Sierra Leone

Asian palm oil: limited supply
- FT
- 18 April 2011
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
Resident Minister condemns MP for incitement against Government
- Awoko
- 22 Mar 2011
Political turmoil over Sierra Leone MP's nationwide broadcast inciting the people of Malen Chiefdom against the Government and the local Chiefs for having entered into a land deal with Luxembourg-based SOCFIN.
Les terres de Sierra Leone : Ruée sur l'or vert
- RFI
- 11 Mar 2011
Reportage de Mehdi Meddeb
SOCFIN Agricultural Company set to establish $ 100 million oil project in Malen chiefdom
- Awoko
- 11 Mar 2011
Investment involves a 40-year lease agreement for the establishment of over 16,000 acres of an oil palm project.
Africa farmland has potential of Brazil: Quifel
- Reuters
- 22 February 2011
African farmland investment has the potential to match the exponential growth of Brazil's agricultural industry, the head of business development at privately owned agricultural operator Quifel said.
Des paysans privés de leur terre en Afrique
- Politis
- 08 February 2011
« Il faudrait créer une commission au niveau de l’ONU qui permettrait à toute victime de l’accaparement des terres de pouvoir porter plainte » selon Ana Maria Suarez de FIAN
Peut-on acheter un pays ?
- Tribune de Genève
- 14 January 2011
Les organisations paysannes dénoncent cette menace à la souveraineté alimentaire. L'invitée de Geopolitis : Valentina Hemmeler Maïga, Secrétaire syndicale de l'organisation paysanne suisse Uniterre
Sierra Leone: Macht ADDAX nur leere Versprechen?
- Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst
- 13 December 2010
20 Millionen Euro investiert die Schweizer Firma ADDAX Bioenergy in Sierra Leone. Doch was ist dran an den Versprechen des Schweizer Konzerns?
Corrida às terras férteis
- Le Monde Diplomatique
- 24 November 2010
Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação
Sierra Leone: Koroma gives 50,000 acres to CHICASON
- Concord Times
- 15 November 2010
"I will give [Nigeria's] CHICASON not less than 50,000 acres of land anywhere in the country," says the President of Sierra Leone.
Cambodia “future of world rice”
- Phnom Penh Post
- 11 October 2010
Indian rice exporter Amira Group plans to acquire 25,000 hectares of agricultural land in Cambodia, and is discussing further farnland acquisitions with the governments of Angola and Sierra Leone.
Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement between The Government of Sierra Leone and Goldtree Holdings
- 26 August 2010
Agreement covers 82,500 acres of land for palm oil production.