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World Bank uses climate crisis as cover for land-grabbing, Oakland Institute says
- Mongabay
- 03 June 2025
"Whereas the Bank’s push for large-scale agribusiness is global, the African continent is its central target"
As IFC delayed a damning report on a Liberian rubber plantation, the owner sold the business
- ICIJ
- 02 April 2025
Advocates for 22 communities affected by the problems told ICIJ the sale allowed Socfin and the IFC to minimize their responsibility for addressing harm done to workers and plantation residents, adding to longstanding criticisms of the World Bank's handling of damages caused by projects it finances.
IFC Board approves response to CAO investigation related to IFC’s investment in Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia
- IFC
- 20 Mar 2025
The World Bank unit's "action plan" is an attempt to respond to its own compliance advisor's recommendations on issues ranging from land grabs to sexual exploitation on the plantation.
Nigeria: Enugu Govt. engages in beneficial, community-oriented land acquisition for agricultural purposes
- Champion News
- 24 February 2025
The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-industrialisation says an Executive Order ensures that land acquisition and resettlement for large-scale agribusiness investments guarantees shared benefits between private investors and host communities.
No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia
- Mongabay
- 03 February 2025
More than a year late, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation has finally submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) that it helps fund in Liberia.
Afrique: L’accaparement des terres freine le développement du continent, (professeur Amin)
- Réussir Business
- 16 December 2024
Le Professeur Samir Amin franco-égyptien, a dénoncé lors d’un symposium organisé à Dakar, le 15 décembre 2024 l’accaparements des terres qui entrave le développement économique des pays africains et exacerbent les inégalités.
Tribunal de EE UU reconoce responsabilidad de la CFI en abusos contra campesinos hondureños
- Criterio.hn
- 29 October 2024
Corte de Delaware firma acuerdo poniendo fin a una demanda colectiva de las comunidades campesinas del Valle del Aguán en Honduras, reconociendo la responsabilidad de la Corporación Dinan y de la Corporación Financiera Internacional (CFI, por violencia armada -que resultó en al menos 40 asesinatos - para realizar el historico acaparamiento para expandir sus operaciones de aceite de palma.
World Bank’s IFC must pay reparations to Honduran farmers, US court rules
- Mongabay
- 11 October 2024
US court orders the IFC to pay nearly $5 million in reparations to members of Honduran land defense movements who faced violence at the hands of security forces linked to a Central American palm oil corporation that received a $30 mn World Bank loan in 2009.
Why commercial agribusinesses resort to backward integration – Gov. Sule
- Business Day
- 11 September 2024
The Governor of Nigeria's Nasarawa State says the implementation of the Framework for Responsible Investment in Land-Intensive Agriculture (FRILIA), part of a World Bank economic transformation agenda programme, will attract large-scale private agricultural investments.
IFC commits $50 million to BTG Pactual TIG’s Latin American reforestation strategy
- IFC
- 29 July 2024
The transaction marks the World Bank's IFC's first engagement with an institutional timberland investment manager, which is expected to generate carbon credits through nature-based solutions in Brazil.
Uganda: Sexual violence as a tool to grab land
- Witness Radio
- 03 July 2024
When the industrial agriculture investor Agilis Partners targeted the lands of Kiryandongo for its investments, residents never knew that the company would empoly several tactics to force them out. One of them was sexual violence.
Over 30 CSOs petition US over firm accused of evicting Kiryandongo locals
- The Monitor
- 01 July 2024
Groups petition the World Bank, US and Netherlands to support an independent investigation into human rights abuses committed against dozens of vulnerable people in Kiryandongo District, western Uganda, by agribusiness company, Agilis Partners.