Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/ Liberia's First Independent Daily en Sun, 05 May 2024 03:11:11 +0000 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:32:40 +0000 Liberia: No Rights for Squatters? https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-no-rights-squatters ....Demolition on Omega Land seems to expose injustice in Liberia’s land rights law Ms. Beatrice Kollee is among several victims with $10.00 US receipts issued by the National Housing Authority (NHA) as authorization to squat on the land that now hosts the Omega Market. But when the… tmehnpaine@gmail.com (Tina S. Mehnpaine) 50192d77-3ac8-4a59-ac08-528f410d43c7 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:32:40 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily ‘They Are Taking Our Land’ https://www.liberianobserver.com/they-are-taking-our-land -- Omega residents accuse the Public Works Minister of selling the front view of their properties to business owners  When Yatta Siaway witnessed the relocation of the Red-light market to Omega, she was not happy.  Traffic congestion and high crime rate as a result of expected… tmehnpaine@gmail.com (Tina S. Mehnpaine) be514dec-7cfe-4c7a-913e-b99599788730 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:12:29 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily Omega Land Crisis: Evicted Residents Mount Pressure for Resettlement https://www.liberianobserver.com/omega-land-crisis-evicted-residents-mount-pressure-resettlement For 16 years Augustus Sibley has been proud of the small lot he managed to buy here in 2006 in the Paynesville area on the outskirts of Monrovia, and the three-bedroom house he built for himself and his family. But today the plot is a source of pain for the 62-year-old who says the… jmsendolo@gmail.com (Joaquin M. Sendolo) 59d738d7-c2ed-477c-90e4-b5ec666b569a Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:22:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily