Sierra Leone

Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître

New WRM video based on interviews with people from communities in Africa affected by the expansion of oil palm plantations.

Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître

Farmers in Bombali and Tonkolili districts in northern Sierra Leone have said that land grabbing by multi-national companies and massive timber logging are some of the barriers to sustainable agriculture in the two districts.

Joan Baxter profiles Indian national Chinnakannan Sivasankaran and his quest to make his Siva Group into the largest player in the production of palm oil by leasing land and establishing oil palm plantations from Papua New Guinea to Sierra Leone to South America.

DfID accused of assisting land grab in Sierra Leone by providing aid for European energy business

Swedfund film focuses on the people living in the Sierra Leone countryside affected by the Addax Bioenergy sugarcane project.

Muchas comunidades se están rebelando ante esta situación, con gobiernos corruptos títeres de las transnacionales.

Un groupe d'ONG vient de publier un volumineux rapport pour dénoncer l'accaparement d'un quart des terres agricoles de la Sierra Leone par des entreprises privées étrangères.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has taken Sierra Leone farmland investor Capital Alternatives to the High Court for “promoting and/or operating collective investment schemes (CISs) in the UK illegally and without our authorisation”.

Push to lure foreign investors has led to a rise in social problems, sparking fears of a return to conflict, warns NGO

A new report, ‘Who Is Benefitting?', examines the impact on local communities of large land leases held by three investors in Sierra Leone.