Author Archives: Eric Doue

River Cess the Latest Flashpoint in Clashing Laws over Land

River Cess the Latest Flashpoint in Clashing Laws over Land

Conflicting laws around land rights and logging have made it difficult to find a solution to disputes in many parts of the country.

Now Breadwinners, Ex-Rebels in Liberia and Sierra Leone Work in Mines They Ran

As a commander of the Small Boy Unit —a brigade of child-soldiers of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia — Emmanuel Gaye guarded civilians his adult commanders captured on a goldmine in River Cess. He monitored their movement and activities. Nearly 18 years after the war, the 36-year-old has returned to the mines. But this time, he’s a civilian – a husband and father of two.

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