Over 200 youths representing different stakeholders have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be more transparent in its electoral process by improving citizens’ access to information. This call was made last month at the 3-day National Youth
Digital Media Europe (DME), the top digital news media event for publishers, is set to hold its 2014 DME programme in London from April 7 to 9, 2014. It is tagged ‘DME14′. According to DME “The major goal of Digital Media Europe
Over 200 Civil society groups have called on the United Nations (UN) to put government accountability and independent media at the center of a new framework for global development. The UN is currently working to devise a global development agenda for after
Transparency International (TI) in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is launching a Social Entrepreneurs Initiative (SEI) for West Africa. The initiative aims to support innovative ideas from young people to boost transparency, accountability and the
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) will convene a panel discussion on Cybercrime at the AITEC Africa Conference in March 2014. According to PIN, “the panel aims to discuss the Cybercrime Bill 2013, if the bill is a little too late, the
The University of Gothenburg’s, Department of Political Science is calling for applications to its PhD programme in Political Science in 2014. This programme offers full scholarship for its four doctoral studentship (PhD) positions and successful applicants would begin on September
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is hosting its 2014 edition of the Courage in Journalism and the Lifetime Achievement Awards and is seeking nominations for this prestigious event. The 29th edition will honour awardees at a ceremony in New
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a climate change guidebook for African journalists to help them in their reporting on climatic issues in Africa. The guidebook entitled ‘Climate Change in Africa: A Guidebook for Journalists’ was
The Global Civil Society Alliance (CIVICUS) last month, released a revised version of what is probably the World’s most comprehensive compilation of commitments made by governments on Civil Society Rights. Mr. Mandeep Tiwana, head of policy and research at CIVICUS
The Global Network Initiative (GNI) has urged President Obama and the US Government to enact reforms to US National Securities Surveillance Laws, Policies and Practices in order to ensure right based approach to National Security. This, GNI believes, will help
