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Socfin : l'enquête Bloomberg confirme des violations des droits humains
- Humundi
- 24 April 2025
Violences sexuelles, accaparements de terres, répression : une nouvelle enquête éclaire les pratiques du groupe agro-industriel, écrit l'ONG Humundi
The abuse allegations at rubber plantations supplying top tiremakers
- Bloomberg
- 16 April 2025
Bloomberg's Big Take podcast looks at an investigation into allegations of sexual coercion at plantations run by Socfin, a rubber company supplying top tiremakers.
The Rubber Barons: Sex for work allegations hang over Socfin plantations supplying top tiremakers
- Bloomberg
- 16 April 2025
Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coercion claims remain widespread.
Italy supports sustainable agriculture projects in Ghana
- ANSA
- 13 April 2025
A Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of sustainable and modern agriculture projects in Ghana was signed at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Accra, by the Minister of Food and Agriculture of the Republic of Ghana, Eric Opoku, the Managing Director of BF International Best Fields Best Food Limited, Federico Vecchioni, and the President of BF Ghana Ltd, Georges Mikhael.
A USD$25 billion public-private Ghana climate futures and socio-economic initiative is agreed
- CarbonPura
- 24 Mar 2025
The Ghana Green Guard USD$25 billion climate futures initiative is a public-private collaborative partnership that will generate over 305 million carbon credits across 12 million hectares with projects based on reforestation, regenerative agriculture and other activities.
Nigeria: Taraba State land grab: A recipe for disaster
- Modern Ghana
- 06 February 2025
The Taraba State government's proposed acquisition of over 30,000 hectares of land from the Tiv communities in Wukari, Donga, and Bali Local Government Areas, and over 20,000 hectares from the Kuteb people of Takum and Ussa, has sparked widespread concern and condemnation.
Des communautés ivoiriennes engagent des avocats belges pour faire valoir leurs droits face à SIAT
- FIAN Belgium
- 09 September 2024
"Les conflits fonciers et sociaux dans les plantations de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas de SIAT perdurent depuis trop longtemps et doivent être résolus."
UAE and Saudi Arabia’s agricultural diplomacy in Africa: Competition, cooperation and its strategic implications
- ORF
- 26 July 2024
With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are expanding their agricultural diplomacy to improve food access and vying for agricultural cooperation with Africa
Save the date : Projection "Landgrabbed" à Bruxelles
- FIAN Belgium
- 17 July 2024
Ce documentaire de 69 minutes (sous-titres EN/FR) de Magdalena Krukowska relate les abus commis par la société belge SIAT en Afrique de l’Ouest (Ghana et Côte d’Ivoire)
BF Group: sustainable investment in Ghana
- EFA News
- 16 January 2024
Bonifiche Ferraresi, one of the largest agricultural companies by cultivated area in Europe, acquires a 1,700 ha banana plantation in the Volta River region and another concession of 5,900 hectares for further cultivation.
Investigación expone rol del gigante agrícola Socfin en deforestación y desplazamiento de comunidades nativas de Nigeria y Ghana Impacto de las plantaciones de palma aceitera y caucho del Grupo
- Global Voices
- 01 December 2023
Una investigación de seis meses de Gideon Sarpong, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi y Audrey Travère ha sacado a la luz las graves repercusiones que la explotación de los recursos de caucho y aceite de palma del Grupo Socfin han causado en la deforestación y el desplazamiento forzado de poblaciones indígenas en Nigeria y Ghana.
Au Ghana, le combat pour la souveraineté alimentaire face à l'accaparement des terres
- RFI
- 01 December 2023
« Les accaparements de terre sont une grande source de changement climatique en Afrique », rappelle à RFI Wisdom Koffi, un militant ghanéen