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Bukanga Lonzo, fiasco, enquêtes et polémiques
- Politico.cd
- 19 February 2021
Le projet de Bukanga Lonzo refait surface en RDC. POLITICO.CD tente de défaire l’affaire, à travers cette série inédite et exclusive.
Land-grabs – the new red flag for Uzbek cotton sector
- Apparel Insider
- 19 February 2021
The privatisation Uzbekistan’s cotton sector is seeing huge tracts of land being transferred to private operators for cotton cultivation, with farmers coerced into “voluntarily” giving up their land leases, with devastating effects on rural livelihoods.
Ndiaél revendique ses 20.000 hectares attribués à des étrangers
- Le Sud
- 19 February 2021
La problématique du foncier refait surface au niveau du département de Dagana, au Sénégal, où le Collectif des habitants des 37 villages du Ndiaél veut à tout prix récupérer ses terres.
Independent complaints panel finds Golden Veroleum liable of destroying Liberia’s forests
- FPA
- 17 February 2021
The company is also found to have violated the land and cultural rights of local communities, including the right to free prior and informed consent and social requirements on basic needs and grievance and remedy.
‘Hungry’ palm oil, pulpwood firms behind Indonesia land-grab spike: Report
- Mongabay
- 17 February 2021
Land conflicts in Indonesia escalated in 2020, with palm oil and pulpwood companies taking advantage of movement restrictions to expand aggressively, according to a new report.
RDC: Entretien avec Gilbert Lokombu Limela, Président de la société civile Basoko (rive Lokutu)
- RIAO-RDC
- 16 February 2021
Le président de la société civile Basoko (rive Lokutu) dénonce les récentes arrestations et violences policières suite aux protestations pacifiques contre la société de plantation de palmiers à huile PHC.
RDC: le Projet Parc Agro industriel de N'kundi va accaparer au moins 100.000 ha des terres coutumières dans la vallée de Luala (rapport)
- Actualité.cd
- 15 February 2021
La société civile alerte sur l'accaparement d'au moins 100.000 ha des terres coutumières par le Projet Parc Agro industriel de N'kundi dans la vallée de Luala au Kongo Central (RDC) à la frontière avec la République du Congo.
Interview with Gilbert Lokombu Limela, President of the Civil Society of Basoko (Lokutu side)
- RIAO-RDC
- 15 February 2021
President of the Civil Society of Basoko (Lokutu side) denounces the recent arrests and police violence following peaceful protests against the oil palm plantation company PHC.
Rights group wants continued boycott of Kakuzi produce
- The Standard
- 15 February 2021
The Kenya Human Rights Commission wants the Murang’a County Assembly to block any plans to renew the land leases held by Kakuzi until claims on historical land injustices are resolved.
Desalojos en tiempo de crisis Honduras
- CNTC Honduras
- 15 February 2021
El 5 de febrero, unidades armadas de la Policía Nacional de Honduras desalojaron por la fuerza a los grupos campesinos Unidos al Campo y Mujeres y Hombres de Fe de las tierras que los campesinos recuperaron y comenzaron a trabajar hace más de 12 años.
SOMO welcomes settlement between British agribusiness giant and Kenyan claimants
- SOMO
- 14 February 2021
British colonial plantation company producing food for UK supermarkets settles claims with victims of horrific abuses in Kenya - rape, murder and beatings - but refuses to address the issue of land.
Campesinos evicted in times of crisis Honduras
- CNTC Honduras
- 14 February 2021
On February 5th, armed Honduran National Police forcibly evicted the campesino groups, Unidos al Campo and Mujeres y Hombres de Fe from land they recuperated and began working over 12 years ago.