africa: new african media web site

Journalists are investigating the links between Angolan oil and foreign war profits. Hip-hop projects are youth resistance to AIDS. Peace workers and human-rights activists go online to connect across the continent. Elections loom in Kenya and Nigeria; a U.S. "anti-terrorism" base is built in the Horn of Africa; Internet access, GMO foods and multinational businesses are arriving in regions confronting war, disease and famine. Africa needs free, well-supported and responsive media to hold powerful interests to account, to inform the public on vital issues, to connect communities. The world's media need to understand Africa and report on the global connections. MediaChannel:Africa will become the home for articles, reports, commentary and resources for a global community concerned about journalism, cultural diversity, access to technology and freedom of expression across Africa.