By Joyclyn Wea, gender and health correspondent with New Narratives Summary: CONGO TOWN, Monrovia — Scientists, health workers and government officials gathered for the Emmet A. Dennis National Scientific Conference, a national gathering of Liberian researchers presenting evidence they hope will shape how the country prevents disease and cares for patients. This is the fifth…
A global workplace study found that many workers across Sub-Saharan Africa are struggling economically, a reality reflected in Liberia’s schools and health facilities. Teachers and healthcare workers described challenges including low salaries, payroll delays, heavy workloads, and difficult working conditions. Experts warn that these problems can weaken education, healthcare delivery, and the country’s long-term economic…
A Liberian mother is struggling to care for her daughter, who lives with a disability, while facing stigma and discrimination from members of her community. The family’s experience highlights the challenges many people with disabilities encounter, including limited access to support services, social exclusion, and inadequate government assistance. The story draws attention to the need…
By Tetee Gebro, gender and health correspondent with New Narratives Summary: • A family in Monrovia was forced from their home because the landlord believed her five-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy, a disability caused by damage to the developing brain, was cursed. • Liberia has laws and a government agency to protect people with disabilities, but…
By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives Summary: The U.S. trial of Moses Wright, a former senior Liberian army commander accused of ordering and overseeing the 1990 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church massacre in which an estimated 600 men, women and children were killed, has been postponed again. Wright’s trial, previously scheduled for November in…
BY ABIGAIL ANNOH KANESHIE, Accra – Gyamfua arrives at the footbridge here by 5:00 a.m. every day. Long rows of passenger’s board buses spewing black exhaust fumes into the air as she prepares her fruit stand. Throughout the day vehicles stream through the busy route. By sunset, thick layers of dust have settled on her…
A powerful El Niño weather pattern is expected to bring extreme heat, erratic rainfall, flooding, and other climate-related risks across West Africa. In Liberia, experts warn that farmers, fishers, and vulnerable communities could face serious impacts, while gaps in the country’s weather monitoring and early warning systems leave many people unprepared. In this report, Nemenlah…
Acute malnutrition among Liberian children under five has nearly tripled since 2020, driven by food insecurity, rising costs, climate impacts, and cuts to critical aid programs. In Grand Bassa County, reporter Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon meets families struggling to keep their children alive as clinics run out of life-saving nutrition treatments, with health workers warning that…
As Liberia moves closer to establishing a War and Economic Crimes Court, the country’s Witness Protection Agency is seeking more than US$20 million to build safe houses, strengthen security measures, and protect victims, witnesses, and whistleblowers. The initiative aims to ensure that those who come forward with critical testimony can do so safely and confidently…
Liberia’s leading war crimes investigation group has relocated a senior investigator abroad after receiving repeated death threats linked to his work on the case of former army commander Moses Wright, who is scheduled to face trial in the United States. The move has renewed concerns about the safety of investigators and witnesses as Liberia advances…
As hypertension, diabetes, and obesity continue to rise in Liberia, health officials are urging citizens to make exercise part of their daily lives. A new National Exercise and Wellness Day aims to encourage healthier habits, regular health screenings, and active living to help prevent chronic diseases and improve overall well-being. Tetee Gebro reports in this…
By Tetee Gebro and Joyclyn Wea, health and gender correspondents with New Narratives Summary: BENSONVILLE, Montserrado County – Before sunrise, Elaine Duowai prepares lesson notes in a house where electricity is not reliable. By morning, she is walking to Euphemia Barclay Elementary School, where some pupils are already missing from the rows of benches before…
Liberian lawyer Charlyne Brumskine has made history as the first Liberian woman appointed to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. In this report, she reflects on the significance of her appointment, the court’s role in protecting human rights across West Africa, and her vision for making regional justice more accessible to ordinary citizens. As Liberia…
Liberia’s justice system is failing rape survivors. This investigation follows one woman’s search for justice and reveals how court delays and weak enforcement leave many cases unresolved despite millions in international support. Reported by Tetee Gebro in collaboration with New Narratives This story was produced in collaboration with New Narratives as part of the Investigating Liberia…
As the Swedish government’s direct support for Liberia comes to a close this month, the Swedish ambassador has given an interview assuring the country that it will continue to support Liberia’s efforts to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court and other priority areas. It will just do it through international organizations such as the…
By Tetee Gebro, gender and health correspondent with New Narratives Summary CATHOLIC JUNCTION, Monrovia – Rain was falling Saturday morning when Nadia S. Jolo joined a group of people walking from through Monrovia’s streets as part of the country’s first National Exercise and Wellness Day. For the 51-year-old, getting wet was not enough to turn…
By Augusta S. Lafalay, senior reporter with New Narratives Summary WEST POINT, Monrovia – When school lets out here in this informal settlement on the seashore, 15-year-old Stanley does not go home to rest or study for the next day. He picks up a bundle of plastic bags and walks towards the traffic, selling until…
By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives Summary: · Liberia’s Witness Protection Agency is stepping up operations as the country pushes to establish war and economic crimes and anti-corruption courts. · The Agency faces major challenges, including limited funding, a shortage of trained protection officers, no safe house of its own and the need to build…
Monrovia is facing another devastating rainy season as climate change brings heavier and more unpredictable rainfall, worsening flooding across low-lying communities. Thousands of families have been affected by flooded homes, disrupted schooling, lost livelihoods, illness, and even deaths. Experts say the crisis is being fueled not only by climate change, but also by blocked drainage…
By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, climate and environment reporter with New Narratives Summary LOFA COMMUNITY, Montserrado County – Paulina Manloh knows the water is coming before she sees it. She has lived in the Lofa community since 2019, long enough to recognize the pattern: rain falls, and within hours the ground around her home disappears beneath brown…
Liberia has declared the last Saturday of every month National Exercise and Wellness Day as hypertension, obesity and other chronic diseases become a growing health threat. Tetee Gebro reports on the campaign and why health officials say regular exercise, healthier eating and routine health checks must become everyday habits. This story was produced in collaboration…
