Aminata Fabba is the Chairlady of the Malen Affected Land Owners Association (MALOA), a farmer and a grassroots land rights defender in the southern provincial district of Pujehun. MALOA is a community movement resisting SOCFIN and other biofuel capitalists in Sierra Leone.

Aminata Massaquoi of the Informal Alliance Against Industrial Oil Palm Plantations in Africa speaks about the struggles of women in Sierra Leone opposed to the oil palm plantations of Socfin and other companies.

Green Scenery applauds the visit by President Maada Bio to the People of Sahn Malen Chiefdom and his promise to resolve the dispute between the aggrieved land owners and SOCFIN Agriculture Company as soon as possible.

Dans une correspondance adressée aux clients et fournisseurs de l’entreprise le 21 septembre 2020, l’association dénonce les pratiques inhumaines de la filiale de Socfin sur les communautés locales.

Nine representatives of the Bunong indigenous communities in Cambodia who claimed to be victim to plantation project by French company Socfin-KCD appeared for questioning at the Tribunal of Nanterre in France.

NGOs have filed a complaint at the OECD against the Dutch bank ING Group regarding its financing of oil palm companies involved in deforestation (Noble Group), land grabbing (Bolloré Group/Socfin) and child labor (Wilmar International).

Requête et revendications des femmes vivant autour et à l'intérieur des plantations de palmiers à huile et d'hévéa de la filiale du groupe Socfin/Bolloré (Socapalm) au Cameroun

Proponents of land rights in Sierra Leone note with grave concern the human rights violations against members of the Malen Affected Landowners and users Association who were dispossessed of their land by the agro–based multinational SOCFIN.

La Socapalm, ancienne société publique privatisée en 2000, est aujourd’hui détenue à 67 % par une holding luxembourgeoise, la Socfinaf, elle-même contrôlée à 59 % par la Socfin, une firme agro-industrielle belgo-luxembourgeoise détenue à 38,8 % par le groupe Bolloré.

Civil society organizations demand to stop land grabbing by the agro-industrial company Socfin and to protect the human rights of the communities.

Des organisations de la société civile demandent de mettre fin à l’accaparement des terres par la société agroindustrielle Socfin et de protéger les droits des communautés

« On ne prend pas la terre des villageois. On nous la propose ou on la demande », s’est défendu la société Socfin lors du colloque de Farm et Pluriagri à Paris le 14.12.2015.

Sierra Leone police opened fire on a group of protestors who were demonstrating against a palm oil plantation being developed by Socfin, a French agri-business giant.

Community members defy intimidation and arrests and appeal for international support in their struggle to stop SOCFIN from operating on lands the company acquired without their consent.

À Montpellier, Paul et ses camarades sont venus dénoncer la collaboration entre PalmElit, filiale détenue à 60% par le Cirad, et la société Socfin, dont Bolloré est actionnaire minoritaire.

President Bio called on the leadership of Socfin Agricultural Company and the stakeholders of Sahn Malen Chiefdom to foster dialogue, collaboration, and mutual respect

This disclosure by Jeety Rubber comes weeks after its founder, business tycoon Upjit Singh Sachdeva, acquired SRC from its parent company, Socfin, a Belgian-French agricultural conglomerate.

L'Association des Femmes Riveraines d'Edéa (AFRISE), au Caméroun, a recueilli 316 signatures de soutien dans sa lutte face à la Socapalm, du groupe Socfin

Pour cette organisation composée d’agriculteurs et planteurs des villages où sont situées les plantations de la filiale de Socfin au Cameroun, il faut sensibiliser les riverains sur la nécessité de préserver leur territoire.

Examples of large-scale land acquisitions in Sierra Leone (Addax/Sunbird Bioenergy and Socfin) and the DR Congo (Feronia) call for European and African governments and development banks to stop funding such operations

Trois nouveaux rapports sur les expériences autour de Addax (Sierra Leone), Socfin (Sierra Leone) et Feronia (RD Congo). Coordonné par CIDSE.

Le Belge Hubert Fabri, qui contrôle la Société financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin) et réside à Fribourg, figure au rang 204.

So-called MALOA representatives at the UNDP-sponsored meeting were handpicked from the membership of Hopanda, a group sponsored by SOCFIN Agriculture Company to oppose MALOA and promote the interests of the company.

The Bolloré Group is a major supplier to the United Nations. The UN pays Bolloré over US$50 million every year for logistics and other services. While Bolloré Group through SOCFIN has been accused of land grabbing and widespread human rights violations for years.

Le Luxembourg abrite-t-il des entreprises dont l’action est condamnable? On trouve, dans le collimateur de l’initiative, Socfin (société du groupe Bolloré, côté au Luxembourg) et Ferrero.

The women of Malen, who are struggling to get their lands back from SOCFIN Agricultural Company, are calling on the government to intervene as soon as possible so that they can have access to their lands since that is all that they know.

Un reportage d'Umaru Fofana dévoile l’étendue des troubles dans la chefferie de Sahn Malen au sud de la Sierra Leone. Les conflits continuent entre des propriétaires fonciers locaux et une société agroalimentaire européenne, SOCFIN.

Details are just emerging of the scale of the recent disturbances in Sahn Malen chiefdom in Southern Sierra Leone. There are disputes between local land owners and a European agribusiness company, SOCFIN. BBC reporter Umaru Fofana went to the area with a group of human rights activists and sent this special report from Pujehun.

With Socfin in the firing line of several non-governmental organisations, this latest legal twist was the subject of much discussion at the company's annual general meeting, which was held on 30 May at the Parc Belair hotel in Luxembourg.

Suite à une visite sur le terrain, un expert de l’Onu dénonce la faible protection des droits fonciers des communautés locales face aux multinationales comme la société luxembourgeoise Socfin.