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
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 agency takes its first steps to clean up our air.
Liberia's mpox cases rise as the government confirms the deadly strain that has killed one thousand people in the DRC has not arrived.
Welcome to our program looking at the state of Liberian democracy. It’s a collaboration with frontpage Africa with reporting from journalists in 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
