Activities

The following activities have already been undertaken or are ongoing under the Center for Media, Democracy, Peace, and Security at Rongo University:

Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Conference;

SVNP Annual Conference 2018

The EA Workshop

SVN Internal Event

  • Paper On “Embodying Youth Deradicalization in Kenya: Rethinking State Relations, Foreign Policy, and Mediatized Peacebuilding in the Context of the ‘War on Terror ‘ as a New Found Democratic Principle” presented by Dr. Ogenga at the Woodrow Wilson Center Sothern Voices Network(SVN) conference on “Building Peace through Inclusivity: Strengthening Economic, Social and Political Inclusion in Africa.
  • The forthcoming Master Degree and Postgraduate Certificate in Media, Democracy, and Peace Studies at RU
  • The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (ADF); supported by the Institute for International Education funded Prof Abu Bah’s Visit to Rongo University for three weeks to help develop the graduate programme in Media, Democracy and Peace Studies.
  • $15, 000 Africa Peacebuilding Network (APN) research grant was awarded to Dr. Ogenga to conduct research on the Media and the Reconstruction of Terrorism for Peace and Security in Kenya.
  • $50,000 research grant proposal submitted by Drs. Fredrick Ogenga, Prof. Abu Bah, and Prof.Steve Youngblood to the Journalism Writers Foundation (Foundation Peace Project).
  • Affiliation with the African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review Journal edited by Prof. Bah and published by Indiana University Press.
  • The planned 2015 conference on media, democracy, and peace. Selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review.
  • 12 months Peace and Reconciliation Journalism Weekly Radio Program and Cross-border Community Dialogues with Ugwe FM Community Radio in Migori County and its environs.
  • The Screening of a documentary of Media and the Deconstruction of Terrorism for Peace and Security in Kenya from the ongoing research funded by Africa Peacebuilding Network and the Social science Research Council (SSRC)
  • The Screening of a documentary of Media and the Deconstruction of Terrorism for Peace and Security in Kenya from the ongoing research funded by Africa Peacebuilding Network and the Social science Research Council (SSRC).
  • African-centered Solutions 2nd Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (March 6-7 2015) Dr. Ogenga presented a paper titled; Media and Terrorism: Infusing African Gnosis Into Peace Journalism to Conceptualize Hybrid Peace Journalism for Conflict Resolution and Peace-building in Africa.
  • Public Lecture by Dr. Fredrick Ogenga at the African Studies Center, Boston University, USA done on Tuesday, September 22 at 3 p.m.: “From Operation Linda Nchi to Usalama Watch: Local Mainstream Press and the Surge of Terrorism in Kenya”
  • Lecture to be delivered in an event titled: “Present & Future Trajectories of Terrorists and Armed Non-State Actors in Africa,” to be held at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC USA on the afternoon of 22 October 2015.
  • Public Lecture by Dr. Fredrcik Ogenga at the Institute for Policy Research , Bath University, USA to be done November 19 titled: “From al-Qaida to Alshabab: Local Mainstream Press and the global implications of Terrorism in Kenya and East Africa”