A new hierarchy for resolving customary land disputes has been established, aiming to streamline the process and provide ...

A legal practitioner, Victor Owusu Asante, has addressed a common misconception among some Ghanaians regarding the legal ...

THE SPECIAL Parliamentary Committee for Customary Land and Land Reforms (SPCCLLR) has concluded a series of nationwide ...

With its currently fuzzy definition, customary law provides domestic courts with the flexibility to (mostly) interpret the application of these laws for their own countries.

Ministry of Lands has described the Land Use Plans for the Villages Initiative currently in its preparatory phase as a ...

As disenchantment with state institutions growing, many people in African countries are looking again to traditional leaders and monarchs. The post Africa's Customary Leaders Are No Panacea for ...

Effective forest management requires balancing conservation and local economic development objectives. This project demonstrated a method for mapping customary land-use systems using oral histories, ...

The customary marriage law gives power to various ethnic groups to administer estates according to their customs and traditions resulting in widows suffering.

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has launched an official map of customary forests, the first of its kind in the country, in a bid to protect them from land grabs. The map identifies more ...

If anything, the Customary Marriages Act of Zimbabwe (Chapter 5:07) appears to provide for a requirement that there be guardians for all the women at the solemnization of the customary marriages ...