Liberia, May 1 -- Summary:

Cyanide contamination first struck the Mafa River in 2022; four years later, a second spill has again been traced to the Bea Mountain gold mine concession but unusual chemical has raised suspicions toxin was planted intentionally.

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, environment reporter with New Narratives

· The Environmental Protection Agency has promised a report by this weekend as residents report chronic illness, dead crops, and collapsed fishing and farming economies

· Experts warn groundwater and soil may now be contaminated for years.

WANGEKOR TOWN, Grand Cape Mount County- One June evening in 2022, Peterson Kyne waded into the Mafa River as he always did, casting his nets into the water that had sus...