Prospects for an African Spring and bloggers challenge media coverage of Sudan

Prospects for an African Spring and bloggers challenge media coverage of Sudan

Jun 28 2011

Like Tunisia and Egypt will the rest of Africa get its own Spring? Online activists tackle the Sudan narrative.

Stories in this episode

  • Jun 28

    Sudan: Who Controls the Narrative?


    As the conflict continues along the North-South border in Sudan, bloggers are challenging the media's portrayals of both sides. Some go so far as to call actions taken in the region genocide, however many refute that claim.

  • Jun 28

    Why Not an #AfricanSpring?


    The Arab Spring got its start in North Africa, so will the work of opposition movements in some African nations translate into real political change? We look at movements in Senegal, Gabon and elsewhere.



 

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