Liberia marks 10 years of peace – in pictures

A decade on from the dawn of peace, the legacy of Liberia's civil war remains visible in its capital, Monrovia. Temporary centres around the city house up to 45,000 conflict-displaced people. Liberia is among the world's least developed countries Photograph: Edward Fox/Oxfam

A bustling street in downtown Monrovia. The scene underlines the country's growing prosperity since the end of the civil war, which claimed more than a quarter of a million lives and left an estimated 86% of the population living below the poverty line Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam

An aerial view of West Point, an urban slum in central Monrovia with a population of approximately 65,000. Its community live in cramped conditions and have to contend with inadequate infrastructure Photograph: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam GB

Monrovia University overlooks the West Point beach slums. It is common for up to nine people to live in one room in a house shared by multiple families. In a township populated by many former combatants, competition for space and resources is intense Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Sugar cane for sale at a family food stall. West Point offers few employment opportunities Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam

Kula Kanneh, 13, attends a reading class at NV Massaquoi, the only public school in West Point. The library, tables, chairs and school uniforms were made by local carpenters and seamstresses as part of Oxfam's Livelihoods programme Photograph: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam GB

Clothes hung out to dry in Doe community, Monrovia Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Oxfam has built a walkway for the residents of Doe community Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam

Children stand in front of communal latrines at Doe community's sports academy Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Children make their way across the Doe community's waterlogged slum area. This is the route to the area's toilets, which are built on stilts Photograph: Andy Hall/ Oxfam/Oxfam

Merelille Andrisson, 49, pumps water. The Weasay community's women's organisation was instrumental in implementing a clean water supply for the area, which was built on a rubbish dump. Conditions have improved since the pumps were built in 2011 Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam

Children eating Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam

'Facebook block' in Monrovia Photograph: Andy Hall/Oxfam

Susana Edwards, 50, sows rice in her field in the Pouh Town area of Grand Gedeh county, Liberia. Susana's upland farm was in a remote area. Her children stayed in town to continue their schooling. 'I used to leave them with my mother, or the elder ones,' she recalls. It was a hard time to make [an] upland farm; the place is open, animals are too much here.' Susanna now has a farm nearer her home. 'Before [I had to] walk six miles, and at the end of the day the animals would eat all of the rice. But now is better, I have the farm right near my house … I'm happy' Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

Trucks stuck in the clay along the main road in Grand Gedeh county Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

People walk through Fish Town in early morning light in River Gee county Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam