Communiqué from RIAO DRC denouncing recent threats and intimidation against communities and NGOs in the oil palm plantation areas of the Canadian company Feronia.
- RIAO-RDC
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02 November 2017
Une Délégation de FERONIA séjourne en ce moment en RDC. Séjour qui présentement soulève de nombreuses inquiétudes vu les traitements dont sont victimes les membres et travailleurs de notre ONG.
- RIAO-RDC
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02 November 2017
Mauritius based fund involving Congolese mining businessman Kalaa Mpinga to take a 38% stake in DRC palm oil company Feronia, while the UK's CDC will see its ownership drop to 38%.
Oil palm plantations managed by the Canadian-based agribusiness company FERONIA Inc have been opposed by local residents ever since they were established
An obscure company’s quest to rebuild a century-old business could lead to the British stock exchange.
- Bloomberg
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16 September 2017
This study highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa.
The group, backed by European development banks, revealed it had sold 90% of its Zampalm operation to the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia, a state-backed fund, for $16m
- Agrimoney
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06 September 2017
Civic Response study finds that large scale land acquisitions in the country, especially within the frame of Customary tenure do not meet the FPIC guidelines and the requirements of most of the laws and policies of the country.
- Civic Response
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01 July 2017
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2016
One of Africa's largest palm oil companies that is majority-owned by the British government through foreign aid funding has failed to meet a promise to improve housing for its Congolese workers or pay them on time, investigations have revealed.
A recent report by nine charities including RIAO-RDC, a Congolese NGO, and the western charities Grain and War on Want, levels a string of criticisms against Feronia Inc, including allegations of land grabs, low pay and exploitation.
- The Times
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09 December 2016
Fondos de desarrollo europeos y estadounidenses financian a la empresa palmícola Feronia Inc,a pesar de los conflictos laborales y por tierras en sus plantaciones de palma aceitera en la República Democrática del Congo (RDC).