July 23, 2015

Activist group says Liberians pressured to sign away land

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Liberians in the country's southeast are being threatened into signing away land for palm oil plantations, and in some cases those opposing expansion have been beaten and arrested, activist group Global Witness said Wednesday.

In its report, the group called on Liberia's government to "investigate acts ...

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