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.
Liberia: Democracy in Focus
PodcastExtra: Interview with Presidential Candidate Alexander Cummings
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's Gerald Koinyeneh and New Narratives' Anthony Stephens interview the candidate in this bonus episode.
Funding for this podcast comes from the Swedish embassy in Liberia and the American Jewish World Service. See more of our collaborations with media in West Africa at www.newnarratives.org