Liberia: Sierra Leone Ministers Urge Bold Reforms in Environmental and Mining Laws for Africa’s Development

Two Sierra Leonean government officials have spoken of the need for comprehensive reforms across Africa’s mineral, mining, environmental rights and climate justice frameworks for sustainable development.

At a recent joint conference on Natural Resources and the Environment in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Minister of Mines and Resources, Julius Daniel Mattai, advocated for the industrialization of Africa’s mining sector. He said that industrialization would allow natural resources to be extracted and…