One in three fear losing homes in West and Central Africa, poll findsNearly one in three people living in West and Central Africa fear losing their homes and land in the next five years, according to a survey of 33 countries, making it the region where people feel most insecure about their property. “In countries like Rwanda, however, which are mapping and registering customary land, that uncertainty is much lower,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, adding that only 8 percent of the country’s respondents feared losing their homes. The survey for the first time sampled respondents in Britain, where 11 percent of people feared losing their home, mainly due to a lack of money or other resources. More than 50,000 people were questioned about ownership or tenure in 33 countries – most of them from Africa, Latin America and Asia. Over the next year, the poll will be extended to 140 countries.

Source: Standard Digital March 27, 2019 07:52 UTC