yet the concession economy that firestone planted in liberia continues to shape liberia's presence.2018, 50% of land in liberia had been leased long-term to foreign corporations for agriculture, mining, and timber rights, and all those colored areas represent concession holding. so you see how large that mass is. in 2018, the liberian legislature also passed the land rights act, which for the first time in liberia's history gives legal recognition to customary land rights held by the majority of liberia's rural population. the law, if enforced, offers an important means for individual and community self-determination and protection from foreign land grab, that has shaped the country's history since the arrival of firestone. thank you. i will stop there and be happy to have questions. if you have any questions, please go to the microphone. >> thank you, greg. my question is, how universal is this example of liberia throughout the african continent? >> in terms of u.s.? >> no, in terms of any large economy. i know that china is making a big move towards africa currently, and any other

it was renegotiated in way that was much more towards liberia. more favorable to liberia.it was only in the 1970s that liberians started to be promoted into management positions. there was not a single manager on plantation who was liberian. things really started to change. it's a much smaller operation now. i think it's about 4,000 workers on that, in that concession area. wages are very, very low. one of the things that happen is if you're working as a contract laborer, you don't have access to the kinds of medical care and other things. it's still challenging. >> what do firestone have to do with the civil war and what's the situation in liberia now for the common workers? >> there's a great documentary that was done by frontline on the relationship of firestone in the civil war called firestone and the war lord which i -- if you're interested in the subject, i would highly recommend it. one of the thing s the firestone plantations became an important strategic point of operations for charles taylor. firestone was still purchasing rubber from this liberian war lord whic

ah, this one's feared, war lord, during liberia's decade long civil war says he's now fighting a drug epidemic. the work that the former warlord joshua boy, he has done with treat children, has attracted their help. eccentric been and as protected, and in effect from public. crawford church, and despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country ah, to grind force, his withdrawal from ethiopia is, am hora, and a far regions off to territorial gains by the government. ah, i'm mary m i z and watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program as the army cron variance surges across europe, germany limits gatherings, and the u. k. g is caution head of christmas. a new era in chalet. the former student protested gabrey.

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this one's feared warlord during liberia's decade long civil war says he's now fighting a drug epidemic. the work that the former warlord joshua boy, he has done with 3 children, has attracted their helpless sentiment. b as protected had an effect from public prosecution despite the recommendation is made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country ah . with carpet cases rising around the well to rec, hold levels, some governments of choosing life restrictions compared to last year. ah. hello again on him all santa maria here in doug hall with the world news from al jazeera a. so gene fighting between ethnic groups and me and ma, it's me. the tree is full. sing thousands to flee over the border to thailand. i'm tony chang on the time. yeah. my boy to where the piece is holding of the main boat across things. the fighting is broken out for the down st.

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ah, this one's feared warlord during liberia's decade long civil war says he's now fighting a drug epidemic. the work that the former warlord joshua boy he has done with treat children, has attracted their help like sin and as protected in effect from public prosecution . despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, hello, i'm barbara, sarah london. these are the top stories on al jazeera. the u. k. has reported the world's 1st known death from the on the con variant of cove at 19. it spreading with alarming speed and is expected to become london's dominant strain in the next 2 days. the u. k has launched a massive acceleration and it's booster job program with warnings of a tidal wave of only 4 infections full. brendan report style.

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we know how it should be done and then go from the sons of liberia and the slums and south sudan all these places but then they go there and actually parents prefer a different way to do it they like the low cost private schools because they are accountable to them they don't have tai chi teachers who don't strike but they were card and the children are abandoned so what i say when i see that that this is amazing we haveoi parents that are doing for themselves look at this amended amazing educational self-help and african countries and i say let's look at parent choice thing we don't have any abilities outside that might be invaluable but then they say liquid parents are doing. it is wrong. it's not public education. so therefore let's get rid of the schools and impose a proper public sector and sometimes they call them an .ignoramus. and then to come to the public sector then you get a proper education. >> with that international ngo activists and those are nongovernmental themselves. whether aid and development projects including educational projects with the private efforts that t

despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this format war, lord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. oh, south korea is government of pardons, former president pod june, hey, who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption? ah, play you're watching al jazeera ly from jo. how with ne, fully backbone also coming up, guilty of manslaughter, a u. s. gord convict a white police officer who shot dead, a black man at a traffic stop in minnesota. i'm a crohn is come on real fast, but it will be over soon.

despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, hello, i'm barbara, sarah london. these are the top stories on al jazeera. the u. k. has reported the world's 1st known best from the on the con variant of coven 19 it spreading with alarming speed, and is expected to become london's dominant strain in the next 2 days. the u. k. has launched a massive acceleration and it's booster job program with warnings of a tidal wave of only 4 infections full. brendan reports now from london. the queue trailed out of the hospital gates and down the street. the stark warning of an imminent tidal wave of omicron prompting a massive search of vaccine uptake at hundreds of vaccination centers across the u . k. the prime minister visited a vaccination center to see the work 1st hand and broke the news of the you case. first on the kron related death on the chrome is producin

. >> reporter: supposed to be in liberia on a long-awaited vacation. instead, she's stuck in minnesota after her flight was canceled. she needs a negative covid test within 24 hours of boarding, but because of the cancellation, the covid test already expired. >> i'm going to get a covid test upstairs. it's $200. >> reporter: now she's considering canceling the trip altogether. >> this is it for me. if i can't make the flight, i'm canceling the whole trip. this is just too much. >> reporter: including 1,000 canceled on christmas day, more than 300 just on delta. united and jetblue, not far behind, and over 1,000 flight cancellations the day after christmas. and there are already cancellations for this week. flig flightaware noting hundreds of cancellations for today so far. airlines citing the rising number of coronavirus cases among crew and staff. jetblue is joining delta in asking the cdc to shorten the quarantine period for vaccinated workers to five days to ease some of those crew shortages. the surge in covid cases not deterring travelers this yea

former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah. ready on his 1st soap of an asia pacific tour, the u. s. secretary of states reaffirms america's commitments to push back against chinese influence. ah, that i'm, how am i he did this is al, to 0 mind from doha, also coming on. no punishment for us military personnel who carried out a drawn attack in afghanistan that killed 10 civilians, including children, at least $74.00 dads and a 100 so missing in the us. after dozens of tornadoes told through 6 states plus to 8 months, we've worked tirelessly as an organization to be better. and the golden globe awards are from us in change after it was criticized for lack of diversity and ethics. ah, he was secretary of sees anthony blinkin says the asia pacific region needs to be free of coercion in kenneth, in indonesia, on his 1st leg of a tour of southeast asia nid counter. china's influence from has been a growing standoff betwe

despite the recommendation is made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country, ah, more than 70 dead in kentucky off to tornado sweep across sick states destroying homes, factories and warehouses. ah, hello i, mariam noisy. in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. foreign ministers from the g 7 nations are urged to show unity against global aggressors is amy harriman. okay. not a city is vote in local elections in the west bank commit rising.

despite the recommendation is made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, the 2nd time this month, the u. s. and russian leaders talk by phone at a time of rising tensions between moscow and the west. ah. and i want money by you, this is alex, is there a line from dough also coming up, karen of ours cases inching to to 1000000 globally with the u. s. alone accounting for nearly half a 1000000 cases of defying a lockdown, braving t gas, thousands protests against diminishing c dawn. and as the clock winds down on 2020 long, we looked back at some of the sights and sounds of the yag ah the u. s. and russian presidents have spoken for the 2nd time this month in a bid to de escalate tensions over ukraine. the white house says the cold between joe biden and vladimir putin lost at 50 minutes. they held a virtual summit back in december on the 7th, and vowed to stay in contact on the iss

former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah, to grind forces withdrawal from ethiopia is i'm hora, and a far regions off to territorial gains by the government. ah, hello, i'm mary. m y z and watching al jazeera, also coming up all the program as the army kron variance surges across europe, germany limits gatherings, and the u. k. a just caution head of christmas, a new era in chalet. the former student protested gabriel burridge promises to be a president that unites the country after winning a runoff election. discovering the devastation of sub super typhoon ry, philippines scrambles to send a remote communities as the death toll continues to climb. ah. only begin this hour in ethiopia. when to grind rebel forces of announced a retreat. walking a turning point in a conflict that has sent shock waves through east africa. a spokesman for the tag ry pupils. liberation front says all fighters are withdrawing to their

despite the recommendations made by veteran and reconciliation, permission for this former warlord liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, at least 13 people have been killed and dozens in good as the volcano erupted in indonesia is east java province. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera live from dell, also coming up. the gambia awaits for the results of an election seen as an important test for its democracy. nearly 2000 uganda and soldiers crossed into the democratic.

