by Richard | Oct 16, 2025 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone
The Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone today delivered a significant judgment in the matter of Aiah Fengai & 73 Others v. Octea Limited & Others, overturning a prior High Court decision that had struck out the plaintiffs’ claims for lack of jurisdiction. In...
by Richard | Sep 8, 2025 | Case Based Legal Support, CiCoNet, Community-Driven Development, Ghana, Home Slider, What We Do
Twenty representatives from some communities in the Eastern Region, where Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) operates, have successfully completed a three-day legal training program focused on land and property rights, as well as Ghana’s mining laws. The...
by Richard | Jul 21, 2025 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone, What We Do
The Sierra Leonean Court of Appeal today extended an interim injunction brought against the Koidu Limited Mining Company, a major mining company operating in Koidu City Tankoro Chiefdom, Kono District to next Monday July 28th, 2025. The injunction application, brought...
by Richard | May 30, 2025 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Liberia, What We Do
In 2019, 22 communities in Liberia filed a complaint with the World Bank Group’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), accusing the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of fueling abuse and environmental destruction through a loan to the Salala Rubber Corporation...
by Richard | May 13, 2025 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Ghana, Home Slider
Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) continues to equip West African communities with the legal knowledge they need to protect their land and natural resources. In a recent initiative, ACA hosted a three-day legal training for representatives from 40 communities...
by Richard | Nov 11, 2024 | Case Based Legal Support, Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Sierra Leone, What We Do
Members of the Marginalized Affected Property Owners Association (MAPO), a civil society group based in Kono in the Eastern Region of Sierra Leone, say they are unperturbed about the frequent adjournments of their case pending at the Court of Appeal in Freetown and...
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