Land dispute escalates between palm oil company and Cameroon’s Apouh community

Land dispute escalates between palm oil company and Cameroon’s Apouh community

Local communities often struggle to coexist with mega agro-industrial companiesOriginally published on Global VoicesA palm plantation by the main national road which runs through Apouh. Photo by Leocadia Bongben. Used with permission.  A long-standing land dispute has recently escalated between the agro-industrial company SOCAPALM (Société Camerounaise de Palmeraies), a subsidiary of the European holding company Socfin, and the Indigenous Apouh …