Côte d'Ivoire: One year on: Evicted Gesco Rivière farmers must be compensated for devastating loss of livelihoods

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Eviction of Ivory Coast farmers sparks international concerns over lack of compensation

Amnesty International on Friday urged authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to compensate the 133 farmers who have lost their livelihoods after being forcefully evicted from the Gesco Rivière site in Abidjan last year, emphasizing that authorities must comply with human rights standards. The rights group stated that when authorities demolished multiple neighborhoods in Abidjan last year, including the Agro-Past Ebury association’s farms and fishponds, th…

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Côte d'Ivoire: One year on: Evicted Gesco Rivière farmers must be compensated for devastating loss of livelihoods

The Ivorian authorities must urgently compensate the 133 farmers, their employees and families whose livelihoods were destroyed following the forced evictions on the Gesco Rivière site in Abidjan, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the demolitions.On 21 February 2024, as part of a series of forced evictions in Abidjan neighbourhoods, farms and fishponds belonging to members of the Agro-Past Eburny association were demolished …

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In a press release sent to Linfodrome on Friday, February 21, 2025, Amnesty International calls for the urgent compensation of 133 farmers left in Gesco.

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Côte d’Ivoire - One year on: Evicted Gesco Rivière farmers must be compensated for devastating loss of livelihoods

The Ivorian authorities must urgently compensate the 133 farmers, their employees and families whose livelihoods were destroyed following the forced evictions on the Gesco Rivière site in Abidjan, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the demolitions. On 21 February 2024, as part of a series of forced evictions in Abidjan neighbourhoods, farms and… Read More »Côte d’Ivoire – One year on: Evicted Gesco Rivière farmers must be com…

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The Ivorian authorities must urgently compensate the 133 farmers, their employees and their families whose livelihoods were destroyed as a result of the forced evictions at the Gesco Rivière site in Abidjan, Amnesty International said on the occasion of the first anniversary of the demolitions. On 21 February 2024, as part of a series of forced evictions in Abidjan neighbourhoods, the fish farms and pens belonging to the members of the Agro-Past…