Contending Issues in Land Governance in Africa and Implications for Conflict and Peace

Kialee Nyiayaana
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Kialee Nyiayaana: Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 3, 254-261

Abstract: Issues of land governance, relating to ownership and use are at the core of conflicts, which sometimes escalate into violent contestations in many African societies. Based on the Evolutional Theory of Land Rights, (EVTR), this article raises questions about the relationships of conflicting legal frameworks to land tenure security, sustainable land management and boundary issue and how they influence land-related conflict on one hand. On the other, it draws attention to the clash of the religious, cultural and political use of land and its implications for conflict. The central argument is that these complex and contending issues interact in ways that complicate and undermine the effective management of the sensitivities and relationships to land in contemporary Africa with significant implications for violent conflicts and peacebuilding in the continent.

Date: 2023
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