Palm oil company denies capitalizing on Ebola to advance Liberia operations

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonJul 23, 2015, 2:09 pm498 ptsHot
[dropcap type="2"]C[/dropcap]ommunity members in Liberia were threatened with violence and urged to sign unfavorable land deals with palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) at the height of last year’s Ebola epidemic, according to findings in a new report by Global Witness released yesterday. The New…

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