Land Grabbing
Another Victory against land grabs in Ghana: one more cluster of towns pulls out of a memorandum of understanding
On October 13, we informed you about our latest victory in the fight against land grabs in…
Land Grab Prevention Campaign in Volta Region, Ghana
AFJN’s Ghana volunteer Task Force on Land Grab Prevention under the leadership of Paramount Chief Tidibo Kowura…
Herakles Abandons All Operations in Mundemba And Toko Concessions Area
Herakles Farms, a New York based agro-investment firm and its subsidiary SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) is once again in the spotlight. On May 29, 2015 it announced that it has abandoned all operations in Mundemba and Toko Subdivisions in the Ndian Province.
Africa up for grabs, Saudi Arabia takes its share
Land grabbing threatens the livelihood of many communities in Africa. Saudi Arabian companies are among the many…
Investigating Herakles Farms in Ghana: AFJN’s Report
What happened with Herakles Farms in Ghana? How is the community doing now? What is the prognosis…
Campaign to Prevent Land Grabbing in Ghana’s Volta Region
Land Grabbing Research, Awareness and Prevention in Ghana’s Volta Region is a project of the Africa Faith…
Preventing land-grabbing in Africa
As the international community joins hands to stop the threat of the Ebola virus, Bahati Jacques of Africa Faith…
AFJN signed on a joint statement to stop the World Bank from enabling land grabs
Though it is widely recognized today that land grabs are dispossessing and impoverishing rural communities across the globe, the World Bank is unwilling to change its approach. On the contrary, it is working to do more to favor investments by foreign corporations in developing countries’ agricultural sectors.
The New Theft of Africa: America’s Involvement in African Land Grabs
The ongoing massive lease of Africa’s most fertile land as a development approach risks the well-being of millions of people throughout Africa, especially traditional small farmers and pastoralists, who rely on the land as their sole means of survival. This is land grabbing in its worst form.
African Union Chooses Criminal Immunity Over Agriculture
By Melaura Homan-Smith, AFJN Program Coordinator On June 20-27 of this year the African Union met in…
Land Grabs: 19 organizations call on the UN to investigate Herakles Farms’ retaliation against activists in Cameroon
Herakles Farms, a US-based agribusiness, filed a defamation lawsuit against Mr. Nasako Besingi, a Cameroonian activist, in…
Cameroon: President Approves Land Grab Deal with Herakles Farms
Land grabbing is a global issue involving large-scale leasing or buying of land in developing countries by…
In Solidarity with the People Affected by Land Grabs in Cameroon
By Jacques Bahati On July 18, 2013 I arrived in Mundemba, a village in Southwest Cameroon, with…
Land: President Mugabe vs. Mike Campbell and the SADC Tribunal Demise
by Elizabeth Stack, AFJN Intern The Tribunal for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1992…
The Epidemic of Land Grabbing is Worse than Colonization: US Companies are Part of the Rip off
By Jacques Bahati Advocates, mostly African diaspora, gathered on March 15 in the Rayburn House Office Building…
Massive, irresponsible lease of African farm land threatens Africa
Since 2008, foreign investors, some of whom are private banks and pension funds, have acquired farm land in Africa resulting in the displacement and loss of livelihood of many families. Africans cannot financially afford to entrust their food security to foreign large-scale commercial agriculture multinationals.
A New Scramble for Africa: Land Grab & Dispossession of People
From Around Africa, by Aniedi Okure, Executive Director A new scramble for Africa akin to the frenzy…
Responses to US Troops in Central Africa
ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS PEACE INITIATIVE October 24, 2011 Response to the Deployment of U.S. Military Advisors to…
Multi-national corporations’ Land Grabbing in Africa
In the recent economic downturn, some of the world’s largest foreign corporations have found a new sector…
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