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Fate of troubled Karuturi to be known December
- Nation
- 16 October 2018
Kenya's Court of Appeal is in December expected to determine if Karuturi will pay Sh1.8 billion contested debt to Stanbic Bank before the dispute before High Court is determined.
New report highlights human rights abuses caused by SABL land grab
- ActNow PNG
- 15 October 2018
The SABL Land Grab: Papua New Guinea’s Ongoing Human Rights Scandal, a new report published by ACT NOW! and UK based charity, War on Want highlights the devastating impacts on people living in rural communities and gives a voice to those who have suffered the illegal loss of their land to logging and oil-palm plantations.
Ndiawdoune rejette le canal du PDIDAS : les populations fustigent « la méthode « solidaire et discriminatoire » du projet
- Ndar Info
- 15 October 2018
La construction d’un futur canal reliant Makhana et Ndiawsir provoque l’ire des populations qui sonnent la résistance contre le Projet pour le développement inclusif et durable de l'agrobusiness au Sénégal
Int’l mission decries state neglect, rights violations in Cambodia land dispute with Chinese company
- PCFS
- 14 October 2018
International groups submitted to the United Nations (UN) officials the results of an independent international fact-finding mission in Cambodia that found local and national authorities are facilitating the land grabbing of a Chinese company in Preah Vihear province.
Caravane en vue contre l’accaparement des terres par les nantis
- Le Temps
- 12 October 2018
La caravane débutera en Guinée, passera par la Côte d’Ivoire, le Ghana, le Togo et prendra fin au Bénin. Dans chaque pays les organisateurs posteront des recommandations au gouvernement.
IMF-WBG and landgrabbing: Funding rural peoples’ destitution
- PCFS
- 12 October 2018
Despite all the hypocritical calls and posturing of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for ending hunger, they have facilitated, enabled, and led the global rush for landgrabs
IFC likely to extend $10m debt to Phoenix Commodities’ Kazakhstan project
- Deal Street Asia
- 12 October 2018
Phoenix Fruits, a subsidiary of Phoenix Commodities, the global Indian agri-business giant, is in the process of securing several greenfield sites for fruit production in Kazakhstan
County government denies leasing Yala swamp to West Kenya Sugar Company
- KNA
- 11 October 2018
Siaya county government has not surrendered the Yala swamp to a private sugar milling company as alleged by a section of the media, the county director of communications, Jerry Ochieng has said.
Banco Mundial—FMI Culpables de Promover el Acaparamiento de Tierra, Incrementar la Desigualdad
- La Vía Campesina
- 11 October 2018
“Reunión anual en Bali esta semana es tan sólo un engaño para tapar la negligencia criminal de los intereses del pueblo” dicen campesinxs.”
ANZ bank issued rare rebuke by Australian oversight body
- IDI
- 11 October 2018
ANZ Banking Group violated its own policies and international human rights standards by providing 40 million $ loan to a Cambodian sugar company that seized land from local farmers, according to a statement released by Australian government body that monitors corporate behavior overs.
France : Opération anti-accaparement foncier en Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
- Euractiv
- 11 October 2018
Pour décourager les achats d’hectares agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers, la Safer Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes et la région incitent les élus à les avertir en amont
Paraguay: Labriegos denunciaron agresión de brasiguayos
- Última Hora
- 10 October 2018
El senador Sixto Pereira, del Frente Guasu, recibió a una comitiva del distrito de Tembiaporã, Departamento de Caaguazú, que ofreció detalles del ataque con armas de fuego del que fueron víctimas la semana pasada.