by Richard | Jun 4, 2024 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Liberia
OPEN LETTER ON SOCFIN’S PROPOSED DIVESTMENT FROM SRC IN LIBERIA We, the undersigned, are Liberian, West African, and international civil society organizations, communities, and individuals concerned with the legacy of harm that the operations of the Salala Rubber...
by Richard | Jun 4, 2024 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
Lawyers for the Marginalized Affected Property Owners (MAPO), a community association seeking justice for harmful mining practices in Kono, Sierra Leone, concluded their marathon of argument before the Court of Appeal in Freetown last Thursday, May 30, 2024. The Court...
by Richard | May 31, 2024 | Guinea, Home Slider, Science
Several concerns are being raised by some communities in the West African country of Guinea over various adverse effects of construction activities meant to pave the way for the kick-off of the Simandou iron ore mining project in Guinea, estimated at over two billion...
by Richard | May 24, 2024 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
After several adjournments, on Tuesday May 21, 2024, the Sierra Leone Court of Appeal began hearing human rights claims that will determine whether community members can legally take on Koidu Limited, a multinational diamond mining company, for causing harm to their...
by Richard | May 21, 2024 | Cases/PILIWA Members, Ghana, Home Slider
The Citizens Committee Network (CiCoNet), an interface group of concerned citizens who help protect their communities’ development vision, is calling for the allocation of 20% of proceeds into the Minerals Development Fund to be disbursed to mining communities. This...
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