Liberia, Jan. 7 -- KORNINGA, Gbarpolu County - On March 4 2019, Korninga B, an authorized forest community, signed a logging contract with Singaporean-Indian logging company Indo Africa Plantation Liberia Incorporated. To log in the 31,818-hectare forest in the Bopolu and Bokomu districts, the company promised to make an annual contribution of US$ 30,000 for scholarships, US$25,000 for medical support, annual road maintenance and other things within the first six months after signing the agreement. Indo Africa also promised to build a youth center in the chiefdom.

Report by Moses R. Quollin, with New Narratives

However, one year and 10 months later, not a single project has been done. Indo African says it cannot implement these projects a...