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National ID Chaos: Frustration Grows as Banking Access and Other Services Denied Amid Enrollment Backlog. World Bank Funding For More Centers On Hold Because of Government Debt

Frustration is growing in Liberia as thousands are denied banking and other essential services due to a national ID enrollment backlog, while World Bank funding for more enrollment centers remains on hold because of government debt. Tetee Gebro reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/national-id-chaos-frustration-grows-as-banking-access-and-other-services-denied-amid-enrollment-backlog-world-bank-funding-for-more-centers-on-hold-because-of-government-debt/ This…

Tetee Gebro and Joyclyn Wea
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As Rural Healthcare Struggles, One Lofa Entrepreneur Steps Up to Bridge the Gap

In rural Lofa County, where healthcare access remains limited, a local entrepreneur is stepping in to bridge the gap and bring essential health services closer to underserved communities. James Papy Kwabo Jr. and Peter Kollie reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-as-rural-healthcare-struggles-one-lofa-entrepreneur-steps-up-to-bridge-the-gap/ This story was a…

James Papy Kwabo Jr. and Peter Kollie
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We’re Failing a Generation,” Experts Say President Boakai’s Drug War Lacks Urgency as Generation Slips Through the Cracks

Experts warn that President Boakai’s anti-drug efforts are lacking urgency, saying Liberia is failing a generation as young people slip through the cracks amid the growing drug crisis. Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-were-failing-a-generation-experts-say-president-boakais-drug-war-lacks-urgency-as-generation-slips-through-the-cracks/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
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As “Lifestyle” Diseases Surge, Ganta Hospital Leads Fight Against Diabetes

Ganta Hospital is leading the fight against diabetes as lifestyle diseases surge across Liberia, highlighting the urgent need for strengthened healthcare responses. Tetee Gebro reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/2016news/liberia-as-lifestyle-diseases-surge-ganta-hospital-leads-fight-against-diabetes/ This story was produced in collaboration with New Narratives. Funding was provided by the Swedish…

Tetee Gebro
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“We Have No Choice”: As Farms Fail, Rural Dwellers Turn to Charcoal Production in Renewed Threat to Liberia’s Forests and Global Climate Commitments

Rural Liberians are turning to charcoal production as farms fail, posing a renewed threat to Liberia’s forests and the country’s climate commitments. Aria Deemie reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/we-have-no-choice-as-farms-fail-rural-dwellers-turn-to-charcoal-production-in-renewed-threat-to-liberias-forests-and-global-climate-commitments/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives. Funding was provided by the American Jewish…

Aria Deemie
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Liberia’s New Tourism Authority Wants a Piece of West Africa’s Multi-Billion Dollar Tourism Sector But Challenges Abound

Liberia’s new tourism authority aims to tap into West Africa’s multi-billion-dollar tourism sector, even as it faces significant challenges in infrastructure, investment, and industry readiness. Aria Deemie reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberias-new-tourism-authority-wants-a-piece-of-west-africas-multi-billion-dollar-tourism-sector-but-challenges-abound/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives. Funding was provided by…

Aria Deemie
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As Drug Crisis Grows Medical Experts Demand Amateur Rehabilitation Centers Be Shut Down As Desperate Families Drain Savings on Treatment That Fails to Deliver

Medical experts are calling for the closure of amateur drug rehabilitation centers as Liberia’s drug crisis worsens and desperate families drain their savings on ineffective treatment. Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-as-drug-crisis-grows-medical-experts-demand-amateur-rehabilitation-centers-be-shut-down-as-desperate-families-drain-savings-on-treatment-that-fails-to-deliver/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
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U.S. Aid Cuts Leave Thousands Without Promised Clean Water, Prompting NGO Intervention

U.S. aid cuts have left thousands of Liberians without promised clean water access, prompting local and international NGOs to step in to fill the gap. Grace Joshua reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-u-s-aid-cuts-leave-thousands-without-promised-clean-water-prompting-ngo-intervention/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the…

Grace Joshua
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Cost and Lack of Awareness Leave Millions With Poor Vision Limiting Children’s Education and Endangering Lives

Millions of Liberians suffer from poor vision that limits children’s education and endangers lives, as high costs and lack of awareness leave eye care out of reach for many. Fatu Kamara reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-cost-and-lack-of-awareness-leave-millions-with-poor-vision-limiting-childrens-education-and-endangering-lives/ This report is a collaboration with New Narratives…

