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EAST AFRICA RISING GROUP PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT DISPATCH PODCAST FOR #SILENCINGTHEGUNS TWEET-CHAT (ECOWAS VS EAC) A Public Conversation titled:  RECs, Peace & Security- Lessons from West to East Africa At the AU 50th Anniversary on 25 May 2013, the Heads of State and Government "pledged not to bequeath the burden of conflicts to the next generation of Africans and undertake to end all wars in Africa by 2020". The AU theme for 2020 is "Silencing the guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa's development". The premise of this theme is that socio-economic development is at risk without peace and security and both issues should be prioritised. In commemoration of this year's Africa Day on 25 May, East Africa Rising Group and DevDispatch are organising a public conversation via Twitter that will bring together voices from East and West Africa to discuss and share experiences on the role of RECs in addressing the challenges of conflict, governance and ins...

Decisions taken by government of Rwanda, including the establishment of a Rwandan Space Agency, and the decision to open schools from September 2020 in light of COVID19. 

eNCA TV Interview   1. What is the role of communicators ? The role of communicators goes beyond communicating. Their roles include story-telling; turning complex arguments and ideas into simple and digestible ones. In a crisis like this, communicators are the unacknowledged front liners – in the sense that they effectively unpack information from the technical team- Researchers/ Epidemiologists / Doctors and other cadres of medical specialists into practicable, edible and digestible information for the consumption of the public. They need to advance views that are not their own in ways that are objective and touch the core of the issue. 2. What has been your assessment on how governments on the continent have communicated about the pandemic? Governments have largely performed well in handling Communication around the pandemic. While everyone was caught flat-footed, those that have performed better have trodden the fine line between rule of law, human rights and freedoms.  Freedoms rem...