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is former warlord liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah oh, anger, bruce enough to a high call volume that could see we can expounded julie massage, extradited to the united states to face criminal charges. ah, i don't care, but elvis is elders, they're alive and dull home. also coming up. cities in me and ma, fall silent to protest military rule as its national concern. mounts, killings by government forces, migrants killed in mexico, there over crowded truck over turns heads for the u. s. border at east $53.00, a debt and dozens injuries. officially recognizing one china, the cracker ends, its diplomatic ties with taiwan, united states, judges, other countries to do the opposite. ah, for begin with breaking news and legal victory for the united states. it has won an appeal to have wicked expel de jolina sash, extradited from the u. k. just a short while ago london's high court ruled that the 50 year old australian national ca

is former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah. health officials in the u. s. sideline, the johnson and johnson cologne of ours jab are the rare cases of blood clotting. ah, an ominous with veronica. this is al jazeera and live from doha. also coming up, the u. n. says old signs in ethiopia and guilty of committing severe human rights violations. and calls for an end to the conflict. 11 years since the arabs spring to museums a back on the streets calling for greater change class. i'm alexandra buyers of the cat are balloon festival. here in doha, i'll bring you the birds. i view of efforts. event tourism to new heights. i had of next year's depot world cup. ah. the u. s. centers for disease control as recommending americans choose other corona vars. vaccines over the johnson and johnson jab. the cdc says the single shot is less effective than those made by mcdonough and pfizer. and in rare occasions leads to fatal case

because some hard didn't want to allow libya using bricks or keen as a training base for a plan to warn liberia. and also some car refused to accept the green book to sort of a guiding source. so, you know, cut out, he was taylor and also you mention that one here. you know, i, i better say this, the nature nation media. we don't even hear about africa except as regards charity and, and cios and basically they're poor. we see the loads of minerals, 4th largest, a gold exported in in africa, and i'm sure they will be campaigns, given the 2700000 have been forced to free their home study and 4400000 in need of humanitarian assistance today. and of ahead of christmas, you're gonna have to tell us a, you know, the pandemic m as a catalyzed concerned about i m f, restructuring plans of a health services who, who was thomas and kara. and why i suppose most relevant today to the global south as we suffer corona virus. why did he detest the idea of age from rich countries? i think that it was, you know, part of his policy to, you know, bring about a fair society. right. and so he had a vision that was

former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah, more than 70 dead in kentucky off to tornado sweep across sick states destroying homes, factories and warehouses. ah, hello i, mariam noisy in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. foreign ministers from the g 7 nations are us to show unity against global aggressive as i meet here in the k honest opinions vote in local elections in the west bank. i'm in rising anger over the cancellation of national balance earlier this year. and the eldest daughter of pioneering us astronaut allen shepherd bloss off on the latest space tourism flight to board. a rocket named out ah hello and welcome to the program. a devastating series of tornadoes is ripped through 6 us mid western and southern states. and what a president joe biden has called an unimaginable tragedy. he is rushing federal assistance to the was tip. places like kentucky, by the governor sayi

despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah, health officials in the u. s. sideline, the johnson and johnson combine of ours chapel as a rare cases of blood clotting ah, phenomena with veronica and this is al jazeera and live from dog. ha. also coming out. the u. n. says old signs in ethiopia and guilty of committing severe human bytes violations and colds for an end to the conflict. 11, yes. was the out spring to museums a back on the streets quoting for greater change.