Fatu Kamara
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Victims of LURD Rebel General ‘K1’ Say Five-Year U.S. Sentence Is an Insult to His Heinous Crimes and Demand He Is Tried in War Crimes Court

Victims of LURD rebel general “K1” say his five-year U.S. sentence is an insult to the severity of his crimes and are calling for him to be tried in Liberia’s war crimes court. Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-victims-of-lurd-rebel-general-k1-say-five-year-u-s-sentence-is-an-insult-to-his-heinous-crimes-and-demand-he-is-tried-in-war-crimes-court/ This story was…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
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Can Whistleblower Boxes Help Solve Liberia’s Corruption Problem? The Anti-Corruption Commission Thinks So

Liberia’s Anti-Corruption Commission has installed whistleblower boxes at key government institutions to give citizens and public servants a safe, anonymous way to report corruption in the country’s ongoing fight against graft. Joyclyn Wea reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/can-whistleblower-boxes-help-solve-liberias-corruption-problem-the-anti-corruption-commission-thinks-so/ This story was a collaboration with…

Joyclyn Wea
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Martina Johnson, Warlord Charles Taylor Ally, Likely to Face Trial in Belgium

Summary: By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives Martina Johnson, one of the most powerful commanders of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front for Liberia (NPFL) rebel group, is expected to go on trial in Belgium next year for atrocities allegedly committed during Liberia’s first civil war. A court is considering evidence gathered during…

Anthony Stephens
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Monrovia’s Citizens Beg for Quiet as Environment Protection Authority Promises Crackdown on Noise Pollution

By Aria Deemie, environmental reporter with New Narratives At 3 a.m. Richedna Kpanneh Tobii finally opened her books. The 21-year-old university student had learned that her densely populated neighborhood of Lakpazee, with more than 160,000 people, was only quiet enough for her to study in the middle of the night. Video clubs blasted matches past midnight….

Aria Deemie
Frontpage Africa

Victims of LURD Rebel General ‘K1’ Say Five-Year U.S. Sentence Is an Insult to His Heinous Crimes and Demand He Is Tried in War Crimes Court.

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, senior correspondent with New Narratives Summary: For more than two decades, they lived in silence, haunted by the war. In January, seventeen Liberians summoned the courage to travel to the U.S. court in Philadelphia and testify against one of the most feared rebel commanders of Liberia’s second civil war: Laye Sekou…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Frontpage Africa

National ID Chaos: Frustration Grows as Banking Access and Other Services Denied Amid Enrollment Backlog. World Bank Funding For More Centers On Hold Because of Government Debt

By Tetee Gebro and Joyclyn Wea with New Narratives RED LIGHT, Monrovia – Rick Scott arrived at the National Identification Registry center here on a recent morning at 5 a.m., joining a line of hopeful citizens in the predawn darkness. By evening, the 54-year-old businessman returned home empty-handed for the fourth time in a week,…

Tetee Gebro and Joyclyn Wea
Frontpage Africa

As Climate Change Drives More Farmers Into the Forests Ambitious Boakai Forestry Sector Reform Is Yet to Help Local Communities

In River Cess County, residents of Garwin Community Forest say logging companies have abandoned their promises, leaving them poorer than before. As climate change drives more farmers into the forest, the government of President Joseph Boakai is promising reforms. But as Eric Opa Doue reports in this collaboration with New Narratives, for people on the…

Eric Opa Doue
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Can Whistleblower Boxes Help Solve Liberia’s Corruption Problem? The Anti-Corruption Commission Thinks So

By Joyclyn Wea, senior correspondent with New Narratives Summary: OLD ROAD, Monrovia – The wooden box bolted to the wall at the Ministry of Education looks ordinary enough. But according to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, the country’s independent corruption watchdog, this simple contraption could be a game-changer in the country’s long fight against entrenched corruption….

Joyclyn Wea
Frontpage Africa

As Drug Crisis Grows Medical Experts Demand Amateur Rehabilitation Centers Be Shut Down As Desperate Families Drain Savings on Treatment That Fails to Deliver

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, senior reporter with New Narratives NEW JERUSALEM, Montserrado- When R. saw her son emerge drug-free after five months in a rehabilitation center in 2022, she thought her long nightmare had ended. The beauty salon owner had drained her savings—over $LD50,000 ($US270) to pay for the 33-year-old’s treatment at three centers over…

Nemelah Cyrus Harmon
FrontPage Africa