| E-mail: | webjournalist@twnafrica.org |
| Organisation: | TWN Africa |
| Position: | (M.A. International Politics) **UPDATE**26 Nov.2004. Since August 2004, I have been working as Web Journalist in the Communications Unit of |
| Expertise/Interests: | International development policy; regional integration; UN; peace & security; diplomatic history |
| Signature: | I own RegionsWatch website, and its corresponding blog: http://regionswatch.tripod.com/index.htm // BLOG: http://regionswatch.blogspot.com |
| Extra Info: | Born in the West African state of Ghana in 1977, Emmanuel was, until he started working as a programme intern for the Brussels-based NGO, ICDA, in January 2001, working for almost two years as a Writing Center tutor for English, History, and Politics courses at Vesalius College, Brussels. He graduated from there in December 2000 with a B.A. in International Affairs & History, and a minor in Communication Studies, which included courses in Political Communication; Writing for the Media and International Role of the News Media.
Emmanuel has just completed his dissertation for his M.A. in International Politics, entitled Is There No Alternative? Can ECOWAS & ASEAN Regionalism Respond to the West's Push for Global Trade Liberalisation?"
Emmanuel has been living in Belgium since 1981, at the age of 3.5, with his parents. He started to become a thorn in policymaker's decisions when he represented, respectively,Argentina at The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) in 1994, and Luxemburg at Model Nato the same year.
He earned a reputation at university for asking very candid, but uncomfortable questions at important public meetings, which perhaps paved the way for his NGO work, which he has been actively pursuing so at ICDA since 2001. He has a healthy skepticism of any international institution -- except the UN. He is what is atypically known as a "unophile", which is code for 'I have no life'.
is special areas of interest are diplomatic history (1815-1914); the United Nations; international development; and global regional integration, with a focus on peace and security. He has 6 years of experience creating, writing material for, and updating websites.
He is inspired by crime series like 'Inspector Morse', 'The X-files', and sitcoms such as 'Frasier', which would probably explain why he always has egg on his face.
Since August 2004, he has been working professionally as a Web Journalist/Web Editor for Third World Network-Africa. You can follow his reflections of living in Ghana at this blog entitled "Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana", which you can access here: http://ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com |
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