Liberia: Democracy in Focus

A $3m EU-funded aid project fails, the War Crimes Court gets a boost and rural Liberians struggle with dysfunctional service centers

May 31, 2023 New Narratives Season 1 Episode 9
Liberia: Democracy in Focus
A $3m EU-funded aid project fails, the War Crimes Court gets a boost and rural Liberians struggle with dysfunctional service centers
Show Notes

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 developments in war crimes trials in the us and Europe. 

And citizens of rural Liberia struggle to get basic services at dysfunctional county service centers.

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Funding for this podcast came from the Swedish and US embassies in Liberia. The funders had no say in the content. 

Funding for this podcast comes from the Swedish and US embassies in Liberia and the American Jewish World Service. See more of our collaborations with media in West Africa at www.newnarratives.org