Liberia must pass land rights bill or risk jeopardising peace, campaigners warn

Civil society groups want 2014 bill passed before August recess, claiming land grabs have 'turned citizens into refugees in their own country' Liberia could be plunged back into conflict if a historic land rights bill is not passed by August, civil society groups have warned. The country's legislature received a bill protecting community land rights in 2014 but has since been silent on the subject. There are concerns that the bill will not be passed under the current government, or that it will ...