National Disaster Management Agency warns it is unprepared for what could be one of the worst flooding seasons in recent history, with international forecasts showing more than 825,000 people at risk. Despite the urgency, the agency has received no funding from the Finance Ministry, leaving officials scrambling to finalize an emergency response plan as flooding…
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…
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…
A proposed U.S. remittance tax could make it more expensive for Liberians abroad to send money home, potentially putting added financial pressure on families in Liberia who rely on remittances for basic needs. Aria Deemie reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/a-proposed-u-s-remittance-tax-could-hit-liberian-families-hard/ This story was a…
Liberia has unveiled a new emissions reduction plan that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 44 percent by 2030 as part of its climate commitments. Joyclyn Wea reports in this social media Video. To read more about this story click this link: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-unveils-emissions-reduction-plan-targets-44-percent-cut-by-2030/ This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Residents of Monrovia are calling for relief from constant noise caused by loud music, generators, and street activities that disrupt sleep, learning, and everyday life. Liberia’s Environmental Protection Agency says it will intensify enforcement efforts to curb noise pollution, raising hopes for stronger action to protect public health and community well-being. Aria Deemie reports in…
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…
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….
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…
Summary: By Fatu Kamara with New Narratives When Dominic Gbordoe completed high school this year, his biggest challenge wasn’t exams. It was simply seeing the blackboard. The 23-year-old found his vision starting to become blurry several years ago. By 2023 it was having a big impact on his schooling. “When I sit in the back,…
Following a chaotic rollout and mounting public frustration, the Liberian government has indefinitely suspended its controversial compulsory national identification program. The government announced the move in a press release from the Ministry of Information Monday. “The National Identification Registry (NIR) informs all public social service providers to take note and act in compliance with this…
By Joyclyn Wea and Tetee Gebro with New Narratives MONROVIA, Liberia — Members of Liberia’s House of Representatives are pushing for the government to make the country’s mandatory National Identification Cards free of charge in the wake of the chaos and frustration surrounding the registration process. The National Identification Registry is charging $US5 for a…
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,…
Summary: By Grace Joshua with New Narratives YARNWEILLE, Margibi county —Beatrice Paye has a firsthand experience of the impact of waterborne diseases. In April, the community leader’s eight-year-old daughter was hospitalized for a week with a dangerous case of diarrhea. Paye blames the illness on water her daughter drank from the creek here. Paye and…
In Liberia, U.S. aid cuts are dealing a crushing blow to the economy. Hundreds of well-paid jobs have disappeared, and small businesses that once thrived on aiddollars are struggling to survive. In a co-reporting with Allison Hunter, New Narratives’ senior reporter Anthony Stephens meetsrecipients of US aid who are deeply hit by the cuts. New…
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…
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….
