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News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Culture: Liberia: Cocoa Changing Lives but Destroying Grand Gedeh's Largest Forest

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604020260.html

Published on: Wednesday 01 April 2026

BOUNDARY TOWN — Lawrence Koolor woke up one cool morning, his face beaming with a smile and joy pouring out of his heart. Koolor's dream became a reality late last year when he moved his family into ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Culture: A cacao rush drives ‘alarming’ deforestation in Liberia

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/a-cacao-rush-drives-alarming-deforestation-in-liberia/

Published on: Thursday 09 October 2025

Satellite data and reports from the ground show how a rapid expansion of smallholder cacao farming in southeastern Liberia is causing “alarming” deforestation. Large numbers of migrant workers from ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Culture: Liberia: Grand Gedeh University Debuts With U.S.$1m Fund Drive

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604070341.html

Published on: Monday 06 April 2026

Monrovia — Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has officially unveiled Grand Gedeh University (GGU) and launched the institution's maiden US$1 million Education Endowment Fund Drive, describing the ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Culture: 'Grand Gedeh cannot wait'

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/grand-gedeh-cannot-wait/ar-AA24bdcp

Published on: Tuesday 26 May 2026

A major diaspora advocacy organization representing citizens of Grand Gedeh County has called on the Liberian government to urgently expedite the resumption of operations at the long-stalled Gedeh ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Culture: Cacao rush fuels conflict and deforestation in southeastern Liberia

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/cacao-rush-fuels-conflict-and-deforestation-in-southeastern-liberia/

Published on: Wednesday 12 November 2025

Soaring cacao prices over the last three years are fueling deforestation and conflict in Grand Gedeh county of Liberia, in West Africa, Mongabay staff writer Ashoka Mukpo reported. Satellite imagery ...

News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Culture: UNHCR opens new camp for Ivorian refugees in eastern Liberia

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/stories/unhcr-opens-new-camp-ivorian-refugees-eastern-liberia

Published on: Thursday 01 September 2011

GRAND GEDEH COUNTY, Liberia, September 2 (UNHCR) - UNHCR has opened a sixth camp for up to 27,000 refugees from Côte d'Ivoire who have been living with host communities in eastern Liberia since ...