PAMBAZUKA NEWS 115: BARRIERS TO AFRICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION: THE INTERNATIONAL AID SYSTEM AND CORPORATE INTERESTS

I am interested in the method Simon Hinds (Pambazuka News 114 letter) is using to prove Andrew Meldrum is a propagandist, not a journalist. If he can produce proof that some agency apart from the papers he writes for is paying him to write the stories, he would have a case, but he is only studying content. With the state media entirely in the hands of ZANU-PF propagandists (even musicians whose songs are in any way critical are banned, and this includes the two most eminent Zimbabwean musici...read more

CREDO for Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights and Fahamu have launched a petition calling on African Union Heads of State to release all incarcerated journalists and repeal all anti freedom of expression legislation. The petition is to be presented at the African Union meeting of Heads of State in Maputo in July and is addressed to President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, the current Chair of the AU. Click on the link below to read the full letter and join the petition.

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