Massive land grabs in Liberia by a major oil palm company at the peak of the Ebola outbreak have had a hand in the harassment and violence faced by Liberians speaking out against palm oil expansion, a new report released Thursday claims.

A bill aimed at limiting the sale of rural land to overseas investors failed to make it past the first stage when it was introduced in Parliament last night.

L'ONG Global Witness a accusé aujourd'hui l'entreprise d'huile de palme Golden Veroleum de profiter de l'épidémie Ebola au Libéria pour doubler la taille de sa plantation.

Fresh documents allege land grabs amounting to ‘crimes against humanity’ affected 830,000 people since 2000

The Mozambican government on Thursday categorically denied that any Mozambicans would lose land because of the Pro-Savana agricultural development programme under way in the north of the country.

Entre déficit d’information, opacité dans les transactions et l’accès insuffisant à la justice, les populations sont généralement abusées.

De nouvelles preuves transmises aujourd’hui à la Procureure de la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI) indiquent que 60 000 personnes ont, depuis 2014, été victimes de la politique massive d’accaparement des terres mises en œuvre par les élites dirigeantes au Cambodge.

Global Witness exposé reveals violence, threats, and false promises driving rapid palm oil expansion in Liberia. Urgent reforms needed to protect citizens and regulate plantation companies.

Communities in Liberia are being pressured to sign away their land to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a campaign group.

A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

New Zealand MP Phil Goff admits Labour government got it wrong selling land to foreigners.

‘Land grabs’ stands tall as a major development challenge in Africa. Millions of agriculture dependent families are forced to leave their fertile lands for multinational companies who occupy the lands for business purposes.