Magistrate Court discharges eighteen accused MALOA members
    Those accused were all members of the Malen Affected Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA), advocating for the land rights of their members in the face of the operations of the palm oil company SOCFIN.
    • Green Scenery
    • 11 December 2020
    Muted voice of grassroot human rights defender resounds, as Aminata K. Fabba takes on SOCFIN
    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.
    • Liberian Observer
    • 11 December 2020
    Pour plus de respect des droits humains par les entreprises
    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.
    • PaperJam
    • 07 December 2020
    African Peoples Tribunal faults transnationals operating in Africa
    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
    • The Sun
    • 29 November 2020
    Une dizaine de bâtiments souillés par Extinction Rebellion à Fribourg
    «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»
    • La Liberté
    • 27 November 2020
    “A door opener for clean, fair procedures”
    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.
    • Bread for all
    • 26 November 2020
    Nigeria: arden comunidades por el aceite de palma
    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.
    • Salva la Selva
    • 20 November 2020
    Sierra Leone: MALOA calls for credible, impartial audit of SOCFIN
    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.
    • Concord Times
    • 13 November 2020
    Nigeria: Edo communities accuse Okomu Oil of land grabbing
    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.
    • Vanguard
    • 03 November 2020
    The price of palm
    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.
    • A Growing Culture
    • 24 October 2020
    Suffering silenced in Sierra Leone
    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
    • FOEE
    • 23 October 2020
    Grogne/Socapalm : le ras-le-bol des riverains
    La Société camerounaise de palmeraies, fialiale du groupe Socfin, est accusée de snobisme et de mauvaise foi par les populations riveraines de cette localité
    • Voix du Koat
    • 22 October 2020

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