Land conflict in Côte d'Ivoire: local communities continue to struggle against the state and Belgian company SIAT

Three villages in Côte d’Ivoire were informed in 2015 that the government had granted a concession covering a total of 11 thousand hectares to Compagnie hévéicole de Prikro (CHP), the Ivorian subsidiary of the Belgian corporation Société d’investissement pour l’agriculture tropicale (SIAT), for establishing an industrial rubber tree plantation. A recent report from the NGO GRAIN recounts the communities’ on-going struggle for recuperating their land.
EN: https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5855-land-conflict-in-cote-d-ivoire-local-communities-defend-their-rights-against-siat-and-the-state
ES: https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5856-conflictos-de-tierras-en-costa-de-marfil-las-comunidades-se-defienden-ante-siat-y-el-estado
FR: https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5854-conflit-foncier-en-cote-d-ivoire-les-communautes-se-defendent-face-a-siat-et-l-etat