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Sen. Snowe: “APM Terminals Could Bring This Government Down, If…” | Liberian Observer

Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe has issued a strong warning about the current behavior of the global ports operating company, the APM Terminals, that if nothing is done about that company, it could bring this government down. “That company, Protemp, if nothing is done about APM, I don’t want to go that way, but […]

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1882

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