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Liberia: Democracy in Focus

New Narratives/Front Page Africa

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Democracy in Focus is a new program from New Narratives and Front Page Africa looking at Liberia's governance and democracy. It's a collaboration with reporters from some of Liberia's best reporters with the New Narratives program. Funding is provided by the Swedish and US embassies and the American Jewish World Service. The funders had no say in the program's content.
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Join me as I embark on a transformative journey that transcends time, weaving together the threads of Liberia's past, present, and future through engaging narratives, insightful interviews, and community reflections.
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This show focuses on the day to day social, economic political happenings in Liberia and provide perspectives on National politics with the specific focus on the first branch of government, the house of Legislature, Republic of Liberia. Cover art photo provided by Annie Spratt on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In this exclusive interview, I speak with Jallah Barbu, newly appointed executive director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts. Dr. Barbu will lead Liberia’s long overdue effort to hold those who upe…
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In this interview, Anthony Stephens speaks with Seidu Swaray, a leading mental health counsellor and executive director of the Liberia Association of Psychosocial Services. Swaray’s group provides psychosocial services to Liberians, including victims of the civil wars. He describes the profound mental health challenges facing the country after the …
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. In this …
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In this episode: The dreams of young rural Liberians die early because of a lack of high schools. Half of all stroke and heart disease deaths in Liberia are caused by air pollution. Liberia’s environmental protection agency takes its first steps to clean up our air. Liberia's mpox cases rise as the government confirms the deadly strain that has kil…
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Coming up in this episode .. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts’ get underway, we speak to experts on the major issues court designers will have to consider. Who will be tried? How much international involvement is needed? And what are the security challenges? One thing is already clear - funding will be limited. And some worry t…
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Coming up in this episode .. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts’ get underway, we speak to experts on the major issues court designers will have to consider. Who will be tried? How much international involvement is needed? And what are the security challenges? One thing is already clear - funding will be limited. And some worry t…
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Thanks to host: Korpo Kollie of Radio Kintoma in Lofa County Coming up in this episode … New data shows nearly 370,000 Liberian children are living on the streets. Many live a hellish existence of sex work and drugs. Access to toilets is still a big problem for rural Liberians. Leading to sickness and death of thousands of citizens. The Boakai admi…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we’re running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work. …
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Coming up in this episode .. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts’ get underway, we speak to experts on the major issues court designers will have to consider. Who will be tried? How much international involvement is needed? And what are the security challenges? One thing is already clear - funding will be limited. And some worry t…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international transitional justice experts and stakeholders about how the court…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. As plans for Liberia’s war and economic crimes courts get underway, we are running a series of special interviews with Liberian and international justice experts and stakeholders about how the courts could work.…
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DEH NEWS WE COMIN TUHK TODAY……… TWO BEE GROUP DAH WEHKIN ON CHAYREN MATTERS IN LIBERIA DEH CALL MINISTRY OF GENDER AND UNICEF SAY, LIBERIA GEH ALMOST 370 THOUSAND CHAYREN ON DEH STREETS. DEH SAY SUMMAH DEH CHAYREN DEM DOIN HO-PO-JOE WEHK WHILE SUM CAN BE TAKIN DRUGS. PLENTAY PEEPOH IN DEH INTEERUH STAY GEH BEE PROBLEM WITH TOILET HUS BAYNAY… DEH CA…
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Coming up in this episode … New data shows nearly 370,000 Liberian children are living on the streets. Many live a hellish existence of sex work and drugs. Access to toilets is still a big problem for rural Liberians. Leading to sickness and death of thousands of citizens. The Boakai administration charges five former government officials after ind…
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Welcome to this special edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In June President Joseph Boakai, appointed Liberian lawyer Jonathan Massaquoi as Executive Director of the newly established Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts. Ever since, a chorus of key stakeholders inc…
