Liberia

Palm oil company is accused of exploiting Liberia’s Ebola crisis
- New York Times
- 01 August 2015
Golden Veroleum has denied using the Ebola crisis to take advantage of Liberian communities but local officials and en disagree.
Palm oil land grab during Liberian ebola crisis caused abuses
- TeleSur
- 23 July 2015
Massive land grabs in Liberia by a major oil palm company at the peak of the Ebola outbreak have had a hand in the harassment and violence faced by Liberians speaking out against palm oil expansion, a new report released Thursday claims.
Liberia: une firme accusée d'exploiter Ebola
- Le Figaro
- 23 July 2015
L'ONG Global Witness a accusé aujourd'hui l'entreprise d'huile de palme Golden Veroleum de profiter de l'épidémie Ebola au Libéria pour doubler la taille de sa plantation.
Palm oil in Liberia: violence, threats, and false promises
- Global Witness
- 23 July 2015
Global Witness exposé reveals violence, threats, and false promises driving rapid palm oil expansion in Liberia. Urgent reforms needed to protect citizens and regulate plantation companies.
Liberians 'pressured to sell land' for palm oil plantations
- BBC
- 23 July 2015
Communities in Liberia are being pressured to sign away their land to make way for palm oil plantations, according to a campaign group.
Land grabs in Liberia: The people rise up
- Pambazuka
- 23 June 2015
The Liberian government’s refusal to recognize and respect rural people’s customary land rights is marginalizing and destabilizing local communities, leading to full-scale conflict.
Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries
- Mongabay
- 05 June 2015
Since April, communities and activists in Cameroon, Cambodia, Liberia and the Ivory Coast have also staged direct protest actions against subsidiaries of Socfin, one of the world's largest independent plantation owners with 150,000 hectares of rubber and oil palm in several African and Southeast Asian countries.
French firm urged to reimburse farmers in alleged land grabs
- AP
- 04 June 2015
Activists called Thursday for French conglomerate Bollore to return land, or compensate farmers, over disputed concessions for plantations in Cambodia and three African countries.
They occupy Bolloré’s lawn to highlight Bolloré’s role in land grabs over the world
- ReAct and Conf
- 04 June 2015
On Thursday the 4th of June, people from Cameroon, the Ivory Coast and activists from the Conféderation Paysanne, will disrupt the AGM of the Bolloré group in Puteaux, outside Paris.
Ils accaparent la pelouse de Bolloré pour dénoncer son implication dans les accaparements des terres
- ReAct et Conf
- 03 June 2015
Jeudi 4 juin, des Camerounais, des Ivoiriens et des militants de la Confédération Paysanne vont perturber l’AGe du groupe Bolloré à Puteaux.
Conflict around the Socfin-Bolloré plantation: New occupation in Liberia
- ReAct
- 15 May 2015
Following the uprisings in Cameroon and in Cambodia, the residents of villages neighboring the Socfin plantation in Liberia are mobilizing to confront the company this Saturday 16th of May.
Conflits autour des plantations Socfin-Bolloré : nouvelle occupation au Liberia
- ReAct
- 15 May 2015
Après les soulèvements au Cameroun et au Cambodge, les villageois riverains de la plantation Socfin au Liberia marchent sur la direction ce samedi 16 mai.