Liberia: Ganta in Smoke

-As land dispute spikes violence

The skylines of Ganta, the commercial city ofNimba was covered with thick grey smoke early Tuesday morning when violent erupted over a disputed land in the city center.Businesses were closed, while parents and guardians rushed to school campuses for their children and wards as an oil depot and a warehouse were gutted by fire.A number of properties were also set on fire.

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