Africa: Issues of land ownership, management and rights

Issues of land ownership, management and rights have significant poverty implications for rural communities in Africa generally, but are of key concern to pastoralists and huntergatherers. Although ultimate state control over land remains widespread in Africa, as either ownership (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mozambique) or trusteeship (Tanzania, Namibia), the new generation of land laws allows and promotes various forms of land transfers and tends to strengthen the land rights of foreign investors.