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Welcome to this special bonus edition of Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between New Narratives and Front Page Africa. I’m Anthony Stephens. In recent years, Liberia has made big gains in tackling human trafficking, convicting several traffickers including an agent of the National Security Agency and bringing hundreds of victims home from the M…
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Liberia's War Crimes Court Office is off to a rocky start as outcries from key stakeholders continue over President Boakai’s appointment of Jonathan Massaquoi to head the office. A 90 percent cut in funding to anti-trafficking actions has seen Liberia returned to the US government’s trafficking Tier 2 Watchlist. There are repercussions, and the imp…
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Hello listeners and welcome. This is Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with an extended interview with Norwu Harris. Norwu is a climate justice activist with the civil society organization the Liberia Feminist Forum. We will explore a wide range of issues to do with the climate crisis and the devastation it is causing farmers across our 15 counties. Our interv…
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Coming up in this episode … President Joseph Boakai makes history, taking the first step towards war and economic crimes courts for liberia. The move ends two decades of impunity for crimes that devastated the country and left two hundred and fifty thousand dead. We get citizen reactions from around the country. We ask what comes next with house sp…
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Looking at Liberia’s newsmedia, one might think that no one lives outside the capital, Monrovia. But rural Liberians face a range of hardships that don’t get any coverage. We devote this episode to bringing those issues to light. We visit a maternity clinic where giving birth means risking death. Six years since the Land Rights Act was passed just …
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Coming up in this episode … In the second of our two-part series on climate change, a major New Narratives investigation has found Liberia’s farming emergency is fueling a migration crisis. A survey of Liberian farmers finds years of crop failure has nine in every ten wanting to leave the country. As the number of migrants rises so do the number of…
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As our new government takes shape we look at a looming problem that threatens to upend life as we know it. We’re talking, about climate change. From Liberia’s coast to its forests people are feeling the impact of changing weather. In the first of two programs devoted to climate change we explore a new problem plaguing farmers: pests. We find the We…
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Venture with me on a profound exploration of Liberia's identity, a land rich with stories yearning to be told. I'm Ariezz Adriana, your host and guide through this lively tapestry of culture, history, and the undeniable spirit of our people. Every Sunday, I discuss and reflect with a guest under the banner of Rediscovering Liberia, where we unearth…
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Join me every Sunday as I and a guest embark on a journey of remembering Liberia's past, discussing its challenging present, and reimagine a vibrant future. This is not just a podcast, it is a movement towards a collective understanding and a renewal of the Liberian mindset and identity. With each episode, we are going to do a deep dive into unexpl…
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This week… a special program Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said justice, reconciliation and commemoration of the country’s troubled history was key to moving forward. That has not happened. We visit a country that is dealing with is past … post-apartheid South Africa. Thirty years since the system of racial segregation was ended we …
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After two failed attempts, 78-year-old Joseph Boakai is finally elected president. We look at what lies ahead after a bitterly contested poll. The presidential runoff poll was marred by low voter turnout….we ask citizens why they did or didn’t vote. And women’s representation in the legislature drops even further ….sparking anger and frustration am…
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Coming up in this episode .. Liberia heads to a presidential runoff election in a rematch between incumbent president George Weah and former-vice president, Joseph Boakai. Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Massa Washington says the election of accused warlords to the legislature, and their allies to the executive mansion, is bad for the country…
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Just days before the election we look at candidates plans on a range of issues. First up: agriculture. Also, as drug addiction takes more Liberian lives we look at candidates’ plans to stem the crisis and ask users what they need. One of two women running for president, Sara Beslow Nyanti shares her plans to build Liberia. And we hear from two visu…
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First-time voters overwhelmingly back a war crimes court in a survey…calling it “very important” in deciding their vote. One of two presidential candidates to back a war crimes court is Alexander Cummings. We talk with him about his plans for Liberia. A new law meant to curb Liberia’s high rate of unsafe abortions has outraged opponents. But the go…
