Your 'THE CHALLENGES BEFORE AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN UNION' raises vital issues that black people inside and outside the United Kingdom should not only consider but also become active on. Although I agree with the demand to free imprisoned journalists in Africa, I have a problem with 'freedom of expression' in Africa. You don't focus on Zimbabwe, but the Western media has. Yet I fully support the Zimbabwean government in illegally expelling Andrew Meldrum. Meldrum was a propagandist for the MDC whose leadership are treacherous. (I am doing a study of a sample of Meldrum's work precisely to show the extent to which Meldrum operated as a public relations officer or a journalist.) It is not unknown that Western governments will financially support news media to undermine a government that is representing its people. Propaganda is an important tool used to deny human rights to people in the South. If I were in Zimbabwe, I would certainly advocate legislation that curbs media propaganda. Any campaign about media in Africa has to address this problem as well as the well-known issue of dictators harassing reporters who offer legitimate criticism of them. There needs to be a charter for journalism that African heads of state should sign. A lot of thinking needs to be done to spell out what the charter says. It should support reports about human rights and good governance. It should also allow for reports about foreign involvement and interference in Africa. It should report on the actions of the IMF and World Bank. I hope your campaign isn't used to attack Zimbabwe.