Sierra Leone

One million hectares of our land in foreign hands-Green Scenery CEO
- Awoko
- 14 December 2015
About 1 million hectares of lands in Sierra Leone are presently in the hands of multinational companies, says Green Scenery.
Rapid expansion of large scale land deals in Sierra Leone: The contentions amidst weak land tenure systems
- Standard Times
- 09 December 2015
Land grabbing is a direct acquisition of land shaped by failures of democracy, and economic governance.
AAF Tax Policy Statement
- Phatisa
- 30 November 2015
African Agriculture Fund Policy Statement Regarding Tax and Transparency
A $200 million dollar shell game in Seychelles
- Daily Beast
- 11 October 2015
Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, “one of the world’s largest farmland holders”, allegedly used bankruptcy for fun and profit.
Point de situation
- ReAct
- 01 October 2015
La silence du groupe SOCFIN a mené à une nouvelle série de mobilisations dans les différents pays dès le mois d’Avril 2015, qui se sont achevées par des actions lors des assemblées générales du groupe Socfin puis Bolloré.
Libération des leaders de l’association Maloa en Sierra Leone
- ReAct
- 16 September 2015
Les 7 membres de l’association de défense des droits des riverains de la plantation Socfin-Bolloré en Sierra Leone ont été libérés suite au paiement de leur caution.
Intensification de la répression sur la plantation Socfin Agricultural Company contrôlée par Bolloré
- ReAct
- 11 September 2015
Arrestation de 7 membres de l'association MALOA en Sierra Leone
Questions we need to ask about what would be the second largest rubber plantation in Africa
- Sierra Express
- 26 August 2015
China has confirmed the continuation of a $1.2 billion rubber and rice investment deal in Sierra Leone, covering 135,000 hectares, that was signed in 2012.
Effects of large-scale acquisition on food Insecurity in Sierra Leone
- Sustainability
- 17 July 2015
This study set out to investigate the food security outcomes of land acquisitions in northern Sierra Leone
Peasant farmers launch series of occupations on Socfin’s plantations
- ReAct
- 22 April 2015
Peasant farmers deprived of their lands launch a series of occupations on Socfin’s plantations in Cameroon, Liberia, Cambodia and Côte d’Ivoire from now until the annual shareholder meetings of the Socfin group (27 May) and the Bolloré group (4 June).
Occupations sur les plantations Socfin
- ReAct
- 22 April 2015
Les paysans privés de leurs terres lancent une série d’occupations sur les plantations Socfin au Cameroun, au Liberia, au Cambodge et en Côte d’Ivoire qui va durer jusqu’aux Assemblées Générales des groupes Socfin (27 mai) et Bolloré (4 juin).
AAF ESG Annual Report 2014
- Phatisa
- 31 Mar 2015
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2014