Liberia's Plantation Blues
The future activities of Kuala Lumpur-based Sime Darby, one of the most prominent in a club of new, high-profile investors committed to long-term projects in Liberia, are meant to bring Liberia billions of dollars in revenue and some 35,000 jobs, leading the way in regenerating an oil palm sector that has been neglected for years. But the company's presence has, for now, generated considerable friction and frustration amongst local communities.
Photo Essay
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Plantation Blues in Liberia, February 2012
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A woman and her daughter search for firewood in a place that once was once forest and farmland. Liberia's western region of Grand Cape Mount County was fiercely contested during the country's civil ... see more »