After visits to plantations in Liberia and Cameroon, the Earthworm Foundation consultancy has confirmed many allegations against Belgian tropical plantation operator Socfin. Investigators found ...

Such is the breadth and variety of French multinational Bolloré’s holdings that some who attended its general meeting yesterday might not have been aware it invested in oil palm. They likely are now, ...

A two-year investigation into 139 complaints lodged by communities in Africa and Asia affected by tropical plantation company Socfin has confirmed that many of the allegations are at least partly ...

Photo caption: Communities protest against Socapalm in Douala, on the day of Socfin’s 2017 AGM NGOs and solidarity organisations supporting the struggles of affected local communities assess the ...

Sierra Leonean farmer Bockarie Swaray was sitting on his porch one morning when he heard a deep whirring noise and jumped up to see a bulldozer fell his banana, oil palm and kola nut trees. "There was ...

BOUSRA, Cambodia, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Socfin-KCD and Coviphama (Socfin Cambodia) today welcomed the public disclosure of the 26 agreements signed under the Cambodian Land Dispute ...

Human Rights Defenders Business and Human Rights Sierra Leone Land rights activists Human rights and environmental rights One month after violent incidents in the SOCFIN plantations in Sierra Leone ...

Sierra Leonian courts have started to release a group of community activists from the Malen Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA) who were jailed recently for taking part in a October 2013 protest ...

On 26 and 27 May 2020, the Socfin and Bolloré groups hold their annual general meetings. Socfin, which is 39,7% owned by Bolloré, controls 400,000 ha of oil palm and rubber tree concessions in ten ...

This story was originally published by iWatch Africa, and a shorter version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing partnership agreement. A six-month investigation conducted by ...

SOCFIN Plantations Sdn Bhd's last remaining oil palm estates in Malaysia, totalling some 14,963ha and recently put up for sale via tender, has been snapped up by two Malaysian groups, public-listed ...