drastic steps, which is to force the government officials and the government being the biggest employee liberia to be vaccinated in order to go into offices and to work. but in other parts of the world, there's the fear of putting restrictions in place. remember there was this anxiety of the economic fall out of the coven pandemic. this has really badly affected populations. and when there was measures put in place or trying to get people to get vaccinated, while the population responded badly with protests, there's also this problem of trying to get vaccines into the most remote area. so in capitol, in urban areas like the car or lagos, or big cities like b, joan, the vaccine is readily available, but imagine transporting a vaccine vial that has to stay at a temperature of minus 2 degrees in area where it's 40 degrees celsius, where there's all already a form of, of mistrust towards health authorities in remote areas. so that's one of the biggest challenge ahead for the government. so your secretary of state anthony blinking a couple of weeks ago came to the car and allocated millions of dolla

al jazeera, at least $23.00 people have been killed after government set fire to a bus in central liberia. now the bus was traveling to a village called southern bellamy and could do an estate on monday. at least 7 people managed to escape and seek medical attention. federalism by joseph now from nigeria as capital of buddha, could have you with us an a tragedy that nigeria could well do without, as it's continued sort of to try and bring no melacy to the north of the country. yeah, and this is actually really traumatic, especially for those who witnessed the the incident. the vehicle like you mentioned was traveling from a small village on the boundary that's in so called to stay to not western major with barbara with here with public. and you know, this way intern, my migrants who were traveling to every state and in the process where they were traveling, be ambushed by disbanding when the vehicle some assaulted di, open fire on them, and then all of them about the $23.00 who will come from bed and will bonds during that incident and just a few survived. even though some witnesses did s

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this former warlord liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah, ah, at least 13 people have been killed and dozens injured. as a volcano erupts in indonesia is east java province. ah, i'm sammy's a dan. this is al jazeera, alive from dell, also coming up, began via awaits for the results of the election seen as an important test for its democracy. nearly 2000 uganda and soldiers cross into the democratic republic of congo to battle an armed brute. far from home, an influx of cuban migrants, some making their way to greece to find a better life. ah, evacuations have been suspended around indonesia as mount semo because of clouds of hot ash raining from the erupt. thing, volcano, who so far, 13 people have been killed and dozens injured. it happened in the luma. jang in the nation's most densely populated island of java. thousands of people have fled villages as lava mixed with rain submerged houses have been moved to evacuation centers

is former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah. with carpet cases rising around the well to rec, hold level, some governments of choosing life restrictions compared to last year. ah. hello again on kim all santa maria here in doug hall with the world news from al jazeera, a surgeon fighting between ethnic groups and me and mos me the tree is forcing thousands to flee over the border to thailand. i'm tony chang on the time. yeah, ma boda with a piece is holding of the main boat crossings. the fighting is broken out for the downstream. also in the news talks resume in vienna to revive the iran nuclear deal to ron wants, guarantees that you a sanctions will be lifted. and the chinese government falls, complaint with the u. n. space agency against the law must ah ha, on starting with the global covered situation this tuesday and all over the world cases are rising driven by that all micron variance starting in australia, t

despite the recommendation is made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country, ah, the 2nd time this month, the u. s. and russian leaders talk by phone at a time of rising tensions between moscow and the west. ah. and i want money by you, this is alex, is there a lie from dave? all said, coming up. karen of ours case is inching to to 1000000 globally with the u. s. alone accounting for nearly half a 1000000 cases of defying a lockdown. i'm braving t gas, thousands protests against the machining c.

by the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation. permission for this former warlord liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes and for his country. ah . south korea's government of pardons, former president par june. hey, who's been serving a 22 year sentence for corruption? ah, play you're watching al jazeera ally from do how with me fully betty ball, also coming up guilty of manslaughter. a u. s. cord convict a white police officer who shot dead, a black man at a traffic stop in minnesota. i'm a crohn is come on real fast, but it will be over soon. the us and europe report record covered 19 infections where there seems to be more evidence the on the con variant is milder than other strains. and vladimir putin put nato in his side. the russian president claims the alliance for creating tensions. ah, thank you very much for joining us. south korea's government has pardon former president park you and he has been serving a 22 year prison sentence for corrupt

despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah, germany begins a new political era as parliament. the legs are left sholtes to take over as chance left from angela. michael. ah, hello there understands ya. and this is al jazeera life and are also coming. an air force helicopter, carrying india's defense chief and other senior military officials, crashes, and someone who is fictional policy with the british prime minister. and the pressure off to lead to video shows as officials joking about holding a party during last year's private, my team lockdown and australia joins the us diplomatic boy, host of next year's winter lympics in beijing. china says nobody cares if they don't come. ah, now germany's a federal parliament has confirmed or laughed sholtes as the new chancellor massaging democrats in the mattel. he's now leaving office of the 16 is he'll be

