Les paysans réclament leurs terres à la multinationale Bolloré
    La multinationale française Bolloré s’est accordé jusqu’au 30 juin pour donner suite aux revendications des paysans riverains de ses plantations, qui manifestent dans plusieurs pays africains contre l’expansion des activités du groupe sur leurs terres.
    • IPS
    • 17 June 2013
    Le goût amer des plantations de palmier à huile
    Sackie Qwemie travaille pour Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), l’entreprise qui a pris sa terre dans le nord-ouest du Libéria.
    • IPS
    • 06 June 2013
    Vincent Bolloré reçoit les revendications à Paris
    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.
    • ReAct
    • 05 June 2013
    West African farmers stand up against Bolloré
    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.
    • ReAct
    • 05 June 2013
    Analyse 39: Large-scale land acquisitions in Liberia
    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 .
    • BfdW
    • 30 May 2013
    The bitter taste of Liberia’s palm oil plantations
    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.
    • IPS
    • 30 May 2013
    L'évolution des conflits fonciers au Liberia
    « 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)
    • IRIN
    • 22 May 2013
    Liberian government publishes landmark resource audit, but urgently needs to address findings
    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
    • Global Witness
    • 22 May 2013
    The changing face of land disputes in Liberia
    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.
    • IRIN
    • 20 May 2013
    Liberia's next big war
    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.
    • FrontPageAfrica
    • 09 May 2013
    Liberia intervenes to resolve land, rights disputes with agriculture concessionaires
    Land conflicts are causing delays in Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum's oil palm plantation plans in Liberia.
    • FrontPageAfrica
    • 05 May 2013
    ¿De quién es la tierra?
    La agricultura familiar lucha en todo el mundo por sobrevivir en medio de una gran competición por los recursos naturales.
    • El Diario
    • 22 April 2013
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