DID SIERRA LEONE JUST SELL A PROTECTED RAINFOREST AND BEACH TO CHINA TO BUILD A FISHING PORT?
The Government of Sierra Leone has just sold 250 acres of beach and protected rainforest for $55m [£39M] to China to build an industrial fishing harbour. But the deal is being called “a catastrophic human and ecological disaster” by conservationists. Greenpeace Africa condemned the plan, arguing that “fishing communities in West Africa are already experiencing the effects of environmental degradation and the climate crisis.” The waters around Black Johnson Beach are well popu