Full Coverage: Information & media

30.03.2005 The Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) has condemned in the strongest terms the deliberate jamming of SW Radio Africa's broadcasts, saying its an assault on freedom of expression.

30.03.2005 On 31 March 2005, members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) will highlight the worrying state of freedom of expression in Tunisia at a panel discussion in Geneva during the annual session of the UN Commission on Human Rights.

25.03.2005 The Committee of Human Rights Lawyers YUCOM and the Media Centre Nis organize a two day advanced “Public Administration and Free Access to Information” course. The Course will take place at the MCN, today and tomorrow (March 25-26).

24.03.2005 "I think that there is a role for ICT, but have we explored the extent to which that can be harnessed in education? I don’t think that there is enough discussion between education and the ICT sector”, tells Erma Manoncourt in an interview with Anupama Ramakrishnan of OneWorld South Asia.

23.03.2005 Zimbabwe's Media Monitoring Project (MMPZ) has described the alleged jamming of a London-based anti-government radio station, as the "latest deliberate assault on freedom of expression".

23.03.2005 A new briefing paper published by Panos institute, describes the issues behind Internet governance that made it a heated subject at the 2003 WSIS meeting in Geneva. It is the first of a series of briefing papers that will cover other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) issues. It also gives important background information on the issues being raised at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in November 2005.

23.03.2005 Many Americans believe that foreign aid is money wasted, but a new book demonstrates that global health interventions--many of them funded (indirectly) by U.S. taxpayers--often are highly successful, and have saved millions of lives over the past 50 years.

18.03.2005 It is with a sense of shock and profound sadness that we have received news of the departure of Zouhair Yahyaoui, a genuine fighter for human rights and freedom of expression.

18.03.2005 On the face of it, the new broadcasting regulations issued last month in Zimbabwe were groundbreaking. For the first time in the history of Zimbabwean elections, the opposition would be legally allocated time on state-owned radio and television in the run-up to a parliamentary poll, scheduled for Mar. 31.

17.03.2005 The new Digital Solidarity Fund has been launched this week, a modest but real achievement of the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). What should be the UK input to the Summit in Tunisia in November? How can UK civil society have its say? The British Council is facilitating an inclusive process.

17.03.2005 The problem of HIV/AIDS and its percolation into the social fabric is no more solely a problem of therapy or clinic.It has been recognised as a predicament where ethical, political and humanitarian issues meet.

16.03.2005 Pour accueillir le printemps, quoi de mieux qu’une nouvelle dose de vidéos indépendantes et de résistance créative!

Le Centre des médias alternatifs du Québec (Quebec.Indymedia) vous convie à sa deuxième soirée Média libre, le jeudi 17 Mars , au sympathique Divan Orange.

16.03.2005 More than 100 beloved children's characters, from Big Bird to Barney, appear in a new music video for the song "We Are Family," promoting themes of tolerance and diversity. Distribution of the video and other educational materials to 60,000 schools across the U.S. began last week.

15.03.2005 On the edge of the expanding wave of Internet connectivity, Punavali Kalan is located deep in the impoverished region of Bundelkhand.Though dial-up or subscriber lines do not yet reach the villagers, access to the Web is available through a VSAT at the local community knowledge center, the TARAkendra.

15.03.2005 Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,”says Nelson Mandela. Read in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which represents a global commitment by nations to improve lives and remove poverty, Mandela’s words couldn’t have been more relevant.

15.03.2005 Learning and knowledge are our common wealth. Fortunately that wealth is not a fixed quantity that creates winners and losers when we share it. The only limitation on the expansion of knowledge and learning is the inadequacy of traditional means for sharing it.

10.03.2005 On 28 December 2004, without informing The Gambia's citizens, President Yahya Jammeh signed into law two bills whose application will severely restrict freedom of expression and pose a danger to the practice of journalism in the country.

09.03.2005 Celtel-Zambia has launched the provision of subsidised rural communities payphone services in partnership with PRONET and Computer connections.

09.03.2005 Southern African journalists reporting socio-economic development issues are invited to submit entries for the 2005 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards. The annual contest is administered by government communication agencies in each of SADC's 14 member nations.

09.03.2005 Published by Human Rights Watch, this 35-page report aims to examine the relationships between political change and freedom of the media, focusing on recent changes in Angola.