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By : Archie Boan Communities affected by the operations of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) and the Liberia Agriculture Company (LAC) have …

Published: January 12, 2026 MONROVIA, Liberia — Communities impacted by the operations of Salala Rubber Corporation and Liberia Agriculture Company have flatly rejected Socfin …

Five months after the World Bank’s private investment arm submitted its action plan to address community grievances against a rubber plantation it funds in …

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN, will deliver its advisory opinion on the obligations …

Across Africa, communities are facing a growing storm – climate shocks, land degradation, toxic pollution, and unchecked resource exploitation are threatening lives …

Liberia – Nearly six years after 22 Liberian communities filed a formal complaint with the World Bank’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), the …

June 18, 2025 In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Groups Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), accusing …

Women from the Salala Rubber Corporation-affected communities talked to a visiting delegation from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) regarding environmental and human …

For over a year, the World Bank’s private investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), withheld a critical internal report revealing its …

The Liberian Agricultural Co. rubber plantation, owned by Luxembourg-based Socfin Group, spans an area twice the size of Chicago and employs over …

The IFC Board approved a MAP addressing the CAO’s findings on IFC’s $10 million loan to SRC (2008–2020). The CAO identified IFC’s …

In March 2025, the IFC Board approved a Management Action Plan (MAP) in response to a Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) investigation into …