Land Sales Propel Civil Wars, Experts Warn

Prensa Latina Wednesday 1st February, 2012

London, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The frenetic sale of forests and farmland that occurs in many countries, mainly in the Third World, promotes violence and civil war, warned the organization Rights and Resources Initiative. Experts say that the sale of land was a key factor to trigger civil wars in Sudan, Liberia and Sierra Leone. "Everything indicates...

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