Sierra Leone

Land grabbing for palm oil in Sierra Leone
- FIAN Belgium
- 21 February 2019
FIAN Belgium publishes a new report "Land Grabbing for Palm Oil in Sierra Leone : Analysis of the SOCFIN Case from a Human Rights Perspective".
Sierra Leone: turning towards agri-business
- BBC
- 19 February 2019
The BBC's Hassan Arouni speaks to Sierra Leone's foreign minister Dr. Alie Kabba about the violent crackdown in Pujehun district against people protesting the unjust seizure of their land for large-scale agribusiness
Sierra Leone: Aftermath of Malen killing - rights groups exonerate Hon. Sama, others
- Concord Times
- 07 February 2019
Report calls on SOCFIN to comply with the request by affected communities and MALOA for a fair, transparent, effective and independent conflict resolution mechanism to review the land lease agreements and find a long-term resolution to the land conflict.
CSOs urged gov’t to probe Sahn Malen killing
- Concord Times
- 01 February 2019
Sierra Leone Land Rights Defenders say SOCFIN's land acquisition in Malen has resulted in serious conflict with local landowners, who face intimidation and harassment for defending their land rights and challenging the company.
Reportage de la BBC dans la chefferie de Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone
- BBC
- 31 January 2019
Un reportage d'Umaru Fofana dévoile l’étendue des troubles dans la chefferie de Sahn Malen au sud de la Sierra Leone. Les conflits continuent entre des propriétaires fonciers locaux et une société agroalimentaire européenne, SOCFIN.
Sierra Leone : deux morts et des milliers de déplacés autour des plantations Socfin
- Le Quotidien
- 31 January 2019
Ces violences ont fait réagir mercredi un collectif de la société civile luxembourgeoise qui avait averti dès octobre le ministère des Affaires étrangères sur le risque de violences que fait peser le conflit foncier opposant certains villageois à Socfin.
Land rights defenders condemn gross human rights abuses in Sahn Malen
- SiLNoRF et al
- 31 January 2019
Proponents of land rights in Sierra Leone note with grave concern the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and users Association who were dispossessed of their land by the agro–based multinational SOCFIN.
Socfin speaks out on disturbances at Sahn Malen
- SL Telegraph
- 28 January 2019
The company claims that "closure of the Socfin operation in Sierra Leone was debated and was to be carried out within weeks" if nothing was done to stop "mass organized theft" and "criminal gangs"
BBC report from Sahn Malen chiefdom, Sierra Leone
- BBC
- 27 January 2019
Details are just emerging of the scale of the recent disturbances in Sahn Malen chiefdom in Southern Sierra Leone. There are disputes between local land owners and a European agribusiness company, SOCFIN. BBC reporter Umaru Fofana went to the area with a group of human rights activists and sent this special report from Pujehun.
Conflit foncier en Sierra Leone : Grave attaque sur des défenseurs des droits humains
- 24 January 2019
Au moins deux villageois ont été tués et nombre d’autres sont cachés ou ont été détenus par la police à Malen, en Sierra Leone, suite à l’intervention brutale de la police et de l’armée visant à supprimer les protestations surgies localement contre les opérations de la plantation de palmiers à huile de SOCFIN.
In Sierra Leone, land rights defenders under attack
- SILNORF, Green Scenery, et al
- 24 January 2019
At least two villagers killed and dozens of others are in hiding or being held by police in Malen, Sierra Leone following a brutal intervention by police and military to suppress local protests against SOCFIN's oil palm plantation operations.
Villagers in Sierra Leone ponder their future after winning their lands back from a palm oil company
- WRM
- 18 December 2018
The courageous victory of the villagers of Port Loko to get their lands back is an inspiration to communities affected by oil palm plantations from across Africa and the world.