Egypt

South Sudan threatened by land grab
- NPA
- 23 Mar 2011
Four months before South Sudan becomes an independant nation nine percent of the country has been targeted by investors, a Norwegian People's Aid report reveals.
S. Africa farmers shun Libya, target Sudan bananas, Egypt grapes
- Bloomberg
- 24 February 2011
South Africa’s biggest farmers union, Agri SA, said its members are seeking to expand into Egypt, Morocco and Sudan while putting plans to enter Libya on hold
Foreign investors dominate bids for Nansanga Bloc
- Zambia Post
- 22 February 2011
Of the 16 applications received, only six were from Zambia while the rest were from foreign investors from the UK, Egypt, China, Hungary, Mauritius, Switzerland and South Africa.
Wikileaks: African leaders in Ethiopia land grab
- afrol News
- 28 January 2011
Several African leaders have bought lands in Ethiopia to develop agricultural projects or tourism resorts. They are let to bypass a 2007 ban on export of cereals, still in place for other investors.
Ackerland für Investoren - Land Grabbing im Sudan
- Deutsche Welle
- 21 December 2010
Dort sind in den letzten 2 Jahren schätzungsweise 20 Millionen Hektar Land ausländischen Firmen überlassen worden.
Agricultural land for investors - Why Sudans small farmers are being displaced
- DW
- 21 December 2010
The future of Sudan's small farmers looks uncertain
Egypt’s takeover of Sudan’s Gezira scheme
- Sudan Tribune
- 19 December 2010
News of the deal has aroused very vehement protest from the Sudanese Farmer’s Union and the tenants in the Gezira Scheme.
SA farmers set sights on Moz
- Reuters
- 13 December 2010
More South African farmers expect to receive land offers in Mozambique as they seek to expand across Africa amid uncertainty over land reform at home, an official from a mostly white farmers group said
Jenaan to plant $500m venture
- The National
- 25 November 2010
Abu Dhabi's Jenaan Investment owns and leases properties in Egypt and Sudan, as well as leasing land in Tanzania, Ethiopia and the US.
Egypt eyes Sudan for wheat needs
- AP
- 24 November 2010
Egyptian officials in September revived a 30-year-old agreement with Sudan that encourages private companies to plant wheat in northern Sudan.
Lawsuit aims to annul Saudi prince's Toshka land deal
- Daily News
- 21 October 2010
Groups consider land deal "treason", saying its aim is to steal Egyptian water and create a state inside the state.
Egypt’s conundrum over food security and the Nile’s water
- Afrik News
- 14 October 2010
The Egyptian external agricultural land deals are all the more fragile as a future government or policy change in Ethiopia or Sudan risks destabilizing their external food security strategy.