Stop Africa Land Grab
The Global Movement to Rollback Africa Land Grab Countries, Companies and Individuals
Some African Countries Involved in Land Grab
- Congo
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Some Foreign Countries Involved in Land Grab in Africa
- China
- India
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
Some Firms and Individuals Involved in Land Grab in Africa
- Goldman Sachs
- JP Morgan
- London-based Emergent that works to attract speculators, and various universities
- Harvard University US Universities in Africa Land Grab
- Spellman College
- Vanderbilt University
- New Forests Company – UK
- Kinyeti Development LLC
- Howard Eugene Douglas, a former United States Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Refugee Affairs
- Bruce Rastetter
- Petrotech-ffn USA
- Swedish and German firms have interests in the production of biofuels in Tanzanian
- Addax Bioenergy from Switzerland
- Quifel International Holdings (QIH) from Portugal are major investors in Sierra Leone
- UK based Crad-1 (CAPARO Renewable Agriculture Developments Ltd.), associated with the Tony Blair Africa
Quotes From Displaced Africans
Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that some 70,000 indigenous people in the western Gambella region (in Ethiopia) were relocated against their will to new villages that "lack adequate food, farmland, healthcare and educational facilities.BBC »
When they first came they told us an investor was coming and we would develop the land alongside one another. They didn't say the land would be taken away from us entirely.~ Farmer Gemechu Garbaba | Channel 4 »
Some people are doing business here but I have no idea what they are doing with our land. I see them growing sugarcane. That's all I know.~ Abdulai Conteh , a local traditional leader in Senegal | BBC »