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From Sierra Leone to Nigeria, through Cameroon, Guinea and Ivory Coast, communities living near the industrial palm oil and rubber plantations of Socfin/Bolloré are fighting for their rights and against repression.

De la Sierra Leone au Nigeria, en passant par le Cameroun, la Guinée et la Côte d'Ivoire, les communautés vivant à proximité des plantations industrielles d'huile de palme et de caoutchouc de Socfin/Bolloré se battent pour leurs droits et contre la répression.

Okomu Oil, one of the two commercial palm oil producers listed on the Nigeria's stock exchange, is reaping record profits from current rise in the price of palm oil.

Signatories of a petition objecting to the certification of SOCFIN Agricultural Company by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil have been a target of arbitrary harassment and criminalization.

Host communities of Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC in Edo State, yesterday, staged a protest over alleged blockade, digging of trench on the road leading to their communities by the company.

Last year, the Belgian Hubert Fabri's plantation group Socfin saw its turnover rise sharply to more than 800 million euro. The profit even climbed to 80 million.

Le groupe de plantations Socfin du Belge Hubert Fabri a vu son chiffre d'affaires augmenter fortement pour atteindre plus de 800 millions d'euros l'année dernière. Le bénéfice a même grimpé à 80 millions.

The Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association has submitted a petition signed by 1,475 of its members objecting to the certification of SOCFIN by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

The complaint to the OECD lodged by Friends of the Earth was supposed to deal with adverse impacts of three of the bank’s palm oil clients, ranging from human rights and labour rights violations to deforestation

SOCFIN's subsidiary Okomu Oil Plc has announced changes to the board of directors following the resignation of Dr. Luc Boedt and Mr. Philippe De Traux De Wardin.

Sólo la presión pública puede convencer a la ONU de hacer lo correcto y abandonar sus contratos con el Grupo Bolloré.

The oil palm plantation company has been embroiled in disputes over land ownership and its use of military forces for the protection of its plantations and environs.