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Ukrainian President Poroshenko extends moratorium on agricultural land sale
- UA Wire
- 05 February 2019
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law for the extension of a moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2020.
Palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index after bribery and corruption scandal
- FOE
- 05 February 2019
Golden Agri-Resources’ operations in Indonesia and Liberia have generated years of controversy, including consistent and well-documented allegations of deforestation, land grabbing and human rights violations.
New Jersey State Investment Council commites $100 million to Homestead Capital's US farmland fund
- GAI
- 05 February 2019
New Jersey’s $70 billion public-employee pension manager, the New Jersey State Investment Council, has agreed to commit $100 million in Homestead Capital’s third farmland fund.
CSOs urged gov’t to probe Sahn Malen killing
- Concord Times
- 01 February 2019
Sierra Leone Land Rights Defenders say SOCFIN's land acquisition in Malen has resulted in serious conflict with local landowners, who face intimidation and harassment for defending their land rights and challenging the company.
Land rights defenders condemn gross human rights abuses in Sahn Malen
- SiLNoRF et al
- 31 January 2019
Proponents of land rights in Sierra Leone note with grave concern the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and users Association who were dispossessed of their land by the agro–based multinational SOCFIN.
UN reviews human rights and land grabbing situation in Cambodia
- LICADHO
- 30 January 2019
Cambodia’s human rights record and rampant land grabbing comes under review at the UN Human Rights Council today as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.
NGO calls for regulator of agriculture concessions
- FrontPageAfrica
- 29 January 2019
Save My Future Foundation is calling for a separate regulator for large-scale concessions in Liberia it says will guarantee the rights of rural communities, protect concessionaires and increase government revenue.
Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana creates $100m separate account with AgIS
- GAI
- 29 January 2019
TRSL has also expanded another of its separate accounts held with Hancock Agricultural Investment Group by $25 million, focusing on farmland in the US and Australia.
Socfin speaks out on disturbances at Sahn Malen
- SL Telegraph
- 28 January 2019
The company claims that "closure of the Socfin operation in Sierra Leone was debated and was to be carried out within weeks" if nothing was done to stop "mass organized theft" and "criminal gangs"
Nigeria: Edo, CBN partner on development of 100,000-hectare plantation
- Vanguard
- 28 January 2019
Edo State Governor tells delegation of World Bank's IFC that his government is in discussions with the Central Bank of Nigeria to develop a programme to provide investors with 100,000 ha of agricultural land for plantations.
Karuturi loses court immunity in liquidation row
- Citizen
- 28 January 2019
The decision by the Supreme Court's Court of Appeal gives the green light to Stanbic Bank Plc to dispose off Karuturi Limited assets as foreclosure to defaulted loans totaling to Ksh. 621 million in the flower farm's pre-receivership
BBC report from Sahn Malen chiefdom, Sierra Leone
- BBC
- 27 January 2019
Details are just emerging of the scale of the recent disturbances in Sahn Malen chiefdom in Southern Sierra Leone. There are disputes between local land owners and a European agribusiness company, SOCFIN. BBC reporter Umaru Fofana went to the area with a group of human rights activists and sent this special report from Pujehun.