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L-R: Dr. Uchenna Ekwo, President/Founder, Center for Media & Peace Initiatives Inc, Osama Abdelkhalek, Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, and Jennifer Dunham, Senior Research Analyst, Freedom of the Press, Freedom House, New York

Media and Democratization in Africa

Post author:uchenna
Post published:May 31, 2013
Post category:Articles

By Uchenna Ekwo Media and democratization are clearly inseparable bedfellows. Hyden and Okigbo (2003) describe the relationship between the two as “complex at worst and interwoven at best”. Ocitti (1999)…

Participants at the CMPI sponsored conference entitled “Understanding Africa’s Waves of Democracy: Media’s Impact on Global Policy and Perceptions”

Communications, indefensible injustices in Africa

Post author:Osmond Ekwueme
Post published:May 31, 2013
Post category:Articles

By Osmond Ekwueme 50 years of democratization in Africa can be summarized in Charles Dickens lines in his 18th century novel “Tale of Two Cities”...."It was the best of times,…

African Ambassadors headline CMPI confab

Post author:uchenna
Post published:May 23, 2013
Post category:Articles

Leading diplomats and ambassadors representing different African countries in the United States have lined up to speak at the conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the African Union, formerly…

Two Faces of Africa: Good or Ugly

Post author:Uchenna Ekwo
Post published:May 16, 2013
Post category:Articles

In recent times, Africa’s narratives are basically truncated and bifurcated: a continent of boom or bubble; a continent of opportunity or obstacles; and a continent of triumphs or tribulations. Depending…