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Monday, April 3, 2006 - 03:00
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Advocacy & campaigns [2]
Issue Number: 
249 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Liberia, West Africa, which was founded by freed slaves from America in the 1820s, is suffering from serious poverty and unemployment. This is because a Liberian Civil War, that ended in 2003, destroyed the infrastructure and economy. In this country where people do not even have peace, a Japanese company and its American subsidiary are committing labor abuses including forced labor.

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Advocacy & Campaigns [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/advocacy/33185 [5]
Country: 
Liberia [6]

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