Liberia's War Crimes Court Off to a Rocky Start; Liberia Risks US Aid After Cutting Funding to Anti-Trafficking Efforts and More Liberians Suffer from Climate Change

Liberia: Democracy in Focus

Liberia's War Crimes Court Office is off to a rocky start as outcries from key stakeholders continue over President Boakai’s appointment of Jonathan Massaquoi to head the office.
A 90 percent cut in funding to anti-trafficking actions has seen Liberia returned to the US government’s trafficking Tier 2 Watchlist. There are repercussions, and the implication is, under the operation of us federal law, the us government has to seize all non-humanitarian and non-trade aid.
Poverty robs Liberian children of their childhood and jeopardizes their safety as they are forced to work in dangerous occupations to make a living.
And……….climate change continues to have devastating consequences on Liberian farmers. In River cess, it is robbing their children of their education. But climate justice activists say carbon trade is not the remedy for the climate crisis.
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