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Local partners' meeting in Zambia, by IICD

On the incorporation of social media into African diplomacy.

Recent years have seen a growing academic interest in the migration of MFAs (foreign ministries) to social media. However, the majority of digital diplomacy studies tend to focus on the activities of Western and North American MFAs. This Euro- and American-centric approach fails to recognize the fact that digital diplomacy is now a global phenomenon. 

The ten most notable PD moments from 2015.

A Congolese hip-hop artist exiled in a Malawian refugee camp is determined to fight xenophobia with his music.

A Hungarian human rights lawyer and journalist who published a controversial series of portraits transposing her own face on to those of African women has been forced to remove her work after sparking widespread anger online […] But the photographs were taken down today after a series of satirical articles and angry blogs drew attention to the work described as offensive, patronizing and narcissistic.

From the mundane to the bizarre, everything seemed to include a hashtag in global development this year.

UN peacekeepers scale Mt. Kilimanjaro on peace mission

This new video from CCTV Africa follows the expedition of a trio of UN peacekeepers who successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to promote a message of world peace. 

Nigeria is falling in love with Star Wars. There are two reasons. There's a growing nerd culture in the country — young people who love science fiction and see it as a way to imagine our own futures as something better than our present […] The other reason: John Boyega, […] son of Nigerians who settled in Britain.

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