Against the expectations of many, on January 25th, thousands of participants flooded Kasarani, the Nairobi sports complex were the World Social Forum 2007 was held. Dozens of stands, two huge news rooms, restaurants, meeting tents were erected in a rush of hectic activity.
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IPS worked hard towards providing full media coverage of the 2007 World Social Forum, held in Nairobi on 20-25 January 2007.
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This past April, the group of Friends of Inter Press Service organized a seminar on “The future of the World Social Forum A vision from the communication perspective”. Among key speakers were Ignacio Ramonet, Director of Le Monde Diplomatique, and Mario Lubetkin, IPS Director General.
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