Liberia: Land Grab or Development Opportunity?

Monrovia — Hundreds of villagers and town residents of Liberia's Grand Cape Mount Country have attracted nationwide attention in their bid to recover what they say is land seized from them and turned over to a Malaysian agro-industrial concern.

A petition sent to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's office in January by the aggrieved people's political representatives demanded the return of their land.

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