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Saudi investor's Ethiopian farms to raise coffee, tea output
- Reuters
- 25 June 2015
Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi plans to invest an additional $5 billion in Ethiopia's agriculture and agro-processing sectors over the 2016-2021 period.
Business group from Mozambique plans to grow soybeans
- Macauhub
- 25 June 2015
Mozambique Agriculture Company (Mozaco) of the João Ferreira dos Santos group has requested 2,000 acres in the Malema district of Nampula for soybean cultivation.
Right to water and land, a common struggle in West Africa
- FIAN
- 25 June 2015
Building on the so-called “Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles”, social movements and grassroots organizations from across West Africa will gather to discuss land and water issues in the region.
GNITH : un quatrième enfant meurt dans un canal de SENHUILE.
- Ndar Info
- 25 June 2015
Salif Diallo, un berger de 16 ans, a perdu la vie hier lorsqu’il tentait de traverser des canaux d’irrigation supposés appartenir à Senhuile.
Le plus grand terrain du monde est à vendre pour 290 millions d’euros
- Le Monde
- 24 June 2015
Une trentaine d'acheteurs venus de Chine, du Canada, des Etats-Unis, d'Amérique du Sud, d'Indonésie, de Suisse et d'Australie sont en compétition pour ces 11 millions d'hectares.
Cambodian villagers block Chinese developer from clearing grazing land
- RFA
- 24 June 2015
Around 150 villagers in northwestern Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province have blocked a Chinese concession holder from clearing land they say was reserved for grazing their cattle.
La constructora española GSJ señalada por acaparamiento de tierras de indígenas aislados en Paraguay
- Survival
- 24 June 2015
La empresa ha estado involucrada en la destrucción del último refugio de bosque de los únicos indígenas aislados que sobreviven fuera de la Amazonia en América Latina.
World Bank’s IFC in Zambia deal with Zeder
- Business Day
- 24 June 2015
The IFC will invest $20m for a 19.7% stake in Zambian farmland operator Agrivision, with existing equity partner Norfund and Zeder topping up their respective investments.
The biggest property sale on earth
- Daily Mail Australia
- 23 June 2015
One of the world's largest farms is up for sale in Australia, with bidders hailing from China, the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South America and Indonesia
Land grabs in Liberia: The people rise up
- Pambazuka
- 23 June 2015
The Liberian government’s refusal to recognize and respect rural people’s customary land rights is marginalizing and destabilizing local communities, leading to full-scale conflict.
Indonesia to revive controversial sugarcane plan in Aru?
- Mongabay
- 23 June 2015
Recent comments that Aru archipelago in Indonesia's eastern waters will be one of three sites for a major new sugarcane initiative has sparked an outcry among civil society groups.
Nkwinti defends foreign land ownership
- Xinhua
- 23 June 2015
South Africa's Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform tried to alleviate jitters that the prohibition of land ownership by foreign nationals would drive away investors.
Tchad : des ONG dénoncent l’arrestation du militant des droits de l’Homme Djeralar Miankeol
- Afrik.com
- 22 June 2015
Son association lutte contre l'accaparement des terres par des commerçants, militaires et administrateurs qui investissent maintenant dans l’élevage.
Groupe de la Banque mondiale : Des détracteurs de projets sont menacés, harcelés et emprisonnés
- Human Rights Watch
- 22 June 2015
La Banque mondiale n’a pas pris de mesures suffisantes pour empêcher ou dissuader les gouvernements d’intimider les personnes critiques à l’égard des projets financés par la Banque, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.
World Bank Group: Project critics threatened, harassed, jailed
- HRW
- 22 June 2015
The World Bank Group has done little to prevent or dissuade governments from intimidating critics of the projects it funds, or monitor for reprisals, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today