Liberia

As Climate Change Impacts Worsen, National Climate Summit Aims to Encourage a New, More Resilient Approach to Farming

ActionAid Liberia coordinator on climate change, Norwu meeting with stakeholders in Monrovia. By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh With New Narratives Monrovia, Liberia — Stakeholders in Liberia’s agriculture sector are coming together this week for a three-day summit designed to kick start a new approach to the growing threat of climate change. The summit “Climate Financing for Agroecology and…

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
Frontpage Africa

This Year’s Rainy Season Was Worst in Memory But Experts Say Worse is to Come; Call for Massive Government Investment in Adaptation

We bring listeners to communities across Liberia reeling from what many describe as the worst rainy season in memory, with floodwaters submerging homes, forcing tens of thousands from their villages, and claiming lives as experts warn these disasters signal an even more volatile climate future. Through the voices of mothers, farmers, and local leaders on…

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
Radio

This Year’s Rainy Season Was Worst in Memory But Experts Say Worse is to Come; Call for Massive Government Investment in Adaptation

By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with New Narratives ROBERTSPORT, Grand Cape Mount County – Francis Gray points to a small mound under a banana tree with a yellow flower planted on the top. The tiny grave holds the remains of his 19-month-old daughter, Linda. Linda was the center of Francis’ and her mother Amie Sheriff’s world…

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
Frontpage Africa

Forest Communities Angered by Exclusion from Carbon Credit Negotiations

By Joseph Daniels and Khushali Haji with New Narratives As the Government of Liberia plans ahead to sell off forests for carbon credit markets, forest communities worry about livelihoods. KPATAWEE, Bong County – Bennie Vio walks slowly, a sharp machete resting on his shoulder, observing the growth of the crops he and his family planted…

Joseph Daniels and Khushali Haji
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Lawyer for Alleged Rape Victim Questions Police Exoneration of Suspended Deputy Minister McGill

By Tetee Gebro, gender correspondent with New Narratives Summary: The lawyer for a 14-year-old girl who said she was raped by J. Bryant McGill, a former senior Liberian government official, is questioning the credibility of police findings that cleared the man, deepening public debate over accountability and transparency in sexual violence cases involving powerful figures….

Tetee Gebro
Frontpage Africa

After Returning $50,000 National Hero Is Broke and Betrayed

By: Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh & Khushali Haji with New Narratives MONROVIA, Liberia – In 2021 Emmanuel Tuloe became a hero for a weary nation. When the then 19-year-old commercial bike rider found a bag of $US50,000 cash – enough to change his life forever – he did what many considered unthinkable: he gave it back. …

Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
Frontpage Africa

Liberia and Ghana Stand Almost Alone in Region as U.S. Travel Ban Hits Neighbors, Experts Cite Acceptance of U.S. Deportees and Other Strategic Factors

Liberia and Ghana now stand almost alone in West Africa as a U.S. travel ban hits neighboring countries. In this New Narratives video, experts explain the political and strategic decisions behind the exemptions and what the shifting policy means for ordinary people whose plans to travel, study, or reunite with family are suddenly at risk….

Anthony Stephens
Video

American War Crimes Investigator and Former Liberia Lobbyist Found Guilty of Defaming Justice Activist

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives A criminal court in Switzerland has found Alan White, an American war crimes investigator with a long history of involvement in Liberia’s politics, guilty of defaming Alain Werner, the head of Civitas Maxima, which has led efforts to bring prosecutions against more than a dozen perpetrators…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

More Than Three Quarters Liberians Approve War and Economic Crimes Courts in Latest Continental Survey

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives   More than three quarters of Liberians have openly backed a war and economic crimes court for their country, according to a new survey released this month by Afrobarometer, an Accra based Pan African non-profit research organization. The survey is a big jump in confidence of citizens for the…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

President Boakai Quiets Doubters with Renewed Mandate for War Crimes Court Office and $US2 Million Yearly Budget

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives Joseph Boakai, Liberia’s President, has renewed the mandate of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court of Liberia and given the court a six fold increase in annual budget, quieting growing concern about the government’s commitment to the court after numerous funding delays. The president’s action will…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

Leading Human Rights Organizations Urge President to Renew Expiring Executive Order for War Crimes Court Office as US Ambassador Meets with Office Head and Justice Minister

By Anthony Stephens, senior justice correspondent with New Narratives Leading local and international human rights organizations have joined together to issue a statement urging Liberian President Joseph Boakai to renew an executive order for the Office of War and Economics Crimes Court set to expire tomorrow, May 1. The groups, including the Liberian based Civil…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

Advocates Warn Trump Administration’s Plans to Shut Offices Devoted to Global Justice and Human Trafficking Will Be Big Blow to Liberian Victims

By Anthony Stephens, Senior Justice Correspondent with New Narratives Human rights advocates working on transitional justice and human trafficking in Liberia say they are shocked by this week’s announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, that the US government will shut down the Office of Global Criminal Justice and the Office to Monitor and Combat…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

Human Rights Commission Criticizes Government’s Lack of Financial Support to War Crimes Court Office

By Anthony Stephens with New Narratives The Independent National Commission on Human Rights, Liberia’s independent human rights body, has condemned the government for what it calls “the snail pace of support” to the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court of Liberia.  The Commission issued its critique in a statement after Dr. Jallah Barbu, executive…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

War Crimes Court Office Head Concedes Office is Again Out of Funds as Disability and Women’s Groups Demand Reparations at Meeting with International Stakeholders

By Anthony Stephens with New Narratives MAMBA POINT, Monrovia – People living with disabilities and women’s rights groups took center stage at a meeting of stakeholders in Liberia’s transitional justice process on Friday. While stressing the importance of the country’s nascent war and economics court, the groups said the process needed to go beyond criminal…

Anthony Stephens
Frontpage Africa

Civil Society Urges President Boakai to Extend Expiring Executive Order for War Crimes Court Office; Office Head Warns President Will be “Shooting Himself” If he Declines

By Anthony Stephens with New Narratives Civil society organizations working on transitional justice in Liberia have urged President Joseph Boakai to extend his executive order establishing the Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts which expires May 1. Key mandates of the Office, including a roadmap for Liberia’s transitional justice process and a bill for…

Anthony Stephens
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