Liberia: Jobs at Risk After Recent Violence in Cape Mount, MNG Latest Unprotected Concessionaire
Liberia, March 6 -- Monrovia-- Last week's violence claimed at least two lives, leading to the arrest of 23 rioters who staged a violent protest in Western Liberia-Grand Cape Mount County, the concession area of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, particularly in the vicinity of Kinjor and Matambo Towns
By Rodney D. Sieh, rodney.sieh@frontpageafricaonline.com
Rioters accused the company of refusing to live up to its mineral Development Agreement with Liberia. However, an investigation by FrontPageAfrica has found that a lot of underlying political and economic factors may have contributed to the violence. In fact, the Liberian National Police in a briefing informed the public that the violence across the concession area was incited by a Ca...
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