Sierra Leone

Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°86
- Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural
- 21 February 2013
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir
Agriterra grows in cocoa with Sierra Leone deal
- Agrimoney
- 13 February 2013
Agriterra revealed headway in its long-held desire to expand into cocoa production, acquiring 1,750 hectares of plantations, and forecasting further purchases with a windfall from a sale of oil interests.
Gestion des terres en Afrique. Bolloré répond aux accusations
- Reuters
- 08 February 2013
Le groupe Bolloré a tenu à réagir à l’article intitulé « Une filiale de Bolloré épinglée pour sa gestion des terres en Afrique », dans lequel une de ses filiales est mise en cause.
Une filiale de Bolloré épinglée pour sa gestion des terres en Afrique
- Reuters
- 04 February 2013
Le Oakland Institute, un think-tank américain respecté pour la qualité de ses travaux, épingle les pratiques de la Socfin, une filiale du groupe Bolloré en Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Lease between Aristeus Palm Oil Limited and the Chiefdom Council of Sorogbema (Pujehun District)
- 31 December 2012
Lesse between Aristeus Palm Oil Limited and the Chiefdom Council of Sorogbema (Pujehun District), for 47,567 ha.
Sierra Leone: Local communities vow to stop SOCFIN land grab
- Green Scenery
- 04 December 2012
Aggrieved landowners and land-users in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun, call on Human Rights Commission to intervene against human rights violations by Paramount Chief and chiefdom authorities in Socfin operation area.
Letter and resolution of the landholding families, Malen Chiefdom, Sierra Leone
- MALOA
- 01 December 2012
Community members defy intimidation and arrests and appeal for international support in their struggle to stop SOCFIN from operating on lands the company acquired without their consent.
Hunger, food security and large scale land leases for industrial agriculture must be on the political agenda of all parties
- Awareness Times
- 26 October 2012
Green Scenery challenges all political parties to take a position on large scale land acquisitions of foreign direct investors in agriculture for the 2012 election.
Land-grabbing linked with hunger
- IRIN
- 12 October 2012
Researchers find that bulk of deals to lease out land are struck in 32 of the countries ranked “alarming” or “serious” on the Global Hunger Index score.
Concerns of civil society organisations and affected land users on Addax Bioenergy
- Silnorf and BfA
- 25 September 2012
This report by Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food and Bread for All lays out the major concerns of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and affected land users on the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone as of September 2012.
Land grabbing and food sovereignty in West and Central Africa
- GRAIN
- 19 September 2012
February 2012 workshop in Ouidah, Benin brought together over thirty participants from farmer organisations and NGOs in West and Central Africa to share experiences and analysis of land grabs.
Sierra Leone : Bolloré étend son empire agricole
- Survie
- 03 September 2012
Le groupe Bolloré ne cesse d’étendre son influence en Afrique et se tourne désormais vers les terres arables de la Sierra Leone.