Namibia: Drive to Heal Rifts Over Nepad

Posted to the web 17 July 2008 John Ekongo The Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), a blueprint for African accelerated development since its existence seven years ago, has been under constant criticism with some critics labelling it a "pressure application policy and an elite programme for few nations". However, attempts are currently being made to demystify this notion by the Nepad Secretariat at a stakeholders' conference on media engagement currently under way in Malawi. The conference is seeking ways in which African media and especially Southern African media take charge of the dissemination of information related to Nepad. Nepad Secretariat Head of Communication, Thaninga Shope-Linney, addressed a group of regional journalists during the opening ceremony. She stressed that African journalists should... [read full story]