Jean-Louis Ngalamulume, editor-in-chief of the Kinshasa-based newspaper "L'Eclaireur", has been imprisoned at the capital city's Penitentiary and Reeducation Centre (Centre pénitentiaire et de rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK) since 31 January 2006. The journalist stands accused of "public injury" towards Denis Kisalambote, a land holder in Mount Amba (located on the east side of the city). The journalist was stopped on 27 January at approximately 2:00 p.m. (local time) by M. Kinuani, an officer of the judicial police force, who then drove him to the Kin-Mazière police station. In a verbal hearing, Ngalamulume was questioned regarding an article that appeared in the 11 January edition of his newspaper (issue 56), within which M. Kisalambote was described as being "incompetent" and "tribalist".

The African Child Policy Forum is calling for papers from activists, practitioners and academics on “Harmonisation and Implementation of Laws pertaining to Children in Africa.” The papers shall form a major publication by the African Child Policy Forum and UNICEF on harmonization of children’s laws in Africa. A call is made to academics and practitioners in the fields of human rights and children’s rights, in the following countries: - Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziliand, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, to submit papers on the extent of extent of the harmonization of all laws, policies and programmes pertaining to children in their country in line with the principles and provisions of the CRC and ACRWC.

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