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A Land Matrix Initiative report based on 730 transactions showed international transparency rules and consultation with local populations are largely not enforced.
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Dwindling number of Africans own land
Research has shown that inequality in access to land is increasing across the African continent. Experts are calling for more rules and controls on the sale of land to counteract poverty.
A lucrative building boom for some people on Kenya s coastal regions is causing great suffering for many fisherfolk.
In Tudor, the northern coastal strip in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, apartment buildings and hotels are going up at a dizzying rate.
Big companies are building there and roads are being extended. All the landing sites for fisher boats have disappeared, said Phelix Lore, director of the human rights organization Haki Center.