Palm oil giant Socapalm still planting on disputed land in Cameroon as villagers seek redress

Palm oil giant Socapalm still planting on disputed land in Cameroon as villagers seek redress

A land dispute between residents of a Cameroonian village and a major palm oil company remains unresolved despite protests and requests for meetings with authorities, NGOs and community members say. Residents of Apouh village in the country’s Littoral region have long accused Socapalm, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based multinational Socfin, of encroaching on their ancestral land […]