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Madagascar: Rogue mayors, gangster politics
- East African
- 13 Mar 2018
Madagascar, still chafing from a major broil in 2009 after Ravalomanana made a land deal with Daewoo, is set to have a presidential election in November.
Global oil palm body rebukes GVL over Land Grab in Sinoe, Grand Kru
- FrontPageAfrica
- 13 Mar 2018
RSPO rebukes Golden Veroleum for land grab in communities in Liberia, booking the company for not seeking the consent of communities and coercing locals into signing MOUs.
PNG land grabbers could potentially face International Criminal Court
- ActNow
- 13 Mar 2018
Report finds that the PNG government distributed over 5 million ha of customary land to private companies for large-scale agricultural development, without the free, prior and informed consent of all affected landowners.
Uganda allots 27 square miles of land to UAE investor
- Africa Business
- 12 Mar 2018
President Museveni has promised to allot 7,000 hectares of land in Mbarara District to one of the UAE’s largest dairy companies, Al Rawabi, to set up model farm in the country. The investor and CEO, Dr Ahmad Eltigani Al Mansouri, will bring in new technology to fertilise cows that produce high milk, according to a press release from State House.
UFF-NAIC Agriculture Fund acquires integrated farm
- Economic Confidential
- 12 Mar 2018
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority buys a 3,500 ha farm in Nasarawa State through a joint venture with UFF Agri Investment, a South African company owned by Old Mutual Property
Hypocrisy and friends in high places in the Republic of Congo
- Earthsight
- 12 Mar 2018
Earthsight report exposes the secrecy and collusion in industrial agriculture which are threatening the Congo Basin’s forests. This post details findings from The Republic of Congo.
Govt secures Shs720b for oil palm expansion
- Daily Monitor
- 12 Mar 2018
Since 2006, a section of conservationists have been opposed to the Kalangala Oil Palm project as was the case with the BIDCO Buvuma project saying it is a big threat to the environment.
Agropalma é acusada de ‘grilagem’ de terras
- Folha do Progresso
- 12 Mar 2018
PF desmonta fraude fundiária a partir de documentos forjados no interior
Sénégal : Braquage à la ferme agricole de Senegindia à Mbane
- IGFM
- 10 Mar 2018
Plus de 130 millions de FCfa [200 000 euros] ont été emportés par des voleurs, qui ont réussi à cambrioler la ferme agricole de Senegindia à Mbane
The fall and fall of Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi flower empire
- Daily Nation
- 10 Mar 2018
In India, Karuturi is being accused of sexual harassment while in Africa his struggling flower business in Kenya and Ethiopia has withered – first over tax arrears and debts and later over land deals gone wrong.
La France quitte la NASAN !
- Oxfam France
- 09 Mar 2018
Après quatre années à dénoncer les risques et les impacts négatifs effectifs de la Nouvelle alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition, l’annonce du retrait de la France est une réelle victoire. Mais il marque aussi l’échec de la France à transformer l’initiative et ne signifie pas encore que la NASAN soit définitivement terminée.
Komenda Sugar Factory remains shut two years after inauguration
- Daily Graphic
- 09 Mar 2018
The scheme financed by India's Exim Bank was to see the cultivation of some 14,100 acres of sugar cane but delays in the release of funds for the growing of the sugar cane has turned the plant into a white elephant.
Le chemin de croix des riveraines des compagnies agricoles
- Hurinews
- 08 Mar 2018
A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la femme qui se célèbre ce 8 mars, les femmes vivant près des grandes plantations de palmier à huile, d’hévéa et de banane au Cameroun ont décidé de crier à l’aide face aux souffrances qu’elles endurent au quotidien
Soupçonnées de vole des noix de la Socapalm, au moins deux femmes ont perdu leurs enfants suite à la bastonnade
- Scoops d'Afrique
- 08 Mar 2018
Dans plusieurs localités du Cameroun, les femmes sont fouillées jusqu’à leur intimité, violentées, torturées et trainées en justice parce qu’elles détiennent quelques noix de palme, dénoncent les riveraines.
Journée de la femme : Le mépris d’Olam Palm Mouila
- Gabon News
- 08 Mar 2018
Les communautés rurales des villages impactés par les plantations de palmiers à huile du singapourien Olam ont marché à Mouila pour dénoncer les abus faits aux femmes