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Agencias de desarrollo de Estados Unidos y Europa financian una nueva ola de colonialismo en la RDC.

Varias prominentes agencias e instituciones de financiamiento para el desarrollo están brindando su apoyo a la compañía de agronegocios canadiense Feronia, acusada de acaparamiento de tierras y abusos de derechos humanos.

Plusieurs grandes institutions financières de développement financent actuellement une société agroalimentaire canadienne accusée d’accaparement des terres et de violations des droits humains

Several prominent development finance institutions are funding Feronia, a Canadian agribusiness company accused of land grabbing and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.

«Le protocole d’accord, c’est de la mascarade. C’était initié par le gouverneur de la région de Saint-Louis pour dire que les populations sont d’accord sur le projet alors que ce n’est pas le cas».

The CEO of Cayman Islands-based United Cacao is looking to expand his agricultural plantations by acquiring 450 units of private property in the Amazon and 97,000 hs from the Peruvian government.

An Oxford University boxing blue, a former Shell chairman, and an ex-SAS commanding officer are looking to raise $26.6m to build the biggest food company in Ebola-scarred Sierra Leone.

Africa is seeing a new wave of colonialism as multinational corporations, aided by rich governments and financial institutions, vie to increase their control of land, seeds, water and other resources.

Development secretary Justine Greening is facing questions over UK involvement in a massive land-grab in Nigeria that is evicting local farmers from 300 square kilometres of fertile farmland.

EPO a l'ambition d'augmenter ses superficies exploitées au Liberia de 50 000 hectares d’ici 10 ans, et de doubler ce chiffre en 20 ans.

"Agribusiness is a priority sector for CDC and this facility is an important step in Feronia's long-term financing."