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Deal #3005 Version #58179

Sierra Leone

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2014-02-06

Last full update

2021-03-25

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

How did the community react?

Comment on community reaction

True

Displacement of people

Number of people actually displaced

32 174

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

the company announced the creation of 3,000 to 5,000 jobs; The SLA director claims that 5 % of its profits (which he estimates could eventually amount to USD 10 to 40 million) will go directly into the Bureh Masseh Chiefdom Fund. Local people claim to have been assured that five percent of profits from the plantation will be paid to landowners, and that they had also been promised schools, health centers, wells and scholarships for schoolchildren. Yet, without an agreement with the government, an ESHIA, or any government oversight, there are no guarantees that the company will fulfill any of its promises.