Sierra Leone

Press Release: SOCFIN Using Intimidation to Silence Local Opposition to African Land Grab
June 3, 2013
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Press Release: Green Scenery Factsheet on Large-Scale Agri-Investments in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone
April 24, 2013
Freetown, 24 April 2013 Press Release--For Immediate Release Contact: Joseph Rahall, Executive Director +232 76601979, j.rahall@greenscenery.org  
Le Oakland Institute Dénonce l’Accaparement des Terres
February 4, 2013
La production d’huile de palme devrait doubler d’ici à 2 050. (Reuters)  
Sierra Leone: Le Jeu Trouble du Groupe Bollore
December 1, 2012
Expropriations, compensations minimales, intimidations, affaiblissement des populations… La dernière opération foncière d’une multinationale détenue en grande partie par le groupe Bolloré illustre tous les risques de l’accaparement des terres dans les pays du Sud. Mais face à ce Goliath, des villageois résistent. Télécharger l'article  
Sierra Leonean Villagers Call for Solidarity in their Struggle against Socfin/Bollore’s Palm Oil Plantations
December 6, 2012
Oakland, CA: After months of repression, the small land owners and farming families living in Pujehun, Sierra Leone are calling on the national Human Rights Commission, Civil Society Organizations, and the United Nations to support their struggle against a subsidiary of  Socfin, a corporation controlled by the French Tycoon Vincent Bolloré and his associates.
Malen Land Owners Association Statement
Shady Deals, Shady Campaign Funds, Private Jets & Helicopter Flights--A Corrupt President Seeks Re-Election
November 16, 2012
Ernest Bai Koroma and the APC Fail Key US Millenium Challenge Corporation Tests
November 7, 2012
In a desperate bid to pass key governance and economic management evaluations, President Ernest Koroma had singularly appointed Caroline Thomas, a British National, to a special State House office to gather and manage data, massage figures, and do projections in order to insure that the APC government passes the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) test and qualify for a $340 million grant from the United States treasury.  
De Grands Groupes Français en Première Ligne de l’Accaparement de Terres
October 13, 2012
L’accaparement de terres agricoles par des multinationales et des fonds spéculatifs se poursuit. Plusieurs grandes entreprises françaises - Louis Dreyfus, AXA, Bolloré, Société Générale, Tereos, Crédit Agricole - y participent activement.
Africa Next: With Investment Outpacing Aid, Is This a New Golden Age for the Poorest Continent?
September 22, 2012
  In this first of a six-part series, Globe and Mail Africa correspondent Geoffrey York investigates how Africa's growth is changing its future.

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