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Biofuel project breeds violence in Senegal

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A biofuels project in northern Senegal has triggered violent clashes between villagers, leaving one person dead and two seriously wounded. Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, says biofuel crops often lead to so-called "land-grabbing". 

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