Alumni

Moses Geply Alum, Liberian Broadcasting System

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….

Mae Azango Alum

“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 Alum

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,…

 Prosecutor Pushes Court to Convict, Jail and Sanction Kosiah

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…

James Harding GiahyueFront PageAfrica

Court Hears Kosiah’s Defense Against ‘Liars’ and ‘Manipulators’

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…

James Harding GiahyueFront PageAfrica

Kosiah Sat Near a Bucket with Human Hearts, Court Hears

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…

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Gerald C. KoinyenehAlum, FrontPage Africa

Gerald C. Koinyeneh is newsroom chief at FrontPage Africa. Prior to that he served as a senior reporter and covers the Liberian Legislature. Gerald was also a media trainer for the Journalists for Human Rights’ anti COVID-19 project called the Mobilizing Media to Fight COVID-19 Project. He also benefiting from the United States Embassy to…

Varney DukulyAlum, OK FM

Varney Dukuly previously worked as a reporter with OK FM, one of Liberia’s largest private radio stations, where he covered the Liberian Legislature. He also contributed to several print publications in Liberia. Varney Dukuly is a journalist with more than five years of professional experience. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Sector Management from…

Tina Mehnpaine Alum, The Daily Observer

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…

Kosiah ‘Loved Looting’ And Was Called ‘Physical Cash’

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…

James Harding GiahyueFrontpage Africa

War Crimes Trial Coming to Liberian Soil

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…

James Harding GiahyueFrontpage Africa

War Crimes Trial of Alieu Kosiah ends

Anthony Stephens of Power FM/TV reports on Alieu Kosiah’s war crimes trial in Bellinzona, Switzerland, where Kosiah is demanding over $ 1.3 million in compensation. In this report, he also speaks to the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, Alain Werner, who Kosiah’s lawyer accused of “advertising his client’s statements for his personal benefit”. James Harding…

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Aaron Kubahn Alum

Aaron Kubahn is a Liberian Journalist who has practiced journalism for more than seven years. He is currently a staff of FARBRIC RADIO, a subsidiary of Spoon Group of Companies. Aaron has served in several capacities in the media including, reporter, sub-editor, editor and talkshow host. He reports from the Legislature, specifically the Senate.  He is…

William Harmon Alum

William Q. Harmon is a political and environmental reporter at the Daily Observer newspaper. He has been a practicing journalist for over a decade having joined the Observer in 2011. William started as a roving reporter before settling into his preferred beats—political and environmental reporting. William provided coverage for the Executive Mansion for five years…

Mae Azango Senior Reporter/Program Manager

Mae Azango is one of the best known reporters in Liberia. Her consistent dedication to telling the stories of ordinary Liberians in FrontPage Africa newspaper has won her acclaim in Liberia and around the world. In March 2012 Mae was forced to go into hiding after her report on the practice of female genital cutting by Liberia’s traditional societies brought…