Liberia

The World Bank’s independent watchdog, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), has finalized its investigation into a complaint filed five years ago, alleging grave human rights violations by communities living near the Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia.

The rubber plantation, spanning 245,000 hectares along the Sinoe River, offers a unique combination of secondary forest and previously cultivated land, now poised for transformation into a biochar production hub

Elite Agro Projects plans to establish a wheat farm in Ethiopia, where it already operates a flower farm.

A statement by women from several counties in Liberia denounces mining and agricultural companies like Golden Veroleum for depriving women of their lands for farming.

French logistics giant Bolloré SE has been deemed an unethical investment by some of Switzerland’s most powerful pension funds.

Local communities near Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) in Margibi County are seemingly winning a case of ‘land grab’ and ‘gross human rights violations’ brought against SRC; as its parent company, Bollore Group has been blacklisted by Switzerland’s largest public pension funds.

The Swiss association of the largest public pension funds, has decided to exclude shares in the French group Bolloré SE. The exclusion is justified by “potential human rights violations in Liberia, Cambodia and Sierra Leone”.

L'association suisse des plus grandes caisses publiques de retraite a décidé d'exclure les actions du groupe français Bolloré SE "à la suite de violations potentielles des droits humains en Libéria, Cambodge et Sierra Leone".

Na verschillende terreinbezoeken aan plantages in Liberia en Kameroen, hebben onderzoekers aantijgingen bevestigd van seksuele intimidatie, oneigenlijk grondgebruik en oneerlijke wervingspraktijken aan het adres van het Belgisch-Luxemburgs palmoliebedrijf Socfin.

Earthworm Foundation visited the plantations run by Socfin’s subsidiaries, one in Liberia and the other in Cameroon, where communities and local and international organizations had raised serious allegations of sexual harassment, land grabs, pollution and unfair labor practices.

Socfin agrees that more needs to be done to further "reduce" communities' "concerns" and that some serious issues need immediate action

The Multi Actors Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia launches a series of programs including the Private Sector Engagement Strategy and the Responsible Agriculture Investment.