Wednesday, February 09, 2011

World Social Forum denounces land grabbing in Africa


The leftist World Social Forum on Monday denounced land grabbing in Africa by foreign groups as a form of neo-colonialism in a day devoted to debates on the continent.

A rush to buy up land in cash-starved Africa and other developing countries amid a growing global food crisis was one of the main focuses among dozens of workshops and debates held on the second day of the Forum.

See full Article.