Momentum for the 2024 Christmas and New Year holidays has faded.

As with every part of Liberia, residents of Bong County, one of the country’s populous regions, have complained of economic hardship. They told Joseph Titus Yekeryan, our Bong County correspondent, that the issue prevents them from providing for their families during these holiday periods.

This story was a collaboration with New Narratives as part of the Investigating Liberia Project. Funding was provided by the Swedish Embassy in Liberia. The funder had no say in the story’s content.