Nat Bayjay, nbayjay2010@frontpageafrica.com
At long last the ongoing battle between the hundreds of residents of the disputed Rocky Hill Community near the Ducor Continental Hotel in Monrovia and the Liberian government seems to be coming to a close as the much anticipated demolition of houses in the area got underway early Thursday morning.
The demolition [...]

The conference covered various thematic areas including forest management, community consultation and participation, policy development and resource management and planning as well as benefit sharing and governance.

By: Nathan Patio Charles
Email: lydnatlydnatlydnat@yahoo.com
Cell#: 231-6-929167
An independent investigation conducted by Ceasefire Liberia, in collaboration with Liberia’s Journalists for Human Rights and Good Governance four month justice reporting workshop for students from several universities in Liberia, has discovered that the  Monrovia Central Prison, popularly known as  South Beach in Monrovia,  is overcrowded.
The prison was built several years ago to host about  [...]

By: Nat Bayjay, nbayjay2010@gmail.com
Liberia can now boast of a second referral hospital in rural Nimba County, which is bringing relief to the country’s thousands of rural dwellers’ medical problems.
The US$10 million modern hospital was dedicated over the weekend in Tappita, Lower Nimba County, to the cheers of thousands of Liberians including high ranking government officials led by President [...]

 
By: Nat Bayjay, nbayjay2010@gmail.com
On June 30, 2009, Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted its findings and recommendations to the National Legislature; one year and one month on, the Commission finally closed its doors formally Thursday in Monrovia.
Jerome Verdier, whose chairmanship of the Commission was characterized by both internal wrangling and accusations of being biased, told [...]

*Liberian prison
Nathan Patio Charles
lydnatlydnatlydnat@yahoo.com
Cell #: 231-6-929167
Since the end of the civil crisis in Liberia and the subsequent election of Africa’s first female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian government has faced significant challenges rebuilding the damaged social, political, economic, and security sectors in Liberia .
During a visit of media practitioners sponsored by Journalists for Human [...]

ONLINE INTERVIEW by Saki Golafale with Layli Maparyan
Saki: Tell our readers about yourself.
Layli: I am an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who is working with the University of Liberia to develop its inaugural Gender Studies Program. In addition, I am the editor of an anthology, The [...]

By: Ruthie Ackerman
A long time has passed since my last update and so many amazing things have happened for Ceasefire Liberia.
First off, Ceasefire Liberia celebrated its one year anniversary last month! It’s been an amazing year: We have formed partnerships with other fantastic organizations, we’ve been profiled a number of times in the media, we [...]

By: Nat Bayjay
-Santiago, Chile
The most exciting moment in the history of Ceasefire Liberia took place as the founder of the Project, Ruthie Ackerman, and the Liberian blog manager, Nat Bayjay met for the first time ever at the Global Voices Summit in the Chilean capital of Santiago May 6, 2010.
Despite working together for a little [...]

By: Nat Bayjay
“What a splendid presentation that was!!”
“That was really amazing!!”
“That was the most wonderful presentation I’ve ever seen!!”
“Congrats for such a wonderful presentation of your project!!”
These were few of the many expressions and excited comments that came from dozens of people attending the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit as they gave a [...]