Opinions about Africa from Edinburgh. Elite Capture and Land Grabbing Impacts on the Livelihoods of Local Pastoralists and the Degradation of Common Rangelands. January 15, 2018 by centreofafricanstudies. Open Kalahari Thornveld Commonage in Lake Oponono Village, Oshana Region, Former Ovamboland, Namibia. These areas, commonly called communal areas or communal lands, are lands vested in the Namibian state.

Posted in Art and Culture. Rearming foreign rebels is it violation of Law? March 31, 2011. This issue has been brough to light by UN Seccurity Council Resolution 1973. The US, through Sec Clinton, already admited in London, that it is the US reading of this UN Council Resolution, that the US reserves itself the right to consider arming the civil populations against the regime forces, whether or not the situation of need arises. And if not will the UN get legitimacy to .

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Security, politics, and the relationship between them. For effective democratic oversight of intelligence and security, an independent Scotland would need more politicians. These are my personal thoughts on its implications.

A multi-author blog for discussing, debating and disseminating the latest research on land issues in Zimbabwe. New research on land reform in Zimbabwe. Here is a useful summary of the papers presented by Leila Sinclair-Bright, Gareth James and Grasian Mkodzongi, at the ASAUK conference last week. To accompany the recording of the discussion, here is a link to my own PowerPoint slides.

First, those evicted are likely to end up homeless or in overcrowded accommodation. They will be vulnerable to exploitation by ruthless landlords operating outside the rules indeed the measure is likely to lead to a growth in the irregular property letting market.

Material Culture of Politics in Africa. 8212; has long been that these authors either fail.