Useful sources about Africa

Kenya's land laws under the new Kenyan constitution. A summary published by the legal firm Anjarwalla & Khanna.

The Kenyan Land Act of 2012 is an Act of Parliament rationalising land laws to provide for the sustainable administration of land-based resources. The National Council for Law Reporting is a useful depository for Kenyan legislative documents.

This Act provides a legal framework on land registration which includes management of public land and conversion of land.

This database by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation comprises information on gender distribution and land rights. It provides land-related statistics disaggregated by gender as well as data on agricultural ownership. It is presented in an interactive map format.

The West Africa Land Use Dynamics project by the UN Geological Survey maps land use and land cover in the region. The website includes useful factsheets and reports.

This Act provides legislation on the National Land Commission and its responsibilities, powers and administration of land.

A report providing a case for a national land policy, which spells out how land and other natural resources should be used and managed in a sustainable manner, published by the Kenya Land Alliance in 2015.

This geospatial database by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) maps Southern African land use.