development Banks’ Accountability Systems are failing communities. Experts push for a National Bamboo Policy to strengthen climate mitigation efforts. Home “We are facing increased violent land dispossessions and climate injustices” – African women. Kassanda businessmen accused of a second attempt to grab an 86-year-old farmer’s land despite court orders. Inside Eastern DRC War: The untold story of grabbing land for local and indigenous communities. Hidden iceberg: A new report identifies large scale industrial agriculture, livestock, and mining sectors as leading sources of attacks against land and environmental defenders worldwide. The Carbon Mirage in Uganda: How reforestation initiatives are turning into sources of displacement and poverty? More women are going to be sexually abused and forced to lose their land to the rich/investors as Uganda goes into a semi lockdown of 42 days Uganda moves toward a Bamboo Policy to boost environmental conservation and green growth. Nakuru County has adopted an agroecology policy to boost climate-resilient, sustainable agriculture. Women environmental rights defenders in Africa are at the most significant risk of threats and attacks – ALLIED New report Evicted from their land to host Refugees: A case of Uganda’s Kyangwali refugee settlement expansion, which left host communities landless. Witness Radio and Seed Savers Network are partnering to produce radio content to save indigenous seeds in Africa. Indigenous communities in Eastern Nepal accuse the World Bank’s Linked Cable Car Project of rights violations. Close to six years on, Pangero Chiefdom subjects still linger in pain after the government army’s forceful takeover of their ancestral land. The Witness Radio and Seed Savers Network Joint Radio program boosts Farmers’ knowledge of seed and food sovereignty. Decades of land loss and chronic poverty: Salala Rubber Plantation prioritizes profit over the well-being of local Liberian communities. 13 years after the refugee host community was forcefully evicted to expand a refugee settlement, thousands remain unsettled. Small-scale fishers and coastal communities are pushing to testify before a human rights commission investigating the causes of food inequality in South Africa. CSOs push for reforms at the KFW Accountability Mechanism after experts discovered that it has weak remedies in addressing grievous harms caused by its investments. USA, Israel, and Iran War effects: Why the world cannot afford to delay the renewable energy transition? DR Congo crisis: Washington’s brokered peace agreement is rendered useless as fighting, forced land displacement, and mineral exploitation persist… More than 1.1 billion people worldwide face a risk of land eviction – Global report Oil-affected residents and civil society organizations reject TotalEnergies’ Tilenga Progress Report, citing unfairness in their operations. Breaking: Land-related cases increase by 67% in Uganda – Police report reveals. U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? Global Peasant Movement calls for action against escalating land grabs and repression. African women are rising for climate justice and reparations on the inaugural continental day of action. Agroecological farming: EAC Bill moves to Parliament to establish a regional legal framework to protect and promote sustainable farming and food systems. Breaking: Ugandan Court jails eight Anti-EACOP activists as crackdown on dissent deepens. Nigerian Banks under fire over ESG failures as a new report exposes Weak Climate and Human Rights Compliance. African women push for reparations and environmental accountability after landmark Climate Justice Day. East African women unite and meet in Nairobi to develop strategies to protect communal tenure systems and collectively resist false climate solutions. Indigenous communities’ complaint against World Bank-linked Nepal Cable Car Project declared eligible for investigation. Podcast Show Eyes on just energy transition Program Land tenure security as an electoral issue: Museveni warns Kayunga land grabbers, reaffirms protection of sitting tenants. A community in Yumbe district has raised serious concerns about allegations of land-grabbing involving an aspirant for Uganda’s Parliamentary Speakership, affecting over 50 families. Four hundred fifty victim families of the Oil Palm project in Buvuma are to receive compensation by this Friday – Witness Radio. Women’s groups demand equality in land tenure security to boost food production. Tension as Project-Affected Persons demand to meet Uganda’s President over Oil Palm growing on their grabbed land. Signs of harmful projects with financing from development institutions are spotted in Uganda…