……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Photo Credit: Al Jazeera ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. About Ewura Adwoa Larbi: I’m a tertiary student studying animal biology and conservation science. My passions include nature and human and animal interactions.

In February, ICP Executive Director Susan Stroud traveled to the UK to participate in a conference entitled “Democracy and the Power of the Individual”, organized by the Ditchley Foundation. The conference brought together academics and practitioners from around the globe to discuss the “relationship between democratic governments and their citizens in the age of the internet …

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The pitfalls identified in New Zealand’s general election on 26 November go to show that political parties need to get their head around social media, and fast, reports Commonwealth Correspondent Eva Maria, 21. Media coverage of the recent ­New Zealand elections was described by many as uneventful. The country was buzzing, as National and Labour …

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The pitfalls identified in New Zealand’s general election on 26 November go to show that political parties need to get their head around social media, and fast, reports Commonwealth Correspondent Eva Maria, 21. Media coverage of the recent ­New Zealand elections was described by many as uneventful. The country was buzzing, as National and Labour …

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A strike at New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland garnered worldwide attention when the workers and affected families posted a video about their cause on Youtube. Alisha Lewis, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand, reports. “My dad is not lazy” says the son of an Auckland ‘wharfie’ in a YouTube video released by the Maritime Union …

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A strike at New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland garnered worldwide attention when the workers and affected families posted a video about their cause on Youtube. Alisha Lewis, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand, reports. “My dad is not lazy” says the son of an Auckland ‘wharfie’ in a YouTube video released by the Maritime Union …

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In Africa, social networks are gradually undermining traditional community relationships, argues Roland Uwakwe, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Abuja, Nigeria. He says youths absorbed in the online world now rarely greet or respect their elders. Social networks with their good and bad influences are here to stay. To contemplate otherwise is to live behind the …

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Each day new apps and alliances help Facebook become a larger cyber-superpower, capable of following its users and educating itself about them, writes Ariela St Pierre – Collins, 15, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados.  The question is whether Facebook users should be concerned about the scope of information being permanently compiled. Your security settings are …

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