Browsing: Sorlumba Border

Calm has returned to the Sorlumba border after weeks of tension between Liberia and Guinea over sand-mining activities in the Makona River. High-level talks led by Internal Affairs Minister Francis Nyumalin eased the standoff, but questions remain over confiscated mining equipment and Guinea’s claim to the river.

Armed Guinean soldiers allegedly confronted Liberian workers at the Makona River, seized equipment, and forced a halt to a key road construction project in Foya. Now, Liberian authorities have stepped in, holding urgent talks with Guinean officials as tensions rise along the Sorlumba border.