Two dozen years ago, Eddie Jarwolo was a homeless “street kid,” as his native Liberia was torn apart by a devastating civil war. Now 44, he is remarkably at ease, sitting in front of a wall topped by barbed wire at his home in Monrovia, where he has grabbed a leading role in shaping his […]
Tag: Liberia's
Liberia's Irrepressible Push to Dismantle Draconian Libel Laws
Rodney Sieh knows a thing or two about lawsuits. The publisher and editor-in-chief of Liberian news magazine FrontPage Africa (FPA) was jailed in 2013 because he couldn’t pay a $ 1.5 million fine for a libel lawsuit won by former agriculture minister Chris Toe. But when the magazine was hit with a new $ 1.8 […]