This blog was created at the "3rd Regional Workshop on Media and ICTs: New Technologies, New Journalism, Improved Governance". The workshop which was held in Dakar, Senegal from 13th to 15th December 2007 brought together scores of journalists from across West and Central Africa.

The Workshop was host by Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) at the Faidherbe Hotel in down town Dakar.

As a coincidence, today 13th December happens to be my birthday. A few months ago, I scarcely had the thought that I would have spent it on one of my travels.

Like last year, I am spending a week this month (December) in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. It is a really nice place to be barring the language barrier. While I speak/understand very little French, most people I have come across here speak/understand very little English. It is a recurring problem. I encountered it here last year, and also earlier this year when I stayed a month in The Netherlands. The good thing about The Netherlands was that nearly everybody there speaks English, Dutch and French.

This site is basically devoted to publishing development and other related information about my native country Liberia. We will see pictures and stories of different parts the country, and news about issues that would ultimately benefit or harm it.

It is my sincere hope that this site goes a long way in presenting the right picture of my country to the outside world. In line with this, I welcome any and all criticisms of what may appear here.

Finally, the site may host information from or point to contents of other sites. In such instances we take no responsibility for such third party contents.

Thanks very much for visiting. We hope you return.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!