Sime Darby

Liberia land deals with foreign firms 'could sow seeds of conflict'
- Guardian
- 05 Mar 2012
Small farmers lose livelihoods as 'controversial' palm-oil producing multinational moves in, report says
Liberia: The plantation blues
- AllAfrica
- 29 February 2012
Alfred Quayjandi accuses both the Liberian government and Sime Darby of presenting a confused and angry population with a fait accompli, failing to consult local communities and bypassing or snubbing the local administration and traditional chiefs.
Liberia : Accaparement des terres ou opportunité de développement ?
- IRIN
- 21 February 2012
Des centaines de villageois et d'habitants des villes du comté de Grand Cape Mount ont attiré l'attention de toute la population libérienne afin de récupérer des terres qu'ils considèrent comme leur appartenant, mais qui ont été saisies et cédées à un groupe agro-industriel malaisien.
Liberia: Land grab or development opportunity?
- IRIN
- 17 February 2012
Hundreds of villagers and town residents of Liberia’s Grand Cape Mount Country have attracted nationwide attention in their bid to recover what they say is land seized from them and turned over to a Malaysian agro-industrial concern.
A Nobel laureate’s problem at home
- New York Times
- 20 January 2012
Unbeknown to many outside Liberia, Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf’s government may now be sowing the seeds of future conflict by handing over huge tracts of land to foreign investors and dispossessing rural Liberians.
Le Gouvernement Libérien admet que des erreurs ont faites dans l’accord « Sime Darby »
- Liberian Observer
- 09 January 2012
Le gouvernement du Libéria a reconnu que des fraudes et des erreurs répétées ont été commises lors de la négociation de la concession « Sime Darby », dans les Comtés de Bomi et Grand Cape Mount.
Govt. admits errors in Sime Darby agreement
- Daily Observer
- 09 January 2012
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf admits of errors in contract but calls on Liberians to respect the agreement and accuses NGOs of creating problems because they want funding from their partners.
Palm oil 'at dawn of new era of expansion'
- Agrimoney
- 05 December 2011
The palm oil industry is "at the dawn of a new period of expansion" in part thanks to increasing interest from food groups, which are moving into production to ensure supplies of an increasingly important commodity.
Albert Cormary, porte-parole du collectif NOPALME communique
- NOPALME
- 23 November 2011
Nous venons d’être informé par voie de presse que le projet de raffinerie d’huile de palme de Sime Darby à Port La Nouvelle était retardé
For Liberia, natural resources are blessings, curses on road to democracy
- PBS
- 03 November 2011
The West African nation of Liberia is rich is oil, diamonds and timber, but these natural resources have been both a blessing and a challenge for the fledgling democracy.
Workers protest broken promises by foreign palm oil company
- Sky FM
- 01 November 2011
Radio programme investigates housing conditions for workers on Sime Darby's plantations project in Liberia.
Producteurs d'huile de palme cherchent terrains
- Jeune Afrique
- 07 October 2011
Soumis à des contraintes d’espace, les groupes asiatiques multiplient les accords en Afrique. Si le pari est parfois risqué, les perspectives de la demande mondiale en huile de palme leur laissent entrevoir un fort retour sur investissement.