Malawi Housing Corporation and the Police demolished about three hundred houses and subsequently evicted residents from the land at Baghdad in Lilongwe, Malawi. Apparently, land conflicts, evictions and demolitions continue to occur. This is in contrast with several recommendations by human rights bodies, etc discouraging the tendency and suggesting the best conflict resolution methods. Legal frameworks continue to have gaps that need be properly addressed. Due to communication gaps in conversions from customary to public land, occupants of the land are kept unaware of such changes until the...