By mid-August, the United States—“Liberia’s oldest friend ... one million acres of Liberian land for rubber plantations at six cents per acre. Firestone built roads, schools and hospitals ...

For years, a rubber and palm oil company that supplies some of the world’s top tiremakers has been dogged by allegations of sexual coercion at its plantations. Socfin — short for Société ...

On today’s Big Take podcast: an investigation into allegations of sexual coercion at plantations run by Socfin, a rubber ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Treasure those Easter eggs. Cocoa markets have been hoppier than an Easter bunny. After a blistering 2024 ...

Today, such decisions are made within days." Malaysia, with sprawling rubber plantations and the world's largest medical rubber glove maker, has nearly half the world's market for rubber gloves.

the Attorney General of Cross River State and another. The agreement will enable the state to regain ownership of rubber plantation assets previously belonging to the defunct Cross River Estates ...

South East Asia is an obvious choice for Chinese exports to the US that are now looking for new markets [Getty Images] ...

Acknowledging that some performance gaps stem from resource limitations, Kwabo assured participants that the Cabinet is working closely with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) and ...