Liberia: Failure to Pass Land Law Could Plunge Liberia Back into Conflict: Activists

Jul 14, 2016 | Reuters
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Liberia's failure to pass a long-awaited law recognizing the rights of rural communities to their ancestral lands could plunge the West African nation back into civil war, a coalition of civil society groups said on Thursday. The draft Land Rights Act, which would acknowledge customary rights to land, was submitted to Liberia's Senate in September 2014, but activists have criticized a lack of progress since.