NGOs denounce disparity between international commitments and national laws on community land rights By DOH JAMES SONKEY

Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs specialized on land governance in Africa have denounced disparities between national laws and international texts on communities land rights in Gabon, Central African Republic and Cameroon. They raised their voices last March 29, 2019 at Felydac Hotel in Yaoundé during the closing ceremony of a workshop on indigenous rights on community forests. Organized by the Centre for Environment and Development, CED to share results of NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihood in Congo Basin Forests, participants stressed on the need to clarify, recognize and secure customary rights of forest-dependent communities so as to empower them…