Center for Media & Peace Initiatives

09/14/2024

https://thesolutionsnews.com/trumpharris-ignore-africa-during-debate

With all the hype about the September 10, 2024 presidential debate held at the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia neither Trump’s nor Harris’ policies towards Africa came up for discussion. The debate moderators – David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News and the political pundits were a...

11/22/2023

By sharing intelligence publicly, the United States made it more difficult for Putin to have a pretext for war. On the other hand, the failure of intelligence that probably resulted in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas presents a different picture. To what extent does intelligence sharing, censorship, and messaging help to stop, start or exacerbate international, regional, or national conflicts? Join discussants explore the fight against disinformation and why trust matters. Are digital technology and social platforms conduits of the information disorder? What is the implication of fighting back against disinformation and misinformation through media and information literacy?

11/22/2023

By sharing intelligence publicly, the United States made it more difficult for Putin to have a pretext for war. On the other hand, the failure of intelligence that probably resulted in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas presents a different picture. To what extent does intelligence sharing, censorship, and messaging help to stop, start or exacerbate international, regional, or national conflicts? Join discussants to explore the fight against disinformation and why trust matters. Are digital technology and social platforms conduits of the information disorder? What is the implication of fighting back against disinformation and misinformation through media and information literacy?

11/05/2023

Two decades after the Bill Clinton’s administration launched AGOA, the Biden administration embarks on a review of the program.

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken has emphasized the importance of partnership between the United States and African countries to achieve economic growth in the continent. Addressing government, private sector, and civil society leaders at the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum in South...

09/02/2023

My take on the coup in Gabon

CGTN’s Elaine Reyes speaks to Uchenna Ekwo, President at the Center for Media and Peace Initiatives. They talk about the most recent coup after military lead...

08/17/2023

07/06/2023

06/02/2023

At the launch of Peace Journalism and Consolidation of Democracy Project

06/02/2023

https://sunnewsonline.com/polls-how-bvas-cash-crunch-worked-in-my-favour-abaribe/

• Says only electronic voting can stop impunity in future elections • says impunity will stop when perpetrators are punished From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja. “Secondly, I benefited from the fact that the federal government through the CBN, advertently or inadvertently made it impossible for...

03/04/2023

Nigeria election conversation

The two major opposition parties are calling for a new presidential vote in Nigeria, amid allegations of fraud and violence. We will take a look at the chall...

01/13/2023

*2023: Nigeria’s Obama Moment? – The Solutions News*

When the late Ted Kennedy, the influential Democratic US Senator from Massachusetts endorsed the relatively unknown and young Barack Obama over a superior name brand – Hillary Clinton, he changed the course of the 2008 US presidential election. In his fiery speech that late January, 2008 at the Am...

11/26/2022

Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, Professor Gregg VanRyzin addressing the 10th Gershowitz Conference on Media and Democratic Governance

11/16/2022

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11/12/2022

Highlights of 2022 Gershowitz Conference on Media and Governance

11/11/2022

10th Gershowitz Conference on Media and Governance at Rutgers University’s School of Public Affairs and Administration

11/10/2022

When the Ruppert Mudork’s media group - Fox News and New York Post confront Trump and his enablers, it’s telling. Democracy on the move!!!!

10/29/2022

Gershowitz Conference: Register Now!
Democratization suffered more reversals in 2021, with the percentage of people living in a democracy falling to well below 50% and authoritarian regimes gaining ground. The 2022 edition of the Gershowitz Conference on Media and Democratic Governance will engage a broad spectrum of practitioners, academics, civil society leaders, journalists, and other stakeholders with professional expertise on priority topics related to democratic recession around the world. The CMPI-SPAA partnership creates a unique platform that facilitates discussion around specific subject areas in the democracy, governance, and media fields, with the goal of generating new knowledge and understanding, forging, and expanding new international, intercultural, interdisciplinary research networks, and partnerships. Register at

10/18/2022

10th Gershowitz Conference on Media and Democratic Governance begins November 11th