On Monday, April 19, 2021, the commercial city of Ganta, in Nimba County, witnessed a serious violent situation involving some residents of Ganta (mainly of the Madingo tribe) and members of the Liberia National Police. The police carried out demolition of properties, instead of following an ejectment order issued
The Multi-Actors Platform (MAP) for land governance in Liberia has embarked on a three-day regional training for stakeholders in Western Liberia including Cape Mount, Bomi and Gbarpolu Counties on land governance. The convening brings together major actors and stakeholders in the land sector from the three counties to discuss
Is it for the establishment of a fish meal plant or to build a fishing habour? Will it be Sierra Leone or Chinese owned? Why must it be Black Johnson Beach? Is there no other suitable place along the coast? What if private land owners refuse to give their
English version below Construit sur le fleuve Mouhoun dans le département de Bama, le barrage de Samendeni a une capacité de stockage de 1.050.000.000 M3. Il est doté d’une centrale hydro électrique d’une production annuelle de 18 Gwh. D’un cout estimé à 61.687.917.293 francs CFA (94.000.000€), ce barrage devra
Sierra Leone is still far from establishing a reliable data base on its land mass with verifiable boundaries between parcels of land. Thus, household families, villages, communities are frequently in conflict of boundary disagreements. These conflicts can prolong for many years, sometimes resulting in bloody confrontation, hostilities, and loss
Have you ever thought about decentralizing your multi-actor platform (MAP) on land governance? Or are you already busy within the process of doing so? Yesterday, we had another cross-country call – not only between our Land for Life (LfL) MAP country-teams but also with experience sharing from partners in
