Liberia Urged to Address Findings in Resource Audit
While commending the government for publishing a landmark resource audit which reveals significant violations of the country's laws in the awarding of contracts, the environmental watchdog, Global Witness, wants the findings addressed.
Logging destruction.
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Liberia:
Gov't Shocked - Over Resource Deals Violation
New Democrat, 6 May 2013
Government has expressed shock and dismay over a leaked audit report suggesting that "just two out of the 68 contracts audited adhered to Liberian law." Read more »
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Liberia:
Gov't Clarifies Draft Audit Report
Heritage, 6 May 2013
The Ministry of Information has confirmed that the government has received the draft audit report from the London-based auditing firm Moore Stephens. The draft audit report… Read more »
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Liberia:
Govt Turns On Media Over Moore Stephens Audit Report
New Republic, 6 May 2013
Liberian Government has turned on the media of Liberia on the merits and demerits of the latest Moore Stephens Audit Report sanctioned by Global Witness Report, alleging that the… Read more »
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Liberia:
GOL Acknowledges Draft Audit Report
New Dawn, 6 May 2013
The Liberian Government says it has acknowledged receipt of a new audit report by a London-based auditing firm Moore Stephens in which the firm said government was routinely in a… Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia Debunks $U.S Eight Billion Concessions Report, Clarifies Draft Audit Findings
FrontPageAfrica, 5 May 2013
The Ministry of Information has reacted to the May 1 publication of Reuters in which the global news service leaked contents of a draft report from the London-based auditing firm… Read more »
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Liberia:
Govt Systematically Breaking Its Own Laws in Oil, Mineral, Forest and Land Deals Worth Billions of Dollars, New Audit Reveals.
Global Witness, 3 May 2013
Global Witness welcomes a new audit recommending that the Liberian government take immediate action to address systematic gaps in compliance with laws on how its natural resources… Read more »
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Liberia:
'Bad Apples' Come Back to Haunt Ellen - Audit Revisits Ghosts of Administrative Leave
FrontPageAfrica, 2 May 2013
A DRAFT REPORT by the reputable auditing firm, Moore Stephens threw a bombshell this week with the revelation that almost all the $8 billion worth of resource contracts signed by… Read more »
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Following criticism from environmental groups that concessionaires were destroying local farmland and shrines, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has acknowledged that the agreements ... Read more »
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The international environmental group Global Witness has issued a new report which again criticizes the issuance of illegal permits to companies that are "robbing locals of their ... Read more »