The Communiqué provides weekly news on free expression and press freedom violations and victories world-wide, including reports and developments in Africa. Our publication features up-to-date information on conferences, workshops, and journalism awards and fellowships. We also monitor developments in the field of free expression, such as press laws, media concentration and Internet censorship. Published in English, French and Spanish.

At a time when technology is making life easier for mankind, it is ironical that a key tool of the trade for journalists – the camera – is being banned from Kenya's courts. This follows a tradition set by Parliament, where photojournalists are also barred.

The governments of Zimbabwe and Mozambique have come in for sharp criticism for their repressive approach to the media in the latest edition of the Commonwealth Press Union's broadsheet "CPU News".

The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors’ Forum (WEF) have protested against the recent arrest of two journalists, Edwina Spicer and Jackie Cahi in Zimbabwe, calling it “the latest part of an ongoing government campaign to intimidate journalists”.

Slashdot features and interesting debate around the meeting of ICANN in Ghana soon. The main article deals with issues around the nature of ICANN. Scroll down to read the debate, or take part.

Judge Felicia Coleman of the criminal Court "A" has for the second time in less than one week prevented journalists from covering proceedings at the court. Yesterday, she denied journalists coverage of the treason trial involving some Liberians nabbed in connection with street fighting involving supporters of former faction leader Roosevelt Johnson and forces of the Liberian Government.

SANGONeT is offering courses in HTML and web publishing, Using & Managing Online Discussion Forums, and Information & Communication Technology (A strategic Approach).

The days of fast-fading cellular phone batteries may soon be over. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently developed a working prototype for a portable fuel cell energy source that could power a cellular phone 300 percent longer than existing rechargeable batteries do.

A trust fund set up by Northern Cape government for rape victim Baby Thsepang to hold a benefit concert for her. The humanitarian gesture will see local musicians donating R35,000 each and all the gatetaking will go directly to the fund.

The African National Congress has reacted furiously to a Newsweek report saying Thabo Mbeki's presidency is unravelling over HIV/Aids, branding it "a badly written movie script camouflaged as analysis", aimed at destabilising the ANC, its leadership and the government, writes Drew Forrest.

The Universal Troubleshooting Process (UTP) is an abbreviated version of the book Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist by Steve Litt. UTP consists of ten steps designed to help modern workers diagnose the system in question and ultimately repair it. The process is very general and can be applied to virtually any well-defined system.
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You can use links on your web page to make Google's search algorithm work for you - read this article and learn how to make a Google Bomb for justice.

Former Daily Dispatch editor Donald Woods, as founder of the Steve Biko journalism bursary scheme, had raised money to train 25 black students since 1994.

These have been tough days for anyone interested in producing quality content on the web in Africa. With the end of the dot.com boom, there has been a steady trickle of content web site owners pulling down the shutters and calling it a day. Content has not generated cash. With only a few high-profile exceptions, no one - neither users nor advertisers - seem to want to pay for it. Nonetheless there are those who have worked out a way of surviving and thriving by keeping their operations lean and virtual and/or making them an adjunct to some other activity.

Georges Ruggiu, a former journalist at Radio Television Libre Des Mille Collines (RTLM), has psychological problems that affect his recollection of events during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a defense attorney today claimed before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

This article form cnet details the features of the new release of Flash, Flash MX. Macromedia, developers of the software, seem to have moved it towards an extended platform for web developers in this version.

Delft residents are being evicted from their recently constructed houses, which they used their government subsidies to buy, and the Cape Town city council is now planning to auction these houses off. The houses were built as part of an RDP scheme, and only those earning less than R800 a month could qualify for the housing subsidy. Six months after the contractors built the houses, many of the rooves blew off in the wind.

This publication showcases a wealth of strategies and materials from around the world to end violence against women. A collaborative project between UNIFEM and the Media Materials Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the publication highlights media materials and campaigns and provides descriptions of innovative communications methods used for public education. The publication seeks to facilitate information sharing between organizations working to end violence against women, so that strong and effective strategies used in one country can be replicated in other contexts.

A symposium by The Gambia press union voiced concerns at the denial of access to public information, problems encountered with objective reporting and the need for better-trained journalists, the following is the text of a report by The Gambian newspaper The Independent.