Bolloré

End intimidation around Sierra Leone oil palm project
- GRAIN
- 03 June 2013
Groups around the world accuse European business magnates Vincent Bolloré and Hubert Fabri of using intimidation to silence local opposition to an African land grab.
Mettons fin à l'intimidation des opposants au projet d'huile de palme en Sierra Leone
- GRAIN
- 03 June 2013
Plusieurs organisations accusent les magnats européens Vincent Bolloré et Hubert Fabri de recourir à l'intimidation pour museler l'opposition locale à l'accaparement des terres africaines.
Farmland - the new "blood diamonds" in Sierra Leone?
- Truthout
- 23 May 2013
The seeds of the next conflict are not diamonds but something far more valuable to local people - farmland.
Liberia's next big war
- FrontPageAfrica
- 09 May 2013
Liberia's silent land war has now become a war of words and placards with tension brewing daily either between individuals and families or companies and tribes or clans.
Is our country part of the “wild west”? A moratorium on large-scale land leases for agriculture is urgently needed in Sierra Leone.
- Green Scenery
- 24 April 2013
Green Scenery calculates that 60% of the total area in Pujehun district is already being, or could soon be converted for large-scale industrial agriculture, primarily for oil palm plantations.
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: 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.
São Tomé & Príncipe: Deforestation threatens biodiversity
- Global Voices
- 13 October 2012
The island's biodiversity threatened by plans to expand a palm oil plantation from 610 ha to 5,000 ha, through a 2009 deal signed with the Belgian company Socfinco.
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.
Bolloré, Crédit agricole, Louis Dreyfus : ces groupes français, champions de l’accaparement de terres
- Basta !
- 10 October 2012
Après le groupe Louis Dreyfus, le deuxième plus gros investisseur français dans les terres agricoles se nomme Vincent Bolloré.