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Police attack palm oil protestors in Sierra Leone
- CorpWatch
- 10 December 2013
Sierra Leone police opened fire on a group of protestors who were demonstrating against a palm oil plantation being developed by Socfin, a French agri-business giant.
African land rush by firms ‘may put lives of millions at risk’
- Business Day
- 10 December 2013
Nedbank Capital head of Africa business Zhann Meyer referred to a number of recent acquisitions in the sector, concluding that "the livelihoods, ways of life and culture of millions of Africans are at risk".
Liberian communities continue to resist landgrabbing by UK company Equatorial Palm Oil
- SDI
- 10 December 2013
The RSPO complaint by Liberian communities extends to Equatorial Palm Oil’s new majority shareholder Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd of Malaysia
Middle East company adds spice to Australian grain
- ABC
- 09 December 2013
In four years, Hassad Foods has accumulated 255,000 hectares of agricultural land with the aim of producing 165,000 tonnes of grain and 100,000 lambs annually.
Featherstone: G8 land deal to boost land rights in Ethiopia
- DFID
- 09 December 2013
Governments of Ethiopia, UK, US and Germany sign land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance for economic growth and to protect the land rights of local citizens in Ethiopia.
Saudi investors leave Ethiopia
- Al-monitor
- 09 December 2013
A Saudi agricultural investor warns about the failure of Saudi agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the liquidation of businesses due to the conditions set by the Saudi Agricultural Development Fund
RRDC’s rejoinder: Wilmar International announces policy to protect forests and communities.
- RRDC
- 09 December 2013
NGO working extensively in the forest region of Cross River State of Nigeria, expresses doubts about Wilmar International's new policy to protect forests and communities.
Land grabbing and human rights in Colombia
- Telebraille
- 09 December 2013
The debate over land grabbing in Colombia by European multinational companies has crossed borders and has aroused the interest of the European Parliament.
Chinese agricultural firm looking to invest in Champassak
- Vientiane Times
- 07 December 2013
A large Chinese investor is looking to secure a concession for 10,000 hectares of land on the Bolaven plateau in Champassak province, Laos PDR, for rice, small crops and cattle raising, according to provincial officials.
Ethiopia OKs 361 Saudi investment projects
- Arab News
- 07 December 2013
Ethiopian ambassador Mohammad Kabeera said his country has approved more than 361 investment projects to Saudi Arabia mainly in the agricultural sector.
Stolen land: Nigerian villagers want their land back from Wilmar
- GRAIN
- 07 December 2013
Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil processor, is building a massive plantation on forest lands illegally gifted to Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The local community wants these lands back.
WA Government signs agreement with Chinese-owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment on Ord Irrigation Scheme
- ABC
- 06 December 2013
Western Australia signs agreement with Chinese-owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment on Ord Irrigation Scheme