Sierra Leone

Investing in Frontier Africa with Paddy Docherty, CEO, Phoenix Africa (Video)
- African Business Central
- 13 June 2014
Phoenix Africa CEO Paddy Docherty interviewed by the FT This is Africa, about frontier investing in Africa.
Land-grabbing threatens our security - Kono Mayor
- Awoko
- 02 June 2014
Mayor of Sierra Leone's Kono City, Sahr Emerson Laminah, says the increasing rate of land-grabbing is a menace and nightmare in the district that has the potential for creating confusion in the country.
Willful blindness at the World Bank
- Oakland Institute
- 10 April 2014
As the spring meetings of the World Bank get under way, 180 organizations demand that the World Bank end its Doing Business rankings and its support of the rampant theft of land and resources from some of the world’s poorest people.
L'aveuglement volontaire de la Banque Mondiale
- Oakland Institute
- 10 April 2014
Alors que les réunions de printemps de la Banque Mondiale vont s’ouvrir, 180 groupes demandent que la Banque mette fin à ses classements Doing Business et à ses activités soutenant l’accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles.
Land grabbing for agriculture is causing conflict in southern, Sierra Leone
- Development Diary
- 17 Mar 2014
Farmers say Socfin Agricultural Company's plantation causes instability, fear, mistrust, poverty, and violence.
Report by Green Scenery on land confrontation with SOCFIN
- WRM
- 09 Mar 2014
One month after the confrontation between land owners in southern Sierra Leone and the SOCFIN Agricultural Company, Green Scenery published a 13-page report on the clamp down on community members who have been advocating for their rights to their land.
African Land Limited claiming victory but High Court judgement says otherwise
- Daily Mirror
- 21 February 2014
African Land Limited sold itself on the back of a promise that its rice farms in Sierra Leone could turn “a tidy profit of 15% a year”.
The Matru Jong Palm Oil Production Project …The debate rages on
- Global Times
- 12 February 2014
Luke Marriott’s Gold Tree is presently fighting tooth and nail to take over the Matru Jong 7,008 acre oil palm plantation but industry experts say that Gold Tree does not have the capacity (money).
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°98
- Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural
- 12 February 2014
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°96
- Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural
- 04 February 2014
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître.
Les paysans de Sierra Leone refusent de laisser accaparer leurs terres pour une plantation de palmiers à huile
- GRAIN
- 07 January 2014
Depuis un certain temps déjà, ceux qui travaillent avec les communautés locales dans le district de Pujehun tentent d’avertir le gouvernement et l’entreprise de la dégradation de la situation.
Sierra Leone farmers reject land grab for oil palm plantation
- GRAIN
- 07 January 2014
Police in Sierra Leone open fire on villagers gathered to express their grievances over the lease of 6,500 hectares of land to the Socfin Agricultural Company. Only the latest incident in a deteriorating situation.