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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 1984
    Cameroon

    Prior to tho advent of colonialism, the banana industry in Cameroon was essentially

    a traditional cottage industry producing for domestic consumption. When the country become a German colony towards the end of the nineteenth century, tho industry "began to develop into what is today, an export oriented activity based on colonial plantations

  2. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 1970
    Gabon

    Ce n’est qu’en 1951 que naît au Gabon un service topographique et du cadastre.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 1985
    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Le Zaïre est un pays aux dimensions continentales qui regroupe des centaines de tribus. Il en résulte une diversité de langues et coutumes, mais aussi de systèmes juridiques. Pendant la période précoloniale, le Zaïre, comme la plupart des pays africains, était régi par le droit traditionnel qui se caractérisait essentiellement par une forme rigide du système patriarcal, sauf dans certaines tribus qui pratiquaient le matriarcat.

  4. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    June, 2015
    Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles

    This document focuses on Small Island developing States, least developed countries and landlocked developing countries at Ninth session of the Committee on Sustainable Development and the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development Addis Ababa, 17–18 June 2015.

  5. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    August, 1971
    Chad, Africa

    As in many of the States of Equatorial-Africa, Chad's system of public

    and private land tenure is based on the French decree of 28 March 1699 and on the subsequent modifying texts. This system has not been very successful and Africans have proudly clung on to their respective "concessions", because they enjoyed a material hold over the land (habitation, farming, grazing, fishing m -certain water courses), until i960 and beyond.

  6. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 1970
    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Dans la pratique, l'Etat dénonça les terres vacantes une à une, au fur et à mesure de ses besoins, par le moyen des "enquêtes de vacance". Ces enquêtes déterminaient par l’organe de fonctionnaires territoriaux spécialement entraines à cet effet, s'il existait sur la terre recherchée, des droits indigènes tels que définis plus haut.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    August, 2012
    Middle Africa

    The initiative on land policies, aims to assist African states to equip themselves with land policies that can contribute to economic development and poverty reduction as well as peace building. One of the pressing objectives of the initiative is to draft a reference framework and guidelines for land policies in Africa. The land policy framework and guidelines are not meant to impose a uniform land policy on African states, but, on the contrary, to help them develop and implement national land policies that are efficient and effective.

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