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04 Feb 2013Reuters
Une filiale de Bolloré épinglée pour sa gestion des terres en Afrique
Le Oakland Institute, un think-tank américain respecté pour la qualité de ses travaux, épingle les pratiques de la Socfin, une filiale du groupe Bolloré en Sierra Leone.
04 Dec 2012Green Scenery
Sierra Leone: Local communities vow to stop SOCFIN land grab
Aggrieved landowners and land-users in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun, call on Human Rights Commission to intervene against human rights violations by Paramount Chief and chiefdom authorities in Socfin operation area.
01 Dec 2012MALOA
Letter and resolution of the landholding families, Malen Chiefdom, Sierra Leone
Community members defy intimidation and arrests and appeal for international support in their struggle to stop SOCFIN from operating on lands the company acquired without their consent.
26 Oct 2012Awareness Times
Hunger, food security and large scale land leases for industrial agriculture must be on the political agenda of all parties
Green Scenery challenges all political parties to take a position on large scale land acquisitions of foreign direct investors in agriculture for the 2012 election.
12 Oct 2012IRIN
Land-grabbing linked with hunger
Researchers find that bulk of deals to lease out land are struck in 32 of the countries ranked “alarming” or “serious” on the Global Hunger Index score.
25 Sep 2012Silnorf and BfA
Concerns of civil society organisations and affected land users on Addax Bioenergy
This report by Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food and Bread for All lays out the major concerns of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and affected land users on the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone as of September 2012.
19 Sep 2012GRAIN
Land grabbing and food sovereignty in West and Central Africa
February 2012 workshop in Ouidah, Benin brought together over thirty participants from farmer organisations and NGOs in West and Central Africa to share experiences and analysis of land grabs.
03 Sep 2012Survie
Sierra Leone : Bolloré étend son empire agricole
Le groupe Bolloré ne cesse d’étendre son influence en Afrique et se tourne désormais vers les terres arables de la Sierra Leone.
20 Aug 2012GRAIN
Accaparement des terres et souveraineté alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
Lors d’un atelier organisé par Synergie Paysanne, GRAIN et le RAPDA, avec le soutien de Pain pour le Prochain, à Ouidah (Bénin) du 7 au 9 février 2012, plus d’une trentaine de participants représentant des organisations paysannes et des ONG actives sur les questions d’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre ont échangé leurs expériences et approfondi cette question.
06 Aug 2012Hardman & Co
Commercial viability & value creation in West African palm oil production
Overview of the palm oil sector in West Africa - major players (Siva, SIAT, Sime Darby, SIFCA, Bolloré, Olam...), hectarage under foreign corporate control, etc.
06 Aug 2012Silnorf
Annual Monitoring Report on the Operations of Addax Bioenergy by the Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) for the Period June 2011 – June 2012
The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food has published an Annual Monitoring Report on the sugarcane-to-ethanol project of the Swiss firm Addax Bioenergy. Some positive changes are acknowledged by SiLNoRF, e.g. on employment. However, there are still many issues of concern, such as communities asking for a written agreement from Addax to prevent it from using more than the demarcated land.
31 Jul 2012Le Hub Rural
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°81
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
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