The Cause of the 14-year Liberia Conflict

Just reading through a very detailed report prepared by one of our Nimba staff about the impact of Tearfund projects over the last 3 years, and came to the following in the Background to Intervention section:

“The population [of Nimba County] were forcefully migrated to either refugee or displace people’s camps; lives and properties were destroyed; agricultural production inputs and facilities were either destroyed or lost. Animals were incriminated. It was apparent that population of Gbee/ Doru district of over 15,000 person were displaced and lost every thing they had. Presently there is no shelter intervention in both Kparblee and Gbee/ and Doru neither food security intervention. They are destitute. Through discussion held with Government and Local Officers, Tearfund was mandated to intervene Tappita Statutory District especially in Gbee/ Doru, Gboe and Doe administrative districts”

Hee heee heee, ‘the animals were incriminated’ – I now have a mental image of a band of pigs, supported by a dog or two, and a battalion of chickens with an evil glint in their eye, on the rampage through Nimba County…