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 leading newsrooms in the New Narratives program. Funding is provided by the Swedish embassy in Liberia and the American Jewish World Service. The funders had no say in the program's content.
Liberia: Democracy in Focus
Government Suspends Chaotic ID Rollout and Liberia's Forests Face New Threats as Charcoal Production Soars and EcoGuards Resume Hunting
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Following a chaotic rollout process, the government indefinitely suspends its compulsory national ID registration program.
As climate change causes more and more farms to fail, rural dwellers turn to charcoal production to survive in a renewed threat to Liberia’s forests
At the same time, the end of international funding for ecoguards, has forced many back to the forests to hunt renewing threats to biodiversity.
Support for this podcast came from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Union. (Until September 2026, the program was supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and American Jewish World Service.)
