Deal #4931
Senegal
Created at
2016-01-13
Last update
2023-02-27
Last full update
2022-09-06
Recognition status of community land tenure
Recognition status of community land tenure
Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Not consulted
Comment on consultation of local community
The company has been highly contested for land grabbing, due to the lack of consent by local populations.
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Mixed reaction
Comment on community reaction
peaceful protest were organized because they were dispossessed
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
2018, Peasants were mobilizing against land dispossession by the Senegindia SARL. They accuse the enterprise and local authorities to give away their lands without their consentt.
Now (since 2020) a consensus has been reached between the population and the company.
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
No
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Other
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
Dispossessed lands
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
Job
Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
Job, internship
Promised benefits for local communities
Promised benefits for local communities
Health, Education, Capacity building, Other
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
Water
Materialized benefits for local communities
Materialized benefits for local communities
Health