Liberia: Citizens in Liberia’s Capital Beg for Quiet As Environment Protection Authority Promises Crackdown On Noise Pollution

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. Vendors shouted into megaphones and food sellers clanged pans and coal fires right outside her window

Richedna’s struggle was not unusual. Across Monrovia, residents endure relentless noise pollution…