Seven Guilty for Murder in Sinoe ‘Witchcraft’ Case
BUCHANAN, GRAND BASSA – Seven of then men on trial for the murder and gang-rape of three women in Sinoe County last year have been convicted by jurors at the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The trial has shed light on harmful traditional practices in Liberia, advocates said.
GIS/GPS Training for FCI Staff
The Land Governance Support Activity in collaboration with the Liberia Land Authority (LLA) hosted a one day GIS/GPS training for partners working to secure land tenure for customary communities in Liberia.
The Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI), has begun a project to assist rural communities in Liberia to legalize their customary ownership of their lands.
The Foundation for Community Initiatives - FCI has implemented a project through the EU funded Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) FLEGT Facility aiming at increasing community knowledge on project and forest management (FLEGT stands for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade).
FCI Publications
WOMEN RISING, WOMEN FALLING
There is a struggle to create space for broader citizen participation. The notion that the special situation of women may either benefit from this struggle or get pushed aside is unwarranted; both struggles can actually go hand-in-hand and there by mutually reinforce each other.
CITIZENS’ GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT FUND (CDF) ANDSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (SDF)
Liberians living in the rural parts of the county have the opportunity today to change the old ways development business used to go on in the county.
SIMPLIFIED COMMUNITY RIGHTS LAW
THE WAY TO SOLVE PALAVER
Any palaver that comes between two or more communities and FDA, communities and outside groups taking care of the forest materials will be settled through the country way of judging palaver or by sending that case to a law court that can settle this kind of palaver.
