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Byline: Emeka Aginam
With the global paradigm shift from traditional to new media, how best to use mobile phone as a tool in conflict situation and political hot spots was focus of discussion at the just concluded Global Media Forum, (GMD) in Bonn, Germany where no fewer than 1,200 participants from about 100 countries gathered to discuss conflict prevention in the multimedia era.
Although majority of the participants at the capacity building event were excited in the new media, speaker after speaker in a session on 'Mobile phone as a conflict prevention tool' hosted by Voices of Africa Media Foundation believed that conflicts will remain unabated in most regions of the world, especially in African …