Liberia: Port Authority Head in Dispute with River Cess Community over Customary Land

Aug 5, 2021 | Eric Doue, Bush Chicken
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For months, residents in this area of Gbarsaw Clan have watched with increasing alarm as hundreds of men with heavy machinery have cut down trees and hauled them away. In March, residents told The Bush Chicken that the land – more than 600 acres according to the local Community Land Development Management Committee chairman – is community customary land. The community had no idea who was funding the clearing.