• Muted voice of grassroot human rights defender resounds, as Aminata K. Fabba takes on SOCFIN
    • Liberian Observer
    • 11 December 2020

    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.

  • Pour plus de respect des droits humains par les entreprises
    • PaperJam
    • 07 December 2020

    Le Luxembourg abrite-t-il des entreprises dont l’action est condamnable? On trouve, dans le collimateur de l’initiative, Socfin (société du groupe Bolloré, côté au Luxembourg) et Ferrero.

  • African Peoples Tribunal faults transnationals operating in Africa
    • The Sun
    • 29 November 2020

    The African Peoples Tribunal demands that African governments ensure that the human rights of freedom of speech, expression, and association of citizens and persons who brought cases of abuses before the tribunal are respected and protected

  • Une dizaine de bâtiments souillés par Extinction Rebellion à Fribourg
    • La Liberté
    • 27 November 2020

    «Un groupe de militants liés à XR a coloré les bâtiments du McDonald’s, de H&M, de Burger King, de Nespresso, du Crédit Agricole, de Starbucks, de Crédit Suisse, d’UBS et de Socfin afin de dénoncer leurs agissements écocides, meurtriers, esclavagistes et immoraux»

  • “A door opener for clean, fair procedures”
    • Bread for all
    • 26 November 2020

    In Liberia, human rights have allegedly been violated on rubber plantations managed from Switzerland. Instead of taking up mediation offers, the Socfin group prefers to act against its critics.

  • Nigeria: arden comunidades por el aceite de palma
    • Salva la Selva
    • 20 November 2020

    El 20 de mayo de 2020, la comunidad Ijaw-Gbene, al sur de Nigeria, se quemó complentamente. Testigos oculares acusan a las fuerzas de seguridad de la empresa Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc (OOPC) de tener responsabilidad en el incendio, junto con miembros del ejército.

  • Sierra Leone: MALOA calls for credible, impartial audit of SOCFIN
    • Concord Times
    • 13 November 2020

    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.

  • 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

  • Grogne/Socapalm : le ras-le-bol des riverains
    • Voix du Koat
    • 22 October 2020

    La Société camerounaise de palmeraies, fialiale du groupe Socfin, est accusée de snobisme et de mauvaise foi par les populations riveraines de cette localité

  • 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.

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