Liberia: Land Rights at Root of Palm Oil Conflict in Liberia, Campaigners Say

May 6, 2016 | Matthew Ponsford, Reuters
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The lack of tenure over ancestral lands lies at the root of violent clashes on land leased to foreign palm oil producers in Liberia, a leading researcher said. The eruption of rioting on April 4 on a plantation in northeastern Liberia is the most recent case in more than a decade of conflict over land, with Liberians protesting against big palm oil developments operated by foreign producers.