Liberia On Verge of Delisting From Global Extractives Transparency Body Risking Further Blow to Economy

Monrovia — Liberia risks being delisted from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, the global body which monitors transparency in oil and mining industries, in a move that will likely deal another blow to the shaky economy. Liberia will be delisted if it doesn't meet a deadline set for December 31 to file overdue reports according to Bady Balde, EITI's Africa Director.

Report by Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo, [email protected], and Mae Azango, [email protected] New Narratives Extractives Correspondents.

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