Monrovia, May 6 -- Renowned Liberian clergyman Bishop Kortu Brown has attributed the increasing rate of poverty in Liberia to the growing social issue of men abandoning their responsibilities in homes across the country.

By Obediah Johnson, obediah.johnson@frontpageafricaonline.com

Bishop Brown, former President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) and Senior Pastor of the New Water in the Desert Apostolic Pentecostal Church, observed that many Liberian women-particularly young mothers-are left to single-handedly shoulder the responsibilities of raising children due to the failure of their male partners to fulfill their fatherly duties.

Speaking in a recent interview with reporters at his church in Brewerville, outside Monrovia, B...