Investigation says loan to Honduran palm oil magnate, alleged to be linked to activist deaths, violated bank's rules.

The unconstitutional government land program may be the most painful tragedy for the framers of southern and western Ethiopia that they can ever tell, if they are allowed to tell it.

The Ethiopian Investment Agency (EIA) has withdrawn 3,000 investment permits that it had previously granted to Ethiopian and foreign companies, including Karuturi Global Ltd.

President Armando Emilio Guebuza and PM Shinzo Abe must respect the legitimate and sovereign demands of the people of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan and suspend ProSavana and the G8 New Alliance.

Les agences de développement comme l'AFD doivent impérativement renforcer leurs exigences en matière de responsabilité sociale et environnementale des investisseurs privés tels que la Socapalm au Cameroun qu’elles financent.

Las empresas Concha y Toro, Grupo San Pedro y Santa Rita estarían mirando con gran interés arribar a Perú a través de compras directas o joint venture con socios locales.

Palm oil is cheap because it’s produced by a global industry built on land grabbing, human rights abuses and environmental devastation.

Investors from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have asked Ed Smith, a southern Alberta hay exporter, to help them buy land in North America.


Herakles Farms has been ordered to pay $4.6 million by a court in Cameroon over alleged discrimination in its hiring practices.

Face aux difficultés enregistrées en Afrique, les pays du Golfe réorientent leur stratégie d’investissement agricole vers des territoires moins risqués, notamment les États-Unis et l'Europe de l'Est.

Land can also be ‘grabbed’ for ‘green’ purposes, triggering conflicts that undermine potential.

Depuis un certain temps déjà, ceux qui travaillent avec les communautés locales dans le district de Pujehun tentent d’avertir le gouvernement et l’entreprise de la dégradation de la situation.