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Namibia: Youth Minister lashes at reporter (3 February 2012)
Barely four months after launching a scathing verbal attack on Namibian Sun’s Editor Jan Poolman, it is reported that Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo, allegedly attacked another journalist.
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Zimbabwe: Foreign newspapers to be banned (3 February 2012)
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has reportedly enlisted the service of the police in a bid to stop foreign newspapers without local offices from circulating.
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Malawi: Malawi rated poorest on press freedom index (2 February 2012)
A latest Worldwide Press Freedom ranking for 2011-2012 has listed Malawi as one of the worst countries in the world in promoting press freedom. The study, done by Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders, show that Malawi has plunged 67 places from 79 in 2010 to 146 in 2011/12.
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Zimbabwe Charges against MMPZ staffers dropped (25 January 2012)
Gwanda magistrate Sheila Nazombe on 24 January 2012 threw out two of the three charges that against Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) personnel Molly Chimhanda, Fadzai December and Gilbert Mabusa.
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Namibia: Journalist assault case postponed to March (17 January 2012)
Four businessmen accused of assaulting a freelance journalist in 2010 at a bar in Windhoek will on 9 March 2012 find out whether or not they are off the hook, says a report by New Era.
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Isaac urges media to understand process (11 August 2011)
Electoral Commission of Zambia Director Priscilla Isaac says there is need for the media to adequately understand the electoral process.
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MISA-Tanzania condemns closure and suspension of Leo Tena and Kulikoni newspapers (12 January 2010)
The Media Institute of Southern Africa-Tanzania Chapter (MISA-TAN) is deeply shocked by the closure of Leo Tena Newspaper and the suspension of the weekly investigative Kulikoni Newspaper for
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Posted to the web: 04/12/2008 11:46:15: Fears grow for missing former TV anchor
FEARS grew on Thursday for a missing Zimbabwean former TV news anchor-turned human rights activist, over 24 hours after she was reportedly kidnapped from her home by a gang of 12 men driving in two unmarked vehicles.
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