Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria and President of RECOWA-CERAO has voiced against massive grabbing of agricultural land in Africa.
Letter calls on UK, US and Dutch governments to investigate the growing humanitarian crisis in Kiryandongo district, Uganda, where thousands of families are being evicted by an agribusiness company that they are backing.
- witnessradio.org
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18 February 2020
A letter has been sent to financier CDC Group PLC by a group of environmental NGOs demanding answers about investments in palm oil company Feronia Democratic Republic of Congo
- Leigh Day
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16 February 2020
Greenpeace Africa joins a call for the release of five community leaders from villages affected by the plantations of Canadian multinational Feronia, whose scandalous practices have been exposed by GRAIN and Human Rights Watch.
- Greenpeace
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14 February 2020
Almost a decade since government of Cambodia granted 40,000 hectares land concession to five Chinese companies believed to be subsidiaries of a single Chinese owned firm, Hengfu. The whole project that affected indigenous Kuoy community has now fallen apart.
Groups issue petition calling for the immediate release of 5 villagers in the DR Congo imprisoned for over 5 months on false charges related to a land conflict with the Canadian oil palm plantation company Feronia Inc.
A security guard for the Canadian oil palm plantation company Feronia Inc was acquitted on 4 February 2020 for the murder of Joël Imbangola Lunea, an environmental activist and member of the organisation RIAO-RDC.
- RIAO-RDC
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12 February 2020
A new report by Profundo provides an overview of the ownership and holding structure of the SOCFIN group, a Luxembourg-based holding that has 400,000 hectares of plantation concessions in ten countries.
- Profundo
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11 February 2020
An agribusiness company supported by the governments of the UK, US and the Netherlands is pushing ahead with a land grab that will displace thousands of families in Uganda.
- witnessradio.org
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11 February 2020
IDI releases new resource to equip communities and the activists who support them with information that can help them protect their rights when their lands are threatened by projects funded by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
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.
The project specifically targets families that have been displaced by the activities of the European agribusiness firm, Socfin Agricultural Company.
- Politico SL
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08 February 2020