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German bank caught in DRC colonial land dispute
- AFP
- 12 November 2018
A German state-owned bank has found itself at the centre of a battle in the Democratic Republic of Congo over agricultural land dating back to the Belgian colonial period
Include land-related repression in Cambodia probe, UN rights envoy urged
- PCFS
- 12 November 2018
Groups call on UN Special Rapporteur to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples struggling for their right to land in her review of the human rights situation in Cambodia.
Preah Vihear villagers summoned to court for ‘detaining’ bulldozer
- Phnom Penh Post
- 12 November 2018
two NGO staff and 10 Kuoy indigenous villagers were summoned to court following land dispute in Preah Vihear, Cambodia with two Chinese companies that were clearing the land in dispute with the villagers back in December 2014. Some 300 villagers stopped about six bulldozers operated by the companies.
China's major agricultural province shares wisdom with B&R countries
- Xinhua
- 11 November 2018
A group of 30 trainees from Kyrgyzstan's agriculture sector were in Puyang to exchange ideas and seek business opportunities with Chinese enterprises, with more than 10 potential agreements being reached.
Court orders oil palm company to return land and pay arrears of rent to landowners in Sierra Leone
- Namati
- 08 November 2018
The High Court of Sierra Leone has ordered bailiffs to return 41,582 hectares of land leased to Sierra Leone Agriculture Ltd to communities in Bureh, Kasseh, and Maconteh Chiefdoms in Port Loko District in northern Sierra Leone.
Laos Rights group demands transparency in case against 10 Lao villagers jailed over land dispute
- Radio Free Asia
- 07 November 2018
A civil society organization in Laos has called on the government to proceed with its case against ten villagers jailed for more than a year over a land dispute in a transparent manner and demanded an update on their health conditions in prison.
DRC communities file complaint with German development bank to resolve century-old land conflict with palm oil company
- RIAO-RDC et al
- 07 November 2018
The communities of the DR Congo want a resolution to a land conflict that dates back to the Belgian colonial period with a palm oil company that is currently being financed by a consortium of European development banks led by DEG.
When land becomes a global financial asset: The MATOPIBA case in Brazil
- GNRFN
- 07 November 2018
How can it be that finance centers in New York or Stockholm exercise control over lands in Northeastern Brazil?
Jaguar scheme opts for forestry and farmland
- Pensions Expert
- 04 November 2018
According to its latest investment report, the Jaguar Pension Plan placed $16.5m in an agriculture fund managed by Boston-based Folium Capital
Okomu Oil warns NGO to desist from spreading false allegation on its RSPO status
- Vanguard
- 04 November 2018
OKOMU Oil Palm Company Plc has warned Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria to desist from spreading spurious and libellous allegations that the company has been parading an RSPO certificate which it does not possess
Swazi sugar corporation accused of illegal evictions
- Farmers Weekly
- 02 November 2018
The Swaziland Justice Forum has accused the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation of being complicit in the illegal eviction of sugar cane farmers and their families from what should have been by now their freehold land.
Quick take: Why is African agribusiness luring GCC investors?
- The National
- 31 October 2018
Investors from the Middle East have been tempted by African agribusiness for years, and a report on Monday by real estate consultancy Knight Frank suggests demand is growing.