EPO

Investigation conducted revealed that Equatorial Palm Oil's operation in Bassa is currently experiencing setback owing to the action by the Legislative Caucus via the citizens. As a result, the company is contemplating on a possible pull out.

Sackie Qwemie travaille pour Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO), l’entreprise qui a pris sa terre dans le nord-ouest du Libéria.

More and more African governments give away land to companies as they wish, even if occupied by local smallholders. New report from Brot für die Welt looks at legal aspects in the palm oil sector .

Bah and his kinsmen were not consulted in the leasing of their land to EPO. He says the company used bulldozers to clear the land, including ancestral land and sacred sites, without any remorse or respect for their local culture.

A group calling itself the Greater Tarsue Community of Butaw, Sinoe County, Liberia has strongly protested what they refer to as illegal land grab by Equatorial Palm Oil Company.

The UK-based EPO has almost 170,000 ha of land suitable for sustainable crude palm oil cultivation and its aim is to be a 100,000 ha producer with output totalling 250,000 tonnes per annum.