Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

Cameroon

SOCFIN: profits on the rise, but not for local communities

30 May 2018 - by CADTM France, CADTM Belgium , Collective

NGOs and solidarity organisations supporting the struggles of affected local communities assess the problems caused, and promises unkept, by the SOCFIN group, as shareholders meet for the rubber and oil palm giant’s AGM on 30 May. Five years ago, on 5 June 2013, a first international (...)
Cameroon: He testified against Bolloré: “Of course I’m worried”

20 April 2018 - by Véronique Groussard, Emmanuel Elong

Emmanuel Elong, the farmer who came from Cameroon specifically for the lawsuit filed by the Bolloré group against France 2, tells of the psychological pressure you are under when you confront a major group in Africa. Emmanuel Elong is an independent grower in Cameroon. His village lies within (...)