MONROVIA, April 28 -- In Kporkpahkon Community, Marshall, Margibi County, what began as a simple complaint has now turned into a deepening crisis involving land rights, environmental concerns and growing questions about accountability.

By Edwin G. Genoway, Jr

The dispute centers on sand mining activities along the Kpor River Bank by the company ZHOU QI TAO, operating under its parent brand AfriRock Investment Inc., and how institutions like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy have responded.

The problem started when landowners including Patricia Marsh, Archie Wilson, Aloysius Soete, Bradley Browne, Brenda Tamba, Faustenal Dahn, Georgetta Williams, and Viviann Marsh reported that foreign nation...