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As if to say the world is not doing enough about Africa’s burgeoning business and investment opportunities, the Global Commerce Forum, which debuted the annual Energy Africa Conference in 2011, is bringing some of the smartest minds in the clean energy business to Colorado. They are coming to talk about “natural gas and renewables”, how…
Photo: Nobelpeaceprize.org Perceptions of the U.S; Nobel Peace Prize Award Any causes and effects? In Journalism, correlations and linkages between issues and outcomes are always a point of contention. This also applies to theories and concepts relating to mass communications and their related translation into issues and policy agendas. In the lead-up to the November 2008…
At a meeting of the 12th ordinary session of the assembly of the heads of state and governments of the African Union (AU) on February 2, representatives elected Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as the new AU chair. Gaddafi’s role as chair would be to help set and implement the AU’s agenda during the period for which…
In the world of fast-paced twenty-four-hour news, to craft a powerful news headline means the headline should stand out and draw readers’ attention amid a plethora of stories from all directions. It’s a theory that applies to print and television news–when powerful headline news, embodied in sudden peace agreements, rebel surrenders, mayhem, and conflict, easily…