Liberia: Democracy in Focus

Election Fallout: Who's in? Who's Out? And What Does it Mean for Liberia?

November 01, 2023 New Narratives Season 2 Episode 3
Liberia: Democracy in Focus
Election Fallout: Who's in? Who's Out? And What Does it Mean for Liberia?
Show Notes

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. 

And… Liberians elect an almost entirely new senate…we ask what new faces in the legislature mean for Liberia 

You’re listing to Democracy in Focus, a collaboration between Front Page Africa and New Narratives with reporters from the New Narratives program.

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