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More than 200 farmers at Akyem Asene near Oda say their cocoa, food crop and oil palm farms were destroyed eight months ago for the Accra-Kumasi expressway without compensation, and that some destroyed farms have still not been measured.
The High Court has stopped Shanta Gold from entering, prospecting or drilling on private land in three Siaya sublocations without the express consent of registered owners, and blocked a mining licence for the Ramula Mboma project until consent is documented.
Lagos State's water regulator says it will prosecute property owners and seal buildings where boreholes were drilled or groundwater abstracted without permits, warning that unregulated drilling threatens water security and contributes to land subsidence.
Uganda's lands minister says government needs about Shs8 trillion to acquire land for infrastructure projects under the Fourth National Development Plan, with nearly 90 per cent of public projects delayed by acquisition and compensation problems.
Kenya's High Court has declared that President William Ruto's 2025 directives reserving 20 per cent of affordable housing units for teachers and police officers have no legal effect, ruling that executive pronouncements cannot rewrite the allocation criteria set by Parliament.
Ghana's Rent Commission has warned the University of Ghana to suspend a proposed 26% increase in hostel fees or face possible legal action, saying it is seeking advice from the Attorney-General on an injunction.
Zanzibar plans to link its Zan ID identity cards to land ownership records inside the LARIS digital land system, a move officials say will cut fraud and land disputes across Unguja and Pemba.
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has approved offers of statutory rights of occupancy covering about 55.35 hectares in Dakwa, Wuye and the Central Area to Promiseland Building and Construction Limited, as residents of Dakwa and neighbouring communities threaten to resist any demolition.
Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority has ordered Empire Cement Ghana Limited to submit a relocation plan for its grinding and bagging plant at the Densu Delta Ramsar Site within 30 days, saying a September closure notice remains in force.