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- RT @somalilandpress: Somaliland’s lack of Telecoms policy and regulations are harmful to the Nation. http://t.co/VknrnFTlcE 05:48:52 pm 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Foreign Investments Rising in Somalia http://t.co/i1clB4sU9l 05:44:52 pm 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Angolan journalist prosecuted for claiming human rights abuses in mining industry | Media Legal Defence Initiative http://t.co/h4UZNuvE4w 02:43:26 pm 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Great photo from Kerim Okten of EPA in Taksim Square, Istanbul: http://t.co/i5qhq7AbSX 09:48:36 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Very complex stuff .. and doesn't even touch on local issues - Oil companies in emerging markets: Safe sex in Nigeria http://t.co/GJZ4V1ifLd 06:22:59 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- In Nigeria’s north, Boko Haram militia aims to mold the schools through violence via @washingtonpost http://t.co/VhcT20Mb6E #yam 06:17:37 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @ThinkAfricaFeed: Is Mali ready to hold Presidential elections? http://t.co/rQlFSbgkrC 06:15:26 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @UN_MINUSMA: RT @un_spokesperson: #UNSG appoints Maj.Gen. Jean Bosco Kazura of #Rwanda as Force Commander of UN Peacekeeping Operation i… 06:10:52 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Net freedom in Tunisia: Still a long way to go - IFEX http://t.co/MPd5EX3oTi #yam 06:02:59 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Bono can't help Africans by stealing their voice | George Monbiot http://t.co/qHqZbxpfAa 05:57:22 am 06-18-13 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Tag Archives: narrative
Yemen’s one dimension in the Western media
Until very recently, only Mauritania among the Arab countries attracted less attention in the British media than Yemen. Not any more: since 25 December 2009, Yemen is mentioned more than any other Arab country except Iraq. The past month alone … Continue reading
Posted in Yemen
Tagged communications strategy, narrative, strategic communications, Yemen
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Afghanistan: “Build it and they will come?”
Of the main outcomes to emerge from the London Conference, helping reintegrate Taliban fighters via support for a Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund and negotiations with the Taliban have taken centre stage. As the conference communiqué put it, there is … Continue reading
Narrative Construction: “The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis”
The media profile of Darfur shot up enormously once the label ‘the world’s worst humanitarian crisis’ was applied, although technically the phrase used was the “world’s greatest humanitarian and human rights catastrophe.” This is commonly standardised to ‘world’s worst…’ In … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, darfur, somalia, sudan, Uncategorized
Tagged communications, communications strategy, narrative
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Somalia and its Pirates..a change of narrative?
Yesterday the Somali Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmare spoke at length at Chatham House on two key issues facing his country – ‘terrorism’ and ‘piracy’. That one has attracted more media attention than the other has not been lost … Continue reading
Hard of Hearing: The UK Media and Afghanistan
The media space as a theatre of strategic communications over Afghanistan has been losing its efficacy. Sending the right message from Afghanistan – one which will be heard by an increasingly one-dimensional media – has become a daunting task. In … Continue reading
Selecting Darfur: From Human Rights Reporting to the Media Narrative
To a considerable extent, crises in far-off lands are defined by foreigners and not by those living through them, which then creates a perceived moral imperative to do something about it. Darfur became Darfur when the West got involved, and … Continue reading
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