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Sign the petition to protect human rights advocates in Liberia
Staff of Green Advocates, SOMO’s partner organisation in Liberia has been facing threats, intimidation and harassment from the Liberian authorities. Green Advocates works closely together with other human rights defenders advocating for the rights of…
Multinationals in Conflict-Affected Areas
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Conflict and human rights issues in a post conflict environment
Independent report confirms U.S. Agency’s role in harm to communities in Liberia
A U.S. federal agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) recently released a revealing independent investigation report describing its role in a failed biomass project in Liberia. OPIC approved over US$200 million in financing for…
Complaint filed in the United States for adverse impacts of Buchanan Renewables
Today, hundreds of Liberians, with assistance from civil society organizations Accountability Counsel and Green Advocates, filed a complaint with the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), one of the financiers of Buchanan Renewables’ operations in…
Successful kick-off meeting for the Multinationals in Conflict-Affected Areas Programme
In the last week of November, SOMO hosted a successful kick-off meeting for the Multinationals in Conflict-Affected Areas Programme. Partner organisations from Liberia, South Sudan, Colombia and Sierra Leone braved the cold and joined us…
Vattenfall’s exit from Liberia jeopardises local livelihoods
Farmers in Liberia have been negatively affected by the decision by Vattenfall and Swedfund to terminate their involvement in the Liberian biomass company Buchanan Renewables. Publication / March 1, 2013 Cut and Run Update on…
Cut and Run
Update on the impact of Buchanan Renewables' operations and Vattenfall's divestment
