Sierra Leone
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12 February 2019
Millions of peasant farmers in the rural areas of Sierra Leone do not own land of their own but have to rent from land owning families. Added to their poverty is the fact that they depend on Shylock money lenders to secure seeds and capital for their farming activities.
At the end of the day, their…
7 February 2019
Date: 31 janvier 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab, BBC
Reportage de la BBC dans la chefferie de Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone
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PRÉSENTATEUR BBC :
Nous venons d’obtenir plus d’informations sur l’étendue des troubles dans la chefferie de Sahn Malen au sud de la Sierra Leone. Il y a…
31 January 2019
Date: 31 janvier 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab, Le Quotidien
Par: Fabien Grasser
Une vingtaine d’ONG alarment sur de graves violences survenues ces derniers jours autour des plantations de palmiers à huile détenues en Sierra Leone par la société luxembourgeoise Socfin, dont le milliardaire…
25 January 2019
Date: 24 janvier 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab
Par: SILNORF, et al.
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Freetown - Les organisations de la société civile (OSC) travaillant sur la gouvernance foncière et les droits humains en Sierra Leone et au niveau international sont préoccupées par l'usage…
6 November 2018
The actions of a national bank and an influential politician — in alienating a small community from their land — amounts to corruption, says Transparency International Sierra Leone. The fallout includes five community members imprisoned for murder and scores of residents forced to flee their…
30 November 2017
Date: 16 novembre 2017
Source: UNECA
Les problèmes concernant l’accès et la propriété à la terre en Sierra Leone seront résolus par la mise en œuvre d’une politique foncière nationale, déclarent les représentants des pays lors d’une session sur les meilleures pratiques émergentes des politiques et…
21 November 2017
The mention of Sierra Leone invariably conjures images of the protracted civil war and the Ebola outbreak that afflicted this West African country.
However that is not all about Sierra Leone; there are a lot of positives the country can showcase which include good practices in land administration.…
7 November 2017
The Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S) in Berlin is seeking a consultant to research beneficial land ownership in Sierra Leone, applying and testing a newly developed methodology.
BACKGROUND
Transparency International (TI) is the global civil society organisation leading the fight…
5 September 2017
Deforestation, alongside unplanned and unregulated construction transformed a natural hazard into a flooding and mudslide disaster
YAOUNDE, Sept 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Experience gained taming West Africa's Ebola outbreak is helping Sierra Leone deal with its recent mudslide disaster,…
Sierra Leone : l’Onu souhaite un renforcement de la protection des droits fonciers des populations ()
30 August 2017
Date : 28 août 2017
Source : Farmlandgrab
Lors d’une conférence de presse donnée au terme d’une mission de deux semaines qu’il a effectuée en Sierra Leone, un expert de l’Onu, M. Baskut Tuncak (photo), a dénoncé la faible protection des droits fonciers des populations indigènes face aux…
28 August 2017
(Ecofin Agency) - During a press conference held at the end of a mission in Sierra Leone, UN expert, Baskut Tuncak, denounced fragile protection of land rights of indigenous populations against multinationals. Amongst the latter, Luxembourg firm Socfin, which has palm oil plantations.
Recalling…
21 August 2017
President Koroma today, Monday 21st of August, visited the East-end of Freetown to take stock of flood-hit areas. Meeting flood affected persons from Mountain Cut, Culvert and Wellington communities who are now seeking shelter at Brima Attouga mini-stadium, President Koroma told residents that…