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Hope and anxiety as state plots to seize 77,000 acres in Coast

Coast leaders and residents have welcomed plans by the government to seize land owned by absentee landlords.

Although many activists doubt whether the declaration of seizure will move beyond mere threats, they say the decision by the National Land Commission (NLC) could resolve the land problem.

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