Liberia: Democracy in Focus
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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 43 episodes
Liberia: Democracy in Focus
Latest Episodes
An Exclusive Interview with the New Head of War Crimes Court Office, K1 Goes on Trial in the US, Forest Communities Nervous About Carbon Trading and, Following Liberia's Most Devastating Rainy Season in Memory Experts Say Worse is to Come
COMING UP IN THIS EPISODE. WE SPEAK WITH THE NEW HEAD OF LIBERIA’S WAR AND ECONOMIC CRIMES COURT DR JALLAH BARBU.VICTIMS DEMAND TOUGH PUNISHMENT AS FORMER LURD REBEL COMMANDER “K1 GOES ON TRIAL IN THE US
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Jallah Barbu, newly appointed Executive Director of the Office of War and Economics Crimes Court
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 O...
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43:27
SPECIAL: Interview with Seidu Swaray, of Liberian Association of Psychosocial Services On Liberians' Mental Heath Post War and Self Care as a Court Gets Underway
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 v...
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SPECIAL: Interview with Peterson Sonyah, Head of Liberia Largest Survivors Group
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 speci...
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High Schoolers' Dreams Die in Rural Liberia, the Country Prepares for Mpox and the EPA Cleans Up Our Air
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 age...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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