Companies co-founded and run by Phil Edmonds, founder of leading African farmland investor Agriterra, paid “bribes” to African officials and have bought assets owned by secretive offshore structures, a campaign group has claimed.
A la tête de 200.000 hectares de plantations, Luc Boedt, CEO de Socfin, défend sa politique agricole en Afrique, souvent critiquée par des ONG.
Agriterra, an Africa focussed agricultural company, announces that Phil Edmonds has stepped down as chairman of the company.
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2015
Sima Mattia's release was sought through the collective efforts of Coalition of Civil Society Organizations who had chipped in with the whopping sum of Le30 million to meet his fine imposed by the presiding Judge.
"We believe this was a tactic to get us into prison so that we cannot raise our voice on the unacceptable land deals in Malen Chiefdom."
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Joseph Rahall interviews Hon. Shiaka Sama, who was released from prison on 24 February 2016 while 5 other activists are still behind bars
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La Convergence globale des luttes pour la terre et l'eau demande au Président de Sierra Leone de mettre fin à la criminalisation des militants de MALOA qui résistent l'accaparement de leurs terres par la Socfin.
The Global convergence of struggles for land and water calls on President Koroma to end the criminalisation of MALOA activists resisting Socfin in Sierra Leone.
Five people involved in the Malen vs Socfin case continue to languish behind bars while Siaka Sama got his freedom on Wednesday February 24.
Une action a été menée par une dizaine d’ONG accompagnées de plusieurs citoyens et citoyennes, en soutien aux paysan.ne.s du Sud, victimes de l’accaparement de terres par le groupe agro-industriel Socfin.
Des dizaines de citoyens et des représentants d’ONG belges ont labouré les parterres du groupe SOCFIN pour dénoncer la politique d’expansion agressive pratiquée par SOCFIN aux quatre coins du globe.
