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Nigeria: Edo communities accuse Okomu Oil of land grabbing
- Vanguard
- 03 November 2020
Some communities where Okomu Palm Oil Plc allegedly acquired farmland to expand its operations have cried out over an alleged forceful occupation of their land.
The price of palm
- A Growing Culture
- 24 October 2020
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.
Suffering silenced in Sierra Leone
- FOEE
- 23 October 2020
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
Power dynamics of multinational corporations in Liberia
- Public Trust
- 05 October 2020
Latest research conducted by the Public Trust Media Group on SOCFIN rubber plantations (SRC and LAC) has documented gross human rights violations.
África, un imán para el cultivo de aceite de palma
- El País
- 01 September 2020
El continente africano se ha convertido en nuevo y valioso escenario para multinacionales que despliegan grandes monocultivos, sin respetar a menudo ni la biodiversidad ni los derechos humanos
« S’ils accaparent nos terres, nous sommes morts » : un village camerounais s’oppose au géant de l’huile de palme
- Mongabay
- 29 July 2020
Reportage de Mongabay sur le conflit autour de la Socaplam au Cameroun
Covid-19 compounds local ire against palm oil firms in West Africa
- Earthsight
- 16 July 2020
A new wave of alleged environmental and human rights abuses by Wilmar, Socfin and others sees renewed calls for action
Diécké (Yomou) : la SOGUIPAH, une société qui maintient le cap malgré la pandémie du nouveau Coronavirus
- Mosaiqueguinee.com
- 15 July 2020
La Soguipah - entreprise d'Etat qui détient 9 000 ha de plantations d'hévéa en Guyinée - fait appel à Bolloré pour continuer à tourner
‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone
- Mongabay
- 01 July 2020
The massive Socfin oil palm plantation operation is one of post-war Sierra Leone’s biggest investments and one of its most controversial.
How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire
- Mongabay
- 26 June 2020
Socfin, a Belgian holding company that operates palm oil and rubber plantations through dozens of subsidiaries across Africa and Southeast Asia, has been rebuked for alleged human rights violations at its plantations.
‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant
- Mongabay
- 26 June 2020
Mbonjo sits in the heart of Cameroon’s country’s largest oil palm and rubber-producing region and owned by the Belgian holding company Socfin.
Another terror attack on local communities by Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc
- Galaxy Television
- 16 June 2020
On 20 May 2020 villagers from Ijaw-Gbene in Okomu Kingdom had their homes burnt down by agents of the Nigerian subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based SOCFIN plantations company.