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Rescuing Liberian Chimpanzees Stolen & Sold to the Scientific World

Editor’s note: This article tells the story how hundreds of chimpanzees in Liberia were stolen, sold into slavery and resold to the scientific world where...

Liberia Chief Justice Pledges Judiciary Backing for Land Reform as New Deed Forms Rolled Out

 Liberia’s Chief Justice Yarmie Quiqui Gbeisay pledged closer cooperation between the judiciary and the Liberia Land Authority on Thursday, as the country moves to...

African Mining Conference to Spotlight Liberia’s Iron Ore, Gold and Critical Minerals Prospects

As Liberia unlocks its untapped mineral wealth through expanded geomapping and exploration campaigns as well as strategic partnerships, the upcoming African Mining Week (AMW)...

Liberia: FDA Burns $140,000 Worth Of Bush Meat In Grand Gedeh

The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Region 4 has incinerated more than LD$140,000 worth of bush meat from protected animal species, sending a fiery warning...

Liberia: Sinoe County Demands Oil Palm Giant GVL Restore 1,000 Hectares It Has Destroyed

A storm of resistance is rising from Sinoe County, where the Nitrain Community Forest has filed a blistering complaint against Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL),...

The Quiet Exodus: How Liberia’s Forests and Sovereign Wealth Are Being Carved Away

By Festus Poquie In the late, humid afternoons of southeastern Liberia, the forest exhales and the sound is not the hollow rustle of untouched canopy...

Liberia: Gold Rush or National Ruin? Illegal Mining Crisis Sparks Alarm

Liberia stands at a perilous crossroads as illegal mining activities in Henry Town, Gbarpolu County, spiral into a national emergency, threatening not only the...

Liberia: Fighting Illegal Mineral Extraction In Gbarpolu

Authorities in Gbarpolu County have shut down an illegal mining site in Henry Town following an inspection by officials of the Ministry of Mines...

When a Country Rejects Nature: How Liberia Voted Against God at the UN

Liberia’s vote at the United Nations this spring landed like a contradiction: the country joined a small block of nations — among them the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Belarus — in opposing a UN General Assembly resolution that endorsed an International Court of Justice advisory opinion declaring that states have legal obligations to act on the climate crisis.

Liberia: Gold Rush Ravages Wologizi Park

By Samuel T. Jabba/ Lofa County Deep in Liberia’s northern highlands, the Wologizi Proposed Protected Area — once hailed as a jewel of biodiversity —...

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