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03 May 2018
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Zimbabwe opposition MDC 'will expel Chinese investors' BBC | 02 May 2018
Nelson Chamisa has vowed, if he wins elections due in July, to expel Chinese investors who have stakes worth many billions of dollars in everything from agriculture to construction.
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2017 was deadliest year on record for Colombian human rights defenders Guardian | 02 May 2018
Human rights groups are calling on the International Criminal Court to open formal investigation into killings of land defenders in Colombia, saying the Colombian government is failing to investigate the crimes properly.
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Is land speculation helping destroy Brazil’s “birthplace of waters”? | 01 May 2018
On the occasion of a new report on land speculation in the Cerrado by the Brazilian Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, Friends of the Earth (FOE) interviews one of the report’s authors to shine some light on the issue.
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Understanding China's foreign agriculture investments in the developing world Devex | 30 Apr 2018
China’s investment in foreign agriculture totaled $26 billion in 2016, with investments in 100 countries. But this may just be the tip of the iceberg. A new report by the United States Department of Agriculture to understand both the scale and purpose of foreign investment in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.
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French tycoon Bollore's African assets ADP | 26 Apr 2018
Billionaire French industrialist Vincent Bollore, who is a major shareholder in the plantation company SOCFIN, is being questioned in Paris over allegations that his conglomerate used corrupt connections in Africa to win port contracts.
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Harvard endowment linked to land grab in Brazil The Takeaway | 26 Apr 2018
The Harvard Management Company, which handles Harvard University's $37 billion endowment, has recently been linked to an agribusiness that may have been involved in deforestation and fraudulent land titles.
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I.Bissala (UGTC): «Si Bolloré s'en va, ce ne sera pas la mort de l'Afrique» RFI | 01 mai 2018
Vincent Bolloré affirme qu’il fait vivre quelque 30000 familles en Afrique et qu’il pense se désengager du continent si la chasse aux sorcières continue contre lui. Le président de l'Union générale des travailleurs du Cameroun répond.
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Nous pouvons vivre de la forêt, pas du palmier à huile FPP | 30 avr 2018
Une coalition de la société civile a mené une action devant le Ministère de l’environnement et des forêts de l'Indonésie pour protester contre un permis d’octroi des terres forestières étatiques à une entreprise du secteur du palmier à huile, PT Menara Wasior.
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Vincent Bolloré mis en examen C à vous | 26 avr 2018
Tristan Waleckx et Jean-Baptiste Rivoire parlent des menaces qui pèsent sur les médias qui exposent les activités du Groupe Bolloré en Afrique
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Le magnat belge du caoutchouc jugé pour corruption L'Echo | 26 avr 2018
Alors que Vincent Bolloré était toujours en garde à vue mercredi, le procès de son homme-lige Hubert Fabri et de la "galaxie Socfin" débute demain.
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