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A Senate committee will examine breaches of approved building plans and regulatory failure behind a string of Nairobi collapses, after the county forwarded more than 300 files to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
South Africa's Human Rights Commission wants the Western Cape High Court to halt transfers of 49 city-owned properties auctioned in February, arguing Cape Town never required buyers to deliver affordable housing.
Kenya says it will name a developer for the Mrima Hill rare earths project within weeks, as farmers and the Digo community in Kwale warn they have not been told how their land, farms and ancestral graves would be affected.
More than a million South African homeowners - 1,000,856 in total - lack the title deeds proving they own their homes, and at the current transfer rate the backlog would take about four decades to clear, according to Business Leadership South Africa's Reform Tracker.
The Kebbi State Government says the demolition of a building associated with former attorney-general Abubakar Malami in Birnin Kebbi stemmed from a private land ownership dispute, rejecting allegations of political persecution as Malami petitions police and prepares to sue.
Budadiri East MP Julius Nakiyi wants Parliament to examine a uniform Shs18 million relocation payment for households leaving landslide-prone parts of Mount Elgon, saying it does not match the land and homes being surrendered.
Morocco's Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region has been declared free of substandard housing after a programme in Es-Semara rehoused 4,357 families at a ministry cost of close to MAD 687 million.
Two Nairobi County Assembly committees are examining whether senior lands and planning officials hold the required qualifications and whether some have stayed in acting posts beyond the six-month limit.
Amnesty International says more than 50,000 people were displaced from Makoko alone between December 2025 and January 2026 and wants Lagos State to stop forced evictions immediately.