Liberia

Dans trois pays d’Afrique, les riverains des plantations contrôlées par le groupe Bolloré ont organisé des manifestations simultanées le jour de l’AG des actionnaires. A Paris, Vincent Bolloré a reçu en mains propres la lettre de revendications portée par des ressortissants des pays concernés.

Farmers in four African countries, whose land, lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by the expansion of plantations under the control of the Bolloré group, are organising coordinated actions at the group's general shareholders’ meeting.

More and more African governments give away land to companies as they wish, even if occupied by local smallholders. New report from Brot für die Welt looks at legal aspects in the palm oil sector .

Bah and his kinsmen were not consulted in the leasing of their land to EPO. He says the company used bulldozers to clear the land, including ancestral land and sacred sites, without any remorse or respect for their local culture.

« Au cours des derniers 18 mois, nous avons constaté une augmentation des conflits fonciers entre les communautés et les investisseurs qui essayent de développer des ressources naturelles au Liberia, » dit Gregory Kitt, chargé de projet du Conseil norvégien pour les réfugiés (NRC)

Audit says Liberian government failed to fully apply its own laws when awarding land concessions to palm oil companies Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum and recommends urgent remedial action

The Liberia Land Commission is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws.

Liberia's silent land war has now become a war of words and placards with tension brewing daily either between individuals and families or companies and tribes or clans.

Land conflicts are causing delays in Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum's oil palm plantation plans in Liberia.

La agricultura familiar lucha en todo el mundo por sobrevivir en medio de una gran competición por los recursos naturales.

Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître

Sinar Mas Group says it will invest US$1.6 billion in the Liberian palm oil business to expand operations overseas.