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Farmers versus miners

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    Local authorities in Nimba county in northern Liberia have asked the government to intervene in a dispute between farmers and miners there, Star radio reported.

    The farmers have accused miners of encroaching on their land and uprooting their cocoa and coffee plants while preventing them from farming and fishing in mining areas, Star said. They have also charged that mining operations have contaminated most of their sources of drinking water.

    However, local mining concerns said they had obtained licenses to mine there.

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