"When Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton in a luxury game ranch in Kenya - on a continent he regards as his 'second home' - did they realise that they were at the centre of one of Africa's land grab hotspots?

Across Laikipia in northern Kenya, where William and Kate's engagement was sealed, land is being acquired and fenced by local white ranchers, politicians, and foreign investors and is displacing pastoralists, preventing them gaining access to traditional grazing lands. At the recent international conference on 'global land grabbing' held at IDS, John Letai of Oxfam GB revealed the extent of the land grabbing in this area and the consequences for pastoralist livelihoods."