The DayLight

16/08/2025

TARTUKEN, River Gee County – Towering trees background huge sand mounds, water-filled pits, earthmovers, plastic barrels and a fuel tank. Mineworkers operate machines, digging through the brown earth. Pipes transport water from a nearby river to large, makeshift plants, where gold nuggets are trapped in inclined carpets.


This goldfield in Tartuken, Nyeniwroken District, looks like one of River Gee’s 48 active regulated mines. However, official documents, satellite imagery, a Ministry of Mines repository, and interviews proved otherwise. Turns out, the mine is illegal and is linked to one of Liberia’s most notorious miners.

Top: A portion of one of two mines that Gee Mining Resources Group Limited operates in Tartuken, River Gee County, that is outside its authorized claim. The

16/08/2025

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16/08/2025

ZWEDRU – The Liberia Land Authority has charged two communities in Grand Gedeh County US$11,900 to cut their boundary, dragging a dispute over Burkinabe cocoa farmers.

ZWEDRU – The Liberia Land Authority has charged two communities in Grand Gedeh County US$11,900 to cut their boundary, dragging a dispute over Burkinabe coco...

15/08/2025

“Yes, it’s true the Land Authority charges fees to carry out customary land activities under the fees and regime, but it’s wrong to charge customary communities this much,” said Alphonso Henries, the coordinator for NGOs working on land reform in Liberia.

“The law is intended to build the economic strength of the people and not to deprive them. The Land Authority’s action was wrong and hasty. I think they went too far to exploit the situation,” added Henries.

Top: A screengrab of a drone video showing a portion of a cocoa farm in Bargblor, Cavala District in Grand Gedeh County. The DayLight/Carlucci Cooper

12/08/2025

Hon. Thomas Romeo Quioh’s proposal to partially or fully de-gazette Sapo National Park (SNP) raises serious concerns. While socio-economic development and community welfare are essential, any alteration of SNP’s legal status must be consistent with Liberia’s constitutional mandate, national legislation, and international commitments to environmental protection and sustainable development.

By Saah A. David, Jr.

11/08/2025

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11/08/2025

MONROVIA – A man has filed a lawsuit against the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and a logging company for at least US$5 million over alleged damages to his private property in Grand Bassa’s District Number Two.

Khalil Haider accuses the FDA of authorizing C&C Corporation of harvesting trees on 3,200 acres of forestland in the Vambo Township, according to court filings.

Top: Logs felled on 3,200 acres in the Mavasagueh Community Forest claimed by Khalil Haider. Mr. Haider has filed a US$5 million lawsuit against the Forestry

08/08/2025

New, Official Fee Structure for the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

https://thedaylight.org/documents/ -df_6263/1/

The DayLight is a nonprofit, environmental news website. Our evidence-based, independent and quality news contents tell you all the happenings across nature’s frontiers and the extractive sector in Liberia. From forestry and fisheries to wildlife conservation and climate change, from renewable ene...

08/08/2025

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07/08/2025

“He called me and said, ‘My man, I sell drugs. We can operate and you can get something for yourself, so when your girl gives birth, you get some money,’” Johnny John tells The DayLight on a car bound for Compound Number One, Grand Bassa County.

“So myself, I started it.”

---A repeat

Top: Miners at a goldmine in Vambo, Grand Bassa County. The DayLight/ K.K.

03/08/2025

SEHYI-GEH – Earlier this year, Westwood Corporation, a firm with no known logging experience, harvested timber outside its authorized area in the Gba Community Forest in Nimba’s Yarmein and Sanniquillie-Mahn Districts, a DayLight investigation has found.

Using official dataset and geolocation technology, The DayLight used coordinates fitted into pictures taken of stumps of trees Westwood harvested to draw a map, exposing the illegal harvest.

Top: The stump of a tree Westwood Corporation harvested outside a 450-acre authorized area in the Gba Community Forest, based on satellite imagery. The

01/08/2025

Shell companies and fake transactions launder profits, disguise illegal gold and fund harmful practices like mercury use.

Law enforcement can harness new tech to trace mineral origins, making it harder for illegal ones to enter global markets.

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