Witness Radio https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Witness Radio and Seed Savers Network are partnering to produce radio content to save indigenous seeds in Africa. Evicted from their land to host Refugees: A case of Uganda’s Kyangwali refugee settlement expansion, which left host communities landless. Land grabbing threatens schools, health centres nationwide Communities file second complaint against World Bank-funded project over failed redress in Tanzania. 85-year-old widow recovers her grabbed land after daughter-in-law convicted Uganda moves toward a Bamboo Policy to boost environmental conservation and green growth. Sham Presidential Commissions Rubber Stamp Tanzanian Government’s Efforts to Evict Indigenous Maasai from Ngorongoro Conservation Area 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. DR Congo crisis: Washington’s brokered peace agreement is rendered useless as fighting, forced land displacement, and mineral exploitation persist… FEATURE: What Lagos Can Learn From Kenya, Morocco, Uganda’s Forced Evictions 13 years after the refugee host community was forcefully evicted to expand a refugee settlement, thousands remain unsettled. Land Evictions in Uganda COVID-19 unending effects: Demand for land to host refugees in Uganda caused forced land displacement and pushed the refugee-hosting community into Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs). The Witness Radio and Seed Savers Network Joint Radio program boosts Farmers’ knowledge of seed and food sovereignty. Global Peasant Movement calls for action against escalating land grabs and repression. U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? Breaking: Land-related cases increase by 67% in Uganda – Police report reveals. 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. UPDF General on the spot over fresh evictions in Hoima Small-scale fishers and coastal communities are pushing to testify before a human rights commission investigating the causes of food inequality in South Africa. Will Uganda’s next government break the land-grabbing cycle? Violations against Kenya’s indigenous Ogiek condemned yet again by African Court Two dead as Siaya protests against gold mining firm turn tragic Close to six years on, Pangero Chiefdom subjects still linger in pain after the government army’s forceful takeover of their ancestral land. 200 farmers demonstrate at parliament, worried about new seed monopoly Tanzania: Commissions call for mass eviction of Indigenous Maasai from world-famous tourist destinations. More than 1.1 billion people worldwide face a risk of land eviction – Global report Peace in DRC Requires More than Symbolic US Sanctions on Rwanda Ugandan Farmers Sue EACOP in London in Last Minute Effort to Stop Crude Oil Pipeline Minister Cancels Contested 12-Square-Mile Land Title in Mubende Swedish pension fund drops TotalEnergies amid rising EACOP risks Africa is capturing just 2% of its carbon credit potential Statement by Witness Radio- Legal Aid Clinic on International Women’s Day 2026; Scaling Up Investment to Accelerate Access to Justice for Women and Girls Defending Land and Environmental Rights Why govt is launching a comprehensive digital land registry United States withdraws from core United Nations climate institutions African countries forced to extract fossil fuels to service external debt: Report The Kenyan government insists on maintaining provisions of the Seed Act that the court nullified: farmers and legal experts question the motive. COP30 : a further step towards a Just Transition in Africa Madi community accuses UPDF of fueling Zoka land conflict with Acholi settlers StopEACOP raises alarm over €1.5bn back door funding for TotalEnergies The South African High Court concludes hearing a landmark case challenging TotalEnergies’ Deep-Water Drilling project and offers to deliver its ruling on notice. Women environmental rights defenders in Africa are at the most significant risk of threats and attacks – ALLIED New report Oil-affected residents and civil society organizations reject TotalEnergies’ Tilenga Progress Report, citing unfairness in their operations. StopEACOP Campaign challenges TotalEnergies assessment of Uganda land acquisition programme USA, Israel, and Iran War effects: Why the world cannot afford to delay the renewable energy transition? Decades of land loss and chronic poverty: Salala Rubber Plantation prioritizes profit over the well-being of local Liberian communities. Indigenous communities in Eastern Nepal accuse the World Bank’s Linked Cable Car Project of rights violations. US-DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement Faces Constitutional Challenge in Court Indigenous communities’ complaint against World Bank-linked Nepal Cable Car Project declared eligible for investigation.