If illegal logging starts again, Liberia could lose more than its beloved pygmy hippos About 270,000 people died in Liberia's timber trade-fuelled civil war. I helped to rebuild and protect its forests. Now Europe is threatening to undermine all our hard work, says the country's former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ... theguardian.com theguardian.com / feeds theguardian-com-us .. theguardian-com-us-environment / / #news / / 21 days 21d Share