Mustapha Foboi made history and brought the Government of Liberia to its knees when he took on the world largest oil palm conglomerate, Sime Darby.

A spokesperson for Malaysian palm oil giant, Sime Darby, who labelled NGO critics as ‘toxic entities’ and called on the government to suppress them, has sparked fury among civil society groups all around the tropics.

Sustainable Development Institute has begun working with local people in Bomi to empower them to resist a wave of land grabs in that western county led by elites and concessioners.

Sime Darby has fully disposed of Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc through completion of its sale to the Liberian company Mano Palm Oil Industries Ltd.

Le malaisien Sime Darby a annoncé un accord de vente et achat de sa filiale libérienne, qui sous-exploitait une concession de 220 000 ha, à la Mano Palm Oil Industries Limited pour 1 $ symbolique.

Malaysia’s Sime Darby says it will sell its underperforming palm oil concession in Liberia to Mano Manufacturing Company (MANCO), Liberia’s largest manufacturer of household health and cleaning products.

Twenty-seven concessions intended for industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa have either failed or been abandoned in the last decade.

Sur 220 000 hectares de palmeraies prévues, seulement 10 000 hectares ont été plantés jusqu’ici.

Alfred Brownell had to flee Liberia after challenging the powerful palm oil and other extractive industries that were clearing its forests.

The sustained advocacy by communities affected by large land deals and civil society for change to the policies and laws governing land administration have resulted in departures from the historical norms on land rights and tenure security.

The jobs and development promised to rural communities by investors who inked deals with the Liberian government in the late 2000s have failed to materialize in the wake of land disputes and conflicts.

L’entreprise qui a signé en 2009 un contrat de concession de 63 ans portant sur 220 000 ha, examinerait actuellement un désengagement de ses opérations dans l’oléagineux et le caoutchouc, rapporte Reuters.