Sanniquellie

An important concern is the issue of ex-combatants, as some of them did not benefit from the reintegration programs (DDRR) and some of those are facing the troubles to find stable employment in the rural economy.Many others have turned to commercial motorcycling and other forms of tertiary sector employment, but for a small number of them crime is how they earn their daily bread.Many acres of forest were stumped because of agricultural need, revitalization of rubber tree plants, char coal production, etc.There are various animals living in the tropical rain forest in Sanniquellie surroundings such as: frogs, lizards, snakes, scorpions, many kinds of insect, including malaria-carrying mosquitoes; porcupines, monkeys, bats and birds.Sanniquellie was named by native Kpelle people who were sent to the north of the Liberia as border troops (later the Liberian Frontier Force) to defend the internal stability of the country in the middle of the 19th century.In 1959, the three presidents of Liberia, Guinea and Ghana met in Sanniquellie and started talks that lead to the establishment of the OAU.In 1985 former General Thomas G. Quiwonkpa, alias "The Son of the County", stormed Yekepa (as a revenge for an unsuccessful coup d'état) in Sanniquellie.On 24 December 1989, the First Liberian Civil War started in Buutuo, Nimba County and the spark of wrath jumped to Sanniquellie and its surroundings.Vegetable (pepper, bitter balls, cucumbers, corn, cassava, eddoes, potatoes, tomatoes, peanuts) and fruit (pineapples, limes, mandarins, grapefruits, oranges, bananas, plaintains, mangoes, plums) production is provided by local farms supplying local markets or the market in Monrovia (mainly plantains and bananas).As a part of post-war revitalisation many people were trained as carpenters, fitters, plumbers, bakers, masons, car/motorbike repair technicians, tailors and barbers - these kinds of services are found in the town.The biggest company in the town is Jungle Water Group of Investments providing transport services, accommodation, general merchandise and diamond business.Sanniquellie was an intermediate station on the Lamco iron ore railway connecting Yekepa and port of Buchanan.You can find many types of local shops and selling booths on the streets of Sanniquellie offering wide range of goods, food, drinks.Within the scope of help to Liberia there are many NGOs working in Sanniquellie such as: IRC - International Rescue Committee, DRC - Danish Refugee Council, NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council, The MENTOR Initiative, religious ministries, Medecins Sans Frontieres, ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross, LRC - Liberian Red Cross.