the recommendation is made by the action and reconciliation. permission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country it was supposed to be a refuse, but south korea's brother's home was allegedly the scene of torture, brain, and even murder $1.00 0, $1.00 east investigates the crimes and those set to be behind on al jazeera teaching. if you can, butch, to see were english streaming light all night, you see channels plus thousands of all programs. award winning documentaries and dead news reports. subscribe to you choose dot com forward slash al jazeera english. ah. kohls grow louder and brushing for the government to impose more restrictions as college 19 cases increase again. ah, aman brought him and this is al 0 alive from doha. also coming off, soldiers joined the major clean up in the philippines as the skate of the damage and destruction from super ty, food right, becomes clear up. russia lists, demands to ease tensions w

despite the recommendation is made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country, ah, germany begins a new political era as parliament, the legs are left to take over as chance left from england, michael. ah, hello there uninstall today, and this is al jazeera life and are also coming to an air force helicopter carrying india's defense chief and other senior military officials, crashes and someone who is fictional policy with a business me.

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class in the united states so many of whom whom the north advocated african-americans should be in liberiaor a place for people to go. racially discriminatory laws iteration of similar idea which is free african-americans are not really wanted here, states passed laws that require black people to register with local officials and they've prohibited them from testifying in court cases involving right evil and bar black children from public schools and you are talking about -- i'm so sorry, since we were talking about education, i want to touch on that and black men could vote in these were designed to send a message that african-americans were not welcome to migrate into these northern states. as you mentioned in addition was an extra legal violent mob action that white people sometimes took sporadically and unpredictably against their black neighbors so in cincinnati in 1829 from of many african-americans moved there from a law requiring to register with local officials to not enforce people building sufficient and slows for their children and summer of 1829, a white community set you're g

class in the united states so many of whom whom the north advocated african-americans should be in liberiaor a place for people to go. racially discriminatory laws iteration of similar idea which is free african-americans are not really wanted here, states passed laws that require black people to register with local officials and they've prohibited them from testifying in court cases involving right evil and bar black children from public schools and you are talking about -- i'm so sorry, since we were talking about education, i want to touch on that and black men could vote in these were designed to send a message that african-americans were not welcome to migrate into these northern states. as you mentioned in addition was an extra legal violent mob action that white people sometimes took sporadically and unpredictably against their black neighbors so in cincinnati in 1829 from of many african-americans moved there from a law requiring to register with local officials to not enforce people building sufficient and slows for their children and summer of 1829, a white community set you're g

ambassador to liberia and served on the near city commissioners human rights and particularly are served as the commissioner of the united states and segregating housing. so find it interesting that what all is he is doing and suggesting, baseball is part of that and he sees that is another key part of american culture that african-americans should embrace and would benefit their communities. and what we know more about him. he worked behind the scenes, he did a lot of records and his race and that all had let us to know very little bit about lester walton who was a very important figure in american history during this time and another sports journalist, you've seen the movie 42, will be watching that later this semester and look forward to that. was journalist wendell smith and he grew up in detroit and let me tell you back story little bit pretty started his career in baseball is a very talented pitcher. they wanted to sign him, as early as 1933 but they could not through the segregation policy and major-league baseball novel gentlemen's agreement emerging in the 18 '80s work on major-

ambassador to liberia, new york city commissioner for human rights particularly or served as the new york city commissioner for human rights particularly on desegregating housing. so i find it interesting that with all he's doing, right, all that he's suggesting, baseball is a part of that. he see that is as another key part of american culture that african-americans should embrace and it would benefit their community. and why do we know more about him, you know, he worked behind the scenes. he didn't leave a lot of records. his race all have let us to know little about lester walton who was, in fact, a very important figure in his time period. another sports journalists worthy to mention, you seen the movie 42, look forward to that. a journalists named windal smith. he start career in baseball as talented pitcher. the detroit tigers were scouting him, they wanted to sign him as early as 1933 but they could not due to segregation policy. the whole gentlemen's agreement emerging in 1880's where all major league teams agree not to sign any black players. so when he's essentially exclud