Sierra Leone

Socfin writes to 'Le Quotidien'
- Le Quotidien
- 08 Mar 2019
The Luxembourgish daily publishes a letter from Socfin, a plantation company registered in Luxembourg, together with its own rectifications.
Socfin écrit au 'Quotidien'
- Le Quotidien
- 08 Mar 2019
Le journal luxembourgeois publie un courrier de la société Socfin, ainsi que des précisions de leur part.
Briser le silence : violences à l’encontre des femmes à l’intérieur et autour des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas
- GRAIN
- 08 Mar 2019
Le 8 mars nous nous associons aux femmes impactées par l’expansion violente des plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile et d’hévéas qui appellent à l’action pour L’ARRÊT IMMÉDIAT du harcèlement, des violences sexuelles et des abus à leur encontre.
Accaparement de terres et huile de palme en Sierra Leone
- FIAN Belgium
- 07 Mar 2019
FIAN Belgium publie un nouveau rapport "Accaparement de terres et huile de palme en Sierra Leone : analyse du cas SOCFIN à la lumière des droits humains".
Socfin, palme d’or
- Médor
- 06 Mar 2019
Enquête de Médor sur le groupe Socfin (seulement disponible en librairie)
Enquête sur Hubert Fabri
- RTBF
- 06 Mar 2019
Entretien avec Quentin Noirfalisse sur Soir Première
Letter to Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
- ESCR-Net
- 04 Mar 2019
ESCR-Net has written to President Bio about the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and Users Association in connection with industrial scale palm oil operations by Société Financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin Group).
DFID: Responsible agricultural investment right for Sierra Leone
- Condord Times
- 04 Mar 2019
“We need to work with affected communities to negotiate mutually beneficial land deals that genuinely offer win wins for communities, individual farmers and investors," says representative of UK’s Department for International Development.
Malen women cry for help
- Culture Radio
- 27 February 2019
The women of Malen, Sierra Leone are demanding that the lands taken from them by SOCFIN be returned to them so they can go back to their farms for their own agricultural activities and be able to take care of their families.
Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa
- Reuters
- 25 February 2019
Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a new report from ODI.
SOCFIN under scrutiny over alleged abuses and malpractices in Africa despite pledges to clean up its act
- IDM
- 22 February 2019
Recent reports have shed light on land rights violations and other abuses allegedly committed by SOCFIN oil palm and rubber plantations against local communities in Africa.
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".