Liberia’s Suspended Information Minister Resigns
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter The suspended Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Laurence Bropleh, who has been at the center of an over US$300,000 financial scandal ... more
Views: 1139Liberian Women/Girls Receive Vocational Training
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Wellington Railey Keenan Institute, a local non-governmental organization in collaboration with the Promotion of Girls Education in Liberia (PEL Advocates), have launch... more
Views: 1722Liberian Senate Finally Sets Pace For 2011 Elections
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter The hurdle that many, including the National Elections Commission (NEC), have been citing for next year’s presidential and legislative election... more
Views: 2449Chinese Company Accused of Unfair Labor Practices
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia BY: PETER MASSAQUOI Liberians employed with the Lee Group Enterprises in Salala District Bong County have accused the company management of unfair labor practices and confl... more
Views: 2565Liberia Announces $50,000 Aid To Haiti Quake Victims
Region: Haiti
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter Given the historic ties between Liberia and Haiti, the Liberian Government, during its first ... more
Views: 270150 Paramilitary Officers End Training in Ghana
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By Leroy M. Sonpon, III Forty male and 10 female paramilitary officers from various departments of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN) ended a four-month i... more
Views: 1579UN to Support Implementation of Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Recovery and Governance and Resident Coordinator of the United Nations (UN) sy... more
Views: 1550Vice Magazine's Liberia Documentary Comes Under Fire
Region: Liberia
By: Ruthie Ackerman Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia We all know the routine: the journalist, who is viewed as the authority (traditionally white and male), goes into a community and comes back with a stor... more
Views: 5614Logging Company Brings Opportunities to Southeast Liberia
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By Leroy M. Sonpon, III reporting from the Southeast of Liberia About 16,000 Sinoeians from 19 towns, including Pyne’s Town and Seekon districts, and more than 15,... more
Views: 1971Opposition Descends On President Sirleaf’s Controversial 2nd Term Announcement
Region: Liberia
Story originally published on Ceasefire Liberia By: Our Staff Reporter Since Pres. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's announcement that she would seek a second term in office, the political opposition has been very busy condemning ... more
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During the 14-year civil war that tore apart Liberia, families were separated as they fled the brutality of warring rebel groups. When the fighting ended in 2003, Liberians began to pick up the pieces of their lives and their country. Some returned to their communities in Liberia. Others remained scattered across the Diaspora. Many ended up living in Park Hill, Staten Island — home to one of the largest Liberian populations outside of the country.
Ceasefire Liberia is a multimedia project, which aims to document the Liberian experience on both sides of the ocean. It includes a book, documentary film work, and now a blog. The goal of the blog is to connect the Liberian community in Liberia with the rest of the Diaspora in order to create a dialogue between those who fled during the war and those who remained.
To read more about the origins of this project please visit the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, which funded Scars and Stripes, a project about Liberian youth after the war.
Ruthie Ackerman is a reporter based in New York City. Over the last several years, she has lived and worked around the world, including Africa, Argentina and Russia. Her most recent work was in Liberia reporting on Liberian youth. She is in the process of writing a book on Liberian refugees living in Park Hill, Staten Island. Her work has been featured in many outlets, including The Nation, World Policy Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Salon, Forbes, The New York Times, and many more.
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