Abi Joudi Super Market donated: 100 25kg-bags of rice, 160 cartoons of chicken meat and 50 tins of cooking oil; Bea Mountain Gold Mining Company presented 300 25kg-bags of rice; Orange GSM: 400 25kg-bags of rice, cooking oil worth US$500 and water worth US$500. According to him, Fouta Corporation donated 100 25kg-bags of rice and CEMENCO gave 100 50-kg bags of rice, 100 gallons of cooking oil and 100 bags of onion. Minister Sirleaf thanked the entities for the donation and noted that he will be heading to Nimba on Thursday, February 21 to deliver the materials to the affected community and called for more support. He admonished local miners in the country to observe the mining code to avoid the recurrence of the tragic incident. Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Agency has announced that the complication of the mine is impeding speedy rescue efforts and has brought the Technical Committee to a standstill.

Source: Front Page Africa February 21, 2019 00:11 UTC