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“The four men from #Cuba, man from #Brazil and a woman from #Cameroon that refused to get off a DHS plane in #Liberia, are now being held with other migrants in worsening conditions in an #EquatorialGuinea hotel that lacks medical staff, said a litigation director for AAAJ-Atlanta.

Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president, turned the hotel owned by his family into a prison for deported US asylum seekers under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the #Trump admin. “

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How the cocoa goldrush is destroying Liberian forests.

This impressive video reporting @mongabay is really worth seeing: beautiful images, educational conversations.

Also some words by Delara Burkhardt MEP on the EUDR.

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In Liberia, a cocoa rush is turning rainforests into illegal plantations, risking EU trade bans under new deforestation rules.

In this episode of Mongabay Newscast, Mike DiGirolamo talks to Ashoka Mukpo about his latest investigation.

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I'm a bit impressed that Liberia's Boakai's one of the (very few?) leaders who hasn't gone all in on AI.
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"At the same time, Boakai emphasized that technological advancement must produce tangible benefits for ordinary Liberians. He argued that AI should be applied to improve agriculture, transportation, commerce and other productive sectors capable of driving sustainable economic growth rather than serving as a technological trend without practical value."

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As demand for cocoa grows, forests in Liberia are being cleared at an alarming rate. Between 2024 and 2025, one county alone lost an area of primary forest more than four times the size of Manhattan.

To know more we traveled to Kwa National Forest, one of West Africa's last remaining primary forests, to investigate the environmental cost of the cocoa boom.

Ashoka Mukpo reports for #Mongabay.
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A "cocoa rush" in Liberia’s remote southeast is driving a major deforestation crisis.

Tens of thousands of migrant workers from Côte d’Ivoire are clearing West Africa’s last remaining rainforests for cocoa plantations, pushing Grand Gedeh county to record forest loss.

Ashoka Mukpo reports for #Mongabay.
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Illegal cocoa plantations are fueling rapid deforestation in Liberia’s rainforests to supply global chocolate demand.

Ashoka Mukpo met with rangers, landowners, and migrant workers, to investigate if southeastern Liberia is repeating Côte d'Ivoire’s devastating environmental history.

Watch the full episode of the Chasing Deforestation series on our YouTube channel.
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“Fight against Corruption Is a Marathon”.



Africa: Ethiopia, Liberia Eye Strategic Partnership in Defense and Technology: [ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia and Liberia are deepening their longstanding partnership with a renewed focus on military industry and defense technology cooperation, as both nations seek to set an example for a broader African push toward strengthening continental sovereignty in security and defense. newsfeed.facilit8.network/TS3L… #Africa #Ethiopia #Liberia #Defense #Technology