The violence inherent in the colonial plantation model does not spare systems of collective organization, food sovereignty, community care, cultural and language diversity, and ancestral knowledge.
Sierra Leone's parliament has unanimously approved a foreign investment agreement giving Elite Agro (UAE) 14,700 hectares to grow rice for export
The Government of Sierra Leone has secured USD $ 54M for a project with the UAE's Elite Agro, to produce rice on 14,700 hectares within the Rhombe Swamp in Port Loko District.
Those accused were all members of the Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA), advocating for the land rights of their members in the face of the operations of the palm oil company SOCFIN.
Aminata Fabba, Chairlady of the Malen Land Owners Association, spoke out at the First Peoples’ Hearing of Mano River CSO Platform in Liberia about the abuses here community in Sierra Leone is facing at the hands of SOCFIN.
The struggles continue for the communities displaced by the Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone and their situation is getting worse as the lands are handed over from one company to the next.
Update report on the Addax land grab in Sierra Leone - originally fuelled by European development banks, then taken over by Sunbird Bioenergy and then by Brown Investment Plc
Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA) say they are dissatisfied with the process of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to certify Socfin Agricultural Company's operation in Malen Chiefdom.
The Sierra Leone Land Alliance has released a report critical of the situation land ownership and acquisition in the country, with particular emphasis on the Western area.
The Sierra Leone Agriculture signed a 50-year lease for 41,582 hectares of land for the development of palm oil, displacing over 30,000 residents and farmers, mostly women, in the Northwest district of Sierra Leone
Broadcast with Joseph Rahall, Shiaka Sama and Frédéric Mousseau that looks at the struggle over land around Socfin's 18,500 ha oil palm concession in Sierra Leone.
SOCFIN's operations in Sierra Leone is one of 5 cases documented by Friend of the Earth Europe to highlight the lack of accountability of European multinationals
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Acaparamiento de tierras, mares y atmósferas
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Massive Riverina farm sold to Aussie investors
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Situation Apouh: la Socapalm interpelle l’Etat !
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