Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture has called for a review of the flawed 50 year land lease agreement signed in 2011 between land owners and Socfin Agriculture Company

Malen Youth Development Union issues second complaint letter to SOCFIN about the grave abuses of workers at its oil palm plantations in Sierra Leone and issues of unfulfilled development promises for locals.

Over the past several years, a small band of grassroots advocates has been helping communities secure progressively better arrangements with investors interested in their land.

African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2016

Farmers and charities are demanding an independent investigation into the claims made by landowners who say their complaints and grievances were ignored.

Una delegación de Sierra Leona, en representación de las comunidades locales afectadas por la apropiación de tierras del grupo Bolloré / SOCFIN, está actualmente viajando por Europa.

Une délégation de Sierra Leone, représentant les communautés locales affectées par les accaparements de terres par le groupe Bolloré/SOCFIN est actuellement en tournée en Europe.

The present crop of large-scale land lease agreements with MNCS in Sierra Leone are fraught with serious, challengeable, and voidable provisions. If they are not renegotiated, then going to court for specific impact litigation will be the only way out.

« Nous nous opposons à ce que des personnes viennent s’approprier toutes nos ressources sans notre consentement », s’indigne Shiaka Sama, le porte-parole de l’association MALOA.

Socfin's most recent project is in Sierra Leone. The country possesses massive amounts of land where oil palm production could thrive and a government that is willing to hand over this land to investors for not that much money.

Civil Society members expressing concern over human rights abuses by corporate entities are increasingly being accused of being agents of the political opposition or “anti-development”.

Holding the Development Finance Institutions responsible when private sector projects fail. The case of Addax Bioethanol in Sierra Leone.