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
Traffickers Get 50 Years, Warlords Back the War Crimes Court, and Women Drive Electric Kehkehs
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After a month-long trial that gripped the nation, eleven people are convicted in Liberia’s largest human trafficking case. Traffickers are sentenced to 50 years. As lawmakers battle over the fate of Liberia’s war crimes court, the tribunal has won some surprising backers: warlords. Experts warn that Liberia’s new health agreement with the United States could reduce funding, weaken oversight and restrict reproductive health- care.
And we meet the women driving Liberia’s electric kehkehs—breaking gender barriers while helping to reduce harmful air pollution.
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.
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.)
