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By: Mike Gaworecki Date: May 4th 2016 Source: Mongabay An international delegation of leaders from indigenous and forest communities in Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, and Peru are in London today to call for action on human rights violations and land grabbing linked to the global trade in palm oil…
By: Matthew Ponsford Date: May 6th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The lack of tenure over ancestral lands lies at the root of violent clashes on land leased to foreign palm oil producers in Liberia, a leading researcher said. The eruption of…
Date: 14 juillet 2016 Source: Agence ecofin Par Aaron Akinocho Verra-t-on le Libéria retomber dans la guerre civile ? C’est en tout cas la crainte des organisations de la société civile qui estiment que l’échec de l’adoption d’une loi reconnaissant les droits des communautés rurales sur leurs…
By: Ruth Maclean Date: 14 July 2016 Source: The Guardian Civil society groups want 2014 bill passed before August recess, claiming land grabs have ‘turned citizens into refugees in their own country’   Liberia could be plunged back into conflict if a historic land rights bill is not passed by…
Date: 22 juillet 2016 Source: Le Monde Afrique Propos recueillis par Laurence Caramel Des années d’efforts pour sécuriser les droits fonciers de millions de paysans libériens et traiter une des principales sources de conflits dans le pays, risquent-elles d’être réduites à néant ? C’est la…
By: Jennifer Duncan and Jaron Vogelsang Date: August 10th 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Civil society groups say failure to pass land reform could plunge the country into violence The government of Liberia has an unprecedented opportunity to pass progressive land reform legislation…
By: Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu Date: August 17th 2016 Source: Human Rights Watch Enact Proposed Law to Protect Rural Communities Liberia is on the cusp of passing a historic law that would strengthen the rights of rural communities to land on which they have lived and worked for generations – much of…
Date: 22 aout 2016 Source: Commodafrica D'ici le 30 août, le Liberia devrait avoir voté une loi qualifiée de "historique" portant sur les droits des communautés rurales sur leurs terres, le Land Rights Act, rapporte Human Rights Watch. Il existerait une forte demande au Liberia pour la terre. Entre…
By: Jos Garneo Cephas Date: August 26th 2016 Source: AllAfrica.com / Front Page Africa Monrovia — Land governance and administration experts are engaging citizens through regional workshops on land governance issues, including accelerated action on the passage into law of the Liberia Land…
By: Alioune Tine Date: August 30th 2016 Source: Front Page Africa OPINION   Liberia, the first African country to declare itself a republic and one of three African nations to take part in the establishment and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, is on the brink of…
By: Gaurav Madan  Date: August 31st 2016 Source: Motherboard Depending on the season, the journey to Rivercess County requires either bumping along dirt paths or navigating endless stretches of mud. In the heart of Liberia the dense tropical forests, some of the last intact in West Africa, are…
By: Mark M. Dahn Date: September 14th 2016 Source: Mongabay Liberia has long been plagued by disputes over land for farming and forestry uses that sometimes end in murder. Liberia has struggled to implement comprehensive land policy or laws to address the problems. In 2009 the government of…