With support from UNFAO and Welthungerhilfe, Land for Life has spent the past weeks in December engaging with Paramount Chiefs from four of its operational districts—Port Loko, Tonkolili, Kenema, and Pujehun. These engagements provided strong regional representation, reflecting the cultural…
Land is mostly characterised by highly multi-vested interests. Sometimes, powerful actors are involved. When this is the case, dialogue becomes the only sustainable and safe way to reaching a compromise . As reported by Channels Television , the minister’s key…
With support from BMZ through Welthungerhilfe, Land for Life participated in the 2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA), held from 10–14 November 2025 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. The conference brought together policymakers, traditional leaders, academics, civil society actors,…
With funding from the #Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) through #Welthungerhilfe, Land for Life Sierra Leone has successfully concluded a one-day engagement session with heads of leading media institutions in Freetown. The session was aimed at strengthening the…
Land for Life has participated in the validation exercise for a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree (B.Sc.) in Land Governance and Administration at the University of Makeni (UniMak) in the Bombali District. In his opening remarks, the Registrar of UniMak…
The 5th Regional Conference of the African Land Institutions Network for Community Rights (ALIN) came to a close today with the adoption of the “Freetown Declaration” a collective call to action directed particularly at the governments of the 16 participating…
Land for Life Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the National Investment Board (NIB), on the 30th of September and the 2nd of October 2025, organized CSO–Private Sector Dialogues in Bo and Makeni. The dialogues brought together civil society organizations (CSOs),…
Land for Life Sierra Leone, a Civil Society Organization, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 16 media institutions across four of its operational districts: Pujehun, Kenema, Tonkolili, and Port Loko. The two-day engagement, which started on the 28th…
For years, the fertile soil in and around Lagor Community, Bari Poturu, Pujehun District, lay untended with the recurrence of conflict after conflict. “Land disputes were common here,” recalls a local elder. “Families would fight over boundaries and ownership of…
In 2011, Long before the formation of the Pujehun District Multi-Stakeholder Platform (DMSP), a serious boundary dispute broke out between the Sawula and Lungo communities in Pujehun District. Previously, the two communities lived in harmony, sharing social functions and undertaking…