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Looking for old Yekepans November 27, 2006

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Börje Andersson likes to know about people who was in Liberia (Yekepa) 1978- 1980.
He was working in the vehicle inspection and living in old R.

Sounds from the Past November 10, 2006

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Peter Thejll has put up a new sound clip:

Liberian radio news, from September 16 1968, thanks to Kurt Eriksson. The mpeg file is large (3 Mb) but try to download it here. Kurt is transferring tape recordings from ELNR to CDs.

A New Company in Town November 10, 2006

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BBC mentions Yekepa:

There is no question the deal is important to Liberia. An iron ore mining operation in the Nimba Mountain range will create 3,000 jobs.

And Mittal has already refurbished a school and reopened the hospital in the company town of Yekepa. But critics point to extremely generous tax and royalty benefits and loose language that gives the company virtual carte blanche, arguably creating a state within a state.