Home West Africa Liberia Liberia: Ministry of Mines & Energy Accused of Aiding Illicit Mining

Liberia: Ministry of Mines & Energy Accused of Aiding Illicit Mining

Liberia: Ministry of Mines & Energy Accused of Aiding Illicit Mining

MONROVIA — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s Protect Our Resources Taskforce inspected a Lower Montserrado County mining site scarred by deep pits and damaged creeks, where one company accused the Ministry of Mines and Energy of “aiding and abetting” illicit mining and another insisted its excavator was there only for exploration.

Col. Abraham Kromah, the taskforce’s chairman, led a team of joint state security personnel to Ben Ben Town. A Liberian Investigator reporter who accompanied the…

Read more on AllAfrica.com

South Africa Today Africa – West Africa Liberia News