A Canadian agribusiness company, Feronia — financed by American and European Development Institutions, is involved in land grabbing, corrupt practices and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘Land grabs’ stands tall as a major development challenge in Africa. Millions of agriculture dependent families are forced to leave their fertile lands for multinational companies who occupy the lands for business purposes.

Action Aid invite les gouvernements et les bailleurs de fonds à prendre quatre mesures essentielles pour apprivoiser la vague d’accaparement des terres en Afrique

L’AFD est, selon plusieurs ONG, actionnaire d’une entreprise responsable d’accaparement foncier et d’abus sociaux en République démocratique du Congo.

La question du statut de la terre est cruciale : doit-il relever d’un régime d’attribution locative d’un bien commun de la Nation, ou une propriété privée ?

Amid rumours that parcels of land have been sold to developers, authorities have not publicly stated what they intend to do with the airport site.

The fact that China does not now depend on Africa in any meaningful way for food does not mean this will continue to be the case.

Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.

If Africa remains a food deficit region, exporting significant quantities of food to China grown on Chinese-financed investment projects will raise serious questions.

Les fonds des institutions financières de développement (IFD) qui devaient servir à réduire la pauvreté et les inégalités viennent plutôt les amplifier.

Hong Kong-listed Fosun International, a conglomerate with investments in businesses ranging from holiday resort chain Club Med to upmarket circus show Cirque de Soleil, is to buy 9% of German farm-operator KTG Agrar.

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.

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.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development puts another $20 million into the Kernel Group, one of the largest vertically integrated agribusiness holdings in the Ukraine.

Feronia Inc. ha recibido 3,16 millones de fondos públicos españoles a través del Fondo Africano Agrícola, que recibió 40 y que también está afincado en un paraíso fiscal.

There have been more than 29 indigenous killed in just three regions of Tumpinambá lands in the state of Bahía, between 2013 and 2015.

Report claims workers of palm oil company part-owned by DFI earn a pittance, live in harsh conditions and have had their land taken illegally, though DFI says it is trying to improve pay and conditions for workers.

O processo de auscultação pública foi manchado por muitas e graves irregularidades que confirmam a prevalência de vícios insanáveis de concepção e de procedimentos de que padece o programa ProSavana.

私 たち、モザンビーク、ブラジル、日本の国民は、民衆同士の結びつきを土台として、互いに連帯しあい、「プロサバンナ事業」として知られる「三角協 力による モザンビーク熱帯サバンナ農業開発プログラム」を注視し、そのプロセスに関わってきた。

On Thursday the 4th of June, people from Cameroon, the Ivory Coast and activists from the Conféderation Paysanne, will disrupt the AGM of the Bolloré group in Puteaux, outside Paris.

"Les chefs d’État de l'Union Africaine et du G7 se réunissent en Sommet en juin 2015. Nous appelons tous les gouvernements participant à la Nouvelle Alliance à suspendre tous les engagements et les aides liés à la Nouvelle Alliance."

The policies promoted by the New Alliance facilitate the grabbing of land and other natural resources, further marginalize small-scale producers, and undermine the right to adequate food and nutrition

Jeudi 4 juin, des Camerounais, des Ivoiriens et des militants de la Confédération Paysanne vont perturber l’AGe du groupe Bolloré à Puteaux.

Agencias de desarrollo de Estados Unidos y Europa financian una nueva ola de colonialismo en la RDC.

Varias prominentes agencias e instituciones de financiamiento para el desarrollo están brindando su apoyo a la compañía de agronegocios canadiense Feronia, acusada de acaparamiento de tierras y abusos de derechos humanos.

Plusieurs grandes institutions financières de développement financent actuellement une société agroalimentaire canadienne accusée d’accaparement des terres et de violations des droits humains

Several prominent development finance institutions are funding Feronia, a Canadian agribusiness company accused of land grabbing and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

British Secretary of State Justine Greening visited Agrica's 5818 ha rice farm in Tanzania in June 2013 and then asked AgDevCo to invest.

A South Korean food security office will open in Abu Dhabi next month to help the UAE in its agricultural and fishery sectors, says the country’s ambassador to the UAE.

Social movements and civil society organisations are invited to endorse this statement by Monday 1 June 2015.