Jefferson Massah is the Senior Advisor with Internews in Liberia. Previously he was a fellow in New Narratives’s Oil Reporting program with Thomson Reuters Foundation. He was the head of Programs and Training at Radio Gbarnga in Liberia’s second biggest city. Jefferson spent more than 10 years in radio management and training, particularly in the…
Tecee Boley is a public relations officer with the European Union Mission in Liberia. She was previously New Narratives Liberia’s Executive Director and was an editor of women, resources and justice projects. Tecee reported for Okay FM radio and for FrontPage Africa newspaper and FrontPageAfricaonline.com, Liberia’s most widely read newspaper and website, and United Nations…
Forgbe Emma Kloh is the News Editor at Lux FM, the University of Liberia radio. She has over five years of experience in journalism. Forgbe has been a fellow of New Narratives since 2017. She is a graduate of the Peter Quaqua School of Journalism and a candidate of Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications…
Rita Jlogbe Doue is a Liberian journalist with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Mass Communication. Rita joined New Narratives in 2022 as part of our US Embassy-funded project “Investigating Liberia”. She has been in the field of journalism for more than 7 years. Rita’s works have mostly focused on health, elections, human rights and environmental issues. Rita is currently…
Moses Geply is a Liberian journalist with 17 years of experience in both broadcast and print journalism. He is currently serving as County Correspondent for the Liberia Broadcasting System and Fortune TV Liberia southeast Correspondent. He is based in Harper City, Maryland County. Moses is a founding member of the Local Voices Liberia Media Network….
“I am a journalist because there are a lot of people suffering. Who hears them? No one, unless I go and record their voices.”… Mae Azango Mae Azango is one of the best known reporters in Liberia. Mae’s consistent dedication to telling the stories of ordinary Liberians in FrontPage Africa newspaper has won her acclaim…
James Harding Giahyue is the Director and Managing Editor of The Daylight, an online investigative platform dedicated to reporting resources and the environment in Liberia. James was New Narratives’ Editor of Climate, Water and Land Justice projects and a reporter with the program from 2015 to 2020. He was also a stringer with Reuters news agency,…
MONROVIA – Alieu Kosiah, sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed when he was a commander of the rebel group Ulimo during the Liberian civil war, has lashed out at the justice activists who helped bring the case against him. By New Narratives staff and Anthony Stephens, Power TV/FM In a WhatsApp…
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – Alieu Kosiah should be convicted of all the war crimes charges he faces, jailed for a maximum 20 years and then barred from entering Switzerland for 15 years, prosecutors said on Monday in their final argument four days to the end of the historic trial. Chief prosecutor Andreas Müller told the Swiss…
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – War crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah delivered a forceful rebuke to six plaintiffs who brought the war crimes case against him here in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Monday. He slammed the plaintiffs and their lawyers for “staging their testimonies” and “lying on him”. Kosiah’s anger at being on trial here was focused…
BELLINZONA, Switzerland – Alieu Kosiah sat near a bucket filled with human hearts in Foya, Lofa County in the mid-1990s, a man told the Swiss Federal Criminal Court prosecuting the former rebel commander on Friday. According to the man, the fifth of seven plaintiffs who have brought the war crimes case against Kosiah, another rebel named…
Editor’s Note: This story is the first of a two-part series on an illegal logging agreement between Vambo and Marloi townships in Grand Bassa County, and African Trades Entrepreneur Enterprises Incorporated. VAMBO – Officials of Grand Bassa County have signed an illegal deal with a company to pave a dusty road through two townships in…
Gerald C. Koinyeneh is a Liberian journalist who reports for FrontPage Africa. He serves as a senior reporter and covers the Liberian Legislature. Gerald is also a media trainer for the Journalists for Human Rights’ anti COVID-19 project called the Mobilizing Media to Fight COVID-19 Project. He is also benefiting from the United States Embassy…
Varney Dukuly is a reporter with OK FM, one of the largest private radio stations in Liberia. He covers the Liberian Legislature. He also contributes to several print publications in Liberia. Varney has been a journalist for five years. He is also a senior student reading Economics and Management at the African Methodist Episcopal University in…
Tina S. Mehnpaine is an environment reporter at the Liberian Daily Observer Newspaper. She joined New Narratives in 2021 as part of our Environment and Resources Reporting Project. Tina has more than three years’ experience covering environment issues. Tina is a graduate of the MediaAid Foundation Peter Quaqua School of Journalism and a student at…
Editor’s Note: This story is the first of a two-part series on an illegal logging agreement between Vambo and Marloi townships in Grand Bassa County, and African Trades Entrepreneur Enterprises Incorporated. VAMBO – Officials of Grand Bassa County have signed an illegal deal with a company to pave a dusty road through two townships in…
BUTAW, SINOE COUNTY – Four hundred and forty-three workers have been laid off at Golden Veroleum Liberia, more than 10 percent of its workforce, the company said on Saturday. “[They are] due to the downturn of the global economy due to the coronavirus and the constant drop in the price of oil palm on the world…
Freetown, Sierra Leone — Patrick Fatoma spends his days guiding guests around the fading halls of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. It’s a job he has held for nearly a decade since the official close of Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2013. Fatoma’s guests include tourists, curious aid workers and researchers who come…
Editor’s Note: This story is the final of a two-part series on the extent of Alieu Kosiah’s alleged crimes in Foya District, Lofa County. FOYA DISTRICT, Lofa County – The ruins of a factory sit on a major route in a town called Menigesua, towards the Sierra Leone border. Tall grass and weeds have engulfed what…
The Pirkanmaa District Court in Finland announced Thursday that it will begin the trial of Gibril Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean, for war crimes allegedly committed in Liberia in his role as a commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) between 2001 and 2002 next week. Later in February the court will move to Liberia and…
