Author: Lennart Dodoo

Renée Gibson, a member of the CSO Oil Palm Working Group, reads the group’s position at a side event at the opening of the Land Conference in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/James Harding Giahyue BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa – The Civil Society Oil Palm Working Group (CSO-OPWG) and representative of communities affected by alleged land-grab have called on the government to nullify customary land deeds it has issued that arose from tribal certificates.

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BUCHANAN, Grand Bassa County – The second Judicial Circuit Court in Buchanan,Grand Bassa County presided over by its assigned Judge Zuballah A. Kiziku has began the trial of a man who allegedly murdered a 3-year-old girl in neigbouring River Cess County in which he pleaded guilty to the crime of murder but state prosecution headed by Assistant Minister Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh says, despite of his guilty plead, they setting it aside and continue with the trial.

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Monrovia – The sixth judicial circuit, Civil Law Court” A” at the Temple of Justice of Judge Kennedy J. Peabody has summoned Surveyor Thomas W. Nimely of the Liberia Land Authority in the Action of Ejectment case involving Rodney D. Sieh as plaintiff versus Elise Cooper, Jeanie Cooper and Alex Garley defendants, to answer to the contempt of court.

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After Failing Locals in Large Concessions, Italian Tycoon Lets Community Forests Down GBI-DORU DISTRICT and COMPOUND NUMBER TWO  – When International Consultant Capital (ICC) stopped its logging operations in Nimba County in 2019, it was already owing villagers over US$55,000 having used their land and felled their timbers, leaving behind broken development promises and an estimated 7,000 logs, according to locals.

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