Liberia: Justice Seen as Solution for Post-War Land Conflict in Nimba

Feb 1, 2019 | Joaquin M. Sendolo, Daily Observer
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Conflicts over land have long plagued Nimba County but the 14-year-civil war made the problem much worse. Now, 15 years from the end of the war, conflict over land is threatening to spill into violence once again. Here the chief rivalry is between the Mandingoes and the Gio-Mano. The Mandingoes claim the Gio-Mano drove them from their land as the country became consumed by ethnic rivalry fueled by propaganda from various warlords.