Local communities protest as land conflict grows with more agricultural giants in Cameroon

Mongabay
Jul 17, 2023, 6:51 pm167 pts
YAOUNDÉ — It’s already been three years since the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of Apouh, a village in eastern Cameroon, have been locked in an intractable conflict with Socapalm, a local subsidiary of Belgian agriculture giant Socfin which owns oil palm plantations in a dozen African countries. The crux of the…

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