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No Liberian has had the global business success of Alexander Cummings. The 67 year-old candidate for the presidency went from humble beginnings in Monrovia to the heights of global business as a top executive at Coca-Cola. He says that makes him well equipped to fix Liberia's broken economy. But will Liberian voters be convinced? Front Page Africa'…
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Coming up in this episode .. More people die on Liberia’s roads as a percentage of population than almost anywhere else in the world according to the World Bank. Why then did the Weah government kill a $US50m agency meant to make roads safer? Critics point to an allegedly illegal contract to a Weah ally. Political parties ignore their own commitmen…
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Looking at Liberia’s newsmedia, one might think that no one lives outside the capital, Monrovia. We devote this episode to bringing some of rural Liberia's most pressing issues to light. We visit a maternity clinic where giving birth means risking death. Six years since the land rights act just 16 communities have received land title. Experts say i…
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A six-month investigation looks at the failure of a three-million-dollar EU-funded project meant to solve Liberia’s trash crisis. War crimes court campaigner Adama Dempster has returned from meetings in the us with key officials in the American government. We get the latest. We check in with victims’ advocate Hassan Billity on the latest developmen…
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Coming up in this episode… as corruption plagues the Weah government we talk to whistleblowers who say they’re paying a heavy price. We look at the economic turmoil threatening political instability across the region. At the same time the government back tracks on claims it’s reduced poverty. World bank data shows things are getting worse. The gove…
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Over the last four months ago, we’ve been reporting about the trafficking of more than 350 Liberian women to the Middle Eastern country of Oman. A network of traffickers including Liberians and Omanis deceived the women into believing they were going for good jobs that would change their families lives. Instead they were trapped in a scam that had …
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In this episode: Two months since police seized a container of weapons imported into the county that raised alarms about a potential coup we have the latest on the investigation. The government claims it has reduced the number of people without access to toilets. World bank data says otherwise. An international arrest warrant is in the works for th…
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In this episode .. Seven years since us-based Bridge International Academies arrived in Liberia to overhaul schools, experts, teachers and parents say it’s time to end the experiment. After scores of children were killed by tainted imported medicines in The Gambia, what is being done to protect Liberians? A Liberian security agent becomes the first…
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In this episode, as many as 350 Liberian women were trafficked to the Middle East with promises of jobs and a chance to study. Instead they found themselves in a human trafficking scam. But the women broke free from the trap that had caught millions before them. A year on more than half are home. The government has launched a major new push to crac…
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In this episode... Another gathering of global leaders fails to make commitments experts say will head off climate catastrophe. We report from COP27 in Egypt. But while there was no new agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions there was one win for poor countries like our own. As climate change hits food production we look at efforts to secure L…
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The latest warlord to face justice for crimes in Liberia's civil wars goes on trial. We report from the court in Paris. In Lofa County where he is alleged to have committed most of his crimes people say they are grateful to see justice at last. And the US Ambassador for War Crimes visits Liberia promising funding for a war crimes court. Truth and R…
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ANOTHER BILL TO BAN FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING REACHES THE LEGISLATURE BUT DOES IT HAVE ANY CHANCE OF PASSING? THE LATEST WARLORD TO FACE JUSTICE, KUNTI KAMARA OF ULIMO, GOES ON TRIAL IN PARIS THIS MONTH. WE HEAR FROM VICTIMS OF ULIMO IN LOFA. IN RIVER CESS OUR INVESTIGATION FINDS ONE LOGGING COMPANY HAS SHIPPED THREE MILLION DOLLARS OF TIMBER WHILE TE…
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Nearly two decades since the end of the civil wars Liberia's children are still suffering. 2022 is on track to see one of the highest numbers of reported rape cases in the last five years. The vast majority of victims are under 18. Reporter Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh looks at why rape continues. In River Cess County, reporter Eric Opa Doue finds childre…
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Hey y’all and welcome to Your Favorite Liberian’s podcast. I’m your host Samantha, but y’all may know me by babysis on IG. I look forward to taking this new journey with you all, and also having some live, funny, super real conversations. The very first episode will be launching September 15th so please stay tune, you won’t be disappointed. Peace a…
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