Pages tagged with "Liberia"
Our new report revealed how progressive community forestry in Liberia is being undermined
Exposing how logging firms are are exploiting progressive community forestry in Liberia.
Liberian President George Weah promises accountability in Exxon’s Block 13 oil deal
A controversial entrepreneur claims Liberia has cleared him of bribery allegations and hopes his mining licences will be relisted in London. But the man who headed the team prosecuting him has slammed the claims as “a blatant and utter lie”.
A controversial mining entrepreneur claims Liberia has cleared him of bribery allegations – only for a top Liberian politician to denounce this as a “blatant and utter lie”.
Closing Front Page Africa sends a chilling message to the Liberian press.
A new Global Witness investigation shows Exxon’s 2013 purchase of Liberia’s Block 13 oil license likely enriched former government officials who may have illegally owned the block.
We expose how US oil giant Exxon purchased a Liberian oil block it knew was tainted by corruption – while attacking US anti-corruption laws.
A new Global Witness investigation has uncovered US oil giant Exxon’s complicity in oil sector corruption in Liberia, with the purchase of an oil block the company knew was tainted by corruption.
Global Witness strongly condemns the illegal removal of Konah Karmo, Head of Secretariat of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI)
Global Witness and Tropenbos International condemn new law that rewards logging companies at the expense of Liberia’s people and call on Liberia’s donors to halt their support until it is overturned.
We welcome news that Guus Kouwenhoven, notorious Dutch trafficker of arms and conflict timber, has been arrested for his actions in fuelling and profiting from Liberia's bloody civil war.
The struggle to fight Liberian land grabs in new TIFF film Silas
Liberian legislature must ensure Lands Rights Act protect rural landowners
It is too easy for community forests to be co-opted by logging companies and local elites for narrowly commercial and unsustainable ends
European companies continue to shirk responsibility for bankrolling conflict in forest-rich countries
A rare example of a foreign crook masquerading as a businessman being held accountable for the damage they have wreaked on the African continent
The conviction of Guus Kouwenhoven by the Dutch Appeal Court is an historic victory for the Liberian people.
We reveal how all of Liberia’s large logging contracts are illegal on multiple counts
Liberia passes historic oil law requiring companies to publish names of their owners
