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"In Côte d’Ivoire there are no forests, that’s why I came to Liberia." ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Security: Liberia: Armed Forces of Liberia Courts Women Recruits in Grand Gedeh
ZWEDRU — Women fill fewer than one in 13 uniforms in the Armed Forces of Liberia. The AFL went to Grand Gedeh County this week to ask young women to change that. A military delegation told students in ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Security: EU’s deforestation rule could derail Liberia’s cocoa trade
By Mongabay.com In Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county, deforestation for cocoa has soared since 2020, pushing the region’s cocoa trade into an uncertain future. The EU is Liberia’s biggest cocoa customer, ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Security: ‘Chasing Deforestation’ in Liberia: Behind the scenes with Mongabay
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In a new episode of “Chasing Deforestation,” Mongabay investigates the emergence of a cocoa industry in southeastern Liberia that is destroying its ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Security: ‘Cocoa fever’ in Liberia’s Grand Gedeh is wiping out native forests
Until 2020, 99% of Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county was covered by natural forests. Since then, cacao farms have rapidly encroached on those forests, reports Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo. Grand Gedeh in ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Security: UN Security Council diplomats visit Ivorian refugees in Liberia
PTP REFUGEE CAMP, Liberia, May 23 (UNHCR) - Ambassadors from all 15 members of the UN Security Council have paid an unprecedented visit to a refugee camp in Liberia as part of a mission to assess the ...
News Liberia » Grand Gedeh » Security: Liberia: Afl Courts Women Recruits in Grand Gedeh
ZWEDRU — The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has intensified efforts to recruit more women into its ranks, taking its nationwide recruitment campaign to Grand Gedeh County as part of efforts to increase ...