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Stakeholders at the end of the Liberia tourism validation workshop. Stakeholders from Liberian government, private sector, media and civil society validated the Liberia’s tourism brand and a marketing strategy at a workshop held at the Boulevard Palace Hotel in Monrovia on 19 January 2021. More than 35 officials convened to deliberate on the brand and the marketing strategy. These included Hon. Lance Gba-Gonyon, Deputy Minister of Tourism and representatives from the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). “The objective for the develop...

Sinoe Citizens Resolve Long-Standing Dispute Over Forest Land Sinoe Citizens Resolve Long-Standing Dispute Over Forest Land Share MONROVIA – The long-standing conflict in the Tartweh-Drapoh Authorized Community Forest in Sinoe County over the forest leadership has finally been resolved by the Forest Development Authority. A five-member facts finding & Investigation FDA-CSO Team headed by Mrs. Weedor H. Gray, Community Extension Service and Mobilization Manager of Forestry Development Authority (FDA) after a two-day extensive discussion between the Executive Committee (EC) and Community Fore...

Share Lofa – Residents of Bluyeama clan are currently displeased over the operations of Sing Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated, a company carrying out logging activities in Bluyeama Clan, Lofa County. As FrontPageAfruca delve into reasons prompting their disenchantment recently, they have begun expressing frustration over what they termed as “Sing Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated refusal to live up with its social responsibilities in that part of Lofa County, since an agreement was signed. Their displeasure comes in a wake of the plan by the Clan, the authority of the county an...

Liberia: Miners, Loggers Clash over Gbarpolu Forest Liberia: Miners, Loggers Clash over Gbarpolu Forest A View of Korninga “B” Community Forest. FrontPageAfrica/Moses R. Quollin KORNINGA, Gbarpolu County – On March 4 2019, Korninga B, an authorized forest community, signed a logging contract with Singaporean-Indian logging company Indo Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated. To log in the 31,818-hectare forest in the Bopolu and Bokomu districts, the company promised to make an annual contribution of US$ 30,000 for scholarships, US$25,000 for medical support, annual road maintenance and ...

Ministry of Mines and Energy, Partners Hold Workshop for Artisanal and Small Scale Miners in Liberia Ministry of Mines and Energy, Partners Hold Workshop for Artisanal and Small Scale Miners in Liberia Share Kakata, Margibi County – The Ministry of Mines and Energy in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Monday organized a one-day stakeholders workshop with the aim of developing a user-friendly handbook for both artisanal and small scale miners. After the 14-year civil conflict, there has been limited investments ac...