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the peasants had returned to farming on the site after the plantations were abandoned.

From 20-22 July 2015, the villagers of the three impacted villages held peaceful demonstrations against the occupation of their land and the destruction of their sacred plantations and forests on the plots granted to CHP. It was the largest demonstration ever since the beginning of the conflict. During the intervention of the Gendarmerie two people were shot dead in Famienkro and two more subsequently died and many peoples were arrested and detained in M'Bahiakro prison.

Communities opposed a land registration application for 11,000 hectares in the regional district Baoulé from April 2014 and the government argued it owns the disputed area, which farmers were compensated for over destroyed crops when Sodesucre was established, and that vacant and unoccupied lands belong to the state. However, compensation of crops is not the same as terminating ownership rights and the lands were certainly not vacant.

Many women from the three villages and their children, fled the gendarmerie crackdown and remained refugees away from their homes for several months.

The community resist and conflict over land, between the communities, the government and the company.

Food: The project also entails a rice planting program for the benefit of the local community