Judiciary Reform Alone Cannot Fix Land Disputes – The Standard Newspaper

Judiciary Reform Alone Cannot Fix Land Disputes – The Standard Newspaper

By Dr Omar Janneh The origins of land ownership may be debated, but in The Gambia today, the consequences of lack of appropriate safeguards are clear: our land is in crisis. Our land is crying beneath our feet. Therefore, if we are to build a just and prosperous Gambia, we must begin with the land beneath our feet — not as something to be carved up and sold/resold-causing disputes of ownership-, but as the very source of our identity and surviva…