Liberia

Liberians plan sit-in to pressure Weah to protect land rights
- Reuters
- 26 April 2018
Chiefs across Liberia are petitioning lawmakers while activists prepare for a sit-in protest in the nation’s capital as they push to secure ancestral land rights.
Liberia's new president must lead on land rights or risk conflict
- Reuters
- 03 April 2018
Research shows that the plantation model of development has failed to deliver promised benefits to Liberia’s rural people and that they benefit far more from retaining their traditional lands.
GLV n’a pas respecté les normes RSPO en matière de FPIC
- FPP
- 20 Mar 2018
L’organe de la Table ronde pour une huile de palme durable chargé de recevoir des plaintes a reconnu que Golden Veroleum Liberia enfreint régulièrement les normes relatives au consentement libre, préalable et éclairé (FPIC)
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.
Au Liberia, la population veut voir enfin reconnus ses droits sur la terre
- AFP
- 21 February 2018
Les organisations de défense des populations craignent que la nouvelle loi foncière ne soit vidé de sa substance, après avoir été considérablement amendé en septembre 2017 par l’Assemblée nationale, puis bloqué au Sénat.
Sime Darby's Africa ambitions stall pending new deforestation rules
- Reuters
- 19 February 2018
Sime Darby Plantation has planted only 10,000 hectares in Liberia and has not laid a seed in two years, stalled by uncertainties over new environmental standards.
Closing the gap
- FPP
- 12 February 2018
FPP and partners launch new report and web portal for rights-based approaches and community solutions to tackling deforestation and ensuring supply chain accountability
Liberian company sues Golden Veroleum for over US$600,000
- Front Page Africa
- 31 January 2018
A local Liberian company has filed a lawsuit against Golden Veroleum Liberia claiming that the palm company owes it money for services rendered, including death benefits for an employee who died from a workplace accident.
Le président George Weah et les prédateurs du Liberia
- Le Media
- 19 January 2018
Le nouveau président face à l'accaparement de terres arables
La terre au coeur des préoccupations des Libériens
- RFI
- 05 January 2018
Malgré des terres abondantes, détenues en partie par des grandes compagnies multinationales, les Libériens importent la majorité de leurs aliments. Georges Weah veut inverser cette tendance.
Liberia: EPO releases executive summary of the findings of the company's Human Rights Impact Assessment
- B&HR
- 13 November 2017
This is the executive summary of a report titled “Assessing Human Rights Impacts at EPO’s Liberian Operations” delivered by Triponel Consulting Ltd
Securing land rights in Africa
- Project Syndicate
- 06 October 2017
Across the continent, insecure rights to land are robbing millions of financial stability and long-term prosperity.