Uganda

The cancellation of the title followed a public outcry that it was illegally issued to two individuals, as well as another suspension of a 2,300 ha land title in the same district that had been claimed by Terra Agri Solutions Ltd for a commercial farm.

The Mount Kei project seeks to reforest degraded lands in Uganda with a mix of teak on 18,000 hectares and indigenous tree species on 20,000 hectares. The teak will be harvested for construction material, while the rest of the project will generate carbon credits.

Witness Radio has documented 181 cases of arbitrary arrests, detentions, imprisonments, disappearances, and other retaliatory attacks, highlighting a concerning trend in Uganda’s agricultural sector, which is marked by a significant increase in violent and retaliatory attacks and detentions.

The Lands ministry has ordered the suspension of a process to secure 5,750 acres for Terra Agri Solutions Ltd to establish a farm in Agago district, following complaints from locals.

Ugandan President Museveni has granted investors permission to use 1,300 hectares of the land, where Kyaaka One and Kyaaka Two refugee camps sit, for avocado growing.

Families in Buvuma, Uganda now realize they were deceived into signing documents to surrender their land to grow oil palm trees for an IFAD-funded project.

Nearly 40,000 individuals have been displaced from their land to give way to land based investments in Kiryandongo district, Uganda.

UAE's E20 Investment Limited announced interest in a a $20M investment in a beef feedlot with Ugandan company Fresh Cuts Limited t produce 5250MT per year of beef export.

Herdsman are occupying a substantial portion of land that was granted by the government to Madhvani Sugar Factory for a sugarcane plantation in Amuru district but that has not been utilised.

The increased use of land as a commodity and the increasing demand for land has resulted in more forced land evictions.

The land being grabbed is aimed for growing large-scale sugar by Somdiam Company, owned by ‘investors’ from India.

L'Alliance informelle des communautés victimes d'investissements fonciers irresponsables s'est réunie pour un camp d'activités en Ouganda. Compte rendu de Witness Radio.