Liberia: Democracy in Focus

A Major Investigation Finds Climate Change is Driving Nine out of Every Ten Liberian Farmers to Want to Migrate

April 01, 2024 New Narratives/Front Page Africa Season 2 Episode 7
Liberia: Democracy in Focus
A Major Investigation Finds Climate Change is Driving Nine out of Every Ten Liberian Farmers to Want to Migrate
Show Notes

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 traffickers and other scammers preying on them. 

We ask whether solar energy can solve our ongoing electricity crisis.

And, as the momentous news breaks that a war crimes court is coming to Liberia, we get reactions from Lofa county to the recent French court guilty verdict for Ulimo commander Kunti Kamara.

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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