Asian companies have recently started negotiations to secure
Cameroonian land to cultivate rice and other staples, but local
civil society groups are already sounding warnings about the implications.
At the end of September, the Cameroonian press and the influential
non-governmental organisation Association Citoyenne de Défense
des Intérêts Collectifs (ACDIC) began campaigning
against favourable deals given to Chinese and Indian
investors....
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