Palm oil company uses armed forces, tear gas against protesting villagers in Cameroon

Mongabay
Apr 4, 2025, 3:32 pm182 ptsTrendingTop
Villagers in Cameroon have denounced the use of tear gas by authorities to break up their protest on March 25 against the replanting of oil palm trees by the plantation company Socapalm on disputed land in the country’s southwest. Residents of the village of Apouh à Ngog say the land should have been…

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