On Wednesday 27 September 2017 in Yaoundé, female residents of SOCAPALM (Société Camerounaise de Palmeraies or Cameroon society of palm plantations) united before the press to expose the human rights violations they are subjected to on a daily basis and condemn the French company’s failure to respect its contractual obligations, sexual assaults by male security personnel, and land grabbing. Originating from many different areas, including Dibombari in the Littoral region, Kribi in the southern region, and Mundemba in the south-west region, these women, with the support of the RADD (Réseau des Acteurs du Développement Durable, or the Network of Actors for Sustainable Development), told of the atrocities they experience on the palm plantations. In Dibombari, for example, “SOCAPALM requisitioned all the land and oil palms, even those that belonged to indigenous peoples. We do not have any clean drinking water. We do not have the space to grow our own food. The women are raped regularly, especially by the soldiers in charge of company’s security”, stated a female SOCAPALM resident.
— source grain.org 2017-10-10