Paradigms, Processes and Practicalities of Land Reform in Post-Conflict Sub-Saharan Africa

Over the last decade, many African countries have engaged in processes of land tenure policy and legislation reform. While the aims and assumptions of land tenure reform efforts differ widely, all purport to increase land tenure security for the rural poor. Land law reform is at an advanced stage in at least 17 countries in the continent (Angola, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Tanzania, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar), while new national land policies have been drafted or are under discussion in another eleven countries (Benin, Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

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