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Les populations indigènes d'Afrique et d'Asie contestent le projet Socfin/Bolloré
- Le Monde
- 22 May 2012
Les tribus Bunong du Cambodge, les pygmées Bagyeli du Cameroun et les villageois de la chefferie de Malen en Sierra Leone ont une chose en commun : ils sont tous aux prises avec le développement de plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile et d'hévéas par des filiales de Socfin, une société dont le principal actionnaire est le groupe Bolloré, détenu par l'homme d'affaires français Vincent Bolloré.
Farmers make their voices heard on large land investments in Sierra Leone
- Oakland Institute
- 12 April 2012
Between April 1-4, 2012, farmers, small land owners, women, youth, and elders assembled in Freetown to have their voices heard and strategize a way forward.
A new report exposes French tycoon's land grab in Sierra Leone
- Oakland Institute
- 02 April 2012
In yet another exposé of exploitative practices associated with large-scale land acquisitions, the Oakland Institute examines Socfin Agricultural Corporation Sierra Leone (Socfin), controlled by the powerful French corporate titan Vincent Bolloré
Sierra Leone: Land deals beginning to stir discontent
- IRIN
- 20 Mar 2012
As more and more companies flock to the country to lease large tracts of land, murmurs of protest and unrest are cropping up among local populations who are unhappy with the way the deals are done.
Sierra Leone arrests 39 in oil palm land lease dispute
- Reuters
- 12 October 2011
Sierra Leone authorities have arrested 39 protesters in the south of the West African nation, following tensions between the local population and a unit of Socfin, owned by France's Bolloré Group
Conflict in Pujehun over land
- Awoko
- 12 October 2011
Socfin Agricultural Company is embroiled in serious land lease agreement tussle that has the tendency to ignite conflict between foreign investors and locals.
La Sierra Leone arrête 39 manifestants dans un affrontement concernant la location de terres destinées à la production d’huile de palme
- Reuters
- 12 October 2011
Les autorités de la Sierra Leone ont arrêté 39 manifestants dans le sud de cette nation ouest-africaine, à la suite de tensions entre la population locale et une unité de Socfin, l’investisseur international en agrobusiness.
Early warning: Growing tension in Malen Chiefdom
- Green Scenery
- 11 October 2011
Thirty peaceful protesters were arrested in Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone for blocking access to oil palm plantations owned by Socfin, which they accuse of grabbing their lands.
Alerte précoce : Tensions exacerbées dans la chefferie de Malen
- Green Scenery
- 11 October 2011
La police a arrêté des manifestants opposés à l’accord foncier de Socfin en Sierra Leone. Les parties prenantes devraient se mettre à la table des négociations.
Land owners are protesting against lease agreement with large scale investor
- Green Scenery
- 03 October 2011
Since Monday evening more than a hundred land owners are blocking the Socfin operation area
Le Président Alpha Condé reçoit le Président du Groupe SOCFIN
- Aujourd'hui en Guinée
- 24 June 2011
L’entretien a porté sur la nécessité d’avoir des équipes de sensibilisation en région forestière afin d’amener les paysans à comprendre l’urgence d’acquisition de domaines qui impulseront le développement agricole.
The Socfin land deal missing out on best practices: Report on fact finding mission to Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone
- Green Scenery
- 13 May 2011
On March 5, 2011 in the presence of armed security forces the lease agreement was signed against payments from 173,000,000.00 Leones stacked on a table and paid to those signing the agreement.