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Regulatory failures in mining leave Tonkolili communities paying the price

Mohamed Gibril Thullah stands in his recently harvested rice farm. Photo Credit: Jonathan Jackson-Komeh for Engage Salone.

Under a hot, burning February sun, a group of farmers are hard at work, mounding in a swamp, in preparation for transplantation. In Rochen Kamandao, a village five miles from Mile 91 in the northern Tonkolili district, agriculture is an all-year-round activity, thanks to the innovativeness of some farmers who have taken advantage of a […]