AllAfrica News: Land and Rural Issues

[Nyasa Times] A newspaper editorial has called for tougher action against public officials implicated in Malawi's land allocation scandal, after a pilot audit in Lilongwe uncovered evidence of widespread abuse of office in the management of urban land.

[Nyasa Times] Lands Minister Chimwemwe Chipungu has dropped an explosive warning that several sitting Cabinet ministers and other politically exposed individuals are suspected of dubiously acquiring plots in two of Lilongwe's most sought-after residential areas.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Chimwemwe Chipungu has issued a stark ultimatum to anyone illegally occupying or grabbing public and institutional land, demanding they voluntarily vacate or surrender the properties within just 14 days - as a bombshell audit exposed sweeping failures across Lilongwe's land administration system.

[Nile Post] SEMBABULE -- Residents of Katoogo Village in Nakasenyi Sub-county, Sembabule District, have protested the suspension of village council elections, demanding that the Electoral Commission organise fresh polls.

[Independent (Kampala)] The gap we face today is no longer primarily legislative; it is a crisis of enforcement, awareness, and institutional practice