conflict resolution

Netsquared is starting to post follow-up interviews with the 5 FACT Challenge Winners - Kabissa Connections is among them and will be featured next week. I will be crossposting the African project interviews here to share them with the Kabissa community and invite you to explore the project ideas, learn from them and give them your support. Read on to learn about the E-Peace Building Project in Kenya's Ewaso Ngiro River Basin.

I was pleased to learn about Ceasefire Liberia, a terrific example of the type of social media connections Kabissa seeks to promote.

From the website:

"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."

The founder, Ruthie Ackerman, was recently interviewed on Media Bistro, which you can listen to online here. (via Rising Voices mailing list)

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) is presently soliciting contributions for Conflict Trends 2008, Issue 3. This issue will cover a range of topics related to Peacekeeping in Africa. Articles must be 2500-3000 words in length, and the deadline for submission of complete articles is 1 August 2008. Should you wish to submit an article for publication consideration in this issue please download the "Notes for Contributors" from www.accord.org.za/ct/write.

Truth and Reconcilliation hearings being held in Liberia are using Web 2.0 technologies to make the hearings as widely accessible as possible. The project is being supported by Georgia Tech University of Atlanta and will consist of daily updates of videos of sessions, statements, discussion forums and general up-to-date news and resources.