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Abidjan Blog Camps: Second Workshop Completed

Rezwan · 13:39, November 18th, 2009 · Abidjan Blog Camps

In Ivory Coast, Théophile Kouamouo's journey to bring many more of his countrymen and women to the blogosphere has progressed further as the Rising Voices grantee Abidjan blog camps conducted its second "blog camp" last week. 2 comments  · read »

Ceasefire Liberia: Providing a Platform For Liberians

Rezwan · 14:31, November 14th, 2009 · Ceasefire Liberia

Ceasefire Liberia is an unique project which aims to connect the Liberia based Liberian community with the rest of the Diaspora in order to create a dialogue between them. The communities are using social media to share information and comments via prose, poetry, pictures & videos and using the Ceasefire Liberia blog to publish them online. 1 comment  · read »

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