Liberia: At a Rubber Plantation in Liberia, History Repeats in a Fight over Land

Jan 17, 2023 | Ashoka Mukpo, Mongabay
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Sexual harassment of its workers isn’t the only charge that’s been leveled against Socfin here in Liberia: in 2019, 22 communities filed a complaint against Salala with the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, alleging that it took over their land without their consent, dumped pesticides into their drinking water, and used local police to harass and intimidate anyone who spoke out.