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Bauchi group gives Bala Mohammed seven days to reverse 61-house allocation

An association in Bauchi has issued a legal notice demanding that Governor Bala Mohammed withdraw the allocation of 61 housing units to security personnel and redistribute them to civil servants.

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Uganda minister orders reopening of disputed Rushebeya market land

Uganda's local government minister has ordered the reopening of part of the government land hosting Rushebeya Market in Rukiga District, which was fenced off in April 2026, and directed that compensation be worked out with the Chief Government Valuer.

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Egypt's St Catherine's Monastery agrees to sign land agreement

Egypt's foreign minister has received a letter from Archbishop Symeon approving a contract covering St Catherine's Monastery and the surrounding land, with the agreement to be signed once a ceremony date is set.

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R48.9m Joshco social housing project in Booysens still unfinished three years on

A R48.9 million Johannesburg Social Housing Company contract to convert a Booysens building into 40 social housing flats is still a construction site more than three years after it was awarded, with Joshco's own reports showing 45 per cent completion.

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NEMA opens public comment on five Nairobi housing lots totalling 7,128 units

Kenya's environment authority has invited public comments on five impact assessments for social and affordable housing developments in Mugumo-ini Ward, Lang'ata, that would deliver a combined 7,128 units and could relocate some Kibra residents.

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Lagos delivered 10,623 housing units across 23 estates since 2019, Sanwo-Olu says

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State has delivered 10,623 housing units across 23 estates in its five administrative divisions since 2019, with 4,414 units funded directly from the budget and 6,209 through public-private partnerships.

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Tangier court jails RNI official for seven years over property fraud

A Tangier court has sentenced Ahmed Zegaf, deputy president of the Mghogha district and a member of the National Rally of Independents, to seven years in prison over forged documents and illegal land subdivision in a case covering more than 20 property disputes.

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FG moves to resolve compensation claims holding up Zaria railway extension

Nigeria's Ministry of Transportation says it will meet residents whose properties were affected by the Zaria railway extension, after compensation disputes were identified among the factors delaying the line from Jadji Station towards the Kano-Abuja corridor.

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Tororo councillors challenge chairperson over public land handed to DPP

Councillors in Tororo District say chairperson John Okea allocated public land next to Amagoro Court to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions without council or technical approval, and that construction has continued despite a stop order.