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02 Jul 2020
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‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone Mongabay | 01 Jul 2020

The massive Socfin oil palm plantation operation is one of post-war Sierra Leone’s biggest investments and one of its most controversial.

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The dangers lurking between the lines of the US-Sri Lanka MCC compact Daily Express | 30 Jun 2020

Nationalists want land issues to be handled independently by Sri Lanka because of fears that the MCC will be used to grab land for foreign investments, as has happened in Africa.

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Cambodia urged to rethink Chinese ties, land policies to recover from pandemic PCFS | 29 Jun 2020

People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty, GRAIN, and Ponlok Khmer urged the government of Cambodia to return disputed land from Chinese company Hengfu Group Sugar Industry to the Khmer and Indigenous Kuy communities. The groups expressed solidarity with the Indigenous Kuy people who continue to assert their legitimate land rights even amid the global health crisis.

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How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire Mongabay | 26 Jun 2020

Socfin, a Belgian holding company that operates palm oil and rubber plantations through dozens of subsidiaries across Africa and Southeast Asia, has been rebuked for alleged human rights violations at its plantations.

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‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant Mongabay | 26 Jun 2020

Mbonjo sits in the heart of Cameroon’s country’s largest oil palm and rubber-producing region and owned by the Belgian holding company Socfin.

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Selling out West Papua Al Jazeera | 25 Jun 2020

A video investigation on allegations of fraud and human rights abuses in billion-dollar land deals in West Papua, Indonesia to develop oil palm plantation.

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Nigeria: Deforestation, land grabbing on the rise in Cross River Vanguard | 25 Jun 2020

Environmental Right Action/ Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoEN have asserted that the incident of land grabbing and deforestation was becoming increasingly alarming in various Cross River communities.

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The Consultant: Why did a palm oil conglomerate pay $22m to an unnamed ‘expert’ in Papua? Gecko Project | 25 Jun 2020

A Korean conglomerate paid $22 million to an “expert” to help it get land in Papua for oil palm plantations, at the heart of the largest rainforest left in Asia.

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Cambriolage, et menace sur le défenseur des droits l’homme, Massa Koné et sa famille Le Combat | 26 jui 2020

Selon la Convergence malienne contre les accaparements de terres cette agression au domicile de son porte-parole visait soit de «l’enlever ou de l’assassiner ».

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Portant interdiction des terres communautaires par Feronia au Congo RIAO-RDC | 26 jui 2020

Le RIAO-RDC est très préoccupé de la vente/transfert de la majorité des actifs de Feronia-PHC par la banque de développement de la Grande-Bretagne à une entité à l’Île de Maurice gérer par une société de capital-investissement.

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Burkina Faso : Dix organisations de la société civile plaident pour un développement rural durable et inclusif LeFaso.net | 25 jui 2020

Les terres des paysans ne sont pas protégées contre l’accaparement par les grandes entreprises de l’agro-business selon les organisations membres du Programme de souveraineté alimentaire et droits citoyens des unités familiales au Nord et au Centre-Nord du Burkina Faso

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